FINAL CHANCES for a 35 ACT Hispanic student?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Basics:
Gender--Male
From--Suburban Chicago public school
Financial aid--Yes
Ethnicity--Hispanic
LD/ADHD--Yes, not diagnosed/treated until end of junior year</p>

<p>Academics:
GPA--3.02 unweighted, 3.88 weighted (see ADHD/LD)
Class rigor--All honors/AP
AP schedule--English Lang., US His. (jun.); Calc. AB, Biology, US Gov't, English Lit., Economics (sen.)
Class Rank: Surprisingly enough, top 16% (class of ~650)</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT--2220 cold (just for NM)
ACT--35 composite (36 R, E; 35 M; 33 S) <== only took the test once
AP--English Lang. (5), US History (5)
SAT Subj.--US History (760), Literature (770)</p>

<p>Leadership/extracurricular activities:
Varsity scholastic bowl--Co-captain (9-12); MVP (9-11); top scorer (9-10, but only because my coach liked pulling me out of Saturday morning tournaments for falling asleep)
Jeopardy!--Finalist, invited to and completed audition in Kansas City. Didn't make the show, but I used the experience for my CA essay
School newspaper--Copy editor (established position, 12); production editor (11); staff writer (10)
Blogger--I spend, and this is a pure guesstimation, about 15 hours per week researching, interviewing, and writing for two incredibly popular hip-hop/music/fashion blogs. One of my sites just finished up an interview with Nas, and I interviewed up-and-comer Mac Miller (he of the Billboard chart-topping Blue Slide Park) last Saturday (11-12)
Chicago Tribune--Staff writer for teen newspaper (11-12)
Varsity baseball--Hurt junior year, but came back during summer (LHP, 10-12)
Travel baseball--Co-captain/member (LHP/OF, 10-12)
Freshmen swim team--Member (9)
Wind symphony--1st chair, alto sax (9-10)
Jazz band--Alto sax (9-10)
Marching band--Alto sax (9-10)
Saxophone lessons--Alto/tenor sax (9-10)
Parish volunteer--Eucharistic minister/misc. volunteer (9-12)
Assistant teacher--Surprisingly selective program for a summer job (only 40 applicants were picked out of a pool of around 150, 11-12)
French Club--Member (9-10)
Italian Club--Member (11-12)</p>

<p>Awards:
National Merit Semifinalist (223 PSAT)
National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar
Illinois State Scholar
Prairie State Achievement Award in Math, Science, English, Writing
Tri-M Music Honors Society
Northwestern Midwest Academic Talent Search Award Winner (36 ACT R/E, presented freshman year)
Honor roll member every semester</p>

<p>Assume that essays are in the upper-echelon--not to toot my own horn, as a few people seem to do here, but writing's my thing; my recommendations are coming from a counselor I'm quite close to, an English teacher that loved me to death (put me #1 on his "big board" for most likely to kill the AP test), and a Gov't teacher who thinks I could run for the White House one day (no kidding. love that man). Pulling off what would be a 4.71 GPA this semester, which would bump me up about 20-30 spots in my class...</p>

<p>List:
VANDERBILT (ED II)
BC
Dartmouth
Georgetown
Indiana (applied months ago, still waiting)
Michigan
Northwestern (legacy)
Notre Dame (huge legacy)
Richmond
Tulane (actually showed genuine interest, wrote a pretty good "Why Tulane")
Washington & Lee
Washington U.
William & Mary (wrote optional essay)
Williams
[already into Clemson EA, Miami OH EA, Fordham EA, SMU EA, Alabama (NMF full ride), Illinois (preferred)]</p>

<p>Thanks, yooo.</p>

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<p>Bumpppp? Anybody?</p>

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<p>I have absolutely no college counseling experience, but I’d say you have a pretty high chance of being accepted into ALL of those places.
I was accepted into Tulane and my resume looks less impressive than yours!</p>

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<p>I think you are obviously a very intelligent student. As long as your ADHD is explained in you common application, than I think you have a fabulous chance at all of these schools. Now that your treated for ADHD, work really hard senior year to show that you can actually be disciplined. GOOD LUCK!</p>

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<p>Everything looks great except for one factor that will really hurt you- your GPA.
A 3.02 UW GPA is much lower than all of these schools standards. Hopefully your excellent ACT and EC’s will outshine it, but don’t be surprised if you get rejections. Have a safety.</p>

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<p>You better get in Vandy ED.</p>

<p>Also didnt know you auditioned for Jeopardy :0 I did too after 9th or 10th grade lol</p>

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<p>Your stats seem very, very subjective. I think that you have a legitimate shot at any of these colleges, but everything depends on the attitude of the person who reads your app, and what they’re looking for. The blog thing is very cool, and will probably cause you to stand out, hopefully undiagnosed ADHD will help with GPA, but it is your biggest downfall… Honestly, if any school looks at you holistically, you’re in. But the ones with numbers-driven admissions, there is very little chance. I’d say W&M is a good shot (I’m very familiar with it), because they really look for creative thinkers and good writers…you. </p>

<p>Goodluck!</p>

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<p>Like I said, I think you have a good shot for any of the schools you are applying to, really. Your SAT score shows that you are intelligent, and I assume that this year your GPA will show a huge upward trend - if the colleges that you apply to consider it. Your race should also be to your advantage. XD
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<p>Thanks, yoooo. More chances?!</p>