<p>I know that :-). It's our thing, because the OC is cool, though we've never seen it, and therefore Cali is. Strange and flawed logic it may seem, but it works!</p>
<p>What if my mom is Hispanic (full), but my dad isn't (white; full)? My parents are divorced, I live with my mom, but my mom kept my dad's last name. I look Hispanic though, and am Hispanic though. Do all they care, is if I fill in the Hispanic bubble? Should my mom put her maiden name for her middle name, since she doesn't have one (maiden name: Satarain). Also, now that I'm super interested, what should I do to improve myself? I bought McGraw-Hill's SAT I practice book, so I should be able to take the SAT in the latter part of my junior year, which is probably preferred over the under-rated ACT. How bad is it if I don't take the PSAT, but score well on the SAT (650+, probably in the 700s)?</p>
<p>yes, you need to fill the Hispanic bubble because I guarentee it will make a difference. 1/2 also, but i always put hispanic without thinking because in miami, that is the culture you are around. also, the cutoff is 1/4. all scholarships require at least 1/4.</p>
<p>The minority outreach program is excellent at Yale. Ask jose, I've asked him some Qs and then contacted Yale.</p>
<p>THey promptly answer questions and make you feel welcome.</p>
<p>650+ is fine for a Hispanic applicant, since that is the general aim of most Hispanics due to bad socio-economic stance. at least in my case, it is. it's hard to score well when u can't afford a CB prep book.</p>
<p>lol man people are so critical on here!</p>
<p>Yale is life.</p>
<p>dude and you can't refer to me by name MICHAEL on college confidential..i now must get a new sn..someones liable to kill me on here to increase there chances of getting into their choice college by 1 percent</p>
<p>I think your chances are good but make sure to keep up contact with old teachers and make really good connections with new ones. :)</p>
<p>I think it's hard not to keep contact with old teachers at my high school! They are all so great! Even if you don't have the teachers, they make you feel so good about yourself.</p>
<p>Anything else? Would volunteering help my chances more drastically? Meaning, should I volunteer on the weekends until senior year (and above that, obviously)?</p>
<p>Volunteering would definately increas your chances. But, you can't just volunteer anywhere, it looks like resume padding. You should find places that you really feel strongly about and volunteer there.</p>
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the cutoff is 1/4. all scholarships require at least 1/4.
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This is not true. There is no standard for minority standing. It is strictly self nomination. A few scholarships may have a standard. If they do, they will say so in the rules. Colleges pretty much all go by self nomination. That said, it would be foolish to claim something that is not true. If you have two cultures, claim them both.</p>
<p>Not trying to be malicious or a bearer of bad news or anything, but you sound like you need a dash of realism. Your Yale chances aren't all that great. How should i know? I'm a rising senior in an elite IB program where a ton of people are always aiming for ivey. Some of them, like yourself (and me too if you're interested) are minorities and thus have an extra edge. But its not as big as you'd imagine. In three years of research (on line, in books, with relatives and friends- ivey level people who got into harvard, yale, columbia, stanford, etc), i've found that admissions are fairly formulaic. Schools have to be to get through tens of thousands of applications after all. Perfect grades and high rank wont get you into an ivey league, but unless you have a huge attention grabber (awesome/unusal ecs) they could easily get you disqualified in the first round. The college attitude is basically: why chose him if there are 94 students in his school alone that are potentially better? Now, i get to the point of this rather long post: Don't get too excited about iveys, they're not the end of the world. Really, you can probably get as good an education as most ivey students in a good state school. The only difference would be if you were truly elite to the level that you could take advantage of the unique resources iveys don't normally make available to undergraduates anyways. If you were that awesome, you wouldn't have to worry about getting in anyways. So just relax, because believe it or not getting an undergrad degree from an elite college wont be all that important once you're established in the real world. Now, as an high achiveing hispanic student, i recomment maybe you look into the "little iveys" and the other really good schools that are dying for minorities and would pay you a crapload to come, and not just focus myopically on iveys.
-thanks for listening, holla back</p>
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<li>Ivey is a town located in Wilkinson County, Georgia. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,100.</li>
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<p>Thanks 2sexy4college, for the reality check I needed. I think I'll just stick to working, rather than volunteering then, and go to UT, so I won't be in debt to my nose, and receive tons of AP credit! I thought that the whole minority gig was up in the late 90's, but everyone made it seem, like just because I'm Hispanic I was a shoe-in...at YALE! Thanks!</p>
<p>Hispanic is still considered a big AA minority...you're very well placed for entry, though your ECs need help.</p>
<p>Thanks Rikataka... i can't even spell ivy :( ... part of why i'm too sexy for college. Anyways glucose, you should still apply, just don't be hell bent on it. I'm in almost exactly the same situation as you. I have a 4.28 gpa but that's only high 30s early 40s in our class. Add in the fact that i've taken a lot of aps and my gpa would be closer to 4.7 if i hadn't gotten several b's (and two horrible horrible cs). I also have a friend who was in a similar situation and ended up getting into duke, was waitlisted to princeton, and then got in and went to princeton at the last second.</p>
<p>Hopefully people will give me as much advice on my chances. Thanks for the help:</p>
<p>Iranian female
Norman, OK
1 person accepted from my H.S. to Yale, class of 2009</p>
<p>gpa: 4.0 (unweighted--school doesn't weight)
sat I: 2250--800 cr, 760 wr, 690 math
sat II: 790 lit, 720 u.s. hist, 700 mat 2
ap: soph--U.S. Hist (4), junior--Am Govt (5), Physics B(3), Calc AB (5)
Rank: 1/436</p>
<p>Awards</p>
<p>Student of Today--Masonic Lodge (11)
AP Scholar with Honor (11)</p>
<p>Journalism
--Gold Key in Scholastic Writing Awards (11)
--1st Place in Rose State Write of Spring Contest (11)
--Semifinalist in Hemingway Writing Awards (11)
--The Oklahoman's Newsroom 101
--Editor-In-Chief of School Paper (12)
--Oklahoma Institute for Diversity in Journalism
English
--AEGIS English (two year selective english program)
--Telluride Association Summer Program (sort of like the RSI for humanities, 9.4 % acceptance rate) (11)
Speech/Debate
--NFL All-American (12)
--NFL Member of Superior Distinction (11)
--National Qualifier in DEX (11)
--STate qualifier in LD (10)
--Various Local Awards</p>
<p>Leadership
NFL Secretary (11) and President (12)
NHS Vice-President (11)
Girls State (12)
Youth Leadership Oklahoma Class V (11)--50 juniors selected statewide for program</p>
<p>Various Community Service activities (approximately 100 hours, altogether)</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice.</p>
<p>I'm interested in knowing why you have no extracurriculars for ninth or tenth grade. Are you mentioning only positions and awards?</p>
<p>in ninth grade, i was pretty much in just some meaningless clubs. 10th grade i got into debate, won a few awards, and did newspaper. 11th grade was when i got the majority of my ECs down, especially writing and then increasing my debate awards.</p>
<p>bump </p>
<p>please give some advice. should i retake the sat I/II? i'm considering it.</p>