list: accepted, rejected or deferred

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am new here, and after seeing many posts, I didn't realize how extremely qualified my competitors are. So, I am starting to doubt about applying to top colleges, but I will still give them a shot. Here I go:</p>

<p>Hispanic female/middle class/severe hearing loss/New York/major-molecular biology
3.7 UW, 4.13 W (+1.0 for both honors and APs), no honors offered in freshman and sophomore years, one extra class in junior year
Downtrend grades in junior year because I pushed myself A LOT by taking many hard courses with no background of taking one before, but then A LITTLE upward in the end of the year- hopefully will get straight As in senior year and then will ask my GC to mention it in his letter
Second decile- very competitive school (many of its applicants attend M.I.T, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Duke, Columbia etc.)
SAT: 2030 (730 M, 680 W, 620 R)
History- 610, Math IIC- 750, Chemistry-550; will retake mathIIC and chemistry
4s on USH and Psych
Will take 4 more APs in senior year, 6 out of 14, will not take AP French, Latin, Spanish, Art History (not artistic), Euro History (thought it was cancelled), Chemistry (took honors in junior and will take 2 science and 1 math in my senior year- too much my GC told me), Stats (will take Calc AB instead), Envir. (no room and doesn't suit me)</p>

<p>Passionate about community service and medicine- my ECs are very involved in those areas and are pretty solid (research in an internationally reowned lab at a top 20 university and part of the published research paper-I'm the only high school student there, tutoring a deaf student for 2 years, volunteering at the hospital-very unique and rare opportunity for my age, a national award in an outreach community program, NYLF as a scholarship of $8,000, Mini-Medical School for 7 weeks, and other least impressive ECs like National Honor Society)</p>

<p>Expects excellent recommendations- GC adores me, research mentor is impressed with me since I am the only high school student working in his lab, 2 teachers see me growing personally and improving academically and socially</p>

<p>Essays- they all emphasize my passion in science and humanitairan (which leads me to medicine), i even wrote an additional essay for colleges with "optional form thingy" about how my disability made me want to help other disabled people- it is not about the obstacles I faced and overcome; instead, it shows how it shaped my life in medicine/science. I really like the topics of my essays, but I am really concerned about my language because they are more "concrete" (due to the fact that I am a mathematic/science person) and they are impersonal</p>

<p>MIGHT not have an interview (how will this affect my admission chance if I don't have one?)</p>

<p>Here is my list of colleges- please list "accepted", "rejected", or "waitlisted" to each of them. </p>

<p>Harvard
Princeton
Yale
University of Chicago
Northwestern
UVA
Emory
Boston University
University of Minnesota</p>

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<p>Your SATs are definitely below average for those schools. However, considering you are an URM, have a disability, I'm assuming go to a good school, and have great ecs, I would say you have a chance and that you should apply. If you raised your SATs to 2150 + I think you would be a shoe-in.</p>

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<p>Throughout summer, I am studying for the SAT, and I will be taking the prep course as well. This should increase my score dramatically.</p>

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<p>Harvard- rejected
Princeton- rejected
Yale - rejected
University of Chicago- accepted
Northwestern- accepted
UVA- rejected (very tough for out-of-states)
Emory-accepted
Boston University-accepted
University of Minnesota- accepted</p>

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<p>I think you are too harsh, frequency.</p>

<p>Harvard- ACCEPTED
Princeton- rejected
Yale - ACCEPTED
University of Chicago- accepted
Northwestern- accepted
UVA- WAITLISTED or ACCEPTED
Emory-accepted
Boston University-accepted
University of Minnesota- accepted</p>

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<p>Harvard - rejected (don't apply there)
Princeton - rejected (don't apply there)
Yale - rejected (don't apply there)
University of Chicago - rejected
Northwestern - rejected
UVA - waitlisted
Emory - waitlisted
Boston University - accepted
University of Minnesota - Accepted w/scholarship</p>

<p>Your reading score will kill you when you apply to colleges with a 3.7 GPA. Re-take the SAT and focus on reading. </p>

<p>Your GPA isn't great compared to other applicants to these schools. Even Minnesota, your SAT reading and GPA is nothing better than the average student. A lot of these schools only take 3-4 out of every 10 applicants, and Harvard, Princeton, and Yale take 1-2 out of every 10 applicants. </p>

