Hispanic Students Class of 2016 Official Results thread

[popcharlie93]

Attending: Brown University (PLME) - Early Decision
Accepted: Brown & FSU (honors)

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown):
• ACT: 31 (superscored)
• SAT Subject Tests:
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
• Weighted GPA: 4.67
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 4%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (5), Psychology (5), Spanish Language (5), U.S. History (4), World History (3), and a total of 10 AP courses.
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Physics B, AP Chemistry AP U.S. Government & Pol., Anatomy/Physiology Honors, Economics Honors (highest offered), Precalculus (online), Drama 4, and Debate 4 (required),
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Lemelson-MIT Program finalists, district/state acting awards.

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Drama Club (president), Gay-Straight Alliance (president), ITS Troupe (president), Science Club (founder & president), Glee Club (historian), National Honor Society, and Academic Team.
• Job/Work Experience:
• Volunteer/Community service: 447 volunteer hours total. I shadowed extensively for many surgeries at my local hospital, volunteered at the hospital, was the student director for a children's drama camp (2 years), built play sets, tutor in all subjects, volunteer cashier for soccer tournaments, and fundraisers.
• Summer Activities: Drama Camp student director
• Essays (subjects and personal opinions):I will not be posting these.
• Common App Main Essay: Same as above
• EC Short Answer: I wrote about theatre.
• Additional Essay: Wrote about doing theatre and biology for PLME.
• Teacher Recommendation 1: AP English, phenomenal.
• Teacher Recommendation 2: Chemistry Honors, very good!
• Counselor Rec: It was great since I've bothered her endlessly for four years...
• Additional Rec: My drama teacher/club sponsor, very personal and amazing!

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): Florida
• Country (if international applicant):
• Gender: M
• School Type: Public
• Country of Origin: USA, family from Cuba
• Educational level of parents: Mother (AA), Dad (high school)
• Income level: <60,000
• Adversity overcome: Trying to get out of ESOL & our very conservative town...
• Involvement in Hispanic community: None, honestly.
• Other hooks (recruited athlete, development, etc.): I'm gay and I sent in a drama supplement.

Colleges

• Accepted: Brown (PLME), FSU (Honors)
• Waitlisted:
• Denied:
• Pending: Dartmouth, Vassar, Northwestern, and UF. (withrew)
• Likely attending: Brown
• Outside scholarships: Applying to a bunch
• Institutional scholarships: The school's scholarship.

Reflection

• Strengths: Essays, courses, motivation, EC's.
• Weaknesses: Test scores, class rank.

General Comments: Very ecstatic and wish everyone else the best! Go Bears!

[alloftheabove502]

Got Accepted to:

St. John's University (19k scholarship per year)
Adelphi University (17k scholarship per year)
SUNY Oneonta (no scholarship information given yet)
Stony Brook University (no scholarship information given yet) (2nd Choice)

Got Denied to:

NONE (Thank God!)

Still Waiting For:

Binghamton University (My DREAM School)
SUNY Albany
University at Buffalo

Stats:

U/W GPA: 92.413
W GPA: 97.773
Rank: 14/ 426
SAT: 1850 CR+M: 1250
APs: World History (4), US History (3), Language and Composition (3), Biology (2)
Currently taking AP Govt. and AP Literature, I am also getting college credit for a psychology course I am taking.

Extracurriculars:
Student Government
Future Problem Solvers
Mock Trial Club
Peer Tutoring
Class of 2012
National Honor Society

Works at a supermarket
Volunteered at a daycare center for 3 summers
Hook: 1st Generation College Student
Essay: was about creating your own destiny rather than waiting for fate to guide your life.

Major: Political Science, but if I go to Binghamton- Philosophy, Politics and Law

Good Luck everyone!!

[sbjdorlo]

Son was accepted to Vanderbilt today with an invite to the Mosaic weekend (which, unfortunately, he won't be able to attend). Any other invitees?

[Ronaldofan94]

I posted in the thread on the Vanderbilt board already, but I also got accepted to the university with an invite to the MOSAIC weekend.

[mysticalheavens]

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown):Hated score, did not submit
• ACT:33
• SAT Subject Tests: SAT 2 Chemistry: 730. SAT 2 Literature:710
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
• Weighted GPA: 4.2
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chemistry:4. AP Literature:4
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Calculus AB, AP Government, AP Spanish, Physics Honors, 3D Art 2
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not "major", but I won a Hispanic Heritage Youth Award, A Junior Achievement Regional Award + 10k scholarship, Optimist Essay Award, Precalculus Hn award in my school, and other regional things.

Subjective:[list][*] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Medical Youth Society[*] Job/Work Experience: Junior Counselor at a local Girl Scout camp for the summer, bes tjob ever and great experience!![*] Volunteer/Community service: Greeter/Monitor for my local American Red Cross donor center, I watch donors for signs of fainting, engage them, etc.

