will affirmative action help?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>what are my chances? i really have no idea, someone help. does affirmative action really help, and is this good? fair?
GPA: 4.00/uw, 4.4/w
SAT II: US 730, Bio 690, Chem 750
SAT I: 2070
Rank: top 5%, out of 550
Race/gender: female, AfricanAmerican
AP Courses taken: US, Bio, Chem, English, German AP Courses next year: Gov/Econ, German, Physics, English, Calculus
EC:
NHS, SNHS, NTHS
Red Cross Youth Council (VP)
HOSA (Treasurer)
Mu Alpha theta (math)
German Club and Honor Society
Shakespeare club</p>

<p>Award/opportunities:
Science Olympiad medalist, (1st)
HOSA medalist, (1st)
Governor?s School for Engineering
Lab research project at a university(1 semester)
Hospital internship (1 semester)
Volunteering:
Several Red Cross projects
Library volunteer</p>

<p>prospected major: Biomedical Engineering</p>

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<p>I think you have a chance at being excepted into most schools you apply to</p>

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<p>anywhere you want to go youll be able to get into/at least have a 50/50 shot</p>

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<p>Affirmative Action will definitely help. Is it good/fair? Not necessarily a 'yes' or 'no.' You have a pretty good record here. What colleges are you looking at?</p>

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<p>Stanford definently, berkeley, maybe ivies</p>

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<p>i am not sure if because i dont volunteer much or dont have enough awards if i should apply to ivies. i mean seriously this website has shown me several applicants to HYPS that are, well, incredible</p>

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<p>Definitely don't compare yourself to the people on CC. Posters here are CRAZY with CRAZY applications that are CRAZILY overqualified! Ya...</p>

<p>Having said that, HYPS are reaches for anyone (though I'm sure if you applied to a few you'd get into at least one). Have any projected safeties?</p>

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<p>duke, vanderbilt, northwestern, John HOpkins, if they are considered safeties for me lol</p>

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<p>are the HYPS, other than their prestigous name, really any different from other universities?</p>

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<p>HYPS are a LOT harder to get into than other universities due to name-brand sake. Competition is fierce but you meet a lot of people that can help you later on. The colleges you've listed are also considered high-level so I dunno if they'd be safeties... lol. If you really wanna do BioMed engineering, I'd definitely try for JHU (then tell me about it, okay? ;P).</p>