<p>Hey everyone! I am really excited to apply to colleges but I want to know what is considered a reach for me.</p>
<p>Ethnicity- persian/iranian (I've been living in the states for 4 yrs, am I a "URM"?)
Income - 60-70K, family of 4. is this considered "low"? could i get financial aid?</p>
<p>GPA: 4.76 W, 3.88 UW
Rank: 1/389
SAT: 1860 540 Cr, 680 M, 640 Wr (highest score after 3 attempts. i m planning to take it again in October.)
SAT IIs: 660 Math IC, 680 Chem, 720 Math IIC</p>
<p>AP's
World history 5
USH 4
Bio 3
AP Scholar</p>
<p>EC's:
Track for 1 yr (10)
---I quit in 11th grade to focus on school
Speech
---1st place regionals 10th grade (highest place--- i didnt do so well this yr)
Academic Bowl (10-12)
Iranian Youth
--organized local meetings/games for the few iranians in my area
Humanitarian group (10-12)
Multicultural Club Vice-president
NHS</p>
<p>Awards/Honors</p>
<p>Chemistry Student of the Year (10, 11)
Spanish I, II, and III Awards (9,10,11)
Distinguished Honor Roll - all years
Scholarship for my outstanding performance in math/sci (11)
IB student of the yr (11)
AP History Award (10)
IB/p-IB English award (10-11)
Elected to attend Leadership conference (10)
Waitlisted for VA life sciences governor's school () = very competitve program only admitted 30 out of 300+ applicants
Questbridge Prep Scholarship winner!!!--- the counseling award (one of 40 out of 3200 applicants to win the award)</p>
<p>Hooks: my ethnicity? and I can write a rlly good essay abt the hardships I faced moving to a new country from Iran. I had to move for political/educational reasons so technically i m a "refugee". I plan on majoring in chemistry and/or languages. I am fluent in farsi, and proficient in arabic and spanish.</p>