Is there any chance?

itsv
Wed, 12 Feb 2014 21:58:54 +0000

Contact Kevin Gonzalez at Tech-He is in charge of Hispanic students in the admissions office. Contact the Hispanic Recruitment Team for advice from them to see what you can do to make your application strong. Definitely apply early action-you have better chances that way. One thing you definitely have to do is take calculus. Our GT rep told my hispanic DD that Tech wouldn’t event look at her application without calculus. She ended up taking pre-calculus online the summer before her senior year so that she could get into calculus her senor year. She was accepted to Tech early action.

Also visit the Hispanic student forum here on cc. Look under specialty admissions or click on my name to see some of my posts in the forum. You could get some great info there. Tech definitely looks at upward progression. During Sept of senior year they have a special hosted event called “Explore” be sure to attend that since the Hispanic Recruitment Team runs it.

Also look into whether you can get accepted to a summer program (the ones that are free or reduced cost or offer fin. aid.) There is a forum on cc for summer programs so look at what is offered. There are a lot out there like SAMS at Carnegie Mellon which are directed at the underserved student like yourself. Another is Purdue MITES. Also check out the website www.imfirst.org Look at the partner colleges and see the pre-college programs for some more ideas. Not only work at getting great grades but try to make yourself a better applicant through your extra-curriculars. Tech values EC’s a lot- robotics; CS community service are all great activities. event having a job will help you. Another good website for advice is www.getmetocollege.org and click on the high school tab.read all the newsletters and advice.

Good luck.