<p>this is harvard we’re talking about. i mean of course there’s a chance, the fact that you’re able to apply without any invitation or whatever is a chance for you to get in. however, the chances of you getting in are very slim no matter how great your ECs may be. your stats and ECs must be nearly perfect if you wanna get into harvard.</p>
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<p>I guess. In the same way that there’s a chance of winning Powerball. Except that Powerball is random, and the Harvard admissions process stacks the deck in favor of applicants with higher grades and standardized test scores than we’re talking about in this thread.</p>
<p>I’m sorry, Emperor, but you got the correct answer way back in posts #3 and 4. Harvard admits 2200 about freshman applicants a year; literally tens of thousands of those applicants will have higher grades and test scores (and class rank) than yours. Unless you are hiding the fact that you’re a Jordanian prince (or an internet millionaire, or the top high school linebacker in Texas), if you have an extra $75, you’d be more likely to win by playing the lottery than by applying to Harvard.</p>
<p>Fortunately, that’s not the end of the world. Most people don’t go to Harvard. So I urge you to develop a practical list of matches and safeties (and reaches if you choose to readh) for an applicant with your objective qualifications. I hope you’ll find at least one institution where you’re sure you can get in, where you think you can be reasonably happy and successful, and where you know you and your family can pay the term bills. And then I hope you’ll enjoy college. You clearly have some brains, and you will probably be quite successful. I just don’t think you’ll be in Cambridge, Mass. Sorry.</p>
<p>Start writing a bestseller or going for that starring role in a Spielburg movie… slightly joking, but you might need some spectacular accomplishment to get to Harvard.</p>
Could you state your EC’s as well? Your GPA is not horrendous, it’s just low compare to other accepted students. If you cover it up with your EC’s and Essay, you shouldn’t have a problem
I would also say that Harvard deferred the applicants with perfect SAT scores, perfect GPA’s and are ranked number one in their school. I will be applying to Harvard next year, and I am not ranked either because I moved to the states one year ago. In my past school there were no ranking and was the hardest school in the state. If you check the Harvard SCEA page for class of 2019 on CC, you will discover how some applicants with no class rank and not a perfect SAT score or GPA got in.
Three year old thread. Plz note the dates before replying.
Yes, use old threads for reference only. I am closing the thread.