I'm too lazy to list my other activities, but for all of those high school juniors and sophomores and freshman out there, lemme tell you something. It isn't the quantity of activities that matters, but the love you have for them, that will come across positively to admissions officers in your essays. So please, do things you love.[*] Essays (subjects and personal opinions):

• Common App: How i tutor kids and my methods of doing so; how i relate material to students-very personal and engagng
• EC Short Answer: Red Cross
• Additional Essay: whatever im a second semester senior
• Teacher Recommendation 1: AP chem teacher, shes thebest
• Teacher Recommendation 2: My history teacher who graduated from Rice a long time ago (Rice is my #1 choice, and I really excelled in his class and got along with him)
• Counselor Rec: I got a new counselor this year, so I had to work hard to get to know him. It might have been lukewarm.
• Additional Rec:

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
• Country (if international applicant): U.S.A.
• Gender:Girl
• School Type: Public, rich, but rarely sends kids to top 15 schools
• Country of Origin: My parents are Dominican and Puerto Rican; I identify with being Dominican more. Proud of my African, French, and Spanish roots.
• Educational level of parents:Both went to college. Not a top ranked school, but they really instilled the value of education in me from an early age and gently guided me throughout this process.
• Income level: My parents went from poor kids in the barrios of the DR and PR to middle class in U.S.. I'm guessing 120k? Maybe less.
• Adversity overcome: Stereotypes against Hispanic females. Definitely. I've had many people underestimate my desires to do something with my life.
• Involvement in Hispanic community: I am involved but don't feel like typing that out.
• Other hooks (recruited athlete, development, etc.): Well, I'm a hispanic female looking to study Chemistry.

Colleges

• Accepted: Washington University in St. Louis!
• Waitlisted:nothing yet
• Denied: nothing yet
• Applied to: Wash U, University of Washington, UVA, William and Mary, Princeton, Stanford, Dartmouth, Rice University (First choice), Northwestern, Emory
• Outside scholarships: see awards above
• Institutional scholarships:

Reflection

• Strengths:
• Weaknesses:

General Comments: So, I really hope this post helps future Hispanic students looking to attend college.I really don't have the best scores, but I did a lot of different things that involved my passions. For example, I did research on deer overpopulation and came up with a feasible solution, then submitted my paper to an organization. I always worried that my GPA not being a perfect 4.0 would hold me back, but I've definitely challenged myself with my course load (always taking the hardest load possible without killing myself), and extracurrics I love. I am one of the few high achieving Hispanic students in my predominantly white and wealthy HS, and have learned a lot of life lessons due to my experiences. My advice to you youngn's? SPEND TIME ON YOUR ESSAYS! They really humanize your application. Admissions is holistic. I agonized over what specific type of stats each college would want, but could not find a pattern. Everything counts. Well, good luck to everyone, and hopefully I will receive more good news in April XD

[entomom]

Accepted: Washington University in St. Louis!
Waitlisted:nothing yet
Denied: nothing yet

I assume you applied for the Rodriguez scholarship?

Aren't you done since you applied to WUSTL ED?

[ronaldorodilla]

son- accepted at St Johns ($19k) & Drexel ($0), 3.6uw, 3.9w, 28 ACT, national level athlete, solid essays. waiting on others

[LaChicaBuena]

Objective:

• ACT: 27
• Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 95.4
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Macroeconomics, AP US History, AP US Gov, AP Psych, AP Bio
• Senior Year Course Load: Rigorous
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Girl Scout Gold Award

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN
• Job/Work Experience: Teacher
• Volunteer/Community service: Mentoring/counseling (founder, peer counselor), girl scouts, and sailing (instructor)
• Summer Activities: Working and volunteering
• Essays (subjects and personal opinions):
• Common App Main Essay: I talked about my struggle with being multiracial and finding my identity. I thought it was the best I've ever written!
• EC Short Answer: Talked about sailing. This one was good, too.
• Additional Essay: I discussed my transcript in intensive detail.
• Teacher Recommendation 1: From my German teacher. I think it was good.
• Teacher Recommendation 2: From my English teacher. Same.
• Counselor Rec: Same as above.

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): Denial
• Gender: Female
• School Type: Large public
• Country of Origin: Dominican Republic
• Educational level of parents: Mom went to Auburn, dad graduated from high school.
• Income level: <$100,000
• Adversity overcome: A lot. I think I put it in another post.
• Involvement in Hispanic community: I'm a mentor to children of Hispanic descent in my city's community, and much more.

Colleges

• Accepted: Arizona State, Cal State Fullerton, Drexel, Hawaii Pacific, Loyola Marymount, Loyola University New Orleans, San Diego State, San Francisco State, University of Oregon, University of San Francisco, American University (ED2), University of the Pacific
• Waitlisted: Nowhere!
• Denied: Nowhere! (Well, I withdrew from a university and 2 weeks after withdrawing, I got rejected. )
• Attending: American University!
• Outside scholarships: Waiting on those.
• Institutional scholarships: Scholarships from every school I was accepted to except the CSUs and Drexel (I got a $1,000 scholarship, but eh).

