Chances for a Hispanic with decent grades

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello! I'm a "rising senior" at a public school in CT. Although my grades aren't great, I'm satisfied because I've worked hard for them (then again, hasn't everyone?). I've decided to apply as a Classics major and then try to double major in Biology or Biochemistry, depending on the school. I still have to talk to my Latin teacher about her suggestions for schools, but here's a few that I've come up with. First, however, my stats:</p>

<p>Hispanic, born in Venezuela
GPA: ~3.7 or slightly under
Rank: ~25/373
SAT: 1970 (CR: 750, M: 570, W: 650)
SAT II: Will take Latin as well in Oct.
MathIC: 560 (Retake in Oct.)
Chem: 630 (Retake in Oct.)
Bio: 700</p>

<p>AP's (Jr and Sr): Computer Science A(3 or 4),Biology (4 or 5), European History, English, Latin, Calculus AB(might drop it), Chemistry</p>

<p>EC's: My weakest area of them all. I've had a job at a local bakery for over a year and I've taken piano lessons for a year. Uhm...if it matters, I work 25 hrs/week. Yea, that's it. </p>

<p>And the schools, in no order:
UCONN
Syracuse
NYU
Duquesne University
Holy Cross**
Clark University
BU</p>

<p>If it matters, I've asked four teachers for recommendations:
Biology: Had me for two consecutive years
Latin: Had me for three, soon to be four, consecutive years
English: Had me for two years
Computer Science: Had me for 2 years, to be three next year</p>

<p>**Anyone know if religion courses are required all four years? I read in their manual that it is for an associate's degree, but I'm not sure if its required for a BA/S as well. </p>

<p>So yea, any thoughts?</p>

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<p>NYU-Nah
All others-dunno where they are</p>

<p>Well you're hispanic; anything else that's considered a hook?</p>

<p>BTW: I'm Hispanic too <em>cough!4.0UW!cough!</em></p>

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<p>Very nice! I'm proud. </p>

<p>A hook? Well uhm....no not really. I guess I'm not all that special.</p>

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<p>You stand the same chance as everyone in here.</p>

<p>[was that sarcasm?]</p>

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<p>But your 1900 SAT score is higher than any Hispanic I ever known (or heard of), and Hispanics are lacking on the east coast.</p>

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<p>No, the bit about being proud was not sarcasm. But if you were talking about me thinking I was special, I'd have to say yes. I mean, I don't think that just because I'm Hispanic, I can get in everwhere and whatnot. Heh. Anyway.</p>

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<p>You stand a chance at NYU. Ill go out on a limb and say you should get into CAS.
Best of Luck</p>

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<p>Thank you. So does that mean that the exception of NYU and BU, the rest of the schools I listed could be matches?</p>

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<p>You are in at BU man, perhaps BC could be listen as a match or match/reach. NYU in my opinion is the only school on the list you even have to "worry" about getting into.</p>