Hispanic Male Yale and other great schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Race:Mexican
Income: do colleges see income at all if they are need blind?
Parents: father has PhD, mother only high school (in mexico and not transferred to united states)</p>

<p>SAT: 2300+ (plan to retake)
ACT: 31 (plan to retake)
SAT II: not taken yet; predict near perfect on Chem and M2, will take USH as well (prob 760) (not to sound cocky)
GPA: 3.99 (A- in spanish freshman year lol)
WGPA: 4.86</p>

<p>AP: Bio, Us Gov and Pol, Calc BC, Stat (all 4), Chem (5)</p>

<p>Research at Ivy-intel science fair semifinalist
JSHS semifinalist
BioGenius semifinalist</p>

<p>paper submitted for publication (3rd author-behind PI and mentor)</p>

<p>300+ hrs volunteer: hospital and tutoring in bio and chem at school(for free)
150 hrs shadow in hospital</p>

<p>presidents volunteer award (gold)X2</p>

<p>some college classes:
Calc 3-A
Med Chem-A
Business-A
Modern Math(kind of an intro to linear but beyond easy-it was my first college course)-A+
Physics-barely an A</p>

<p>applying for chemistry and the premed track
want to be a doctor some day and really want to help people</p>

<p>BTW, have a chance to volunteer at an orphanage with my papi in mexico-good idea for essay? i am also considering writing about being bullied a lot as a kid but then becoming respected to the point where every stopped bothering me-is that a good topic?</p>

<p>my parents were not educated here and my counselors at school are no help. any advice would really be appreciated</p>

<p>i can give more info if needed.</p>

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<p>So you’re obviously an amazing student and I really love your essay idea. I’m sorry that your counselors are no help! As I’m sure you’ve read online, Yale and other schools of that caliber are very selective. That being said, its not impossible to be accepted. I just think that you have a lot to offer and you should ensure that you have a well rounded list so you don’t end up with no where (not to scare you). </p>

<p>You shouldn’t apply to as many schools listed below. Also, note that the order of the list will change depending on what major you are interested in. For instance, if you want to go to Wharton at UPenn, it would jump to the ‘Dream Schools’ category because its crazy hard to get into. I’m also taking some liberties with the ‘Realistic Reaches’ category because most of these schools have very very low acceptance rates, but assuming you apply ED to one of them it would become more realistic. However, most schools in the dream school category are restrictive EA. </p>

<p>Here’s a sample list for you: </p>

<p>Dream Schools
Yale
Princeton
Columbia
Stanford</p>

<p>Realistic Reaches
Cornell
Vanderbilt
Northwestern
UPenn</p>

<p>Matches
Emory
Georgetown
UC Berkeley
UCLA
Boston College
Tufts</p>

<p>Safety
U of Michigan (Apply EA and hear about it in the winter, if you don’t get in send an app elsewhere…but I’m sure you would get in)</p>

<p>I hope this was helpful! Keep up the good work.</p>

<p>Best of luck!!</p>

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<p>thanks for the long post and the help. means a lot</p>

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<p>to be honest i think you will make it into one of the “IT” schools such as Stanford, Yale, Harvard. Your grades are spectacular and 2300 is not that bad. You have something different about you, you love to help others. Good Luck
chance back
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<p>thanks a lot man
i dont know anything about chancing but ill give it a go</p>

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<p>Common topic. Don’t use it.</p>

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<p>what are examples of ‘different’ topics?</p>

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<p>@chem92128 I agree, bullying is a common topic. But, if you connect it to how its helped you grow intellectually (if possible) if could still work. I would consider something that is more personal. How a specific event changed your life, how a person changed your life (but make sure its still about you and not a person), how learning something unique changed your life. It should really be about something your passionate about. </p>