Fighting Chance?

Applying to College
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<p>GPA UW: 3.89
GPA W: 6.0</p>

<p>Rank: Top 5% of 360 Students</p>

<p>ACT: 32 Comp. (E36, M27, R31, S33)
29 Comp. (E30, M27, R36, S24)
SAT II: Bio M-650
USH- 710
Spanish- 800
World - 11/7
SAT- 10/10</p>

<p>AP Scholar w Honors, Taken 15 APs, (Including This 6 Year) 9 Exams, Passed 7.
(Physics B, Calc AB, USH, World, Euro, English, English Lit, Spa, Spa Lit, Bio, Gov, Econ, Comp. Gov, ETC)</p>

<p>ECs:
- Hispanic Health Risk Community Service Project: 2008-2009, Over 132 Hours of Service. Founded a project to help the Hispanic members of our community learn about the different health risks that they may face.
-Church Community Service Group: 2006-2009, Over 219 Hours of Service. Helped the elderly and the poor with food and religious needs.
-Local Vocational SchoolLibrary Volunteer: 2006-2009, Over 324 Hours of Service performed during four consecutive summers. Helped students in the library and others with problems in computers, etc.
-Medical Assistant with two different doctors at their respective private offices. 2006-2009, Over 388 combined Hours of Service. Performed several vocationally oriented tasks to get an idea of what the medical career might be like. Learned firsthand from the doctors, what the different challenges and aspects of medicine are.
-Elementary School Assistant: 2008. Participated as an Elementary school assistant during the summer, helping out 1st grade teachers and the students. Over 60 Hours.
-Business Management: 2008-2009. Served with a local Private Laundry distribution company during two years. Learned about the different sales, and methods incorporated in the ownership of a business. Over 85 hours.
- Euro Challenge Participant 08', and SECME Participant 06', Both first school competitions in each area.</p>

<p>I am an URM (Hispanic) FL, and I am a first Gen College applicant.</p>

<p>Awards- AP Scholar Honors
Principals Annual HR
Top English Student 08'
Top Spanish Student 08'
Top Bio Student 08'
ETC</p>

<p>Thank you for everything, any one who responds. Ill gladly respond back.</p>

<p>Applying to Yale, Harvard, Princeton, UPenn, Columbia, U of Chicago, Brown, Johns Hopkins.</p>

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<p>You are in the usual middle 50% range for those colleges and URM status helps. So what does that mean? At Harvard, Yale, Princeton, you probably have a 10% chance of admission, at Penn a 15% chance and Columbia and Brown a 20% chance and probably closer to 30% or higher for Chicago or Hopkins. And those percentages are somewhat higher than your usual applicant.</p>

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<p>scores aren’t great but the URM definitely helps. pretty much agree with drusba - although i hope you have a safety!</p>