Will my subjective stats outweigh my objective stats?

Applying to College
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<p>The only schools that I'm waiting to hear a response from are UMD-College Park, UIUC, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and Temple University. I applied to the pre-med program at each college. I have already been accepted into Penn State's Eberly College of Science with $14,000 in university scholarships.</p>

<p>As I wait for the responses of said colleges, I cringe in fear. Subjectively, I'm an excellent applicant, but I'm a little shaky objectively. For my subjective stats, I have plenty of EC's, work experience, I am an URM (Black), first-generation, I am from a single parent household, have great essays, and superior recommendations from my counselor and junior year biology teacher. Now here's where things start to get shaky. For my objective stats, I have a 3.8 UW GPA (Excellent GPA), a 1570 SAT score (M:440;CR:620;W:510; I did score higher than the African American national average for the SAT in all three categories), I am ranked 180/325 cumulatively (143/325 for my junior year alone), and throughout my high school years, I have taken all college-prep courses with the exception of Honors Latin. Looking back, not demanding to take more challenging courses (at my school, they will tell you what course level to take. You really don't have much say in what level you end up on) is my biggest regret. So do you think my subjective stats may outweigh my objective stats, or will my objective stats seriously hold me back in admissions?</p>

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<p>Look at the Common Data Set for each school to see what admission characteristics get the most weight. For instance UIUC [University</a> of Illinois: Student Enrollment Reports](<a href=“http://www.dmi.illinois.edu/stuenr/]University”>Student Enrollment) has academic GPA and class rigor as very important, while ECs, class rank and test scores are important. In general, objective info outweighs subjective criteria.</p>