Official Hispanic Students Class of 2021/HS Class 2017 Result Thread

Student Lounge Hispanic Students
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There hasn’t been one of these the last couple of years so I’m going to start one:

NOTE: PLEASE ONLY POST RESULTS USING THE GIVEN FORMAT SO THAT THIS THREAD CAN SERVE AS A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR FUTURE APPLICANTS.

Since the number of Hispanic participants is relatively small, you can make multiple posts as decisions come in or wait and make a comprehensive post with all decisions. Applicant data need only be posted once for other members to refer back to.

Here’s the template, please fill in as much information as you feel comfortable with.

Don’t forget to remove spaces from the first of each tag!

[ *]APPLIED TO (EA, ED, RD, ROLLING):
[ *]ACCEPTED:
[ *]DEFERRED:
[ *]WAIT LISTED:
[ *]DENIED:
[ *]MERIT AID:

[ *]ATTENDING:

[ b]Objective:**

[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:**

[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other**

[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity (Country of Origin):
[ *] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported):
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection**

[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:**
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I used a different template but here goes:

**Pitt: Accepted **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 36
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:Calculus 1&2 at UPenn, Arabic 1 @ Drexel, Senior Capstone, Comp Sci, Astronomy, English, Social Science, Medical Terminology/Advance Chemistry
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, NHRP, Election Innovation Challenge 1st Place (Regional Award)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Research Program with Drexel University School of Education - Presented research paper at International Conference
Journalism Club (Section Editor)
Arabic Club
NHS (Secretary)
Piano 10 years
Election Ambassador city of Philadelphia
Mentoring at Architecture firm
Job/Work Experience: Tutor for Spanish and Math
Volunteer/Community service: Only via school and NHS
Summer Activities: UPenn Neuroscience Academy, Research via Drexel program, Travel and stay in South America with in-laws for weeks
Essays (rating 1-10, details):Empasized personal narrative in short answers - Collaborator, Global Citizen, Science/Research
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): N/A for Pitt

Teacher Rec #1: N/A for Pitt
Teacher Rec #2: N/A for Pitt
Counselor Rec: N/A for Pitt
Additional Rec: N/A for Pitt
Interview: N/A for Pitt

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, specialized Curriculum - no AP/IB/Honors course offered
Ethnicity: Hispanic/White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection

Strengths: test scores and GPA
Weaknesses: lack of leadership
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:

General Comments :

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Deferred at WPI and Drexel
3.7 GPA
SAT 1350

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My DS has a 3.57 GPA & 1300 SAT & 29 ACT

Ethnicity: Black/Puerto Rican

Accepted at RIT;Game Design & Development
Accepted at University of Pittsburgh; Computer Science
Deferred at VA Tech; Computer Science

He’s going to RIT because they gave him the most $ in FA and he really wants to major in GDD

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[ *]APPLIED TO (EA, ED, RD, ROLLING): Coulmbia (EA), Fordham (Priority Performance), NYU (RD), The New School (RD), Barnard (RD), Stanford (RD), USC (RD)
[ *]ACCEPTED: unknown
[ *]DEFERRED: unknown
[ *]WAIT LISTED: unknown
[ *]DENIED: Columbia
[ *]MERIT AID: unknown

[ *]ATTENDING: unknown

[ b]Objective:**

[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 1360 (760 English, 600 math)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Language (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ ] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Government/Economics, Music Production, US History after 1945, Theater Arts, Religion (I go to a Catholic school, we have to take these classes every semester), Spanish 4
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Hispanic Scholar, Questbridge Finalist
[ /list][ b]Subjective:

[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (trumpet section leader), Drama, Music Ministry
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Data Entry at Parker Hearing Agency
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Liturgical Movement (church service)
[ *] Summer Activities: Jr. Lifeguards, drama productions
[ *] Essays: I’d give mine a solid 8/10
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:2 good ones
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview: At Fordham for directing and The New School for directing/playwriting/dramaturgy
[ /list][ b]Other

[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: theater
[ *] State: California
[ *] School Type: Catholic (private)
[ *] Ethnicity (Country of Origin): (half) Mexican
[ *] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): (half) white
[ *] Gender: female
[ ] Income Bracket: this recently changed from roughly $50,000 per year to $80,000 per year as my mom got a new job
[ ] Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection

[ ] Strengths: grades, dedication to extracurriculars
[ ] Weaknesses:bad grades second semester junior year due to illness
[ /list][ b]General Comments:

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-APPLIED TO (EA, ED, RD, ROLLING): Tulane (EA), Fordham (EA), Coe (EA), Colorado State (Rolling), U Pacific (EA), Creighton (EA), Johns Hopkins (RD), Pomona (RD), Stanford (RD), Columbia (RD), Harvard (RD), Princeton (RD), -Dartmouth (RD), Yale (RD) (a lot of schools, but even then I cut it down)
-ACCEPTED: Tulane, Fordham, Coe, Colorado State, U Pacific, Creighton
-DEFERRED:unknown
-WAITLISTED:unknown
-DENIED:unknown
-MERIT AID: Full tuition at Coe, Half tuition at Tulane, 78 over 4 years at Creighton, 72 over 4 years at Fordham and U Pacific, 12.5 over 4 years at Colorado State.

