Headed For The Ivy League?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Well, to start things off, here are some of the schools I'm interested in, just so you can think about them as you read my stats (not all Ivy League). </p>

<p>University of Chicago, University of Michigan - Ann Harbor, Duke, Rice, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, Cornell, Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. Basically, all of the top colleges. </p>

<p>Of course I have some safeties:
UT, Texas A&M</p>

<p>If you think of any other schools I should be considering, please feel free to tell me.</p>

<p>Here are some of my stats: </p>

<p>17 year old Mexican American(family makes less than 50k/year). First Generation College Student. From a small but growing rural Texas town. I plan on going pre med.</p>

<p>Cumulative GPA: 4.64 (as of the end of my junior year)
Unweighted GPA: not sure really(make A's above 96's usually)
Rank: 1</p>

<p>AP Classes </p>

<p>Junior Year: English, US History, Spanish 4, Calculus AB </p>

<p>Senior Year AP Classes I plan to take:English, Gov't, Economics, Biology, Calculus BC, Computer Science, Music Theory </p>

<p>Scores: </p>

<p>SAT-composite-(may take again): </p>

<p>V-720
M-670
W-760 </p>

<p>ACT(may take again): composite - 31
Science - 26
Math - 29
Writing - 33
Reading - 36 </p>

<p>Essay - 10 </p>

<p>Subject Tests: </p>

<p>Math 1C - 720
US History - 740
Spanish - 780 </p>

<p>AP's: </p>

<p>US History - 5
English Language - 5
Spanish - 5
Calculus - 2 - won't send in this score</p>

<p>Extras: </p>

<p>*Come from a brand new high school that had 8,9,10 grade its first year.
*Play the Bassoon in the Wind Ensemble(all 4 years )
*Have made All-District Band, and All-Region Band(twice). I plan to make it to All-State this year.
*Have been on the School's Drumline, once in the Front Ensemble, and the the past two years on the bass line(section leader). I will play snare next year. I'm thinking my hook could be a drum playing bassonist. I don't know if that's enough though.
*Have been in many UIL academic events. All-district ready writer.
*Peer Mediation 9th Grade Year
*Been President of NJHS, Crime Stoppers
*Been in Student Council for all of high school(been treasurer three times)
*TASC Recognized "Outstanding" Student Council
*Have won some school awards in web design and world history
*Then I've been in a few smaller school clubs for a year or so, but my main things are StuCo, Band, and Academic Stuff.
*I've gotten 3rd place in The Austin American Statesman's Excellence in Writing Contest.
*In Student Council, I have attended a summer leadership workshop, 2 state conventions, and many district conferences.
*I also volunteer weekly at my church, at least 1.5 hours a week.</p>

<p>**Senior year:
*I will be president of NHS.
*Will be treasurer of Student Council again.
*Will be playing snare as a bassoon player</p>

<p>That's pretty much it.</p>

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<p>UMich, UChicago (barring horrendous essays, because you seem like a good fit), and Rice all seem very reasonable.</p>

<p>But premed at Duke, Cornell, Stanford, Harvard, JHU, Yale, and Princeton is going to be hard.</p>

<p>JHU, I would caution is also not need blind.</p>

<p>The good news is that if any of the Ivies admitted you, your family would most likely qualify for full tuition under their institutional policies.</p>

<p>But the Ivies are all still reaches, just as a matter of course. Ditto with Stanford. But I think you'll get at least one of the reachier schools.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Yeah, that's pretty much what I've been thinking.</p>

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<p>URM + Rank 1 + Pretty decent test scores</p>

<p>I can see you getting in almost everywhere.</p>

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<p>yes, you are ivy bound</p>

<p>dont skimp on teh essays and i'm sure you'll have many nice schools to choose from in may</p>

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<p>I was wondering...should I retake the SAT and ACT?</p>

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<p>Because you're a Mexican American, you'll get into most, if not all of the Ivies. Not to say you aren't qualified, because you are quite qualified =)</p>

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<p>if you have the time to study for it, I would retake that SAT (or ACT depending on which you prefer). It would be great if you got the math and CR above 750.</p>

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<p>In at most schools. I envy your position, congratulations on the great stats.</p>

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<p>don't apply as pre-med. you risk your chances by putting yourself up for comparison within such a competitive and popular major. also, your application indicates no real interest in medicine. it thus seems pointless, even if it is true. i'd go undecided if i were you. you should have some nice acceptance letters.</p>

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<p>"University of Michigan - Ann Harbor"</p>

<p>... what?</p>

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<p>You will get into most if not all of the schools on your list. Even if you weren't Mexican, you'd have a decent shot at all.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I may consider changing UMich for UC Berkely or something. </p>

<p>I was also worried about applying premed since i didn't take any AP sciences my junior year, which is why i may replace AP Comp Sci and Music Theory for AP Chemistry. Sound better?</p>

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<p>Any other schools you guys think I may be interested in? </p>

<p>Any advice?</p>

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<p>meh...I agree with the above statement. if you were asian with those stats you would have a hard time getting into any schools...(which is why affirmative action is teh sukz0rz)</p>

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<p>"Yeah, I may consider changing UMich for UC Berkely or something."</p>

<p>You say "Ann Harbor," then "Berkely." It's "Ann Arbor" and "Berkeley."</p>

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<p>Sorry, I didn't mean to offend or anything. I knew I was misspelling some of them, but i was in a hurry and didn't have time to check up on it. Thanks for correcting me, though.</p>

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<p>Let's not focus on the negative. </p>

<p>Does anyone else have anything to say?</p>

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<p>I'm not focusing on the negative, but don't misspell the school's name on the app. That's really, really very bad. Do not say you're applying to Ann Harbor. I think they'll throw your app straight for the little round filing cabinet with a clear liner along with yesterday's lunch.</p>

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<p>I'll try to remember that. Thanks.</p>