Hispanic's chances at Top Colleges

<p>Hi, I am a Hispanic male from Texas. I attend a highly competitive private school.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.7 UW - 4.0 W (With meaningless classes such as ROTC and Spanish lowering it significantly, A's in all college level classes ( except AP English (high B) ). Also our school’s A’s are from 94-100)
Rank: 7/110
PSAT: 200
SAT: 2150.</p>

<p>SAT II's: lets say IIC- 800 Chem- 700 US Hist - 700 </p>

<p>AP's: Already Taken- Eng Lit-probably 3-4, US History probably 4-5 Next Year- Stats, Eng Lang, Calculus BC, Chemistry (All other classes are honors and I am taking every single AP class available)</p>

<p>College Classes: 6 hours in C++, Data Structures, 3 hours in Dual-Credit Chemistry</p>

<p>EC's:
National Hispanic Scholar
School Winner in AMC Math test (beat senior val who is going to MIT hehe)
2-Year Lettermen on Academic Team
Principles Award for Highest Academic Achievement in Chemistry
Principles Award for Highest Academic Achievement in Religion
Captain of Academic Club/Team
-2nd Place Computer Science TAPPS District Academic Meet
-6th Place Computer Science TAPPS State Academic Meet
Leader of a Church group
Football, Track
NHS
Captain of Nationally recognized, sponsored paintball team
Math Tutoring
Mexican American Med-Prep Program
Texas A&M summer honors program
Habitat for Humanity
Lots of Work Experience- 10 hours/week during school year, 40 hours/week during summer</p>

<p>Recs/Essay: Can write a really nice essay, and I could get a rec straight from our principal.</p>

<p>Please evaluate chances at:
UCLA
UCSD
Stanford (hell why not!)
Rice
Notre Dame
Pomona (maybe the other Claremont LAC's too)
JHU
Michigan
USC
Loyola Marymount
Cal Poly (safety hopefully?)</p>

<p>Major Possibilities:
Pre-Med or Pre-Dent, Biochemistry, BME</p>

<p>you are in. we're having a dinner party at la casa benita.</p>

<p>spanish worfked u? that' bad, u are hispanic. viva mexico. ;)</p>

<p>also, you should apply to hyp.</p>

<p>I'd add Duke as a match and excellent BME school. Good chance everywhere. Research dentistry, it would seem a waste with your promise.</p>

<p>amnesia- Its not that I don't know Spanish, Its that the worthless teacher gave the best grades to people she liked.</p>

<p>zagat- Thanks for the suggestion!</p>

<p>dude heres what you need to do... take each college..write it down on a piece of paper...tape it to the wall...and throw darts to see where you go...because you can go anywhere...lucky you...</p>

<p>ps. may i reccomend Stanford?</p>

<p>I completley disagree with the above posts... First of all, your stats are very good but the only reason that you'll be exepted to the elite private schools that are on your list is because of affirmative action. HOWEVER, Berkley and UCLA don't do ( or atleast say they don't do) affirmative action. UCLA and Berkley are 60-75% everything else is fine. Goood luck</p>

<p>inseniarator...i think you have a great chance at most of those schools...some might be a stretch (i.e. Stanford and maybe JHU and Rice)....but you've got good stats, and colleges love that Hispanics are coming up....they are one of the least representative groups in the university setting.</p>

<p>Question....Have you considered the University of Virginia?...it's the #2 public school in the nation (with Ann Arbor)...#22 university all round....it has a fantastic pre-med program and it's students do have very slight preference in the medical school (which is excellent). It's set in a small city, and the campus is gorgeous (and historic might i add)....furthermore...tuition is very low compared with many other universities ($22,000 and room/board for a typical freshman in one of the old dorms is about $3,000)...the new Access UVa program is dealing out substantial amounts of financial aid...more than a majority of universities.....fantastic school...i think you should look in to it or atleast consider applying....plus...it'll give you the east coast experience..</p>

<p>1400+ equivalent SAT score with a great list of EC's gives you a reasonable chance at any college regardless of race. Couple that with the fact that you're hispanic, well, have fun at HYPS (bc I think you have a great shot at all 4 even though you didn't mention HYP).</p>