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Hispanic Male Chances for ED Duke or Brown
Tigerkat
73 replies5 threads Junior Member
Not sure if I have a decent chance for ED acceptance to Duke or Brown (legacy). Visited and loved Duke. Will be visiting Brown in a few weeks. Please chance me.
Below are my Stats. Thanks in advance!
SAT I (breakdown): 1510 (R 760, M 750)
SAT II: 800 Bio, 780 American History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 Weighted GPA ( out of 5): 4.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2%
AP: All 5s (8 total AP's not including Senior Year) AP gov. AP world, AP comp sci, AP Lit, AP bio, AP Physics, AP cal. AB, AP cal. BC,
Senior Year Course Load: multi variable calc, AP Psych, AP Stat, AP microeconomics, AP, AP Spanish AP macroeconomics, AP lang, weight lifting for Varsity athletes
Major Awards: National Hispanic Scholar Recipient, science, math, and Spanish school awards and AP national scholar award. Body building and wrestling awards and others
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): taking care of my younger brother with special needs, work part-time lifeguard and swim instructor during school year (3 yrs), work full-time during summer,
varsity wrestler four years, body building competitions,
Volunteer/Community service:
350 hours volunteering tutoring and one on one for children with special needs in camp, epilepsy foundation volunteer, Four honor societies with tutoring and com. service ect.
Summer Employment/Activities: Work full time as a lifeguard and swim instructor for 3 yrs. at county pool. Now a pool operator/manager. Summer league wrestling and tournaments, bodybuilding contests, taking care of brother with special needs
Teacher Recommendation: BC calc. teacher and Bio Should be good both teachers commented that I was very creative in solving problems. Commented that I was the best student they have taught in teaching career. Hope they weren't joking lol Have a good relationship with them and tutor students for them during lunch.
State (if domestic applicant): MD
Intended major(s): Bio., Pre-med,
School Type: large public school
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Middle class with two other brothers in college
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, Brown legacy
It's ok to be honest, I can take it!
22 replies Below are my Stats. Thanks in advance!
SAT I (breakdown): 1510 (R 760, M 750)
SAT II: 800 Bio, 780 American History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 Weighted GPA ( out of 5): 4.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2%
AP: All 5s (8 total AP's not including Senior Year) AP gov. AP world, AP comp sci, AP Lit, AP bio, AP Physics, AP cal. AB, AP cal. BC,
Senior Year Course Load: multi variable calc, AP Psych, AP Stat, AP microeconomics, AP, AP Spanish AP macroeconomics, AP lang, weight lifting for Varsity athletes
Major Awards: National Hispanic Scholar Recipient, science, math, and Spanish school awards and AP national scholar award. Body building and wrestling awards and others
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): taking care of my younger brother with special needs, work part-time lifeguard and swim instructor during school year (3 yrs), work full-time during summer,
varsity wrestler four years, body building competitions,
Volunteer/Community service:
350 hours volunteering tutoring and one on one for children with special needs in camp, epilepsy foundation volunteer, Four honor societies with tutoring and com. service ect.
Summer Employment/Activities: Work full time as a lifeguard and swim instructor for 3 yrs. at county pool. Now a pool operator/manager. Summer league wrestling and tournaments, bodybuilding contests, taking care of brother with special needs
Teacher Recommendation: BC calc. teacher and Bio Should be good both teachers commented that I was very creative in solving problems. Commented that I was the best student they have taught in teaching career. Hope they weren't joking lol Have a good relationship with them and tutor students for them during lunch.
State (if domestic applicant): MD
Intended major(s): Bio., Pre-med,
School Type: large public school
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Middle class with two other brothers in college
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, Brown legacy
It's ok to be honest, I can take it!
Replies to: Hispanic Male Chances for ED Duke or Brown
You might want to consider Rice, Vanderbilt, and your in-state option of Hopkins as well.
My ECs are not as strong as I would like. I haven't been to college summer programs or had research opportunities. That might be a problem for me! I have been working hard to save up money for school. Is there anything that I can do to improve my chances?
@Tigerkat - there is a wide array of undergraduate majors which one could take before starting a medical degree. I do not know, however, whether applying undecided increases or decreases the admission chances. In any case, it probably does not matter what your major is - as long as you have taken all the prerequisites for medical school, you can apply for medical school. There are a large number of degrees which would work with that, like psychology or even social work.
CC kids also fret about "padding." But it's not padding when you consciously choose relevant activities.
Undecided won't mask hints at your direction. If you have the stem strengths and stats, they can know or suspect this is about a stem major. Why not see about hospital voluntering (where you can at least observe the process, not the supply room, etc?) Or see if you can get involved with special needs advocacy- that's not camp, but alongside adults working toward changes? Think about it.
And learn what Duke and Brown value and look for. Legacy helps, but when you learn from your parent(s) what the school is about, what makes it unique, and can match yourself, then offer a solid Why Us answer.
Working on the side with special needs kids is good, a job is good. But, not enough to show the full picture.
Does he still have a shot? Yes. But I believe CYA, leaning in, is the safer bet.
I don't regret my non-academic ECs, I have met very interesting people and have learned a lot about others and myself. Sometimes learning happens in the strangest places.
https://admissions.duke.edu/application/overview
PS. I hope that you are putting together your list of targets and that you have a safety which you can love.
PPS. You should be in bed at 1:40 am, or engaging in other things than CC - you're a teen and it's still summer vacation!
I have a potential list of schools including targets and safeties. Some of my safety schools are honors colleges that are less holistic and more grades and scores driven. Looking at their charts, I would earn substantial scholarships.
I would rather be at the more selective schools like Duke, Rice, Vanderbilt etc. but if it doesn't work out I'll be okay. I will succeed anywhere because of my desire to learn not a fancy campus. Thanks for all the advice.