<p>I'm a first generation American (all of my family is from Cuba). Ehm, my grades are high, AP scores are high, I'm taking Organic Chemistry at a local college, 60 college credits via dual enrollment, and I've started after school tutoring programs which have gained the attention of some service award programs.</p>
<p>Does this seem like a fair shot towards a top knotch Ivy like Yale or Princeton? I hear a lot of talk about "lowering the standards" for URMs and such. Since I'm new to this whole college business, do my scores really place me in the far low end of the scale or am I okay to compete against other hispanics?</p>
<p>I wish I could afford to take that Kaplan course. It would have made a world of a difference on the math section. By the way, I'm looking to major in sociology or something along the social science lines. </p>
<p>It depends on a lot of factors. If you are a junior, try to up the SAT score a little. You can never be sure; some people with 2400 are rejected.</p>
<p>I agree that trying the SAT again would be beneficial...even without a course, there are a lot of resources online, and a lot of books available (many can be checked out of the library, or you can just sit in a bookstore and read them, if you can't afford to purchase...obviously it helps to be able to write in them, but they can still be useful) that could help you up it.</p>
<p>That said, it's really not that bad...you didn't give us specifics on GPA and such, but if that and ECs, etc. are as strong as you're indicating, I think you would still be competitive at top schools even with the SAT score as it stands.</p>