Chance a hispanic kid for columbia, princeton, jhu, and more!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Alright here it goes...
Gender: M
Race: Hispanic
State: MD
School: mediocre public
Income: ~100,000</p>

<p>SATI: 2230 750cr 730m 750w
SATII: 800's in US history, mathII, and world history</p>

<p>The bad part....
GPA:3.6 UW
Have an upward trend though, 3.15 freshmen year all honors available (dealt with family issues, such as my dad going to jail, really made me unfocused), 3.75 sophomore year all honors and the one AP available, 3.9 junior year with 4 ap classes, senior year will be taking 6 ap classes, hope for a 4.0</p>

<p>AP Scores: 5 on world history, other scores still pending...
EC's: Spanish Honor Society (Treasurer), Varsity Tennis, NHS, Academic Team (Captain), lots of volunteering at hospital and teaching summer school, tutoring
Awards: None too big, lots from academic team, national hispanic scholar, national merit scholar</p>

<p>Chance me for:
Columbia (ED)
Princeton
JHU
Georgetown
UChicago
Tufts
NYU
GWU
American
UMD</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Your area of residence more or less nullifies the weight your race would have had. SATs are a little low, and GPA is definitely on the low side for Princeton and Columbia. Your ECs look pretty bad, too.</p>

<p>I’d say that Princeton is out of reach, Columbia, JHU, Georgetown and Chicago are mild - big reaches, and you should be okay at the rest.</p>

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<p>^ I disagree. Getting in ED to Columbia is very possible.</p>

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<p>Do you know your rank?</p>

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<p>My rank is 31 out of close to 400. So I’m in the top 10%, but just barely.</p>

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<p>I do not think your SAT is low. I think you have a pretty good chance for all of them. In my opinion, Princeton is a reach, but early decision in Columbia, and the others are manageable :slight_smile: Good luck!</p>

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<p>Have your counselor write about your father going to jail in his/her report. Reasonable shot at all.</p>

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<p>Columbia (ED) 20%
Princeton 4%</p>

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<p>^ Ignore RoughAnswer. His percentages are way off, as his usually are.</p>

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<p>I’ve heard that princeton doesn’t consider freshmen grades, can anyone confirm that? Because I was kinda banking on that… Also, most of you are concentrating on columbia and princeton, but chances for the other schools on my list would be appreciated!</p>

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<p><em>shameless bump</em></p>

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<p>Princeton does not directly consider freshman grades. But they have no way of recalculating your rank without those grades, so they are indirectly considered. However, your upward trend should mitigate most of the damage caused by your relatively poor past grades.</p>

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<p>Nobody else?</p>

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<p>Switch your ED to Princeton rather than Columbia…because Princeton will recalculate your GPA excluding freshmen year and you will have a higher GPA… Also, shamelessly write the biggest sob story about how your fathers imprisonment left your family in shambles and how you had to struggle through adversity and fatherlessness throughout your academic career.</p>

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<p>Try applying to stanford too. On their website they specifically say they dont look at freshman year and thats good for you b/c ur GPA was extremely low that year. I htink you have a decent chance at all the schools b/c of your race and SAT scores.</p>

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<p>Princeton does not have ED. Only RD.</p>

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<p>You’re more than likely to get into Columbia, some people here are ignorant lol.</p>

<p>You have solid chance at Princeton if you get deferred at Columbia. </p>

<p>I say in at Uchicago, JHU considering your strong application with that hook. GPA might downplay you a little, but the upward trend helps alot.</p>