-ATTENDING:unknown

-ACT: 30 composite, 34 english, 30 math, 27 reading, 27 science, 29 writing
-Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.4 weighted)
-Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
-AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), English (3), Studio Art (3)
-Senior Year Course Load: AP Phys 1, AP Calc AB, AP Gov, Contemporary Literature, Portfolio Production, College -Readiness, 2 Study Halls

-Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society (President), Speech and Debate (Varsity), -SHPE Jr (Vice President), JTOH, Student Council (Founder), Math Tutor, Pre-Health Club, Music
-Volunteer/Community service: Hospital (6+ months), Nursing Home, Annual Food Drive, High School Orientation
-Essays: I’ve written better, but I’d give them a fighting chance (8/10)
-Teacher Recommendation: I had 4 solid ones, but only really used the two best
-Counselor Rec: pretty solid

-Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
-Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics, Music, Global Affairs, Neuroscience, Film Studies (all over the place, I know)
-State: Colorado
-School Type: Public Charter (very limited AP course load - I took what they offered)
-Ethnicity (Country of Origin): Chinese, Colombian, Mexican, and Irish
-Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): (half)Asian and (half)White/Hispanic
-Gender: Male
-Income Bracket: Middle class
-Hooks: 16 y/o Valedictorian, URM

Strengths: My academics are pretty solid, I’m very committed to my extracurriculars
Weaknesses: My ACT was kind of garbage, I also didn’t fair too hot on my AP tests
General Comments: Still waiting on 8 schools because I was stupid and applied RD pretty much everywhere I wanted to go

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Hey all! I’m new to this thread, but I’m glad to see that there’s a thread for Hispanic students!

[ *]APPLIED TO (EA, ED, RD, ROLLING): Harvard (EA), LMU (RD), UCONN (RD), Cal Lutheran (RD), UChicago (RD), Boston U (RD), Emory (RD), UCLA (RD), UC Berkeley (RD), University of San Francisco (RD)
[ *]ACCEPTED: LMU, UConn, Cal Lutheran
[ *]DEFERRED:
[ *]WAIT LISTED:
[ *]DENIED: Harvard
[ *]MERIT AID: $23k a year for Cal Lutheran (possibly more too) and I haven’t heard from the others yet

[ *]ATTENDING: unknown

[ b]Objective:**

[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1240 (highest combined) 590 English and 650 Math
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] SAT II: n/a
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (from Junior year) 3.88 now
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20 out of 120
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): past and present schools don’t offer AP’s
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[ ] Senior Year Course Load: College Calc., College Spanish, English 12 Honors, Govt./Econ., College Writing, PLTW Computer Integrated Manufacturing (College Course offered through El Camino)
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS, NSHSS, Earthwatch Ignite Fellow, DTASC semi-finalist (idk if those count, but I think they’re pretty good)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:

[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): SWE (11th-12th), Soccer (forward, 9th grade), LA Mayor Youth Council (council member, 10th-12th), Spanish Club (10th grade), Interact (11th-12th), Crossfit Teens (11th-12th), SHPE (11th-12th)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer through Interact
[ *] Summer Activities: Congress of Future Scientists and Technologists, Earthwatch Ignite Fellowship to research in Maine
[ *] Essays: I think all were pretty good, even my supplementals, so maybe 8/10
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Got recs from my Physics and Pre-Cal teachers and they really know and like me so 9/10 most likely (they also wrote recs for the Earthwatch program)
[ *] Counselor Rec: She knows me pretty well and we’ve met a couple of times one on one, but I only came to my new school Junior year, so probably 7/10
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview: I’ve only had an interview for Harvard and UChicago
[ /list][ b]Other

[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: astrophysics
[ *] State: California
[ *] School Type: Charter
[ *] Ethnicity (Country of Origin): Mexican
[ *] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported):
[ *] Gender: Female
[ ] Income Bracket: prefer not to say, but middle class
[ ] Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM and first gen.
[ /list][ b]Reflection

[ ] Strengths: essays, ec’s, and GPA
[ ] Weaknesses: SAT scores and not as much academic rigor as other kids, but that’s more of my schools’ faults
[ /list][ b]General Comments: idk Harvard was my dream school since elementary school and I thought I did everything I had to to get in, but I guess not. Still stings

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Now that all results are in:

Decision: Accepted Pitt, USCali, UNC-CH, WashU, Columbia, Rice, Smith, BU, Fordham-LC, Penn, Princeton (deferred EA), UChicago, Drexel

**Decision: Rejected MIT, Brown **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
ACT (breakdown): 36C - 36E, 36R, 35M, 35S - 1 sitting
SAT II (subject, score): 800 Lit, 740 Math 2, 730 Bio
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.92
Weighted GPA: n/a
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parentheses): School does not offer
IB (place score in parentheses): School does not offer
Senior Year Course Load: Standard + Calc 1 and 2 @ UPenn - Arabic @ Drexel
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): none
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): NHRP, NMF, US Presidential Scholar nominee

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Drexel Student Fellows (Research and Presentation at Intl Conference) Journalism Club/Magazine Editor, Arabic Arts and Culture Club, Piano/Guitar
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
Volunteer/Community Service: Election Ambassador
Summer Experience: Neuroscience Academy

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):

Essays:

Teacher Recommendation #1: ?
Teacher Recommendation #2: ?
Counselor Rec: ?
Additional Info/Rec:
Interview: ?
Art Supplement: n/a

Other

U.S. State/Territory or Country: Pennsylvania
School Type: Specialized Project-based curriculum
Ethnicity: Latina
Gender: F
Income Bracket Range: Middle-class
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): URM

Reflection

Strengths: High Stats - Specialized curriculum differientiated her from the crowd.
Weaknesses: Lack of Community/Volunteer service other ECs
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
What would you have done differently?:
Where else did you apply?