Chances for a Minority

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Maryland - College Park
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<p>Hi, I am an african american female student at a pretty competitive private high school. I would like to know what the people at CC think my chances are into getting into COLLEGE PARK...and some other universities. Unfortunately, my parents have limited me to only colleges that are in maryland, or very close..</p>

<p>Gender: F
Location: Baltimore, MD
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Private
Low income
Will apply for financial aid: Yes
First Generation Student (First in Family to attend college)</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - 3.5 UW
Class Size: 100
Does not rank</p>

<p>I went from taking cp classes to taking all honors classes sophomore through senior year. I am taking 2 (Bio and Calc AB) out of 3 AP classes offered senior year.</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 620
SAT I Critical Reading: 520
SAT I Writing: 600
(I am aware of my very low SAT scores...almost didn't post because I was so embarrassed of this. My laziness led me to play around rather than study...will be taking it again. I however rank the highest among the other blacks at my school.)
**Will be taking again</p>

<p>ACT: 24 (Yes...low once again =[)
**Will be taking again</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Job at Johns Hopkins working as a Neonatal Lab Assistant
Varsity Indoor Track (10)
Varsity Outdoor Track (10)
Karma Dogs (Organization that exposes abused kids to friendly animals/dogs)
200+ hours of community service
Ventures Scholar
Involved in many school-related clubs (9-11)
TAMARIND Day Camp Counselor (10)
Honor Roll (9-11)</p>

<p>Where I am applying...
University of Maryland - College Park (1st choice, Applying early)</p>

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<p>Hey! I think you have a pretty decent shot of getting in. One thing I am not sure of though, is whether they use affirmative action in their admissions process. If they do, you could be helped tremendously. If not, you being AA won't matter. Extracurriculars are pretty good, I might try and emphasize the JHU thing if I were you. Try and get your SATs up to a 1250 (they don't look at writing) if you can, and you should be in good shape. Don't be embarrassed by them, just see it as a way to improve! I don't think how you compare with other blacks at your school will matter, but it sounds like you are a good candidate, especially with your course load. Also, you are in-state, which will help tremendously. Hope I helped, best of luck!</p>

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<p>I'm not sure how much being AA helps, just because so many African-Americans live around and attend College Park already.</p>

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<p>This board seems to be dead....
but bumpp!!</p>

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<p>youll get in but stop focusing on being black so much</p>

<p>and at college park, there are ALOT of high, high achieving black students with credentials that surpass many of their white counterparts</p>