My chances for Priority Review

Colleges & Universities University of Rochester
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<p>Male
Egyptian (Applied as African American)
SAT I: 1830 (CR: 550, Math: 670, W: 610, Essay: 10/12)
Top 25% ranking
3.8 weighted out of 4.0 GPA
12 Honors Classes Taken
12 AP classes taken:

  1. AP Physics B
  2. AP Physics C- Mechanics
  3. AP Calculus AB
  4. AP Calculus BC
  5. AP Microeconomics
  6. AP Macroeconomics
  7. AP Biology
  8. AP Computer Science A
  9. AP Statistics
  10. AP English Language & Composition
  11. AP European History
  12. AP Psychology </p>

<p>Accredited with 12 Rutgers University Credits. A’s in each semester.
AP Scholar with Honor</p>

<p>EC’s</p>

<p>Outside of School:

  1. Developer for the Android App: One Coptic Library. The main goal is to promote unity throughout the Coptic churches through the standardization of all Coptic literature in as many languages as possible.
  2. 300+ community service hours for tutoring incoming Egyptian children seeking to learn English.
  3. Church Fundraiser for over 2 years. I’ve raised over $20,000 in order to help build a new church to satisfy the influx of Coptic Orthodox Christians fleeing from Egypt.
  4. Worked at the Church library for 3 years.
  5. Played with the Coptic Orthodox Youth Basketball Team (COYBL) for three years. (Just made Captain this year.)</p>

<p>School:

  1. Cougar Christian Fellowship (CCF) for 3 years. Secretary
  2. Model United Nations for 4 years. Vice President.
  3. Scholastic Bowl for 4 years. President
  4. French Club for 3 years.
  5. Vice President and Co-Founder of Finance Club/Stock Market Club</p>

<p>Languages:

  1. Fluent in the Arabic Language
  2. Intermediate in the French Language
  3. Elementary in Coptic (Egypt’s liturgical language until Arabic was introduced in the 7th century)</p>

<p>Interests and Leisures:

  1. Politics
  2. History
  3. Economics and Finance
  4. Foreign Relations</p>

<p>Major:

  1. Pre-Medicine Track
  2. Neuroscience
  3. Finance
  4. Economics</p>

<p>Two letters of Recommendation
One Family Letter of Recommendation
Completed Interview</p>

<p>Any advice? Thank you!!</p>

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Unless you are black/sub-Saharan African, you are lying.</p>

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<p>I’m part Sudanian. Mother’s side</p>

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<p>I’m liking your ECs quite a bit for Rochester and your GPA. The bummer is that CR score. Are you a graduating senior? Are there any SATII or AP scores that could help boost that CR a bit? Are you an American or Egyptian citizen?</p>

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<p>Yes, I’m a senior. I have a dual citizenship.</p>

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<p>@ jkeil911 I got a 4 on my AP English Language and Composition exam last year.</p>

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<p>HAH! Hence, “African American”!! I love your sense of humor. </p>

<p>I think it’s time to call Rochester and talk to your admissions officer and see what the AO thinks of your app. I don’t know enough about uroc to know how they’re going to react to that CR in the context of your ECs, GPA, and personal experience (the one SATII isn’t a big enough push). It seems to me you’d bring a lot of diversity to campus, but maybe uroc will have found that diversity somewhere else this year. Do let us know what the AO says, please.</p>