Hispanic admission to ivy league

Colleges and Universities A-Z Brown University
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<li><p>I was wondering if anyone had a general idea of my chances of being admitted to UC Berkeley, Brown, Dartmouth, and other Ivy League colleges as a URM?</p></li>
<li><p>If you’ve been admitted or know someone who has been admitted, post there stats. (SAT, ACT, EXT CC, GPA,)</p></li>
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<p>URM (Hispanic of Panama descent)
SAT:1920
ACT:30
UW GPA:3.6
W GPA:5.0 (Out of 5 point scale)
EXT CC: Leadership Council, Red Cross Club, Interact Club, and Community Service Club. 100 hours community service </p>

<p>Course Work Junior Year(ALL PRE-AP):

  • US History
  • English 3
  • Current Events
  • Algebra 2
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Economics</p>

<p>Course Work Senior Year:

  • Dual Credit English
  • Dual Credit Government
  • AP Biology
  • Pre-Caculus
  • Leadership Council
  • Newsroom</p>

<p>*I don’t need financial aid</p>

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<p>Frankly, your GPA and your transcript do not stand out. Alg2 and other “pre-AP” courses as a Junior and one AP class as a senior do not make you competitive unless your HS has extremely few offerings. (for instance, I attended an inner city HS, had Alg2 as Freshman, and by graduation had taken all 8 AP courses offered in my HS – many of my fellow URM students did the same)</p>

<p>Your 3.6/5.0 UW GPA and below 2000 SAT make you on the lower end of the Hispanic applicant pool to those schools as well.</p>

<p>I think you’ve achieved quite a bit but your competition next year will probably be too much to overtake at those very selective colleges. I’m sure you’ll still have some nice options next year. Good luck.</p>

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<p>What would you recommend me do to get my application to stand out?</p>

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<p>Mmm, i disagree with the first poster. While it’ll definitely be hard for you to get in with that GPA, it’s not impossible. Apply to other tops schools besides the ivies. </p>

<p>Try to get that GPA higher though!! Is there any way you can bring it up to a 3.7 or higher? </p>

<p>And what’s your rank?</p>

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<p>My school only offers Pre-Ap courses for the first 2 years. My school also requires me to get college credit, so my Dual Credit Government and Dual Credit English are college courses that I would also receive high school credit in. My high school only has 4 AP courses (Phys, Lit, Bio, and Study Skills). I’m not really worried about my GPA being any higher but hopefully it goes up after this semester; I’m probably in top 15%.</p>

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<li>What other hooks do I need (besides raising my gpa) that will significantly help my chances of getting in?</li>
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<p>If you’re a junior, there’s nothing I can really suggest. Plus, hooks aren’t really something you can just acquire. </p>

<p>If your rank is out of the top 10%, you’re in some trouble.</p>

<p>Since you’re full pay, I’d probably suggest applying to as many need-aware schools as possible. Try Washington University in St. Louis.</p>

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<p>Edlove: you say your school has fewer AP offerings than other schools. OK. Then that won’t be a hurdle. However, very selective schools like Brown will then expect you to maximize those opportunities and excel in each of them. Here’s where your ranking comes into play. By your own measure, 15% of the students in your school achieve higher academically than you. This is your anchor. </p>

<p>To be viable, you really need to be among the top handful of scholars at your school for schools like Brown unless you have another outstanding talent to offer. But like awkward says, I believe you’re still set up for some good college options come next April. However it’s extremely doubtful any ofthem will be from schools with ~15% accept rates.</p>