chances, please?

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<p>Spanish male. Just finished my first year in he states (Junior).
Applying for Physics Department.
PSAT: 169
SAT- M:750, V:630, W:690 with a 10 essay ----> 2070
SAT2`s - Math IIc:790, Physics:800, Chemistry:770
ACT - Eng:28, Math:33, Reading:28, Science:30, 10 essay ---> Comp: 30
GPA - uW: 3.7, W: 4.21
Junior AP's - Chem (4) and Calc AB (4)
Senior AP's (next year) - Physics C, Bio, Calc BC, German, English.
Class rank in the states: top 1% of 250
Class rank in spain: top 1% of 1500
Awards and EC's:
Pre-highschool: - 1999 Winner of National Spanish Painting Competition for 5th Graders
Freshman - National Spanish Math League, Sectionals, 4th.
- National Essay Competition, 3rd
- Math Club member
- Painting Club member
Soph - The fact of going out of school at 6.30 pm didnt let me do anything, but I got ranked as the best english student in a summer academy in london.
I also received some sort of award for being the best student of my school, with an average of 99.6%.
Junior(in the States) - Most Improved Player on Track and Field
- Track sectionals in wisconsin, 5th
- I won a lot of medals in the 3200 m run and 800 m run
- Highest Undergraduate in Physics
- Soccer most valuable player.
- Member of the Amnesty International Club
- Member of a science club
- Physics and chemistry tutoring during all the year
- AP Chemistry Lab-book editor</p>

<p>I guess my EC's are kinda poor but i wanna improve them in the 1st sem of my senior year...I also would retake the SAT and ACT. One question, do they give credit for the stuff I did in Spain? I was a really gifted painter...a lot of paintings I did when I was 7 are in other's ppl houses ( neighbours, friends, etc...) and when I went to america, I showed some of my drawings to the Art teacher and he said I am a genius of drawing and painting (It sounded really weird, bc im actually going to apply for physics department ew)</p>

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<p>If you were white, you wouldn't stand a chance
But you are hispanic, so you stand a slight chance
If you are hispanic/international you lost your chance.
If you are hispanic/citizen you have the chance
Understand?</p>

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<p>well, you still have some time to raise your SAT score.
Your SAT II's are awesome, but as you very well know yourself, your SAT I is pretty bad. Since you are hispanic, if you can raise your SAT scores to 2250+, then you'd have a pretty reasonable chance at Princeton. As of right now, I don't think your URM status is good enough to get you into Princeton.</p>

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<p>you don't need a 2250 if you are hispanic and us citizen. That is average, they let points slide as a URM</p>

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<p>There is a difference between Being from Spain and Mexico. You will recieve less weight for URM status. Your Hispanic (caucasian) which I believe is a different category.</p>

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<p>so is i harder to get in for european caucasian? I mean...do I have a better chance than a southamerican? btw i'm international student, thats why I don't score that well on the critical reading section.
but i jumped from a 169 PSAT to the 2000s...i guess i can get at least 2200 next time...</p>

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<p>You want to get your SAT scores up a few points. Your verbal should be at least 650, and if it is then your writing needs to go way up. Otherwise, try to hit 700 in all 3 categories.</p>

<p>On your app highlight your contrasting interests in physics and art. You seem to have an interesting choice there about how you switched.</p>

<p>Also, just a note: only put top accomplishments...padding won't help, and don't include awards before 9th grade unless it's truly exemplary.</p>