Official Hispanic Students Class of 2018 Results Thread

mexusa
Fri, 03 Jan 2014 23:55:19 +0000

DECISION: ACCEPTED FORDHAM Gabelli Business, 4 years housing guaranteed,
D accepted last month, got FA package with grant/merit aid (over 30%).
SAT: 2000 (CR 720, M 630, W 650)
ACT: 31 (superscored)
SATII: top 3:Span 770, US Hist 740, World Hist, 640, also Chinese and Math 2
GPA: 4.04 W (school does not do UW), school does not rank
Honors: NHS, Nat Engl HS, AP Scholar with Honors, CT Swim Scholar-Athlete (2x), Latin Magma Cum Laude (2x), SEC Scholar/Athlete Award (3x), Coaches Award (9th gr), AFS Scholarship (spent summer in China), NSLC for Business (at Fordham), etc.
APs: Span: 5, APUSH: 4, Eng Comp:5, World Hist: 3, Eng Lit, Gov, Psych
ECs: 4 yr Varsity swimmer for nationally recognized team, Tutor/Mentor at Hispanic center, Editor-in-Chief for school literary magazine (12th),various language and cultural diversity clubs, spent summers studying Mandarin/or taking college classes since freshman year (most scholarships), afterschool classes (Yale): Mandarin, Portuguese
College level: some dual enrollment (UCONN) & Harvard: two classes (A-,B+)
State: CT
School: public, suburban
Female, Hispanic, immigrant (moved to USA in 2nd grade)
Essays and recs: very good
Why accepted? I imagine her grades/ECs/recs
Weakness? SAT/ACT scores could have been higher, but she was so busy, she didn’t really prepare as well as she should have between study abroad, summer at Harvard, and REALLY INTENSE swim season.
Where else accepted? Deferred from Huntsman/Wharton (UPENN). Fordham was first to get back to her.