<p>As of right now, I have a 31 on my ACT, a 2060 on my SAT plus writing, 670 on the Math portion of the SAT, 730 on the Reading section of the SAT, a 660 on the Writing (which includes a 10 on my essay). Right now I have a 4.43 on a six point scale as my GPA and have taken as many AP courses as I could and got no lower than a B in those. I got 5's on my AP US History and AP English Writing and Comp tests and 3's on my AP Chem and AP World History (which I didn't take the class for) tests. I'm taking AP Spanish IV, AP English Literature, AP Bio, AP Gov and AP Calc this year. Additionally, I have compiled well over 200 hours of volunteer work in my four years of high school and was Life Rank in the Boy Scouts. I attended a Neuroscience class at Brown University as part of the Summer@Brown program and did "commendable" on the Duke TIP test. I have participated in varsity level sports as well, albeit at a small private school. I am planning to say that I am Hispanic as my great grandmother was of Spanish descent (although she had green eyes and white skin) , and despite the fact that I have a German surname and white skin . I may also put that I have Asperger's Syndrome if it would help any. Oh yeah, and Im a communist. xD</p>
<p>TLDR</p>
<p>2060 on SAT
31 on ACT
Lots of volunteer work
Lots of AP classes
4.43 weighted GPA on a four point scale
White Hispanic Male from Texas
Hoping to study medicine or do research
Excellent Teacher and counselor recs.</p>
<p>Schools I'm Looking at:
Brown University
NYU
NYU-Poly
Tulane
Rice
Southwestern University
Trinity University
University of Texas
University of Oklahoma
University of Washington-Seattle
All the other Ivy League schools.
Maybe Stanford, Cal or UCLA.</p>
<p>Low for these schools in the sense that you’re an unhooked applicant (non-recruited athlete, non-legacy… etc). Definitely apply to some safety/ more match schools.</p>
<p>Pfft, the aproach I’m taking is that if I don’t get in where I want, then I’m not going anywhere. Essentially I’d sit out until I got in somewhere decent, not an Alabama or a Ole Miss.</p>
<p>You are certainly a strong student, just not necessarily one of the top. It’s okay to have reaches, and some of your schools appear to maybe be matches, but not necessarily safeties.</p>
<p>So when you say that if you don’t get in where you want, you’ll not go anywhere–until you get in where you want–</p>
<p>what would make you any more attractive a candidate another year from now?</p>
<p>And either you are Hispanic–or you are not.</p>
<p>And you have Asbergers–or you do not. And why do you think it would help you in admissions to say that you do? Especially if you don’t.</p>
<p>I am Hispanic, by way of Spanish ancestry and I do have Aspergers. I just dont know if I’d put that I have that on an application because I think it might hurt my chances but at the same time I dont know. And I’d try taking the SAT and ACT again and again until I got a vastly improved score if I sat out a year or two.</p>
<p>You should really think abou the schools you are applying to. Your scores for Brown and Stanford are on the low side. Check out college search sites that would give you a list of good match schools. They may have this on the college board site or Princeton Review. In any case good luck.</p>
<p>Even if your school does not rank, it’s probable that colleges will get enough information to figure out roughly where you stand in the class. They may not know if you are 19th or 22nd out of 100 kids, but they’ll be able to figure out if someone is about 20th or about 90th. (Obviously, I haven’t a clue as to what your class rank actually is. I’m just saying that don’t think it won’t matter at all if your school doesn’t rank.) </p>
<p>If you have not self-identified as Hispanic before this, I think you run substantial risk doing so now.</p>
<p>Spanish isn’t the same as Hispanic, and by the way, you aren’t either.
I think if you take the ivys, UCLA, Cal, Stanford and Rice off the list, you have a realistic shot at the others. If you really do have Asperger’s, write a banging essay on how you deal with its challenges and lead a problem free, accomplished life regardless. That will count for more than claiming some distant ancestry that you don’t truly identify with, and can’t even make seem believeable when they ask for your mother’s maiden name.
And, they will.</p>
<p>Considering that the US Census and the Common App defines Hispanic/Latino as including those of Spanish origin, I’m a little confused as to what your reasoning is. I have always put it down in the past because I identify mostly as being of German-Spanish ancestry and acknowledge those heritages in addition to my Czech ancestry. Is there some official percentage that you have to be to define yourself as Hispanic/Latino?
For what it’s worth, I am 1/2 German (of Pomeranian, Brandenburger and East Prussian origin), 1/8th Spanish (of Andalusian origin), 1/8th Czech (from Bohemia) and an eigth Scottish and an eigth English.</p>
<p>What are your financial aid safety schools?</p>
<p>If you are full pay, what are your safety schools?</p>
<p>Reason I ask is because the schools you mention routinely say no to a majority of those who apply, and some of those schoolsw routinely say no to a supermajority of extremely talented students.</p>
<p>Take Brown; it said no to
87% of students who were in the top 10% of their HS class
88% of those with a 700-740 on SAT CR
89.5% of those wiht a 700-740 on the SAT Math
93% of those with a 29-32 on the ACT</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>P.S. The flaw in your logic that you are “in the 50th to 75th percentile for most of (students accepted to) those schools” is that for some of the schools your stats are also comparable to the students who were denied. For which of the schools you are interested in are your stats solidly in the top quartile? (those are your safety schools)</p>
<p>When I said 75th percentile I mean’t the scores were higher than 75% of the incoming freshman class. In other words, in the top 25%. I suppose Trinity, UT, Oklahoma and Southwestern are my safeties.</p>
<p>Op, your stats are impressive! You must be very proud of yourself. You need to be careful, however, when you compare yourself to others. There are so many amazing students in the US. Even though you are in the top 5 % in standardized scores, you need to look at how many students have scored higher than you. Then keep in mind the number of spots available at the schools you want to go to. Not saying you can’t get in, just be realistic!</p>
<p>I don’t like the idea of you claiming you’re Hispanic. Wouldn’t you feel bad if “that” is the reason you were accepted instead of based on your accomplishments? I don’t mean to be disrespectful of Hispanic applicants, just wonder why someone who isn’t really Hispanic ( or has not been raised in that culture) would try to “game” the system that way. Compete with your academics (they’re good!) otherwise you’ll always be wondering. Plus, you are misrepresenting yourself :-(</p>