Econ and Public health - Where to apply EA

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid is black, they are def competitive for penn cas with a 1480

Also jhu and duke.

Esp if you apply early

In your case I wouldn’t and just go RD

These would all be schools with the econ/public policy courses/degrees needed for OP's DC's interests.

OP here. As much as I want to believe it, I don't know that the URM status would trump the lower GPA, even if it is from a Big 3! I guess no harm in trying RD?

What - you are a big 3 urm with a 1480? And that’s interested in public health?

This has to be a troll. You already know t20’s and t10 lacs will fight over your kid

Ok, not hypsm perhaps but I would bet 500 dollars your kid would get into penn Ed for cas.

In your shoes, I would actually be willing to give up something in hand at penn’s level and just go RD and spray 30 schools with the confidence of gaining optionality

Did you not see the discovery data released during the Harvard trial?

Urm’s with 1480 are not common

Urms with 1480 that are also from big 3 level schools, even less so

Seriously. You are URM, Big3, 3.65, 1480??

Your kid can write their ticket. Apply to a bunch of ivies.
3.65 would put your kid in the top 25% at my kid's Big3.

My DC
URM
1520 SAT
4.7 GPA
Captain of her sport team good EC
Elected leadership at her high school
Was rejected from Stanford, Brown, USC, Georgetown and Tulane.
She is top 25% for Tulane still not accepted now she is at UMD and most of her friends are in the same position.
URM is only considered on college data set and nothing more.
I know some people could come up how an URM got into Harvard with 1100 SAT and 2.5 GPA .

Very surprising if not a troll. Red flag in one (or more) of the letters of recommendation? Also, considering OP's concerns, are college counselors not allowed to advise based on URM status, as surely that affects options as a major hook?