<p>I recently applied for early action to the University of Miami and want to know what my chances were to get into this amazing University. It is pretty much where I want to go. My major is Broadcast Journalism.</p>
<p>I am a senior at a Charter school. I'm Hispanic (birthplace Venezuela) and moved to the USA just 5-6 years ago.</p>
<p>SAT: 530 CR, 590 M, 590 W --- Combined: 1710 --- CR + M: 1120
SAT Subject Test: Spanish with Listening: 780
ACT Composite: 28</p>
<p>(Since I am applying as an early applicant, they don't take into consideration my December SAT scores, in which I got a better score of a combined 1800 and a CR + M of 1190. It isn't really a huge improvement but it is for me).</p>
<p>Awards/Honors:
- AP Scholar with Honor Award
- Fairchild Challenge Awards (received one all four years of high school)
- School's Honor Roll (9th, 10th, 11th grade)
- School's Newspaper Award - Best in cartoon (I am a really good artist and I am the cartoonist for the school - for our magazine and yearbook).
- High School Journalism Awards - Graphics/Illustration
- Sun Sentinel Award in Journalism</p>
<p>ECs:
- DECA member (12th grade): Marketing lessons, running the DECA store, organizing fundraisers.
- Spanish Honor Society Secretary (12th grade)
- Key Club member (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th grade)
- Photography & Art club: (9th and 10th grade)
- Journalism & Yearbook: 10th & 11th grade.
- I am a Speed Skater. I am on a team and have been doing it for 4-5 years now.
- Worked with a Construction company 15hrs per week during summer.
- I am the Mistress of Ceremonies (MC) of the school, they pretty much choose me for all those events in the auditorium.</p>
<p>I am applying for Financial Aid since only my father brings income to the house.
Annual Income of $49,000 - $60,000</p>
<p>Academic GPA: 3.8, Cumulative GPA: 3.4, Weighted GPA: 4.8
I am ranked in the best 10% of the class, I rank 39/421</p>
<p>My essay is about the hardships I have endured when I moved to the United States. When I was in Venezuela, I lived in a really dangerous zone where we would hear gunshots and family members and friends of mine were being kidnapped on a daily basis, plus the political situation has never been amazing. When we moved to the United States, I did not know English... And when I say none I mean NONE. I registered in a Florida school in early January and they assigned a student in every class to translate what the teacher said to me. I was made fun of and I was seen as ignorant. It took me almost 3 years to start understanding English but still I got good grades because I translated everything with a dictionary and would stay up every night doing my homework.</p>
<p>Classes & Grades:
Freshman:
- AP Studio Art - B (3 on AP)
- Intensive Reading - A
- English I Honors - B+
- Algebra I Honors - B
- Biology Honors - A
- Geography Honors - B</p>
<p>Soph:
- World History Honors - A
- Geometry Honors - B+
- AP Drawing - A (4 on AP)
- Journalism II - A
- Chemistry Honors - B+
- English II Honors - B</p>
<p>Junior:
- Physics Honors - A
- AP Art History - A (4 on AP)
- AP U.S. History - A (2 on the AP)
- AP Spanish Language - A (5 on AP)
- English III Honors - A
- Algebra II Honors - B+</p>
<p>Senior:
- Forensic Science -A
- AP Psychology - B (haven't taken AP test)
- AP US Govt & Economics - B (haven't taken AP test)
- AP Environmental Science - A (haven't taken AP test)
- English IV Honors - A
- Pre-Calculus - B</p>
<p>I hope this is enough for you guys to chance me! I will chance back!! I really want to know if I have a chance of entering. It is my dream school
And please do not use the terms reach, match, low reach... Because I don't understand what those mean. I recently joined this forum!</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>