<p>when i first saw this board I thought it was stupid but now i know why people feel the need to do this. I'll give it a shot and please respond.</p>
<p>Junior(Graduation year 2009)</p>
<p>School- competitive Buffalo Public school , ranked 4 and 8 in newsweek magazine past 2 years</p>
<p>ethnicty- African/African American. Son of Nigerian immigrant</p>
<p>Class rank- school doesn't calculate</p>
<p>GPA- uncalculated yet but should be high with all A's and 6 AP's and 2 IB's</p>
<p>EC- Soccer both in and out of school(strong passion)
track for 3 years
scientific research at the Univeristy of Buffalo for 2 summers
Decent community service will soon be started(big hole)
Expected SAT- 2050
Will take subject tests in june</p>
<p>Everyone at my school loves me so I'll get GREAT recs</p>
<p>Applying to- UPenn(Why not), USC, UMich, Boston College, Penn state,Syracuse, U of Buffalo.</p>
<p>Looks solid (especially if you’re looking at a 4.0 GPA). Since you are African American, why not apply to HYPSM? I have a feeling you could get into most schools (and especially if you get your SAT up a bit). Good luck!</p>
<p>-great grades and hard courses at competitive school
-son of immigrant
-underrepresented minority
-strong passion is good
-research is also good
-great recs also good :)</p>
<p>I say in at USC and Boston College. Don’t know alot about the other school so I can’t really say anything about those. I do agree with last few people. You are really unique and all you really need to do is bump up that SAT score a bit. Why not take a chance at HPYS? Good Luck :)</p>
<p>you got a good shot at UPenn. if thats ur dream, even if it’s not, go for it. you have very unique qualities so if you combine that with the things you say u have, you should be fine. Best of luck!</p>
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Since you are African American, why not apply to HYPSM? I have a feeling you could get into most schools (and especially if you get your SAT up a bit).<a href=“I’m%20not%20saying%20you%20are,%20but”>/quote</a> don’t count on your ethnicity helping you much in the admissions game, especially if you were to go for HYPSM(UP)… I can’t tell you how many 2100+ SAT 3.7+ GPA URMs I know who were rejected/waitlisted from that caliber of schools (this year)… That being said, I think you seem like a pretty good candidate for the schools you mentioned- if I were you, I’d try to do very well on the standardized test.</p>
<p>arachnophobia12 I could not agree with you more. Ive been telling idiots around me that just because im a URM doesnt mean that im a good applicant. Even my own parents think id get into the likes of Princeton, but I try to explain to them that im no where near that quality. It annoys me when people are so uninformed and stupid.</p>
<p>^ True. People tend to get a little ignorant and say “You’re a URM? You’ll get in everywhere!!!” (a little exaggerated, but you know what I mean).</p>
<p>Nevertheless, you seem like a good candidate.</p>