<p>[SAT Subject Tests]
Spanish: 800
Biology: 800
U.S. History: 790</p>
<p>[AP Tests Scores]
All 5’s
Biology
Spanish Language
English Language</p>
<p>[Class Rank]
Top 5%</p>
<p>[Awards]
Shining Star Award (School wide)
Certificate of Academic Achievement (x3, School wide)
AP Scholar</p>
<p>[Extra Curricular Activities]
President of Astronomy club
National Honor Society President
Editor in Chief of school newspaper, “The Pathfinder”
Stage Designer for school plays
Student Government President
Member of Academy of Travel & Tourism
Volunteer at Summer Program ACE
-Arranged activities
-Help w/ Homework
Volunteer at local YMCA center
-Helped local youth get in shape</p>
<p>[About Me]
Mexican-American
School is in the heart of South Central L.A.
Mom makes less than $15,000 a year</p>
<p>[Possible essay topics]
How the death of my father has affected me
How my brother suffering from schizophrenia has affected me</p>
<p>I'd put your chances at significantly over average. Disadvantaged URM with very strong academic stats, normal to good ECs... but nowhere near 70%. Maybe 30-50%? That's still really high.</p>
<p>I agree that your chances are really high, given your minority and first-generation status and your obviously rough situation in the past. Your SAT scores are wicked high in comparison with the URM pool as a whole--that's right, everyone, I'm preparing for next fall by injecting words like "wicked" into my vocabulary. </p>
<p>I think 50/50 is def. reasonable. The test scores are incredibly strong, and almost 1/2 of all applicants w/ such stats are accepted URM or not.</p>
<p>Mexican American + low-income + father died + brother with schizophrenia + Student gov. president + 2350 SAT + wicked sat2's --> At least 70% probability of admission</p>
<p>Haven't you guys taken chemistry? Its a simple equation! Don't you realize that she is probably among the top 50 Mexican Americans in the country on the SAT? That alone would give her >40% probability of admission. But she has much, much more.</p>
<p>Alright, I am first-generation. I thought first-generation meant that you were the first to go to college in your family, but I guess that's not what it means.</p>
<p>Generally speaking, first generation means neither parent attended college. However, I think adcoms would prefer a stricter definition where you are the first person to go to college. In any case, I doubt it will matter. Either you have the credentials or you don't.</p>
<p>To reiterate what was said earlier, "GetMeOutofHere" has a very good chance of being accepted into Harvard, and both of those essay topics would work wonderfully.</p>