URM Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>General Info:
Hispanic Male from very low-income area (family is middle income)</p>

<p>School Info:
GPA: 98.2 or 3.96
Rank: 1/385
Coursework: Most rigorous available
AP Scores:English lang (3); APUSH (4); World History (4)....I have only taken these.
SAT: 1870
ACT: 31
SAT IIs: Spanish w/ Listening (790); Math I (720); Bio M (730)</p>

<p>ECs:
Varsity Mariachi
Varsity Soccer
Varsity Baseball
Academic Teams (team captain for science)
Math Club(pres.)
Science Club(pres.)
NHS(ViceP)</p>

<p>Awards:
National Hispanic Recognition Scholar (PSAT)
AP Scholar
All-State Alternate for the Science Academic Team
Several awards from mariachi competitions
National Honor Roll
Chosen as member of Texas Student Legislature
Commended on the state exam
Qualified for Outstanding Students of America
Math Student of the Year (school award)
Academic Athlete of the Year (school award)</p>

<p>Work Exp:
Worked in summer school program for two consecutive summers
Helped during athletic events</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Highway and cemetery cleanup
Played with mariachi in town celebrations
Prom committee
Coached soccer team </p>

<p>Additional Stuff:
I sent artistic material (a CD)
Essays: Very good - one highlights my blending of two cultures and the other about my passion for science (detailed stuff on a science lab and how i actually held a human brain and studied it)
I am a URM
Got email and letter from Harvards URMP and stuff
Recs: I would assume they are pretty outstanding as i chose teachers who know me well</p>

<p>The schools I am applying to are:
Harvard
MIT
Stanford
UPENN</p>

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<p>bump...please chance me for the mentioned schools</p>

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<p>probably in at atleast one of those. do you have safeties or match schools though?</p>

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<p>yes i did apply to safety schools but to which one, out of the four schools mentioned above, do i have a better shot of getting in?</p>

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<p>anyone willing to chance me?</p>

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<p>varsity mariachi??? haha</p>

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<p>u could probably get into UPenn</p>

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<p>HMS is possible (w/ excellent essays, recs., etc.)</p>

<p>Upenn is more likely than the others.</p>

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<p>bump...plus i believe that i wrote excellent essays and had great recs since i asked teachers who know me the most to write them. With that in mind what are my chances for Harvard and MIT mainly?</p>

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<p>anyone please?</p>

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<p>Wow, if you weren't a URM and were Asian, you would have absolutely NO shot at those schools, but well, since you are a URM, you'll definetly get into at least one of those schools, maybe all of them.</p>

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<p>^see, now was that first part of your comment really necessary?</p>

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<p>You've got a 50/50 chance at Penn, for sure. URM status is very impressive, as is the valedictorian status. The only problem might be the SATs and AP scores.</p>

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<p>thanks everyone for your opinion</p>