<p>You have very strong ECs, Essays, and Recs, but your GPA and Test Scores aren't where they need to be for some of these schools.</p>

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<p>The girl is HISPANIC A2Wolves6. She is into every college with a 1350 Old SAT equivalent with the exception of HYP. Even there I think she has a chance of getting into one of those. People on this board do not know other people's chances very well. Way too harsh on people. Even if she is not hispanic, I think she could get into one of U of C and NW and probably Emory. Give this girl a break!</p>

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<p>Wolves, I think this person is going to get into Minnesota. lol</p>

<p>HYP are reaches. UChic, NW, UVA, & Emory are iffy...I would think you'll get into a couple of these. BU & UMinn you're in.</p>

<p>A 2150 would give you excellent chances @ HYP & would just about guarantee you a spot into Chicago, NW, UVA, or Emory.</p>

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<p>haz, i'd really like to think that her being Hispanic has nothing to do with her chances (I know that's not true, but let's assume the worst).</p>

<p>When I did my college search, I was told to try and fit my stats in the top 75% to basically guarantee admission. She's below the 25% in her SAT score for many of those schools. The bottom 10% is for athletes. Add in the selectivity of HYP, as well as Northwestern and UChicago, and it's hard saying "I definitely think you'll get in".</p>

<p>I'm not great at this prediction stuff, but a 3.7 1350 isn't that impressive to me. Especially when we are talking about colleges that are 30-40% in their acceptance rates. If they were at 50-60%, i'd change my mind, but hey, shoot for the stars and let me know!</p>

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<p>to be honest, I don't know whether or not colleges include freshman grades. With freshman year, my GPA is 3.81, and without it, my GPA is 3.72.</p>

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<p>Then you have a downward trend, which is bad.</p>

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<p>Your SAT is very good because of the direct negative impact your hearing loss have on your score. So, retake SAT one more time and try to get 650+ on verbal (just 30 points, and it will be amazing), and maybe you can explain to college about your verbal. I see that you already wrote an additional essay that isn't "I had obstacles but I overcame them", where you can explain ur verbal score. So, I don't know how you can fit your explaination in that essay. If you can't, then maybe you can write a personal letter to colleges, I don't know, if it is possible?</p>

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<p>Yes, I know. That worries me. See my explaination above. </p>

<p>"no honors offered in freshman and sophomore years, one extra class in junior year</p>

<p>Downtrend grades in junior year because I pushed myself A LOT by taking many hard courses with no background of taking one before, but then A LITTLE upward in the end of the year- hopefully will get straight As in senior year and then will ask my GC to mention (and explain) it in his letter"</p>

<p>If I get straight As this semester, I will get 3.84 uw with freshman year, 3.78 uw without freshman grades, and 4.20 w.</p>

<p>Writing a letter sounds good to me, but I am scared that it will bother admission officers because it is another piece of paper for them to read.</p>

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<p>Most colleges don't count freshman grades, they see it as a "transition year".</p>

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<p>I think you have an excellent shot at every single one of those colleges. HYP are, of course, a crapshoot, even for URM's. I'm Hispanic myself, so I can sympathize with the situation you're in. Personally, I'm hoping for Yale...whatever happens, though, even without your URM status, your grades are good enough to get you into a great university. Shoot for HYP, and definitely apply! If all goes well, you'll be accepted into at least one! But remember, the essay is extremely important, so put in a lot of work!</p>

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<p>I know your school is competitive..but if it's that competitive why is your SAT score that low..at least for the schools you are applying too. I know SATs aren't everything, but by the type of school..you so called go to..I'd expect higher.</p>

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<p>good question, imacrazyscientist. I thought my math score is quite high, and my verbal score is low due to the fact that i am hearing impaired. My hearing loss makes the mastery of English language more difficult for me because I can't have an access to build my vocabulary from conversations. You see, written english is based on spoken language, and strong english skills are built verbally. So, IF I am not hearing impaired, my SAT will be approximately 1460ish.</p>

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<p>Oh I see..didn't read that part..kinda skimmed it..the adcoms would probably put that into consideration.</p>

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<p>Do you think it is a good idea for me to write a personal letter explaining my low scores and downtrend grades (yes- i have a reason)? I don't want to make admission officers angry or look desperate.</p>

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<p>I don't know..I guess you could express that in one of your essays though somehow.</p>