<p>Single parent home
African AMerican
GPA UW: 3.56
GPA W: 5.23
ACT: 28
Essays: Exceptional
SAT 2s: 610 Writing, 640 US history, 580 Math IIc (taking them again)
EC:
St. lukes volunteer staff (40 hours/week) every year
Soccer 20hrs/week every year (Team Captain)
Math honor society every year
science honor society every year
english honor society 2 years
national honor society 2 years
Guitar every year
Marching band for 2 years (Section Leader)
Academic Decathlon
Awards:
Volunteer Achievement at St. Lukes every year
Numerous Soccer Awards
Solo and Ensemble 1st place winner for a trombone solo twice
Music and sound talent show winner for guitar
Academic Excelllence all years
silver medal at interview at decathlon locals
forget the rest....</p>
<p>he has taken every AP class there is and does well in them
his recommendation letters were good too.</p>
<p>I'm still trying to figure out how big a role minority status plays in admissions, but his extracurriculars are very good. If he can boost his SAT II scores, I'd say he's in. What college is he applying to?</p>
<p>watt does this have anything to do wit the fact ur friend is black ?????????
I hope the admissions people saw more than that when they read my application and actually saw that i worked hard and am a good student...I Really hope that they do the same for ur friend because they seem to deserve it...but then again i am not in admissions so......good luck to them</p>
<p>P.S - I agree i think that this is about U not ur "friend" or w/e......=)</p>
<p>I don't think just being african-american helps you as much at cornell as it would at dartmouth or washington and lee per say, because cornell is already so diverse</p>
<p>The fact that Cornell has a lower percent black doesnt necessarily mean they'll give a black applicant more of an edge than a school with a higher percent (Dartmouth). Its probably means the reverse, that they dont give much AA. If they did, it would be higher. AA isn't exactly a new idea, if they were giving massive AA the stats would be higher.
Might want to apply to schools that have higher rates of black attendents, as well as ones that have massive disparities between white and black SATs (i.e. Berkeley).
I'll be the first to ***** about AA, but if you have it, play it wisely, make your reach schools will actually care about race.</p>
<p>i think AA is completely unfair, because if you have two people with the exact same stats and everything, the ones that are african american, asian american, native american will all get in over a white person. it's because they are trying to raise diversity in the school and not seem like a racist school. its unfair because if adcoms picks based on stats, then the people will say they are being racist because normally you will have the rich white families, etc. but if they use race to a person's advantage, then its the whole AA, put down on your app if you have any race even if its only 1/8 etc.</p>
<p>thats just my take, but its just a complicated situation</p>
<p>Dude, Asian Americans aren't given affirmative action treatment at most schools either. Of course, it also depends on what part of Asia you come from. If your parents were born in India or Bali for example, you'll get slightly more preferential treatment than if your parents were born in China or Korea. But Asians as a whole don't really benefit from affirmative action. </p>
<p>Whether or not affirmative action is right, of course, is a whole other discussion entirely - and I'm not sure if this forum is the right place for it.</p>
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<p>He'll probably get in. My homie, who is an Asian-American male with an abysmal score of 1320, got in. For the record, Asian American guys have a 10% LESS chance of getting into college than <em>WASP white folks</em>. (refer to modelminority.com) I'm not sure how it is for African-American guys, but I hope affirmative action helps. Color really shouldn't matter.</p>
<p>dadaist2, ur point is not exactly true. If a school has a lower URM enrollment, it does not precisely mean that they do not accpet them. IMO it prolly means that they DO NOT APPLY. Dartmouth is very lax with URMs considering as how Native Americans automatically get in, etc.</p>
<p>To answer arps question: the school of arts and sciences.</p>