<p>p.s. apfreak....if it hasnt been said already....a 1780 cant really be justified with your ses background...not to mention, you havent achieved anything at such a high level that it would turn heads.... it's good that your recs were great, but i suspect many applicants will have equally boa****l recommendations....if you're looking for my humble opinion, i'd say despite your ethnic background, you'll get deferred at best come december, cuz we've seen a lot of hispanic applicants in the harvard forum with equally good grades/schedules and much better test scores and achievements....</p>
<p>i know when i see posts on this website that go against my own thoughts about admission, i become a little bit more anxious, even when that person may be a random sophomore who doesnt know the first thing about college admissions, so dont let my opinion bug you....there's little you can do to change your chances, and it seems like people are genuinely vouching for your personal qualities in your recommendations...</p>
<p>I hope you get in, because if you don't I think you'll take it the worst of anyone else on this website, lol. Harvard is your absolute dream. In the unhealthy kind of way. ;)</p>
<p>Man, I'm obssessed with Harvard too now. If I don't get in I'm gonna be so depressed. Seriously, my senior year would suck until April when I'd finally have closure on my college results. I'd definitely be over not getting into Harvard by April though. But those 5 months in between would suck if I didn't get in.</p>
<p>P.S. That girl from Compton wasn't Hispanic. She was black, and her SAT was 1280, and she had some unusual EC's...And plus, Compton is one of the worst cities in the Union...</p>
<p>You think you would be depressed? I have contemplated other things... I just wish they knew how much we want to go there, how much we would contribute to the university's well-being. God, I would do anything for Harvard. And I really would not want to study anywhere else at all. I would not have the motivation or care. Its Harvard or nothing at all.</p>
<p>Thanks guys for your support...:) My ECs are NOT shallow...I just cannot write everything I do here. Yeah..the recs were really really good...my teachers really worked their you know what for them! I honestly think that this hispanic activism will help me tons...of course it sounds like nothing here but when you see my recs, my ECs and the interview I had I think its significance will come alive.</p>
<p>I really showed soo much interest and research...both in my interview and in my recs. Every single rec was specific to harvard and went into depth about the parallels between what I do now in HS (clubs, indep. activities) and the things I want to do at harvard...Fuerza Latina, AHEAD (tutoring for inner city) and Pre-Med Society. My teachers really proved how much I have done for my school and the huge impression I have left (will leave) and how my work will be augmented/magnified at harvard.....they were really good (sorry to say it again).</p>
<p>My scores......(YUCK)!</p>
<p>will my 750 bio E save me if I am concentrating on Biology?</p>
<p>" Your Puerto Ricaness can be downplayed, because along with Mexicans, you guys are overrepresented in the minority applicant pool "</p>
<p>Wrong. The majority of U.S. Hispanics are Puerto Rican and Mexican, but they are very underrepresented in college applicant pools because a large proportion of Puerto Rican and Mexican students drop out of high school or don't take the academic track in high school.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, chances posts are a waste of time. The experts -- adcoms -- aren't here to comment and no one else, including alumni interviewers like me, has enough inside info to estimate chances.</p>
<p>Bottom line: Apply. Take your chance. Produce the best application that you can. Have solid match and safety schools that you'd love going to. This advice holds for everyone considering Harvard.</p>
<p>I dont get it though. I mean there are less of the South American Hispanic Americans in the pools than the Mexicans or Puerto Ricans. I mean, there are more of them. They cant be compared to, lets say, Hondurians (I am not Hondurian). There are less Latin American applicants from this place than Mexico or Puerto Rican. Michelle Hernandez said it herself. </p>
<p>Dont take what I said out of context. I just would be really depressed and not motivated if I went somewhere else. Even Yale, Princeton, etc wouldnt change that.</p>
<p>The Mexican. Mexicans have experienced more discrimination in the United States, have had difficulty attaining degrees of higher learning, and are underrepresented at colleges in relation to their population.</p>
<p>filmxoxo....it depends on the mexican....i dont think you can say one hispanic nationality experiences more discrimination than another....</p>
<p>if it's obvious from your skin tone, an accent, and/or speaking spanish, people will immediately label you as a spic where im from, and they hardly care to understand the difference between a mexican and a bolivian....to most the rednecks around here, they're all the same.....i'd say the variation of discrimination comes more into play with your socioeconomic status....</p>
<p>it's not hard to understand that a poor el salvadorian probably goes through greater racial hardships than a wealthy mexican...and vice versa</p>
<p>also...i'd be willing to bet non-mexican hispanics are underrepresented at colleges in relation to their u.s. population as well....why else would we call them urm's?</p>