Chances

<p>Background:
Hispanic male (Colombian)
New Jersey
competitive public school</p>

<p>sat's:
math-760
critical reading-760
writing-790
total-2310</p>

<p>sat ii's:
math ii-800
chem-650</p>

<p>weighted gpa:
freshman-4.26
sophomore-4.04
junior-4.05
cumulative-4.1</p>

<p>and A is 4.3, A- is 4.0 so i'm in between</p>

<p>Freshman year I took regular English because I didn't qualify for honors, and took honors geometry and honors physical science. I also took 4 semesters of academic electives instead of study halls.</p>

<p>Sophomore year I took honors English, honors Algebra 2/Trig, and honors bio instead of AP bio. I took 4 semesters of academic electives.</p>

<p>This year I'm taking AP chem, honors english instead of ap, and honors pre calc. I'm taking a year of study hall and an year of academic electives.</p>

<p>Every year I took regular history (I didn't qualify for AP last year and you must take AP sophomore year to take AP this year) and regular Spanish (no AP or honors offered). I'm in Spanish 5 this year.</p>

<p>Next year I will have AP Physics, AP Calc A/B, AP Stat, and AP English. I will be not be taking history. I will continue to take academic electives.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Lacrosse-4 years
Newspaper-4 years (copy-editor this year and maybe editor next year)
Drama Club-2 years
Involved in 4 productions
3 Math competitions each year for 4 years
People to People Student Ambassador 1 summer</p>

<p>I had an after-school job in the fall this year.</p>

<p>Top 15% in my school. (We don't do exact rank)</p>

<p>Please reply and help me. If necessary I can get more info (specific grades, more info about my school, etc.)</p>

<p>You have a decent shot. The fact that you are not in the top 10 percent of your class may hurt you. don't listen to the other people that will say you are automatically in because you are hispanic. it's not true at all. Instead, work hard on your essays and you may be pleasantly surprised.</p>

<p>i'm borderline top 10%. i may in fact be top 10% as i know a few people in the top 10% didn't do as well this past year.</p>

<p>would there be any advantage to applying early?</p>