Por favor, help me? Yeah? PLEASE?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Class of 2008, Hispanic…</p>

<p>Ranked 33 out of 1,012
GPA:
4.29 W
3.742 UW</p>

<p>Junior Year:
AP Calculus ABC (AB and BC combined)
AP US History
AP Physics-B
AP Chemistry
Honors Language Arts 3
Lab Asst. to a doctor</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
AP Statistics
AP Government/Econ
AP Biology
AP Literature
Spanish 3
Theater Arts 1</p>

<p>ECs:
My ECs are virtually nonexistent. However, there is reasoning behind this. You see, I have an autistic little brother and a single-mother who works long hours. These two family issues alone takes up my time. I put my family before myself always. I’m sorry about not having ECs, but it’s more important to me that my little brother is safe. I plan on discussing these two factors and how they’ve allowed me to grow up as a person in my personal statement.</p>

<p>SATs:
Math: 600
CR: 560
Writing: 570
(I plan on retaking the SAT Reasoning this October)</p>

<p>SAT II:
Chem: 670
Math 2: 590</p>

<p>Will apply for financial aid</p>

<p>I am looking to apply to a liberal arts schools, mainly. Something with good Intl. Relations/Affairs and Poli Sci programs. Preferably, they can be around the D.C. and NYC area.</p>

<p>Here are the colleges I’m looking to at the moment. Please, help me define what possible safeties, matches, and reaches are.</p>

<p>If you can, please tell me what other colleges you suggest for me.</p>

<li>Georgetown University<br></li>
<li>American University<br></li>
<li>George Washington University<br></li>
<li>John Hopkins University<br></li>
<li>Occidental College<br></li>
<li>UC-wide schools<br></li>
<li>University of Mary Washington </li>
<li>Catholic University of America</li>
<li>La Salle University </li>
<li>Marymount Manhattan College</li>
<li>Simmons College</li>
<li>University of Scranton</li>
</ol>

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<p>If you can raise the scores to all 600s, I think with your excellent GPA you could get in any of your private schools. This being if hispanic is Mexican, PR or Central American. My neighbor's daughter of Spanish decent thought she was a URM!</p>

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<p>I would check out Swarthmore, its really good for IR and political science! Im not sure how good your chances are, though (seems like you might want to raise your SATs)</p>

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<p>reject by georgetown and JHU--you have mediocre rank and bad numbers for these schools. the autistic brother thing is interesting and unique. but even if you write a good essay on it i doubt it would sway the adcoms. of course, if you write an AMAZING essay on it things might change... </p>

<p>in at the rest</p>

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<p>Hmm, well this is interesting. Bump!</p>