<p>OP,</p>
<p>What is your intended major, in college?</p>
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<p>As a URM it does, which is why I asked him for the average SAT scores at his school and his AP scores.</p>
<p>Perhaps it would help if the OP indicated on his application that he intended to major in a less-popular field like philosophy or Spanish…</p>
<p>matt, I don’t know if you can get in with a SAT in the 1800s :\ bring that up and maybe. did you study for it at all?</p>
<p>I studied using the college board SAT study book. I plan to study political science. Thank you everyone for your responses.</p>
<p>Matt your ACT score is pretty good. Maybe that will make up for the lowish SAT score.</p>
<p>School leadership positions are significant. Really.</p>
<p>With a 30 ACT+ good ranking+ URM, you got a decent chance. Most colleges will probably ignore the SAT score in favor of the ACT score. Just for context, 30 on ACT= 2000 on SAT- which according to this: [SAT</a> Data Tables](<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/data-reports-research/sat/data-tables]SAT”>SAT Suite of Assessments - College Board Research) puts you at the 97ish percentile.</p>
<p>Lizzie Doll-- it doesn’t seem like your friend had anything that stood out other then that he was an over achiever, not mind blowing at all…just reality.</p>
<p>^^I meant for Latino Applicants</p>
<p>Perazziman: But not with an 1880 SAT and 3’s on the AP tests.</p>
<p>Even if he did not have the ACT score (which is much better than his SAT), as long as he had SAT subscores in the 600s, I believe it would be okay. I agree that his AP scores are weak, but there is no requirement for him to disclose these to any colleges, is there?</p>
<p>What kind of ECs would I need to have? I am Treasurer of ASB and a president of a club. Band member. My high school does not have that many EC opportunities.</p>
<p>perazziman, you are 100% wrong about lizziedoll’s friend and Harvard. Harvard rejects more people with those stats than they accept. Just a fact.</p>
<p>wow thanks everyone</p>
<p>Ivy Leagues look for students who go beyond what most will do - students who have a clear focus and excel in it. You could try going to the Ivy League subforums and looking at the official decisions threads to see the stats of people who were accepted, including URMs like yourself; this will give you a better idea of how you stack up.</p>
<p>matt2013, Also check the Hispanic students thread in ‘Specialty College Admissions Topics’ under ‘College Admissions’. You will probably find entomom there, who is very knowledgeable.</p>
<p>Ultimately, admissions depends on many more things than we can determine on these boards. We know you are a URM, attending Compton. However, we do not know your family income, whether your parents attended college, how many people in your household, when your parents came to the USA etc. All these things are different for different people.</p>