Hispanic at Duke ED, Brown, Stanford + more lowish GPA

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Duke (ED + had cousins attend idk if that matters but I marked it down), BC (EA), Case Western (EA), Northeastern (EA), UMich (EA), UVA (EA), Rice, WashU, USC (double legacy), UPenn, Georgetown, Stanford, Brown, Vandy, JHU,
Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 34 (35, 32, 34, 35)
SAT II: 800 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75 (only had two B’s in freshman year, but my high school screws us with our GPA), 4.27 Weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5’s and 4’s except for one 3 on Human Geo lol (6 total AP’s not including Senior Year)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C: E and M, 2 Post-AP’s (Linear Algebra and 2nd-year level college English class), AP Comp Gov, AP Psych
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Duke of Edinburgh (international award kind of) Bronze and Silver, National Hispanic Scholar Recipient, A few honor societies and AP awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Environmental research with AP bio teacher, varsity football starter,
Volunteer/Community service: (president and Founder) registered 501©(3) that helps kids get into college, (founder and president) Beta Club, Self taught animator (ties into my common app essay)
Summer Activities: Go visit family in Latin country and teach math, science, and English at an elementary school; Summer program at Georgetown for medicine; internship at a well-known college near me doing astrophysics (writing paper currently)
Essay:
CA: I think its unique (how my favorite Pixar movie got me to become curious and want to learn. Have shown to like 10 different people and they all love it and say it’s one of the best they’ve read (9-9.5/10)
Teacher Recommendation: 1 really good (9/10), 1 decent (7/10)
Counselor Rec: normal (6/10)
Additional Rec: From the teacher I work with in Central American country, should be good (8/10)

State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): undecided, physics, poli sci
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 250,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, brother goes to WashU, double legacy at USC

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Stats: nice job, you probably need another subject test though like bio, chem, or physics
ECs: Dang a non profit looks great. However, nothing too special
Awards/Summer: NHSP is fantastic, looks good for the summer stuff

Overall, I think you’ll get into most schools you apply to. Good Luck !

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The summer stuff merges with the EC’s on the commonapp so they are in the same category. I will be taking physics and history subject tests in December for Georgetown. Thank you so much for your response!

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Probably in at WashU, although I would recommend PoliSci over Physics as I have heard some not so great things about the department.

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Forgot to mention I was also invited to a diversity fly-in at WashU. I would believe that would help as well.

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Admit to Duke, WashU, Vandy, and Stanford here. I think you have a very good chance at WashU, pretty good chances everywhere else. Your GPA isn’t great, but certainly isn’t bad, and being a URM I hope will tilt things in your favor. PM me if you advice. Good luck!

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would you share what school you are admitted to? My son, also URM, has very similar stats as you but he thinks that all those schools are out of his reach. Best of luck to you:-)