<p>If I am pursuing the full IB, and I am currently learning three languages, french, spanish and english, and Japanese. I am involved in sports outside of school, soccer and tennis, I am captain of both teams. Then I am also involved in leadership, where right now I am a representative of IHS for my school's branch and I am class president at my school. Next year I am going to try to be class president again, and then I am going to try to be Vice-President for IHS for my branch. I am also involved with National Honor Society where I hope to be president next year. </p>
<p>The last thing I am really involved in is community service. I am going to start a program in my city that helps Latino minorities with their studies if they are having troubles because of language barriers or family problems if they just moved here from another country. I have good reasons for doing this because a) I am a latino and I know what it's like and b) I have helped students like this one on one and think it would just be better if we had an organized setting or group.
About my latino-ness( that's what my friends call it), I am not a first generation and I am Argentine. I am also from Oregon, which according to one of my friends is a underrepresented state.
My unweighed GPA is around 3.8 and I am not sure what my SAT scores will be. I took a practice one last year with out really knowing what was going on, and scored a 1610. I know it's not good, but I know I will improve. I am aiming for a 2100.
Let me know what you think thank you!</p>
<p>My freshman year when I took the SAT's without any practice tests or anything and scored a 1650. I improved by 400 points just taking practice tests and actually studying a week before the test when I retook it at the end of my junior year... your score will improve.</p>
<p>The multiple languages will set you apart from the typical applicant. Your leadership and community service are both good (especially the latter). 2100 is low; however, I don't know what grade you're in so I can't make any real judgment. Ultimately shoot for a 2200. All this in addition to your URM status gives you promising hope.</p>
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The last thing I am really involved in is community service. I am going to start a program in my city that helps Latino minorities with their studies if they are having troubles because of language barriers or family problems if they just moved here from another country. I have good reasons for doing this because a) I am a latino and I know what it's like and b) I have helped students like this one on one and think it would just be better if we had an organized setting or group.
About my latino-ness( that's what my friends call it), I am not a first generation and I am Argentine. I am also from Oregon, which according to one of my friends is a underrepresented state.
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<p>Your latino-ness (I like that ;)) will rest more on your demonstrated cultural attachments and your interest in the Latino community than your generation in the US.</p>
<p>While OR is not as well represented as the east coast states, CA, TX, FL etc., it really isn't considered underrepresented. States like WY, ND, AK, etc. fall under that status.</p>
<p>Sounds like you're perhaps a Jr, keep up the good work!</p>
<p>Looks good on paper, but just remember, don't do anything just because you want to write it on your app. Do stuff you truly love and don't think about college.</p>
<p>Yeah, you could think what rb3 and countless others would tell you, or you could pick a slightly unusual instrument, like say bassoon, and play it in your school band and whatever other honor bands you can. Then you need to choose one non-overpopulated subject (like say organic chemistry) and do some research in it or at least help a local professor with his research. And keep up the volunteer stuff, maybe keep a journal of neat experiences from it and stuff, so that you can write a stand-out essay about that. Also, you absolutely have got to be planning your teacher recs and getting to know two teachers who you know will teach you for hopefully more than 1 year, etc. </p>
<p>Also, if you can do something where you go to some token latin american country and build houses or some stuff like that, you will appear more 'diverse and worldly', which is very important for Yale since it is trying to get away from its elite isolationist-NE reputation that it has. If you can, go to Argentina for a summer, take summer classes at some university there, and as an EC and weekend activity, do some uber volunteer work. That will also give more fuel for a essay.</p>
<p>I really like the idea of going to Argentina for school. That would actually be a lot of fun, and my spanish would get soo much stronger. But just to let you guys know, next year I plan on taking a French class at the university of oregon, aswell as a class in Economics. ( That is my hopeful major, is that really popular at yale?) And this spring break I am going to build houses in MExico, and during the summer Guatemala to translate. What do they require for admission essays? like what do they want them to be about?
And yes, i am a junior.</p>
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<p>Look at the CA and Y supplement right now, there usually aren't that many changes from year to year. They want essays that tell them something about YOU that they can't get from the rest of your application.</p>
<p>I'll be honest with you, I think your work with the local Latino community is going to speak much louder than brief volunteer trips to other countries, JMO.</p>
<p>call me internet retarded, but i can't find it.
what SAT score should I be shooting for? AP930 said to shoot for 2200. any other recommedations?</p>
<p>Smile, here's a recent thread with some comments. While not usually cited as underrepresented, it's likely in the category of states that are closer to the WY/ND/MT group than the overrepresented CA/NY/FL/TX group. </p>
<p>IMO, generally 700 per section (2100) gets your foot in the door, 750 or more per section is great. As a URM, you may be given some leeway on the SAT, but ONLY if you are disadvantaged.</p>
<p>Low SES, attend a poor performing inner city school, first gen in college, etc.</p>
<p>For instance, my D is URM, but both parents have graduate degrees and we live in a relatively middle class suburban town (not far from you ;)). While her URM status might still have given her a tip for diversity, I don't think that AOs would have given her a break if her SAT was sub-par since she had not had to overcome any major obstacles in her academic life.</p>