<p>SAT: 1930 Superscore (660 Reading, 670 Math, 600 Writing)
Sat2: MATH 1: 740 MATH 2: 720
GPA: 3.82 Weighted?
Rank: 10/382</p>
<p>Work ~20 hours a week
Member of NHS
Model UN 2 years
Boys State
WEB DuBois Honor Society
Chess Club 3 years, President 2
Local Leadership Institute
FBLA 3 Years
Forensics Club, District Extemporaneous Champion
Varsity Golf 2 years
Varsity Tennis 3 years
Academic Team
QuizBowl Captain
Accounting Club
DECA Club 3 years</p>
<p>Volunteered at orphanage in Africa. Worked with local representatives to increase funding for orphanages.
Volunteered at major corporation. Learned the ins and outs and am currently working on a business report with the head honcho. (Hes also writing me a recommendation)</p>
<p>Black Male
Middle Income (Came from nothing. Man i remember those times..chills)
First Generation College</p>
<p>Attend a low socioeconomic school. Last time we sent a kid to the ivies was 5+ years ago.</p>
<p>James Madison
George Mason
Virginia Tech
UVA
VCU
Northwestern
MIT
ODU
Richmond
Georgetown
NYU
Chicago
Upenn
Cornell
Brown
Columbia
Princeton
Yale
Johns Hopkins
Duke
Boston University
Boston College
Harvard</p>
<p>Will chance back. Thanks!</p>
<p>MIT
Chicago
Upenn
Cornell
Brown
Columbia
Princeton
Yale
Johns Hopkins
Duke
Boston College
Harvard</p>
<p>These all are reaches, your SAT is too low. Maybe if you can retake and get 2100+, or take ACT and get 32+, and write superb essays and get good recs, you will have a decent chance.</p>
<p>Your minority status certainly helps but I don’t see any specific focus in your EC’s.</p>
<p>Your SAT II’s are a bit low for these schools, they want you to get 750+</p>
<p>But none of this is set in stone, you do still have a chance. I wish you the best of luck</p>
<p>Thank you for your honest opinion</p>
<p>You’ll get in everywhere but MIT.</p>
<p>Bluenotebook2: Elaborate?</p>
<p>Just a personal anecdote. My African American friend had an sat of 1740 but a gpa weighted of 4.05 and the only extra curricular was basketball. He was accepted at Berkeley, USC, naval academy, Uci, and university of San Diego. He got rejected from ucsd however?</p>
<p>As a URM, you’re considered against applicants in your subgroup rather than the rest of us. Your stats look much, much better than most in that particular subgroup and you therefore have an extremely high chance of being admitted to every school on your list but MIT, because your EC’s aren’t oriented toward that school… you don’t seem that science-y.</p>
<p>382 people in your class? that’s about half mine. junior?</p>
<p>Even that SAT score is okay because of that URM status. Of course, doing better wouldn’t hurt and would make your admission near guaranteed.</p>
<p>Yeah, Im a junior, but even our senior class only has ~400. Anyways, I was not aware of the fact that URM status was that influential. MIT is not a school that im interested in, but rather my parents are (they thought I wanted to be a scientist when I really like economics/business). Do you have any examples, stats, anything that can make me believe your URM claim though. Im not doubting your authenticity, because although I am aware of Affirmative Action, the fact that it affects college admissions so much seem so drastic to me.</p>
<p>Whundrbread, you obviously haven’t done your research! just search for the “official decision” threads on the ivies. this is also a big deal and a supreme court case right now, because many are saying that this grouping isn’t condoned by the constitution.</p>
<p>but you’ll still get in no problem. I’m jealous, but you’ve done a good job with the opportunities you had.</p>
<p>Improve your SAT a bit, and get great letters of recommendations. That’s all I can think of. Harvard, Yale, Brown, Columbia, and Princeton might be reach schools now, but if you ace the SAT it might happen.</p>
<p>Don’t believe the URM claims above, the posters don’t know what they’re talking about and are perpetuating myth.</p>
<p>Being a URM can be a boost, but it’s not a free pass. Having sent many URMs to top colleges, I can tell you that scores matter and yours are low. So does your story. Did you personally do something to overcome extreme adversity? Did you thrive despite bad shools? Have you balanced school with significant work to help your family?</p>
<p>Bluenotebook has no clue what he/she is talking about. URM does not make that much of a difference. First off, URM does not put you into contention. IF you have qualified stats regardless of URM status, then it will boost you. However, URM status will never make a normally unqualified applicant qualified. I would say you need a 2200+ SAT and some great essays and recs to have a good shot at the top schools.</p>
<p>ImsoAmbitious, I might not be completely right, but if you look at all those threads his stats are pretty darn comparable to the ones of others accepted with certain factors involved, including the socioeconomic status of his school.</p>
<p>Bluenotebook, I did not mean to put you down or anything, I think you have given great advice on many threads. However, I think you are off on this one. If you could link me to a post with someone with an SAT below 2000 being accepted into a top college, I would believe what you are saying. I do not recall seeing such a post, but you may have looked at more threads than me.</p>
<p>First I want to say that your stats and accomplishments are extremely impressive given your high school and the fact you are a first generation college student. The colleges on your list are really good schools and they do like to help out kids from underprivileged backgrounds, which will be in your favor. You are a shoo in in these schools: James Madison,George Mason, Virginia Tech, VCU, Richmond, ODU. If you live in Virgina, then I would go so far to say that you chances (> than 75%) are very good to get into UVA. Boston College I would say 50-50. The rest of the schools you might be considered, but I do not think you would be taken seriously. (maybe if you get lucky you could get into one or two of them) Schools would ideally like to see about 3.9 GPA unweighted, and atleast over 2050 on the SATs. Also, it is not a good idea to take the level 1, and level 2 math subject tests. I would STRONGLY suggest taking another one because the level 2 is just a harder version of level 1. If you could get a higher SAT score then that would greatly improve your chances at all these scores. Again, your resume is very impressive, and I wish you the best of luck.</p>