<p>Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Black, African American
School: City Public Schools, doesnt send many kids to top school
Grade: 12th</p>
<p>GPA
-3.87 unweighted
- school doesnt have A+ or weighted grades</p>
<p>SAT (One and Only Sitting)
700 Critical Reading
650 Math
700 Writing
= 2050</p>
<p>ACT-
-30</p>
<p>AP's
School doesnt offer many AP's. Only APUSH which i got a 3 on. And Spanish which I am taking this year</p>
<p>Courseload: Took hardest classes I could take, including some at the University of Minnesota</p>
<p>EC's
I am ranked top 200 in the country for tennis
Placed 4th in Minnesota State tournament
National Honor Society
I dont have time for a ton of others because tennis and work takes up all my time</p>
<p>Volunteer
I volunteer 6 hours a week at an after school tennis program for kids from city schools.
And I tutor 2 hours a week at Minneapolis Public Schools</p>
<p>Jobs
I work around 15 hours a week at a tennis center cleaning and coaching</p>
<p>Other
National Achievement Scholar(2500 scholarship)</p>
<p>I got into Cornell a couple days ago
I really want to go to Penn or Brown
My essays were pretty good, I think recs were good didnt see them though</p>
<p>Wondering if I have a chance at all or if I should just assume I wont get it</p>
<p>I hate to say this, but dude - you're black. I know how much you prbly hate people saying that, but you have a good shot. Your grades are actually pretty decent, about average compared with everyone else. You might even want to try tackling the bigger Ivies.</p>
<p>But You should have had more leadership stuff, as I don't see any. Good luck!</p>
<p>haha, yea i know it is probably the only thing giving me a chance to get in, but whatever I guess.
thanks</p>
<p>you're in cornell with that? congrats. i wouldn't expect penn or brown but hey affirmative action has done some crazy things.</p>
<p>You'll probably get into Penn and Brown. Someone at my school (also and urm, got into brown with only a 1780 SAT...he also had like tons of leadership stuff). Also, are you being recruited for tennis at penn or brown? If so, then you are definitely in...</p>
<p>Congrats on Cornell by the way.</p>
<p>id say you have a lot better stats than some of the urm that ive heard get into even the bigger ivies. i think you have a really good chance. are you looking to play tennis in college? i hope you get in!</p>
<p>thanks for the replies, yea I'm hoping to play tennis. I decided to apply to Penn and Brown pretty late in the recruiting process, i was originally being recruited by wash u but I decided I didnt want to go there so I was late contacting the coaches and they already filled there recruit slots. But...both coaches said they would definitely want to meet with me if I get in and see me play so hopefully if I get in that will work out. Otherwise I guess its IM basketball :)</p>
<p>congrats on cornell! good school - i think, although you don't have much leadership in your EC's, that your focus and success with regard to tennis can get you in a lot of places. You clearly have a passion for it based on what you can see on paper, and you're also obviously really successful if you're nationally ranked - really solid hook</p>
<p>gratz on Cornell...lawl @ black kid playing tennis :P</p>
<p>yea thats what im hoping. I mean between playing tennis 2.5 hrs a day and working 15 hrs a week i didnt really have to much time to do a lot of other extracurriculars. Hopefully they will see that. Over the last few years there has actually been a pretty big increase in black tennis players at national tournaments. I was just at Spring Nationals in alabama and there were 6 other black kids there. I mean its still 6/128, but its an improvement i guess</p>
<p>I don’t see what’s funny about a black kid playing tennis. Have you heard of Venus and Serena? I know this is old, but I thought his grades and test scores were on par with Cornell. To say that the only reason he got in is because of his URM status is insulting.</p>