Native American Heritage Affecting Admissions

lexvieboheme
Sun, 24 Mar 2019 22:56:46 +0000

Hey! I’m a junior this year, and a competitive applicant for all the Ivies and such. Perfect GPA, 1550 SAT, great writer (so great essays) and diverse yet focused extracurriculars with a lot of volunteering. Of course, we all know that doesn’t really matter because the college admissions process is a crapshoot at this point.
However, I am Native American. Not the 1/32 Cherokee Princess kind of way, but bonafide half and half. How does this affect my prospective admissions? I have a good friend who is also half native like me, and she got into my dream school Yale last year, but I know that could be because she’s amazing. How will this factor into my decisions at schools in the top 10?
Also, I want to know if me being one of the 10 original organizers for the Atlanta MFOL and helping at the national level with activism will help at all.

Thanks y’all!