I am a Hispanic from a highly competitive public school with over 4500 students. Hoping to see chances at HYPMS and other top schools and whether or not to gauge myself for lower tier schools. Important to note I am currently a Junior
GPA/Ranking
1% (Class of 1100+ students)
Test Scores
NEW SAT
1530/1600
ACT
34/36
Courses:
As of right now 6 APs all 5s (probably around 11 total by end of senior year, hopefully mainly 5’s)
EC:
-Youth Group Leader (Grades 9-now)
-Worked at various fast food places 20hr/weeks (Mid Sophomore-Mid Junior Year)
-Played club Rugby JV level (State runner ups)
-Played on state all-star Rugby team (JV)
-Co-Founded school’s chapter for Habitat for Humanity
-Grew to 400 members by second year
-Raised total of over $20,000+ towards building houses in my community
-Organized multiple large volunteer events
-Over 3,000 hours spent volunteering by members
-Conducting research with AP Biology teacher (Synthetic Biology, hopefully publish paper by mid 2018), entering in multiple competitions (MIT InvenTeams)
Demographic:
-Hispanic
-Under 60k/year income
-First generation college student
Hoping to apply to MITES summer program this summer too, that could probably help my chances IF I got in.
Interested in Biotechnology/Computer Science/Possibly Business
Probably going to apply to HYPMS, Ivies, Duke, Berekely, UCLA, UF, BU
@BioDude123 it helps tremendously. You have a strong application and have a much better than average chance than most applicants for the schools you are applying to.
Not too much for Hispanic. I know quite a few Hispanic students who have much better stats than you and got rejected by hypsm. It’s getting quite competitive for hispanics as so many claim to be hispanics.
hey @BioDude123 I noticed you were applying to MITES. I would like to suggest you apply to Carnegie Mellon SAMS as well. I attended last year, and the acceptance rate was 7%. The programs are both similar, and after speaking to the director of SAMS, roughly 25% of SAMS students end up at a university in the top 5 of USNWR.
SAMS decisions are rolling, and I would urge you to consider applying now that the application is open. I think if you got in, it would provide a good backup in the likely scenario that you get rejected from MITES.
If you have any questions, want more information, or need help with essays, feel free to message me whenever. I’d love to see more students applying to programs like these.