A hispanic's chances at Cornell, others...

jdevalle
Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:31:37 +0000

Hey everyone!

I am a hispanic (Colombian) student in a school in South Florida. I’ve been living in this country for a little over 4 years. I don’t know if this will have any effect on my chances, but I will have to apply as an international student. I think it’s important to mention my family has a very low income, (>$ 30,000)Please rate my chances in the following schools:

In order of preference
Cornell (ED- Most likely)
U-Penn (ED- Less likely)
Stanford
Georgetown
UC Berkeley
George Washington U.
U. of Miami
Tulane
Purdue

Intended Majors: Economics and Political Science

Stats: SATs: (1400) Math- 780 Verbal- 620
SAT II’c: Writing-760 Spanish- 800 Physics- 700
AP’s: Macro-4 Micro-5 Spanish-5 Eng Lang- 4

Top 5% of a huge public school (over 3500 students)


President and Founder of School’s Model UN
Treasurer of School’s Charter of the Academy of Finance (NAF program)
DECA Parliamentarian
Interact (Kiwanis) Treasurer
National Honor Society
Math Club

Volunteer/member of my church’s youth club.
Over 200 community service hours.

Summer:
National Student Leadership Conference 2004 (International Diplomacy)
Non-Paid Volunteer at the IRS

Senior Year Schedule loaded with 6 AP’s (CALC A, CALC B, FRENCH, GOV, LIT, and EURO)

Probable Essay Topics:

Assume something really good, and really unorthodox about my particular passion in a topic I would rather not mention.

Struggles in adapting to a new culture.

Overcoming hardships in Colombia.

THANKS!