D26, 4.0 UW (no w) from the top private school in State, 35 ACT, APs in APUSH (5), Spanish (4) and Honors Chemistry last year. Taking AP euro, AP Calc AB, AP Bio this year, Honors Conversational Spanish and only English available this year. Senior year: AP English Lit, AP Stats, AP Econ, AP Art History and regular Physics in senior year. Board member of citywide establish community service organization, co-lead of consolidated school community service council, meaningful roles in theater plays every year three times a year, science, math and spanish honor societies, and NHS for senior year as only available then. Model Un two years. Thespians three years, going to States this year; could have gone prior years but school did not go. Hispanic female. Humanities major. Legacies at first three below.
Schools:
Yale
Duke
Harvard
Brown
Georgetown
The question of which state is relevant, since schools seek geographic diversity.
How can she be a legacy at three schools? I thought one was only a legacy at a parent’s undergrad institution.
I think that she has a chance at any of the top schools. There will be others who have taken more rigorous courses than she has (Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Spanish all come to mind), but perhaps these are not offered at her school? Her URM status will help. I’m assuming that she doesn’t need to chase merit money?
I think she has two big decisions to make. Which private school does she choose for her one early application? And what are her matches and safeties, that she’d be happy to go to? If she needs merit money, you have to throw that into the mix, too.
Thanks, but don’t worry we money, matches or safeties. Would appreciate views on these. If I tell you State, you will know school and that will no longer be College “Confidential”.
Her chances will be better if she is from a state that that doesn’t have many applicants to tippy top schools, because of “geographical diversity”.
Understood; we are not from a state that has few applicants to these schools.
Based upon a recent thread, in which a Hispanic female reports that she received a likely letter from Cornell, with stats significantly below that of your daughter’s, I would say that her chances are excellent.