Official Hispanic Students Class of 2018 Results Thread

iddy09
Thu, 27 Mar 2014 00:12:08 +0000

Hi, everyone. I am posting this thread simply in the hopes that it will help any future Hispanic applicants.

APPLIED TO (EA, ED, RD, ROLLING): American University, Bryn Mawr College, Dickinson College, Middlebury College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, University of Richmond, Wellesley College

ACCEPTED: American (American University Scholars Program), Bryn Mawr College, Dickinson College, Middlebury College, Mount Holyoke, Smith College (early-write), University of Richmond, Wellesley College

DEFERRED: none
WAIT LISTED: none
DENIED: none
MERIT AID: American University Excellence Scholarship: $10,000, Mount Holyoke Leadership Award: $15,000, University of Richmond National Hispanic Recognition: $2,000

ATTENDING: NOT SURE YET AHH

Objective:
[]SAT I (breakdown): 1960 (CR: 660 M:610 W:690 (essay: 9)
[]ACT:
[]SAT II: US History: 690, Spanish: 730 French: 540 (LOL OMG)
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8, Weighted: 4.1
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 26/304 (top 10%)
[]AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp. Gov: 4, US History: 5, English Lang: 4
[]IB (place score in parenthesis):
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP French, Calc, AP Gov, Hon. Econ (no AP offered), AP Lit, Hon. Physics
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, National Hispanic Recognition Scholar
Subjective:
[li]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Orchestra, Theater, Marching Band, Yearbook Editor, FBLA Parliamentarian (Competitve at state level every year), NHS[/li][]Job/Work Experience:
[]Volunteer/Community service: 60+ hours at Hispanic Parish (can’t remember if I mentioned that in my apps)
[]Summer Activities: Theater, Marching Band
[]Essays: Pretty good; had tons of fun writing them!
[]Teacher Recommendation: Probably good!
[]Counselor Rec: Counselor retired in October; had replacement counselor write me one… probably still good!
[]Additional Rec:
[]Interview: Great! I’m quite sociable!
Other
[li]Applied for Financial Aid?: yaaaa[/li][]Intended Major: Econ, thinking Linguistics now
[]State: PA #hype
[]School Type: Public, not impressive at all
[]Ethnicity (Country of Origin): MX
[]Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): I believe I said white… is that even correct?
[]Gender: Female, yay
[]Income Bracket: ~$65,000 (parents own business, depends on the year)
[]Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM, 1st gen
Reflection
[li]Strengths: essays, interviews[/li][]Weaknesses: course load, scores, math in general
General Comments: I’m honestly having a tough time believing I was accepted to all of these schools. I feel so grateful to be in this situation! Have faith, future applicants! Be sure to express yourself through your essays, and seriously, have fun through the application process!