If he were black he'd have been accepted everywhere. That is a fact. Only 2000 blacks (I'm not even exaggerating) scored above a 1400...compared to 51,000 whites and 47,000 Asians
Reality Check on the shortage of academically qualified black high school students. In 2022, there were only 2,000 black high school students scoring +1400 on the SAT test vs. a diversity target of ~5K black freshmen for just the Top 20 schools. See the problem with the math? pic.twitter.com/SWkyeqfO37
Def take the gap. Hardly anyone can overcome the hurdle of having to suffer through a Rice or Wash U education. A mark of Cain like that, paired with your unfortunate racial disadvantage, will hound you through your unfulfilling life until your dying day. I applaud your bravery, though, in remaining upright, taking nourishment, and appropriately venting your spleen on these boards. Based. Def based.
This is just part of your reparations. My parents left California 15 years and will never go back. Democrats literally only care about 12% of the population nationally, and just 5% in California
5 Ivies, MIT, Stanford, Duke, Northwestern, and Chicago
I'll be attending Rice or WashU if I don't get off the waitlist at a couple
Depends how bad you want to go to med school. It all depends on what you want to do with your MD. If it’s research and lecturing you’re eventually after, stick with the high brow wait list plan. If your goal is to be an outstanding physician, I can assure you that the gun shot wound in trauma bay 1 or the Spanish speaking only diabetic ketoacidosis in the icu don’t care if your degree is from a state school or Dartmouth. hint: it’s all the same information. Your board exams are also the same in Boston or Ames.
Hopkins (well, R Adams Cowley) has great shock trauma, but that's due to the sheer amount of violent crime. Even the army sends their medics to train there
- I wasn't. I'm nowhere near fast enough - Cost wouldn't be an issue - I was an intended math major - I'm from Orange County
The only reasons to do gap year are 1- you can do something useful that will strengthen your app, or 2- you can do something meaningful to you.
You'll probably get in somewhere off wait list. (self pay, unpopular major really help) If not both Rice and Wash U are both outstanding. Unless you are pre-med, med/pre med students won't be a factor.
Work the wait list. Find out who the admissions officer is for your region. Send them an email telling them you accept wait-list status and update them on any achievements you've had since the app. For your top school, tell them that, and that you will definitely attend if accepted.
After 2 weeks send a follow up email checking in and then ask if they can give you an idea how close you are to top of the list. Every 2-3 weeks thereafter keep sending SHORT follow up emails letting them know you are still interested. You are slowly building a bridge to your admissions rep. If you get info on where you stand, you can focus on where you are close.
Hang in there, wait list can go til as late as end July.
My college roommate got into undergrad, med school, and the navy program that paid for it, all off wait list. Good luck!
Those schools get tons of applicants with your qualifications - far more than they have spots for. Rice and Wash U are great schools - congrats on getting in! Who advised you to only apply to so few schools? I think you went in with the wrong expectations.
Who advised him to only apply to 'so few' schools?' The dude applied to at least 11 schools and had a near perfect CV. What wrong expectations did he have?
OP, if I were you, I"d go to the school that gives you the most money. Education is like running - if you are talented, you can excel at a ton of places.
Stop worrying about brand name. Most of the kids I knew at Princeton were miserable. Once they got in, they felt obligated to go there even if they liked other places better. When I was coaching at Cornell, I once had a recruit tell me, "Coach of all the schools i visited, you were my favorite and your team is clearly the best." I never heard from him again. He went to Princeton.
Those schools get tons of applicants with your qualifications - far more than they have spots for. Rice and Wash U are great schools - congrats on getting in! Who advised you to only apply to so few schools? I think you went in with the wrong expectations.
Who advised him to only apply to 'so few' schools?' The dude applied to at least 11 schools and had a near perfect CV. What wrong expectations did he have?
OP, if I were you, I"d go to the school that gives you the most money. Education is like running - if you are talented, you can excel at a ton of places.
Stop worrying about brand name. Most of the kids I knew at Princeton were miserable. Once they got in, they felt obligated to go there even if they liked other places better. When I was coaching at Cornell, I once had a recruit tell me, "Coach of all the schools i visited, you were my favorite and your team is clearly the best." I never heard from him again. He went to Princeton.
Over 100,000 students applied for a few thousand spots and many of them also have similar academic profiles. He should have had more "safe" schools. Some of them would have thrown money at him.
Should I take a gap year and reapply after the Supreme Court likely bans affirmative action?
- 1580, 36; 4.0 unweighted in the most rigorous classes, top 5%; 3 state level extracurriculars and 1 national level extracurricular, but I'm also biracial - half Asian and half white. My interviews also were good, and I'm sure my rec letters were good as well. I know that if I had been any other race, I'd likely have been accepted everywhere I applied
Should I take a gap year or apply to transfer as a freshman?
Smh that sucks. Honestly I would just lie about your race on the app next time. It's a "social construct" anyways. But maybe they would find out anyways on your interview or based on if your last name is Li or something
- I wasn't. I'm nowhere near fast enough - Cost wouldn't be an issue - I was an intended math major - I'm from Orange County
Sounds like you’re from an incredibly affluent area applying for an incredibly competitive major. While your stats are top notch, everyone else’s are too. You likely didn’t stick out much at all. Plus other people are from a rural town or lower economic status with less representation that colleges would want for their stats. Suck it up, count your blessings, go to another great school, and work hard.