<p>Are there any any hispanics here that got into Harvard? If so, could you let me know? thanks</p>
<p>Sure. Look here:</p>
<p>"The Best 25 Colleges for Latinos" - in the March edition of Hispanic Magazine:</p>
<p>thanks for the link, do you happen to know a website of the hispanic's stats?</p>
<p>What do you mean, exactly?</p>
<p>I'm sry I phrased my question incorrectly, of course hispanics are getting into Harvard, what I meant was did any come from CC. (I wanted to ask them their stats [SAT scores, GPA, ECs that kind of things...] to have a better idea if I have a chance or not. And appereantly, no hispanics from here got in, so do you happen to know a website with the stats from hispanics. :)</p>
<p>You might check with people HERE:</p>
<p><a href="http://hcs.harvard.edu/%7Econcilio/%5B/url%5D">http://hcs.harvard.edu/~concilio/</a></p>
<p>Amazing.
The ivies essentially open their doors and beg Hispanics to come in; they lower their standrads just so as to fill the Latino quota. And despite all this, they are still underrepresented. 10% instead of the expected 14%.</p>
<p>i do not know any hispanics who got in, so I am not sure where those stats are coming from Harvard</p>
<p>Pardon me orrican, but your post makes you sound a bit ignorant. To say that the ivies "lower their standrads" is very misguided. You can trust that all Latinos admitted to the ivies are qualified to walk the hallowed halls. Not only qualified, but maybe they even contribute qualities and perspectives that cannot be found among the 2300+ club-members. Personally, I am excited to see the increasing number of Latinos applying, being accepted to and graduating from our prestigious and generous universities.</p>
<p>I'm a hispanic who was accepted into Harvard. I didn't know my stats were so amazingly horrible as to lower standards. Thank you for informing me! ;)</p>
<p>Go and check the official RD decisions thread. Practically every admit with an SAT score below a 2100 is either hispanic or black.</p>
<p>The numbers speak for themselves.</p>
<p>And we all know that CC is representative of all the applicants in the admissions pool.</p>
<p>No orrican. The numbers do NOT speak for themselves. That's EXACTLY the point.</p>
<p>Orrican, get a clue!!</p>
<p>I was accepted into Princeton, but not Harvard. In both cases though, I am VERY sure the schools did not lower their standards (at least in the way you make it sound). Sure, they are a bit mroe lenient because they realize that coming from certain backgrounds often entails unique obstacles whether they be economic or geographic, or w/e. The point is, I am very convinced that Ivy League Admissions carefully take such factors into consideration, and I agree with YoMama (as funny as that sounds), that many of us Hispanics are VERY qualified to walk the "hallowed halls." I am very proud of us for applying to Ivies and top tier schools and graduating from these schools!</p>
<p>That doesn't matter, Divvany. Are you saying that hispanics with an SAT score below a 2100 are over-represented on CC?</p>
<p>show me a white admit with such an SAT score...</p>
<p>I am not saying that ALL hispanic/black admits have scores below the HYP standard for other groups. I am saying, however, that on average the URM admits have significantly lower stats. And that's a fact.</p>
<p>I'm an african american EA admit, and I'm quite offended as well, man. you didn't read our applications. you have no basis to make such claims.</p>
<p>It's always easy to make minorities the scapegoats of fickle university admissions.</p>
<p>Again, I am not saying that ALL URM applicants have lower scores. I am saying that this is the case ON THE WHOLE.</p>
<p>Guys, the Supreme court didn't issue a ruling on affirmative action because it's a non-existent problem... go and check the EA and RD decision threads. Count all the admits with an SAT score below a 2100. The ratio of URMs to whites+Jews+Asians among such admits is 10:1</p>
<p>Candlize is right! If you had actually READ the applications, perhaps you'd have an idea as to why certain people where admitted. You know it's not all about SAT scores. Sure, they have significant weight, but did you not stop to think that admits with lower SAT scores tend to be accepted becuase they have EXTRAORDINARY personal qualities that are very attractive in the applicant pool? Did it ever occur to you that some people just DON'T test well, but that it doesn't mean they will not be successful in the colleges of their dreams? PLEASE, consider the big picture before you start making such claims and putting down hard-working students and belittling their acceptances!</p>
<p>APDoolittle, your argument would have indeed been valid - if such scores were found among the non-URM pool as well.</p>
<p>But 95% of the time you see these low stats forURM admits.</p>