<p>^^Dang..what a crapshoot admissions is… i wish i was one of the less fortunate URMs like your friends but my dad is an Ambassador with an income of 200k+…so AA didnt work in my favor much </p>
<p>Rejected at Harvard, Yale, and Stanford… I go to U of Chicago now looking to transfer…below are my HS stats from a chance thread i made.</p>
<p>SAT Reasoning: 2290 (on 2400 scale) and 1540 (on 1600 scale)
SAT Subjects: Math 2c: 770 and Literature: 740
GPA: 3.87 uw dont know weighted
Ransk: 9/330
AP: (place score in parenthesis): USH(4) ECON(5) FRENCH(5) CALCAB(4) WH(5) CHEM (3 Yikes!)
ECs: Soccer 4 years (3 year varsity), Basketball 4 years (4 year varsity), Ran track for my High school and broke to school records 100m and 800m, chess club 4 years, tutoring and out-of-school volunteering, NHS member
Awards: National Merit Semifinalist, American Math Competition school winner
Familial ties:None
Ethnicity: URM Black and Puerto Rican
HOOK: Dad is an Ambassador
Anti Hook- income 200k+</p>
<p>OP, I think you have a good shot at the schools on your list except Berkeley and Stanford…for your reach schools you are def within the range of every student accepted…write good essays and reflect on your less fortunate circumstances..</p>