Nervous about the Ivies

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<p>I have the ACT tomorrow and I am extremely nervous. I was hoping to get at least a 32, but I keep coming up short, around the 28 mark on the princeton review tests. I'm just wondering what sort of hope I have getting into an Ivy or Stanford. I would also like to state that I am Brazilian, I realize there is a lot of discrepancy about whether or not it qualifies as Hispanic/Latino, but all of the research I have done has made me lean towards the idea that it qualifies with the colleges, regardless of the government not classifying us as Latinos. I have also put Brazilian in for the other box of the Hispanic option in the common app.</p>

<p>So that said, lets say the schools consider me Hispanic, what are my chances with these stats and figures.
3.5 UW gpa
29-30 on the ACT
World History SATII - 800 - 95th percentile.
US HIST SATII - 760 - 92nd percentile.
500+ EC and Volunteer hours.
Member of Spanish Honor Society
Absolutely amazing essays
Excellent recommendations</p>

<p>I'd also like to elaborate on one of my volunteer activities because I feel it is very important. For the past year and a half, two days a week, 2 hours each day, I have personally taught an ESOL class of twenty or more adults. These are immigrants from south-east Asia, some whom have just very, very recently arrived. This is also the topic of my main common app essay.</p>

<p>Thanks for taking the time to look over this.</p>

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<p>Please read post #2 on this thread, as well as the link it gives:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/hispanic-students/1229462-does-being-hispanic-have-any-impact-all.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/hispanic-students/1229462-does-being-hispanic-have-any-impact-all.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>This will give you a better idea of how Hispanic applicants are considered and what factors will be weighed.</p>