<p>As a URM applicant, lower class HELPS incredibly. Getting good grades and scores at a ghetto high school and having low paid, uneducated parents is something every ivy is on the look out for. The URM advantage is less if you are deemed to have gone to good schools and had good opportunities.</p>
<p>not really... as long as you're a URM, you are basically wanted at any Ivy... they can't get enough of the native americans and hispanics, mainly puerto ricans and mexican americans.</p>
<p>Wrong myopic.</p>
<p>The standout feature of your application will be the 14 AP courses...really impressive! However, colleges will note that you do have quite a handful of 3s which really aren't great. They may also assume that your teachers were "easy As" since you did well in their class but not so well on the AP exam. </p>
<p>Your biggest weakness is standardized testing. Schools like HYP and even Duke will be comparing students with similar academic standings to you, but higher SAT scores. Most students accepted at these places are scoring in the 1500 range. However, some colleges attach high SAT scores with lots of money, tutors, and privledge. So since you're an URM, your SAT scores may be disregarded. </p>
<p>You have solid ECs but no hook. I hate to say it, but they are fairly usual and you have no national awards. It would have been great to be a science olympiad if you're interested in Pre-med.</p>
<p>Good Luck, but try to be reasonable. The chances at Harvard don't look to great. The same goes with Princeton. You should have a decent shot at Yale and a pretty good shot at Duke, especially if you apply ED. You should also consider some other schools besides HYP Duke, Columbia, etc. You should take a look at Univ. of Chicago, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, Emory, and many others. Don't set all of your sights on the ivy league, they are not meant for everyone and there are many other schools that are just as good or better than the ivies. My advice is to widen the scope of schools that interest you.</p>
<p>My school actually only calculates an unweighted GPA which is never released to colleges, but is only used on this special scattergram website that tracks stuff. We only send out a transcript that has the classes we took, and the grade we receive. Colleges can weight the grades however they want. I think most colleges calculate their own GPA anyway.</p>
<p>yeah weighted GPA is usually out of 5 in most areas. What the hell kinda high school do u go to. The only other time I heard of a 7.0+ GPA on CC was on the troll thread started by iwannagoivy</p>
<p>BTW dont predict scores or grades. I though I did really well on my PSAT but ended up with a 190. I thought I didnt as well on my real SATs and got a 2160. I know that you may be a great student in all the subjects you are taking APs in. But the combined load of all the APs will DEFINIETLY have a negative impact on both your tests scores and yur grades. I dont know how APs are at your school but 3 APs at my school is considered killer. (Teachers are real tough)</p>
<p>i take max of four APs a year. I had to stay up for a long time at night to complete course work. It got annoying, but I think I can do it again.</p>
<p>i don't think im wrong about URM status, it really does help.. no matter what. but, we'll see. i bet he will get into Duke as well as HYP... if not waitlisted at one or two.</p>
<p>It's not that URM status doesn't help, it helps a great deal. But it doewn't make any URM a shoo in at a top college and colleges are not going begging for qualified URM applicants. </p>
<p>The top colleges get many qualified URM candidates. Most do not give as big a boost to URMs who are not disadvantaged and have had every opportunity their non URM candidates have.</p>
<p>zagat is correct in regards to URM status.</p>
<p>ivywise: he doesn't have a handul of 3s, he only has three---the rest of the 11 are 4s and 5s</p>
<p>his SAT score is low, but people come in with scores similar to his...not everyone has 1500+</p>
<p>Where do you get your information from? Stop bringing this hard worker down...</p>
<p>I think he has a fine chance</p>
<p>Your going to get in simply because you're Hispanic, even though you're SAT score is below average and your GPA is not "stellar" at the Ivy level</p>
<p>My GPA is NOT stellar!! Geez what IS a stellar Ivy League GPA? A 10.0 with 30 AP classes? Seriously someone tell me!?</p>
<p>yes, and you will get into any med school because you are hispanic.</p>
<p>that's life (and AA), so deal with it...</p>
<p>You can make 600s on all your SATs and be rank one in your class. I guarentee you will get into at least one Ivy for being hispanic.</p>
<p>as Eminem would say, "is my skin color starting to work to my benefit now?"</p>
<p>thank aff action. u'll make it. i guarantee it and wager my resume on it.</p>
<p>As a **Hispanic Floridian<a href="and%20in%20south%20Florida,%20who%20isn't?%20;">/b</a> ), you need the "first-generation" tag to really get a boost. You're putting too much stock into AP classes, but don't give up hope just because of your SAT scores. If you show true intellectual curiousity, it will shine through no matter what you do. </p>
<p>What part of Florida are you from? (I assure you, it matters)</p>
<p>Tampa Florida area (really Valrico)</p>
<p>Will being from the south help any? (like regional quotas??)</p>
<p>Yeah being from the "south" will too</p>
<p>you all need to read A IS FOR ADMISSION.</p>
<p>in any case, i'll bet $10K that this kid gets in. my friend with 600s in all SAT areas got into Yale two years ago. Only hispanic in his entire grade. I guarentee it you'll get in. Regardless, you'red from a border state (Florida) so it even furthers your URM status.</p>
<p>don't listen to the nay sayers.</p>