damn im under qualified!!!Help Me I need feedback!!!!

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<p>visiting this site has made me realize how god damn under qualified i am for ivy league schools. peep my stats:</p>

<p>Public School
Black
top 20%(60 ish out of 330+)</p>

<p>G.P.A> 3.7
(unweighted)-2.5 (dont ask how that adds up)</p>

<p>SAT math-530
SAt other 2 categories- 510</p>

<p>4yrs of football, 2 b-ball, 2-track, 6 AP's (had more but dropped AP physics twice, AP Eng Lit, and AP stat) a couple of honors classes, great recomendations, pretty strong essays...and really dats it...</p>

<p>i do got a alumni in da family but god damn....i fill like i brought brass knuckles to a gun fight!!! </p>

<p>Holla At Me Please</p>

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<p>I'm white
public school
95 out of 560</p>

<p>gpa 3.5 (3.1 unwghtd)</p>

<p>Sat math - 650
reading - 520
writing - 540</p>

<p>sat 2 - math 2 - 620
chem - 590</p>

<p>Ap - calc AB (subscore) - 4
calc BC - 4
Statistics - 3</p>

<p>Senior year classes -
AP US Gov
AP CHEM
AP Art history
AP Studio Art
AP European history
English 12</p>

<p>Extra...
President and founder of Science National Honor Society
President and founder of English National Honor SOCIETY
President National Art Honor Society
Vice President Math honor Society
Member National honor Society
captain of Quiz Bowl team
Editor for School magazine
Tutor after school
Work 40 hrs per week</p>

<p>Winner of Art competiton with 1600 entries
Volunteer for ONE
Principal's Academic award</p>

<p>Not sure what else...</p>

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<p>o00o0o0oh I got into ILR regular decision</p>

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<p>you mean rolling?</p>

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<p>yeah, i found out last Wed. rolling for ILR</p>

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<p>wow congrats..</p>

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<p>what is ILR? </p>

<p>"Sat math - 650
reading - 520
writing - 540
"</p>

<p>and you got in? even my 9th grade brother got that... wow... is your family really poor, in a bad neighborhood, and your parent never been to college? You are a lucky lad ;)</p>

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<p>SAT are SATs, unless you've done prep work you'll be looking around average at best...1300/1600</p>

<p>math 610, reading 670, writing 640(i think) (dont remember sat IIs, but just a little lower than my SAT Is) (it's best to take SAT II test right after you take the subject/class, not when you find out Cornell requires them!!!)</p>

<p>aps: world(3), us history(3), english lang(3), spanish lang(5), art history(3), bio(3)...took calcAB, 3years comp sci and also eng lit but didnt do well in those tests...</p>

<p>1st generation mex-american </p>

<p>ghettoest high school in houston area (27/400 with 3.5unweighted gpa, weighted was 4.xx)</p>

<p>ILR regular decision...got denied at Harvard and Rice...accepted at Tulane, St.Johns, FIU, UT</p>

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<p>Wow. I thought Cornell had higher standards.</p>

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<p>I'm sure I would not have gotten into the CAS but ILR has a higher admissions rate (just like tulane and UT) </p>

<p>but it also depends on who you are and where you come from...like my specs are one of the highest and rare at my school (note the ghetto high school from houston)</p>

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SAT are SATs, unless you've done prep work you'll be looking around average at best...1300/1600

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<p>I don't think that's necessarily true; I'm sure lots of intelligent kids score well on their SATs without ever touching a prep book</p>

<p>I never prepped and managed a 2130</p>

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<p>hinmanCEO: umm that was harsh...</p>