Curious 2009er -- Chance Me!

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>The next college application cycle is ours, and I’m curious where I stand for:
Harvard
Yale
Amherst
Georgetown</p>

<p>Location: Alaska
School Type: Public
Gender, Ethnicity: Male, Mexican
Hook: Lower Income, First Generation College Student
GPA: 3.87 (unweighted)<br>
Rank: 8 / 495
Haven’t taken the SATs yet (I know, I’m slacking…)
Intended Majors: 1) Political Science/Government 2) History</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
ANCHORAGE SCHOOL BOARD (May 2007-May 2009)
-Hold on the only student seat on the school board
-I Represent the 50,000 students in my school district</p>

<p>STUDENT GOVERNMENT (Dec. 2005-May 2009)
-Freshman Class Rep.
-Sophomore Class President
-Junior Class President
-Student Body President (for next year).</p>

<p>TEEN NEWS SECTION, Anchorage Daily News (July 2006-Present)
-Staff Writer (Freshman)
-Editor (Sophomore-Senior)</p>

<p>STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD (Feb. 2007-Present)
-Every StudGov in our city sends 3 delegates and draft and pass resolutions which the superintendent and the school board take into consideration
-EHS Representative
-President</p>

<p>CAPITAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (July 2007-Present)
-We create the School District propositions that go to voters in April
-I Hold the only student seat
-Voting member</p>

<p>MAYOR’S OFFICE INTERNSHIP (started this month, through the summer)
-I do research, put together presentations, etc</p>

<p>Work Experience:
-Best Buy (3 months in sophomore year)
-American Eagle (present)</p>

<p>Noteworthy Experience:
-Founded an EHS Freshman Orientation Program
-Collaborating on the EHS Free Physicals Initiative
-Member of the “Teachers of Excellence” Selection Committee
-Attended the State School Board Legislative Fly-In
-Met with State Legislatures on behalf of the Anchorage School District
-Attended the State School Board Youth Leadership Institute
-Fall AASG Leadership Conference Registrar/Chair ($25,000 Conference)
-Received Raising Student Voices and Participation (RSVP) Training
-Attended the State Student Government Association Spring Leadership Conference
-Over 450 hours of community service in the past year. Recently received the President’s Volunteer Service Award (although you can get that just by having 100 hours, the organization has validated my hours). </p>

<p>Recommendations:
-My StudGov adviser, who is also my AP French teacher and will be my AP English Lit Teacher (I’ve known her 4 years)
-I’m in a smaller learning program at my school, so my counselor only has 200 students, only 50 of which are seniors. She knows me really well
-The Superintendent has written my letters of recommendation in the past
-The Mayor has written letters of rec in the past for his interns</p>

<p>My academic profile is pretty decent, but extra curriculars are my main focus. I have a strong leadership and community involvement record–hopefully strong enough for it to be a hook. All of my main ECs take a lot of time so I think it would be fair to say that I’ve given up having a stronger rank to dedicate myself to community involvement. How do I look?</p>

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<p>dude, your hook isn’t ECs (although those look good), it’s being a minority ethnicity with low income who’s a first generation college student from an underrepresented area.</p>

<p>you’re a quadruple URM! capitalize on this in your essay(s), & as long as you have decent stats, i’d say you have a great shot.</p>

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<p>Thanks jellies19. I’d like to think I have a good chance even without milking the URM status hahaha (which I will, shamelessly).</p>

<p>BUMP</p>

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<p>Hi! I lived in Anchorage for 8 years. What HS do you go to?</p>

<p>Anyways, if you can manage a 2100+ on your SAT and your 3 combined SAT II’s, you should have no problem getting into any school you want. Your rank, URM status, location, and obviously significant leadership make you about as much of a sure-bet as you can be these days.</p>

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<p>if you don’t get into all of your colleges, something is seriously wrong with this world.</p>

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<p>lol this world is unfair</p>

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<p>Great chance at all four. It looks like you’re doing remarkable things with your life. Of course there’s the possibility of rejection at Harvard and Yale, but you’ll definitely be competitive there, which you would be even without URM status. I’d encourage you to get a teacher rec from someone who can focus specifically on how you behave\contribute\study in the classroom, just to reinforce the fact that you <em>do</em> have strong academics, even as you do amazing things outside the classroom. You’re definitely the kind of student that gets in at these places.</p>

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<p>Thanks a ton everyone. I can’t believe that the class of 09 is going to be applying to college in the fall! </p>

<p>Cookietime, I go to East High. Where did you go?</p>

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<p>alaska mexican…hm…just score a 1200 and your in ANYWHERE</p>

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<p>Get a 2100 on your SAT and I can almost guarantee you’re in everywhere. Great hooks, wonderful ECs.</p>

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<p>EHS, I’m PMing you but saw this thread so I thought I might participate here:</p>

<p>Even without the URM status, I’d definitely say you have great credentials as so to speak. As mentioned you may have that, but you also have great academics + excellent EC’s. When you’re not sure which hook you should use, (usually) that’s not a bad sign! :smiley: (I’m also an '09er btw.) There’s no telling what college AdComs do these days, esp after the year with the hardest admissions in history, but I don’t think anyone could get much of a better combo between EC’s and academics (again fantastic EC’s) than that! good luck!</p>

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<p>Wow, I get to say great chance and mean it. You of course need decent SATs, but being a Mexican from Alaska with high class rank and decent SATs is the ivy league dream ticket!!</p>

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<p>lol, newyorka is that your first positive post ever? :P</p>

<p>but seriously…a mexican, 1st gen from alaska. i envy you lol
oh, great chance btw</p>

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<p>Oh no, I’m right out there with positive feedback for all those why honestly have a chance in he**:)</p>

<p>But I’ve gotten the hang of this board and pledge to never again post to the delusional…,</p>

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<p>WOW were you bred from day 1 to be a Harverd graduate. You got it all, Mexican heritage, Alaska native, low income, first gen! You just need like a 900 combined SAT to get into any school in the US. lucky underserving prick.</p>

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<p>Wow…there goes one of spots at Harvard. :(</p>

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<p>“underserving prick?” Have you seen is public service track record? You can read about it in his EC list, which just happens to be the first post of this thread :slight_smile: .</p>

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<p>CCFanatic…i hope you get rejected from all the colleges you apply to. :smiley: as you can see from his post, EHS09 had to WORK to get those grades and leadership positions. the ethnicity/location are a major +, but he didn’t just take that for granted.</p>

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<p>Why is him being a URM a major part of his chances here? His accomplishments alone are impressive enough to get in with his own merits. Plus, being a URM doesn’t give out automatic acceptances, nor is a “hook” like everybody wants to believe it to be. Schools of the caliber he’s applying are flooded with URM applicants. </p>

<p>Just take your SATs well during senior year and you’ll have a good chance…</p>

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<p>^ exactly what i say. but you can’t say that the fact that he lives in alaska and is a 1st gen URM doesn’t help. it’s a great bonus</p>