Chance at RD&HPME :)?

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<p>Asian female at private high school in Texas. (previously attended extremely competitive public school)</p>

<p>GPA: 3.2 unweighted (new school had completely diff grading scale. at old school, gpa was 4.2/5. noted on transcript. but C in bio. Ouch for medicine.)
Class rank: School does not rank
SAT I: 2250 (M 740, V 720, W 790)
SAT II: Math 2 740, Bio M: 710, Chem: 710, Physics: 780
AP: World History, Psychology, Human Geography, Eng Lang+Comp, US Government, Biology, Eng Lit (upcoming), Calc BC (upcoming), Studio Art 2D(upcoming), Physics (upcoming)
Major: Physics.</p>

<p>Senior Year Courses:
AP English 12
Philosophy Honors
AP Art
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics
Yearbook</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Cross Country (9, 10, 11, 12) - Varsity team
Track and Field (9, 10, 11, 12) - Varisty team
Junior Achievement(9,10, 11, 12) - Vice Pres
National Forensic League (9-12)
Science Club (9-10)
Math Club (9-10)
Model United Nations (10)
Yearbook (11-12)</p>

<p>Volunteer:
cancer hospital (9-12) 584 hours
church choir youth teacher (9-12)
food bank (10-11)
Hurricane Katrina drive (10-11)
Save Darfur Drive (11-12)
Red Cross Toy drive (9-12)
Special Olympics (9-12)
NYLF 2007 Boston Medicine
NSLC 2006 Berkeley Medicine</p>

<p>Recs: 2 awesome teacher recs. One amazing counselor rec. Additional Rec from NSLC teacher.</p>

<p>Hook: I fly planes. Private pilot license.</p>

<p>Despite my subpar transcript, might I have a chance at the program :)?</p>

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<p>HPME is unlikely due to low GPA, SAT and SAT IIs. Solid chance for admission to Northwestern due, in large part, to geographical diversity and flying/pilot's license EC.</p>

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<p>retook SAT2s in December not yet received if that helps any?
turned in application today. awesome essays. crossing fingers :]</p>

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<p>bump.</p>

<p>Does it work to my advantage if I am pacific islander AND hispanic and asian? Multicultural background?</p>

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<p>I wouldn't count on HPME at all. However, I'd say you've got a really solid shot for the college.</p>

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<p>In terms of RD, it's really hard to say because of your GPA. HPME is unlikely though.</p>

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<p>Current school has strange GPA system. Have had admitted students to Northwestern with 3.3-3.5s, weaker ECs, and lower SATs
Really don't know how the GPA works :/</p>

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<p>i'm sorry to say i don't think you will be accepted to HPME (you have to understand it is ridiculously competitive) but i do think you have a good shot at RD (especially if that 3.2 puts you in the top 10% of your HS class). </p>

<p>checking "asian/pacific islander" on the application is likely going to hurt you more than help you. asians are overrepresented on campus (i believe they make up ~17%) so when trying to create a 'balanced' class, the admissions officers are likely more selective with asian students. checking hispanic will likely help you, however i think it's so silly that schools make you play these 'race games' on the application, so i wouldn't stress it.</p>

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<p>My guess is if you're both, you're of Philippino descent? Why not mark that off as other and write it in. It is a unique ethnicity. I could be off base though, in which case I'm sorry.</p>

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<p>you're wrong arbiter, but it's ok.
Mom from around the Hawaii area (not Hawaii though), Gparents from Spain on 1 side, Chile on the other. Don't know if writing an essay on diversity would help?</p>

<p>Northwestern's my number one choice school. I would most definately attend even without the HPME. Had a pretty terrible week so far, deferred from a backup school because they say they never recieved my recs/scores which I mosdef sent. Deferred from a close number two school. And rejected from a reach school (expected).</p>

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<p>In that case, the answer is a simple yes, Hispanic is definitely more advantageous than Asian just because of sheer numbers. And sorry about your week- try not to stress too much! :)</p>