Chances for a brotha

<p>Rising senior
black male: 17
From: San Diego, California
School: public ghetto high school
Rank: 11/820</p>

<p>GPA (W): 4.7
GPA (U/W): 4.4
SAT: 2250 out of 2400
ACT: 34
SAT II: Bio(M) 650, Math I 800, Chem 700
AP Scores:
World History: 4
Biology: 4
Chemistry: 5
Calculus AB: 4
English Language: 5
USH: 5
Psychology: 5
Statistics: 5</p>

<p>Senior Courseload:
AP English Lit and Comp
AP Calc BC,
AP Physics C
AP Govt/Econ,
Football
Track/Cross Country
Spanish IV Honors</p>

<p>Extra Circular Activites
-Mu Alpha Theta Secreatary (10 & 11),
-National Honor Society Secreatry- (11th)
-HOSA Vp(10th)
-all american football mvp(10th & 11th)
- state champ in the 200 meter & 400 meter (11th)</p>

<p>I dont have alot of EC's because track & football plus the ones I have take up alot of my time, my rank is not 1 or 2 but I think its decent. Any feedback or advice would be great..Just trying to see if a brotha can get in..</p>

<p>I was also wondering how good Harvards financial aid packages are? Considering I will need some type of financial aid..</p>

<p>THANK YOU</p>

<p>I don't know enough to give chances, but congrats on those nice AP scores. And as for the financial aid, I am aware that if your family makes under $65,000 a year than if you are accepted, Harvard pays your full tuition. If your family makes some over that, I would assume (just assuming) that the financial aid package would still be pretty good.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>So what about if your parents are divocred and both want to contribute to your tuition?? Cause my mom makes under 65,000 but my dad makes six figures, and I live with my mom. Do you have any idea on how that would work, because with my mom and dads income combined it would be greater then 65,000 a yr.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

<p>I think you stand a good shot. (How did you get a 4.4 unweighted GPA?!) You are a strong applicant academically in your own right, but your URM status will give you an extra boost. Your EC's seem a little thin (as you were accurately able to tell), but sports are generally consuming. Are you a good enough athlete to be recruited?</p>

<p>As Celita said, Financial Aid is offered on a need-based system. The amount of money in Financial Aid you recieve, depends on your family's household income.</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

<p>Not quite sure how you're the California state champ in the 200 and the 400, as a graduating senior going to USC next year from Long Beach Poly won both of those events....</p>

<p>In fact, a junior from SD didn't even place...</p>

<p>you're probably get into every school you apply to. Your profile is outstanding and the number of AA males in higher education is very low. You are extremely competitive.</p>

<p>This kinda proves how worthless chance threads are.
People actually took him seriously and said he had a great chance.
More often than not, your cal state sprint champ is in the top 3 youth sprinters in the world. If this kid did indeed win the 200 and 400m titles, which he did not, I could see Harvard admitting him with a 23 on his ACT. Yes, he would be THAT desirable.</p>

<p>sevitagen-"are you good enough athlete to be recruited?"
I think that pretty much sums it up right there.</p>

<p>:-/</p>

<p>I don't know too much about athletics outside the realm of fencing, so of course I took him seriously. What's the point of lying on a CC chances thread?</p>

<p>it's ok sevitagen, I'm just shocked that many people took him seriously.
It shows how rare good sprinters/football players are in the applicant pool compared to good XC, tennis, fencers, lacrosse, soccer etc. players</p>

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<p>By "in the applicant pool" I hope you mean cc posters, or cc posters with good acadamic credentials or whatever, as surely there is no shortage of football players anywhere.</p>

<p>The OP is fishy, no true track guy who also plays football would ever mistakenly put down XC as an ec. Same season as football and few if any true sprinters ever seriously do xc.</p>

<p>In everywhere..</p>

<p>There is a huge shortage of very good football players with equally competitive grades. (fball players in general are much more common if you include all schools)</p>

<p>Last year in Michigan there were only 2 kids on the first 4 all-state teams with an ACT over 29. (32, 30)</p>

<p>I'm saying that when applying to top schools, very good sprinters/fball/bball/even hockey athletes are much rarer than your 'prep' sports... crew, tennis, XC, fencing, lacrosse, water polo, swimming, etc.</p>

<p>For example...harvard can't field a 4x100m relay yet their long distance is competitive ANYWHERE.</p>

<p>ur black and u have ok stats so ur in</p>

<p>alleged cal state champ in the 200m and 400m and 'ok' stats.</p>

<p>Further proving my point.</p>

<p>1MX, maybe he recently moved to SD or something ..</p>

<p>Well, I just hope that you do not refer yourself as a "brotha" anywhere in your application, nor your essays. I do not think that ghetto talk will fly very well with the admission's committee.</p>

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Ghetto talk?!?!??!?! I have heard a whole lot of white suburban kids use the same phrases. It's not ghetto talk. I doubt you've ever even been to the ghetto.</p>

<p>"brotha".....is ghetto talk. .....Just because a whole bunch of black wanna bees white kids may use it, there is no justification. I can only imagine Obama at the Harvard Law Review using that term...Come on, gimme a break. And do not made an ass of yourself by making ANY assumptions. You have no idea where I have "ever been"...</p>