<p>Blah Blah. My dilemma is that they say that my chances are much higher b/c im african american male . However, i was still wondering how much difference does it really make? Could i get into cornell w/ these credentials;</p>
<p>GPA: 3.5
SAT: 1840</p>
<p>AP Calc
AP Physics
Honors Chem
AP US History
AP World History
AP Psychology
AP Enviromental Science
AP Art Theory</p>
<p>Extras:</p>
<p>Varsity Soccer
Varsity Track
Community Water Polo</p>
<p>Captian of Policy Debate Teams (many awards at state and blah..)
President of Muslim Youth Group
President of Chess Club
SHS
Mu Alpha Theta Officer
Interact Club Officer</p>
<p>I'm also a dual Egyptain and American Citizen. Therefore, i go to egypt every summer and speak arabic very fluently. Hours and hours of logged community service in a rather run down health clinic out of almohandessen (cairo outskirts). So yea be brutally honest. I know my minority background will help but to what extent.</p>
<p>of course i don't know for sure since i don't know about my own deal, but... if you play up the egyptian thing then i think you have a shot. but your gpa is definitely low. props to a fellow black applicant!</p>
<p>Yup, 2000 people chose "no college" and 0 got in. You must choose.</p>
<p>If you have a certain major you are leaning toward, simply apply to that college at the very least. It would probably come down to choosing between Arts and Science and Agriculture and Life Science if you're truly undeclared - the other colleges are all fairly specific and leave little room for major exploring.</p>
<p>are you egyptian, or sub saharan african. If you are egyptian, technically you are white, but if you have any sub saharan blood in you, then you are black. If you have no sub saharan blood in you whatsoever, than you really should put down White instead of African American in your app, because according to the census bureau and everyone who tracks these statistics, white includes north africa and the middle east.</p>
<p>Uhhh...yeaaah...why don't you go into the fine details of what qualifies as black, and then put white on your application despite having black skin, just to lower your chance of acceptance chances by about 300%. That'd be smart..not.</p>
<p>sadly///well...[sad in the sense that some applicants are reduced skin color]-though that s not completely true. anyway..my point s that Darkice is totally right. i am latino-immigrant, and deff. made that known to the admission office. and i feel that being of color boosts your chances of acceptance by a whole lot. in fact, i think that if i wasnt a latino immigrant i wouldnt even have the low chances of acceptance-that i think i have- to get in cornell.</p>
<p>However, I am totally against affirmative action.</p>
<p>What they should do is look at people who have socioeconomic differences. For Example, it's already been proven that students with a low income bracket have lower SAT scores.
And clearly that makes sense.</p>
<p>Instead of focusing on the fact that I'm Hispanic, how about people start paying attention to those of us that only eat 1 to 2 meals a day!</p>
<p>That's why I'm proud of the government for making H/EOP. It focuses on your economic situation regardless of your race. (although most ethnic people are generally in the lower income bracket)</p>
<p>oh wow is exciting to know that there are other dominicans who care about academics and are intelligent.-b/c the ones in my school give us a bad name.</p>
<p>I used to hate affirmative action, now I like it. It's not fair for other races to have to compete against each other for college spots, when certain races (i.e. whites) are given better opportunities to begin with.</p>
<p>Example: Most minority area schools are given less funding. If a black student in this area does his best, and learns everything he can at that school, but then makes a 1800 on his SAT - is it his fault? Not really, the school didn't have the funding to teach what's necessary to make a 2300. So he should still have a short at Cornell and other top schools.</p>
<p>completely agree. in fact your example describes my situation. im very smart and i know i am capable of hadling ivy work. but i have a 28 act= like 1890 sat. is it my fault. no.. my school doesnt offer the most ap or rigourous classes. should i be punish and compete against a white guy from a private school. whose parents paid for everything. including tutoring to boost his scores into the 2300. NO. so.. i think affirmative action is good.</p>