No idea, I’m a white guy and I went to SOAR but I’m also OOS. I mean, I think there were a good number of white people, though usually the tendency at fly-ins is that non-hispanic white people compose a minority of attendees.
I wouldn’t let your ethnicity dissuade you from applying. Seriously, I mean I’m very much a boring white person and I got into all three of the fly-ins I applied to. (Rice, Williams, Tufts. Rice & Williams took about 15% of applicants, while Tufts was way easier.) I wasn’t first-gen, or athletically talented, I didn’t have any particular skill and my academics, while strong, were pretty marginal. (Like 2280 SAT, 800 & 780 SAT II)
If anything, I’m disappointed I didn’t apply to more fly-ins – because they’re an absolute blast and I think I would have gotten into at least one other good fly-in if I applied more widely.
@classical774 There were a lot of people it seemed from Texas at SOAR. As for ethnicities…Minorities WERE the majority. But, that doesn’t mean that there wasn’t a decent percent of people that weren’t minorities either. Basically, your ethnicity isn’t going to be the deciding factor of whether you get into a fly in or not in my opinion.
Tufts opened in August I believe? Not sure, I applied to so many I forget when they opened!
I agree with DressingIron, Fly ins are a blast and some are definitely more competitive to get into than others so you have to apply widely.
@LocalGentleman His stats: 4.0 UW GPA, 2310 SAT, 36 ACT, ranked 3/709 large public school, National AP Scholar (12 APs so far, all 5’s except one 4, 5 more senior year). 228 PSAT / NMSF. Has good, but not great EC’s.
He is white, we are solidly middle class, but he is a first gen college student if your definition is neither parent earning any degree. Maybe that helps? His essay for the SOAR application exhibited good knowledge of the school and I felt made a compelling case for his SOAR inclusion.
He really likes Rice and their residential colleges, but we would need a fair amount of merit, so we didn’t think prudent to EA.
I don’t think you need to be as high-stat as @psywar’s son to get into SOAR. I’m a good deal less impressive on paper and I got in. Now, I’m low-income, but, they didn’t ask for income on the SOAR application so that couldn’t have worked in my favor.
I have no idea. Possibly? Probably not though. This is just an impression I’ve gotten from going to a few different fly-ins, but usually if they’ve already flown you out once to visit campus you’re generally not invited back again. Some colleges will let fly-in kids go to admitted student weekends though, but I think you have to pay your own way.
