<p>Senior Schedule:
Calculus AP BC
Comp Sci 3 Honors (Independent Study)
Economics AP (Government AP 2nd Semester)
Physics C AP
English IV AP
PE
Biology AP</p>
<p>School Activities:
French Club- member (9,10,11)
-officer (12)
FNHS- member (11)
-officer(12)
Mu Alpha Theta- member (10,11,12)
NHS-member (11,12)
Link Crew (Volunteer, help underclassmen)- member (12)</p>
<p>Outside of School
German School- since I was 9 until 11th grade. Took the B2 and C1 tests which say I'm proficient in German, enough to attend universities there.
German School Assistant Teacher- 11 and 12 grade. I help teach kinder gardeners and 1st graders German.
Both on Saturday mornings.</p>
<p>I'm hoping that the fact that I speak 3 languages (spanish, english and german) and am learning french will help. Also, I'm going into engineering.</p>
<p>What are my chances at:
Yale
Duke
Brown
Johns Hopkins
Northwestern</p>
<p>Those stats are pretty good! However, the stats in combination with your URM status as a Hispanic female essentially guarantee your admission to these schools.</p>
<p>What a ridiculous comment! No one is guaranteed admittance to any of these schools. No one! However, OP is a competitive applicant and should certainly apply to these, as well as to match and safety schools. That is all anyone can say. Really. It is. </p>
<p>I agree, my comment does seem pretty ridiculous. But in all honesty, acceptance rates for URMs at these schools are factually higher. I would only imagine that scoring just as well as the average matriculate, whilst also being a URM, can only make one’s chances even higher. I’m not trying to say this is unfair or fair, or make any statements regarding affirmative action, etc. I’m just considering this applicant in the context of the statistics shown on each school’s website, and based on results threads that I’ve seen here.</p>
<p>Thank you @swingtime and @GuidoStroustup for the input! I understand nothing is ever guaranteed in the ivy’s, but your responses helped reassure me that I should apply. </p>
<p>Also, I forgot to mention that English is my third language, but I am unsure if that even matters.</p>
<p>Agree with @swingtime; URM status is not what drives the acceptance. </p>
<p>We’re URM, and son had higher scores; he was waitlisted at multiple ivies. We are Mexican-american. He was an athlete, Eagle Scout, Captain of teams and clubs, National Merit Winner, etc. He did get into a couple of very good schools, but these were schools that didn’t practice affirmative action. </p>
<p>Don’t assume that you are in everywhere because you are competing with lots of URM’s with similar stats. I have 3 kids that went through these same issues.</p>
<p>Your stats are competitive regardless of your ethnicity. Your SAT scores are just barely below the average matriculate. I’m sure that admissions will look at you differently than they would a 2400-er, but 2210 is definitely a good score. At this point it’s just about essays, LORs, ECs, etc.</p>
<p>Ignoring ethnicity: you’re still a girl who wants to do engineering. Colleges want that. And your class rank is fantastic. However, your SAT II scores are somewhat lackluster. An 800 on Math II is only 83rd percentile so 700 is like 50th or so. Your ECs are also kind of weak.
Taking ethnicity into account: go back and look at URM women engineering applicants in CC. A lot of them end up at top 5 universities, and unless your essays suck, I’d be hardpressed to tell you otherwise (partly because you broke 2200 on the SAT). Consider applying to my school, Columbia! Our engineering is better than our friends in New Haven
Ignoring ethnicity and gender: You wouldn’t be Ivy-tier (for engineering) and your essays would have to be compelling, but your GPA and class rank are still really good. </p>
<p>In regards to being a female URM, you need to parse down on that specific demographical information, per the institution. For instance at Yale, a native female URM had statically 4 times, a greater chance of admission, per the general population. That said, it still amounts to under 25%. My youngest is at Yale, had very similar scores/grades, except her SAT was closer to 2150. She was also accepted at two other Ivies, Wash U, and Vandy.</p>
<p>Ironically her older sister, had a SAT closer to 2300, but accepted at only one a
Ivy–so you just never know. What are of the country are you from?</p>