Reflection

• Strengths: Essays, ECs.
• Weaknesses: GPA and test scores.

General Comments: Never give up.
My parents are beyond proud of me, and I must say... I'm proud of myself. I honestly never thought I'd be accepted to any of my schools, and I was pleasantly surprised to see the outcomes! One of the highlights of my application that I'm really proud of is most definitely my resume--the adcoms at American stated in my acceptance letter that they admired my passion for helping others (I had somewhere around ~1300 hours). I love American University, and I'm beyond excited to have the opportunity to attend in the fall! I'm also relieved that this process is finally over for me, and I can now withdraw from the rest of my schools.
I'm pretty sure I left out something, so forgive me if I did.
Good luck everyone! And PLEASE spend some time on your essays!

[entomom]

ronaldo, are those the amounts for FA/merit scholarships received or are they the COA?

[skilleddd]

I'm a National Hispanic Scholar

Rank: Top 7%
State: GA
GPA: 3.9 W 3.6 UW
SAT: 2070: 660 CR 700 M 710 W
SAT II: Spanish 760 USH 670; 1430 total
Accepted: GA Tech, UGA
Waitlisted: None
Denied: None, but that might change soon haha
Applied: Emory, Stanford, Harvard, Vanderbilt, USC, U Penn (All reach schools, crossing my fingers to get into at least one)
Extracurriculars: Soccer and Track are my passions, treasurer and co founder of anchor club at my school, beta club member. Theres lots of other stuff, but i only mentioned my key activities

[ronaldorodilla]

@entomom - sorry for the delay, those are merit awards

[mysticalheavens]

Lachicabuena great to see another Dominican on here! And entomom I applied regular to WashU, but was notified of my acceptance/finalist status in early Feb. Excited, but not sure if I want to attend now.

[nina1228]

@mysticalheavens

Congrats on getting accepted to WashU! I am a Rodriguez finalist myself, and it is always nice to meet a fellow Hispanic interested in the school. No matter where you decide to go, you should be very proud! Rice is also a very good school and you can't go wrong with either choice.

[entomom]

^Congrats to both of you as Rodriguez finalists! We have a good friend who was a Rodriguez scholar and had a wonderful experience at WUSTL.

[Colombiana228]

Objective:
SAT I: Did not sent
ACT: COMPOSITE (30), ENG (33), MATH (31), READING (29), SCIENCE (27)
SAT Subject Tests: US HISTORY (690), SPANISH (740)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65
Weighted GPA: 4.25
Rank: 150/3552
AP: US HIST (4), ENGLISH AND COMPOSITION (3), EURO HISTORY (3)
IB: IB CHEM SL (4) (THE REST ARE BEING TAKEN SENIOR YEAR)
Senior Year Course Load:
IB STATISTICS AND DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS, IB SPANISH 5 SL, IB HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS HL, IB ENGLISH HL, IB BIOLOGY HL, IB THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
Major Awards: NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY, NATIONAL SPANISH HONOR SOCIETY, NATIONAL ENGLISH HONOR SOCIETY, AP SCHOLAR, FLORIDA READY TO WORK GOLD CREDENTIAL
Subjective:
Extracurriculars:
CLUB SOCCER (7 YEARS)
IB RELAY FOR LIFE- SECRETARY (2 YEARS)
INTERACT CLUB- SECRETARY (3 YEARS)
KEY CLUB- MEMBER (2 YEARS)
PIANO CLASSES (6 YEARS)
Job/Work Experience: NONE
Volunteer/Community service:
MUSEUM VOLUNTEER (77 HOURS)
FEEDING AMERICA VOLUNTEER (66 HOURS)
UNITED HANDSON VOLUNTEER (20 HOURS)
Common App Main Essay: An essay about my Colombian background and how it's influence my life and my perspective.
EC Short Answer: IB Relay for Life Club
Teacher Recommendation 1: ENG TEACHER - Very Good
Teacher Recommendation 2: SPANISH TEACHER - Very Good
Counselor Rec: Knows me very well, and I read the recommendation. It was very good.
State: FLORIDA
Gender: FEMALE
School Type: PUBLICe
Educational level of parents: Father/Project manager; Mother/Business analyst
Income level: ---
Other hooks: Hispanic
Colleges
Major: PUBLIC HEALTH- College of Arts & Sciences
Accepted:
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
Deferred:
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
Denied: NONE YET
Likely attending: I'm still waiting on Columbia, Duke, WUSTL, NYU, Vanderbilt...
Strengths: Music, ECs, essays
Weaknesses: semi-low GPA
General Comments:
Tip:
How to Impress Adcoms with your Extracurriculars
Essay Advice: Tips for "Why this school?" essay