<p>Hi, everyone. I am posting this thread simply in the hopes that it will help any future Hispanic applicants.</p>
<p>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</p>
<p>ACCEPTED: American (American University Scholars Program), Bryn Mawr College, Dickinson College, Middlebury College, Mount Holyoke, Smith College (early-write), University of Richmond, Wellesley College</p>
<p>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</p>
<p>ATTENDING: NOT SURE YET AHH</p>
<p>Objective:
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): 1960 (CR: 660 M:610 W:690 (essay: 9)
[</em>]ACT:
[<em>]SAT II: US History: 690, Spanish: 730 French: 540 (LOL OMG)
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8, Weighted: 4.1
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 26/304 (top 10%)
[</em>]AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp. Gov: 4, US History: 5, English Lang: 4
[<em>]IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: AP French, Calc, AP Gov, Hon. Econ (no AP offered), AP Lit, Hon. Physics
[<em>]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][</em>]Job/Work Experience:
[<em>]Volunteer/Community service: 60+ hours at Hispanic Parish (can’t remember if I mentioned that in my apps)
[</em>]Summer Activities: Theater, Marching Band
[<em>]Essays: Pretty good; had tons of fun writing them!
[</em>]Teacher Recommendation: Probably good!
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Counselor retired in October; had replacement counselor write me one… probably still good!
[</em>]Additional Rec:
[<em>]Interview: Great! I’m quite sociable!
Other
[li]Applied for Financial Aid?: yaaaa[/li][</em>]Intended Major: Econ, thinking Linguistics now
[<em>]State: PA #hype
[</em>]School Type: Public, not impressive at all
[<em>]Ethnicity (Country of Origin): MX
[</em>]Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): I believe I said white… is that even correct?
[<em>]Gender: Female, yay
[</em>]Income Bracket: ~$65,000 (parents own business, depends on the year)
[<em>]Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM, 1st gen
Reflection
[li]Strengths: essays, interviews[/li][</em>]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!</p>