<p>Ethnicity: Mexican-American
GPA: 4.1 (W) 3.7 (UW)
Mediocre grades freshman and sophomore year, but a huge upward trend from then on.
4 APs Junior Year
6 This year</p>
<p>Statistics 4
Bio 4
English Lit. 3</p>
<p>SAT 1: 710 M 680 CR 740 W
SAT 2: 800 ML2 760 ML1 750 SPAN 670 Bio
Rank: 15/~450
ELC
Essays: Very good
Recommendations: Mixed, but excellent from my math teacher</p>
<p>Intended Major: Electrical Engineering/Computer Science or other engineering or applied science major</p>
<p>ECs: Mostly Math competitions, Academic decathlon, Mock Trial, and various community service organizations. I'm also an A+ certified technician and started my own computer repair business.</p>
<p>Chances at:
MIT
UC Berkeley
Stanford
CMU
Caltech
Harvey-Mudd
Cornell</p>
<p>Also, I have one more chance to take the SAT in January for MIT and Harvey-Mudd. What do you guys recommend I improve on? I'm leaning on taking the physics subject test, but i see that my SAT 1 is quite low. Do you guys think my 760 math level 1 score makes up for my SAT 1 score?</p>
<p>Definately retake the SAT I. Your score is way too low...your M + CR isn't even a 1400. IMO you don't have a chance at MIT, Stanford, or Caltech if scores don't improve...even with URM status. EC are nothing special either and the fact that your recs are "mixed" doesn't help. o_O</p>
<p>Dude, aim lower. Mixed recs, average SATs (for those colleges), mediocre sophomore/freshman grades, and lack of stand-out ECs (unless you did really good in those competitions). Think about all the perfect applicants those colleges get that have perfect 4.0s throughout high school, high EC achievenment/uniqueness, 2350+ SATs and amazing recs; you do not stand out that much in these super-applicant pools. Your ethnicity might save you, but I suggest a quick hefty search for safeties, as late as it is.</p>
<p>Now, if you're a girl, this might be an entirely different story.</p>
<p>everybody is discouraging you from applying because they feel bitter about affirmative action
im seeing this quite often on cc and its disturbing
ppl just stop
you have a chance definitely at all those schools
antagonize the colleges, not the urms</p>