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<p>I am an African-American female at an urban public highschool (in the gifted magnet) in Los Angeles but I am from an upper middle class family. My stats are:</p>

<p>Academics:
-ranked 13 out of 808
-mostly A's with the exception of two B's (in SPanish freshman year and an indepedent study life skills class)
-SAT I
<em>first time: 1340 (680v, 660m)
*second time: 2250 (790m,790v,670w)
-SATII
*Biology: 730
*US History: 770
*Math Level 2: 650 (oops)
-APs
*Spanish 2 (oops again)
*US History 5
*Eurpean history 5
*Biology 5
*English Literature 4
*taking right now:
*</em>AP Calculus AB
*<em>AP Economics (will take two AP tests)
*</em>AP Physics
*<em>AP Government (will take two AP tests)
*</em>AP English Composition
-Honors filled the rest of my schedule with the exception of Spanish and Geometry (not offered in honors)</p>

<p>ECs
-captain of the soccer team 2 years (only freshman on varsity since freshman year)
-Jack and Jill (cultural/service organization)
*member since age 9
*treasurer 2 years
*parlimentarian 1 year
-Science Bowl
*on team 3 years
*captain 2 years
-member California Honor Society
-member California Scholarship Federation
-Mentor 3 years</p>

<p>Summers:
-before 9th grade Traveled through Europe playing with soccer team
-before 10th grade Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth summer program in Maryland
-before 11th grade UC COSMOS summer program at UC Davis
-Before 12th grade
*job as office clerk 2 days a week
*internship at USC Keck School of Medicine assisting with research 3 days a week</p>

<p>Volunteering- 250 hours
-Test Sucess (Tutoring underpriveleged youth)
-Cooking for homeless
-Ronald McDonald House
-many small projects with Jack and Jill</p>

<p>Awards Received
-national merit commended student
-national acheivement semifinalist (as of now)
-Who's Who Among American Highschool Students (know it doens't count for much)
-Second All-League Soccer team (2 years)
-National Honor Roll
-AP Scholar with Honor</p>

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<p>Looks good, and the URM status will help you as well.</p>

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<p>13%.........</p>

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<p>This was funny the first couple of times around.</p>

<p>SEWcurious, your chances are way above 13% because of your URM status.</p>

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<p>Good job. You have a very good shot. I would suggest retaking the Math Level 2 if at all possible, but you probably already knew this.</p>

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<p>are you applying early decision?</p>

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<p>Nope, I'm applying early to Yale.</p>

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<p>your soccer sounds like it can be used for recruiting purposes....just a suggestion.</p>

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<p>unfortunately I dislocated my knee during practice early this semester and am now out for the season. Otherwise I would agree with you.</p>

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<p>ouch that sucks. looks good overall. so if you had a choice would you go to Yale or Stanford?</p>

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<p>I'd say probably near 95 percent chance...:)</p>

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<p>All other things being equal (meaning money) I would go to Yale</p>

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<p>You have a great chance, not only because of your URM status, but also that HUGE jump in SAT M and V grades! That was amazing! Kudos.</p>