<p>jackoconnell-you need to remove your comments and apologize.Entomom is one of the most helpful; kind; sincere persons on the hispanic board and entomom works tiredlessly to provide information to all of us. She is the “super moderator” of the hispanic forum and keeps us all informed of information which benefits hispanic students applying to college. Your posts are uncalled for!! Entomom; myself and others have created a “community” here on the hispanic board where any helpful information is shared. I for one will not tolerate your comments and I am sure others will join me. Please be so kind as to remove your posts. If the posts remain then I for one will not answer your questions. Sorry for being so harsh but your posts were way out of line especially in the hispanic board.</p>
<p>I believe you have also misunderstood what entomom said but I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt since you are a freshman. To explain further the point Entomom was making- “What are your chances?” post are the least relevant and helpful in the college admissions process. None of us here on CC are actual college admissions reps (in the cases of there being an actual rep like Dean J on the UVA forum-they all refuse to answer what are my chances threads). Asking what are my chances is simply no better than having a crystal ball or throwing dice. Most people do not pay attention to what are my chances postings because the “prediction” could either mislead a person or discourage a student with no real basis. Entomom was kindly advising you to be careful of such threads because they really do not inform you of your true chances. There are plenty of stories of 5.0; valedictorians being rejected from the schools you are interested and I bet the “what are your chances?” posts all told those students that the chances were “excellent.” </p>
<p>With respect to the issue of the impact of being Hispanic in the college admissions process; Entomom again was advising you to be careful of reading about it in forums other than the Hispanic one. I imagine she did that so that you were not mislead about being Hispanic and college admissions. In those other forums I have seen ridiculous posts such as “if Hispanic you only need a 3.0 to get into Harvard” or “if hispanic you can get a 1500 on the SAT and get into Yale.” None of that is true and so therefore i and Entomom caution you when you read such comments. Being Hispanic does not have an across the board affect in the college admissions process for every college treats it differently. </p>
<p>Entomom’s comment of where you invest your time; energy and confidence; I imagine has to deal with learning about opportunties available to your as a Hispanic high school student that can possibly help you in the admission process. For example:</p>
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<li><p>you could prep very well for the PSAT so that you could achieve a score that would award you scholar status in the “National Hispanic Recognition Program.” </p></li>
<li><p>You could learn about summer scholarship programs offered to hispanic students such as "LEAD: Mosaic; Cosmos; Notre Dame Latino Leadership Project; etc.</p></li>
<li><p>You could learn about “diversity weekends” “diversity events” or “diversity fly-ins” that colleges hold for Hispanic students.</p></li>
<li><p>You could do service projects for the Latino community (I want you to do this anyhow in payback to the comments made about Entomom since I think you could use an attitude adjustment-:))</p></li>
<li><p>You could contact the Office of Minority Affairs admissions counselor at the colleges you are interested in to get on their radar and learn what they are looking for in the Hispanic student. </p></li>
<li><p>You could look at the posts here in the Hispanic forum for the names of Hispanic students accepted at your dream colleges and talk to them about what they did to get into those colleges. </p></li>
<li><p>You could take the AP classes and work on grades to keep you in the running.</p></li>
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<p>Everything on my list can be found here in the Hispanic forum and that is why it is a better use of your time and energy to find that info rather that speculative “chances” questions. </p>
<p>My goal as well as I am sure Entomom’s goal is to provide assistance to Hispanic students in order to increase the numbers of Hispanic students in good colleges. We are neither “ignorant” or “abrasive” so as I am sure your Latino parent would say “go apologize now!!!”</p>