<p>Ok seriously you guys need to stop this. All the OP wanted was a chance thread and you gave her it. So why do you continue with this? It has already been said that she has a low chance at her schools, so please end this babbling about affirmative action and what not.</p>
<p>ill chance you since thats what this thread was for…</p>
<p>NORTHEASTERN: match
BROWN,UPENN,HARVARD,YALE,DARTMOUTH: high reach
UCLA: mid/low reach
UCB: low reach
UCSD: high match
UCSB: high match
CLAREMONT MCKENNA: match
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT: match</p>
<p>sorry to be harsh but here is my reasoning: even as a URM, your scores and grades aren’t exactly ivy or even ucla material. i realize that you have pretty solid ec’s but i don’t know if you have enough to balance out your academics… your minority and first gen. statuses will both help, but do realize that affirmative action has faded a lot over the past five years (much due to Sandra Day O’Connor’s statements decades ago) and that the statistics of similar applicants (ethnicity and parents wise) have also significantly improved… again sorry if I seemed harsh but that’s my two cents.</p>
<p>Although you went about your point in the wrong fashion, i can sort of see where you are coming from. You do have a pretty bad attitude and have the completely wrong outlook on life… but that aside, it IS ******** that less qualified students are admitted because of their racial minority. I’m not saying that Wowie is less qualified than you by any means, she could have many features better than yours and you need to stop blaming the system for your denial to the IVY’s. </p>
<p>I personally think that race/ethnicity shouldn’t even be a question on the applications. I honestly don’t see how it’s relevant. By trying so hard to incorporate racial minorities into the college gene pool, admissions is starting to be a little discriminating against a perfect white kid with the whole word on his shoulder. </p>
<p>My mother is Chinese and French and she grew up on Guam. My dad is a Russian Jew. My parents met in micronesia when they were in peace corps… so i can personally vouch that colleges will probably look me over more than they will a typical american kid. it’s sad but hey i’m not complaining… it is what it is. So next time you want to discuss some radical and completely taboo topic… mayybbeee try and be less agressive… just saying… you come off as a little prick.</p>
<p>After 6 pages, the role of Affirmative Action in this applicant’s chances have been discussed back-and-forth sufficiently. </p>
<p>Posters are requested from this point forward to stick to responding to this poster’s Chances at each college listed in the Opening Post. </p>
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<p>Despite how interesting/vitriolic as this has been :rolleyes:, I’d rather chance than talk AA.</p>
<p>Northeastern: low reach
Brown: high reach
UPenn: high reach unless it’s Wharton, then, probable rejection
Harvard: probable rejection
Yale: probably rejection
UCLA: high reach
UCB: high reach
UCSD: low reach/high match? I don’t know too much about the UCs
UCSB: ditto
DARTMOUTH: high reach
CLAREMONT MCKENNA: Don’t know enough
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT: Don’t know enough</p>
<p>I have heard the UC’s have a system where CA residents within certain score ranges are guaranteed acceptance into one UC or something like that. Otherwise, I hope that you match up with the 25-75% ranges ant Claremont McKena and Loyola or applied to some safeties you really like but you didn’t bother to list. Applying to so many incredibly selective schools when your stats are nowhere near the ones on their profiles was probably a waste of time and money.</p>
<p>Based on collegeboard.com, my scores are in range for UCSD (24-30), UCSB (24-30), UCLA (25-31), Brown (28-33), LMU (24-28), Northeastern (27-31), and SLO (24-29). A 28 on the ACT despite what people think on this site is still in the 92th percentile. I don’t think that is as ridiculously low as everyone seems to make it.</p>
<p>I’m not sure why you are saying my scores are not in range for ANY of the schools I applied.</p>
<p>^ Because usually the mean ACT for a top school is around 33-34. While 92nd percentile in the nation isn’t bad, the best schools in the nation are looking for 98-99th percentile. Not to say you still don’t have a chance, its just the reality for the overwhelming majority of students…they need to be the best of the best in everything.</p>
<p>I completely agree with you Spanglish. I by no means am saying that schools like Harvard, Yale etc. aren’t looking for the “best of the best”, but I didn’t apply to only 1st tier schools. I have plenty of schools, where my ACT is in range.</p>
<p>Thank you for your input and I completely understand what you are saying :).</p>
<p>Well regardless what range collegeboard says, it still isn’t what those schools actually accept. lol sorry.</p>
<p>Northeastern: low reach
Brown: very high reach - prob accepted by waitlist if anything.
UPenn: also high reach
Harvard: rejection
Yale: rejection (I got deffered with 900+ hours of community service under my belt, plus im an ISEF science research finalist from last year and a national merit semifinalist (and as of yesterday, I became a finalist) I started my own computer web design club freshmen year, I’m also an eagle scout, and my stats are much higher, and also first generation from a very low income family.)
UCLA: prob get in
UCB: very high reach
UCSD: reach
UCSB: reach
DARTMOUTH: high reach</p>
<p>Oh, btw I think a lot of people are confusing Northeastern with Northwestern. There is a big difference in selectivity between those two schools. Northeastern is a safety for you, while Northwestern is more of a reach. I would have to agree with most everyone else on reach/match/safeties for the remaining schools.</p>
<p>
Ummm…? If you are debating the reliability of collegeboard, check the Common Data Set for each school (if provided). The numbers seem to add up pretty accurately so I don’t know where andyboy is getting his claims.</p>
<p>It just doesn’t make sense that anything in the 600s on each section is in the middle 50%. On naviance in my school the average SAT for Cornell is like 1440 out of 1600 (thats 700+ on each section).</p>
<h2>This ain’t the race thread folks.</h2>
<p>I’m assuming you’re a CA resident:
NORTHEASTERN - in
BROWN - reach
UPENN - low reach/reach
HARVARD - reach
YALE - reach
UCLA - high match/low reach
UCB - high match/low reach
UCSD - high match
UCSB - in
DARTMOUTH (EXTENDED DEADLINE SO WHY NOT?) - reach
CLAREMONT MCKENNA - low reach/reach
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT - in</p>
<p>Being a URM will help, but your scores are low for the Ivies.</p>
<p>Final Results:
NORTHEASTERN - waitlisted
BROWN - reject
UPENN - ACCCEPTTTTTEEDDDD!!
HARVARD - reject
YALE - reject
UCLA - reject
UCB - accepted
UCSD - accepted
UCSB - accepted
DARTMOUTH (EXTENDED DEADLINE SO WHY NOT?) - rejected
CLAREMONT MCKENNA - accepted
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT - accepted with huge scholarship</p>
<p>Hey I got into 1 ivy league so woo! I guess I might be going :)</p>
<p>Congrats on getting accepted to UPENN!! Just goes to show how sporadic college admissions can be considering you got waitlisted at Northeastern.</p>
<p>Yeah seriously cornel! I also got waitlisted at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. I laughed a little when I saw the letter.</p>
<p>Wow!
it shows that you will get in wherever you do despite anyone prognostication.
Wowie, could you please post your stats on the AA results thread for future AA kids ( like me)?
We have cookies.</p>
<p>Congrats on the admissions! I was surprised with Cornell, though. Anyways, good luck with your studies.</p>
<p>P.S. Colleges (especially ivy leagues) aren’t looking for diversity, they are looking for the federal aid they get for admitting URMs under AA.</p>
<p>Haha, fun to compare and contrast my predictions right next to your actual results. Looks like I was wrong about NE and UCLA but otherwise you have to admit that I was pretty good. Congrats on your acceptances!</p>