<p>Hispanic Senior in the IB Program at a nationally ranked magnet school (top 100). Looking to major in polisci/government/journalism for undergrad. </p>
<p>-----Extracurriculars
Debate Vice President
SGA Vice President
NHS Historian
Biology Olympiad President
Hands Across Campus Treasurer
Spanish Honor Society Member
Baseball first three years
Freelance writer for Newspaper</p>
<p>-----Grades
GPA (unweighted) 3.63
GPA (weighted) 4.5106
Rank 93/365</p>
<p>-----AP Exams (expecting APID diploma)
World History 2 :'(
Government 4
English Lang 4
English Lit 4
US History 4
Human Geo Pending
Biology pending</p>
<p>-----SAT (January test pending)
Writing 600 -> 630
Math 670 -> 690
Reading 700 -> 690
Superscored: 2020</p>
<p>-----Subject Tests (these are pretty embarassing)
Biology M 670
US History 630
Literature 590</p>
<p>-----Extras
Common app essay and supplements are really unique and spot on
Recommendations should be solid. Established good connection with each</p>
<p>Are you a legacy to any of these schools?</p>
<p>unfortunately no legacy at any of these schools</p>
<p>NYU - reach
Cornell - reach
Columbia - high reach
UMichigan - high match</p>
<p>You’re in the middle 50 for SAT at UM but your GPA is a bit soft. You might catch a break on grades coming from a competitive high school, but you’re just barely out of the top quartile and I’m willing to bet you have plenty of classmates with 3.8s and up.</p>
<p>On the bright side, you get a bit of an edge from being Hispanic, your ECs look solid, and it’s well worth applying to some of those reaches (Columbia is still a long shot though), especially if your SAT gets a bump in January. If you could go back in time I’d recommend applying ED to Cornell.</p>
<p>thanks, i appreciate it</p>
<p>Michigan is a reach if your OOS. Ethnicity helps with all the other schools but Michigan is anti-affirmative action. Don’t submit subject tests. To anyone. </p>
<p>Cornell is far-reach.</p>
<p>I’d say NYU is a high match. If you were applying to a STEM major at umich I’d say reach, but your interest areas are a bit easier to get into there so I’d put it at a high match/low reach. Those test scores make the ivies a long shot for you, but it never hurts to try. If your essays are impressive you probably have at least a chance at Cornell.</p>