RD: Chance me, por favor?

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<p>Hi, I’m currently a senior in high school attempting to figure out where to apply ED1.</p>

<p>Academic Interests:
Neuroscience
Computer Science
Philosophy
German Language and Literature</p>

<p>SAT: 2260 (750M | 750CR | 760WR | 11 essay)
SAT II: Bio 740, U.S. History 710 (note: I’m thinking about taking World History and Literature, should I do so?)
GPA: 3.1 UW | 4.4 W (very low, I know)
AP: Human Geo - 5, Psychology - 5, World History - 5, U.S. History - 5, Biology - 4, Spanish Lit. - 4, Eng. Lang. - 4
Senior Courseload: AP Calc BC, AP Stat, AP CS, AP Chem, AP U.S. Gov, AP Micro, AP English Lit, Contemporary Lit. Honors, Allied Health Honors (shadow surgeons and physicians), dual enrollment German</p>

<p>ECs:
President, Best Buddies; President, Psychology Club; President/Founder, Social Activism Club; Webmaster, HOSA; Historian, SNHS.
-Co-Founder and Programmer at Innov8young.com : an internship search engine
-Started a vegetable garden at my school that provides produce to our school’s cafeteria.
-Volunteer every weekend at a community garden
-Petitioned for and started a vegetarian meal program at my school
-Videographer/Founding member of a STEM summer camp at my school. Secured $52K in corporate grants for STEM program.
-Videographer for Summer Camp for Gifted Students
-Contribute poetry and photography to schools literary magazine. (featured on the front cover twice)</p>

<p>Honors:
-27th Place at the U.S. National Brain Bee
-1st Place 2 years in a row at the Miami Brain Bee
-Nominated for the prestigious, regional Silver Knight Award.
-Several regional awards in Poetry Out Loud and Extemporaneous Speaking in Spanish
-Won regional HOSA Competition and competed at the state level</p>

<p>Other:
-8.5/10 Recommendations (got them from AP Chem teacher and AP Spanish Lit teacher)
-Common App essay talks about how I challenged Hispanic dietary traditions and social norms upon becoming a vegetarian. (8/10)
-Male
-Hispanic/African American (Afro-Cuban)
-Political Refugee (citizen thanks to wet foot dry foot policy)
-First Generation
-100k+ Income</p>

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<p>RD*</p>

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<p>Your SAT I and II are not great for getting into an Ivy school. Your SAT I are decent. Your GPA is terrible though but you are hispanic so that will give you an edge. You might get in because your scores are okay and your ethnicity but do not count on it.</p>

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<p>@windmills‌ Don’t decide that you can’t get in because you don’t have a certain number. BTW your SAT is the average for accepted Ivy students. Your SAT II’s are fine. Your EC’s are great. The only weakness is that 3.1 GPA, but these schools have holistic admissions and if you can demonstrate that you belong there in your essays, chances are they will consider you and possibly accept you. </p>