-Hispanic male
-haven’t received my SAT score yet, fairly certain I got 2000+, for sake of argument, let’s say I got a 2200.
-3.75 GPA (Unweighted and only counting up to Junior year) w/ APs.
-Single mother household.
-Speak 3 languages. English, Spanish(HS ), and French, which I took for 8+ years.
-MUN for 4 years. Several awards. Participated in conference of thousand people as staff.
-No ECs, but I can devote myself, ex: I taught myself basic linguistics, and I have strong knowledge of anthropology and history, esp. classical.Among other books, I read Plutarch’s Parallel Lives and Livy’s History, and developed an interest in the classics, so I tried to teach myself Latin during the summer, of which I have a working knowledge. I understand Latin grammar completely and have a large vocabulary thanks to Spanish, but applying my knowledge to reading is difficult, and I think I missed the cut off for registering for the SAT Latin subject test, though I can look into this further.
-Created my own language if that helps hahaha. I really did though.
I really feel as if I’m lacking ECs, and at this level, even as a Hispanic male, I need ECs to distinguish myself. The problem is I really haven’t done anything “typical.” I have lots of private interests, like linguistics, anthropology, history, and even fitness, but unfortunately these don’t match the mold of most ECs, nor can I really provide evidence for most of these, other than my own language, which I made documents for, for fun.
Reject from all of the Ivies. With no EC’s (although MUN counts for something), and not having SAT scores, it’s probably not going to happen, even as URM.
I have SAT scores, or I will have them. But yes, I’m lacking in substantive ECs.
The point about ECs has been stated already. Your other issue would be the 3.75 GPA. A 3.75 is low, a 2200 would be just about average for a Hispanic applicant to the top Ivies (slightly above average at schools like Cornell), and your ECs don’t make up for it, so you don’t have any real strengths in the major factors that the most selective schools look at.
You can’t rely on being Hispanic to get you in to any school.
The ivy colleges want students who have completed their high school courses with exceptional stats while participating in their school community.
They also want to see what you’ve done because each school is its own community/town; which they hope that you will contribute to, in a socially, dynamic way. This includes sports, clubs, musical/art talents, volunteer efforts, etc. In other words, they want you outside of your dorm room.
Making up your own language is not significant if no one else can communicate with it. Most definitions of language involves the word “community” or use by a common group.
If your SAT score is ~2000, that score will not stand out for the Ivies unless you are an Olympic athlete or celebrity. Sorry.