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Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>Hi everyone. I'd be soooo grateful if you would reply to this post. I want to have a realistic idea of my chances of getting into Harvard. I'd appreciate any feedback. Thanks for taking the time.</p>

<p>I am an Indian who lives in Sydney, Australia. I'm currently in year 11.</p>

<p>School: Sydney Girls High School (it's a selective school, 3rd in the state and really competitive).
PSAT results (I know they don't directly correlate with SAT results but lI haven't done the SATs yet):</p>

<p>Critical reading: 69; Math: 66; Writing skills:68
Selection Index:203
Rank: While my school doesn't give overall ranks, it does give ranks for individual subjects:</p>

<p>English Advanced: 108/162
English Extension 1 (N.B. Extension courses are supposed to be harder and more rigorous): 3/162
Maths Extension 1: 73/148 Mathematics: 66/155 Economics: 28/56 Modern History: 17/56<br>
Legal Studies: 2/21</p>

<p>ECs: Music: NSW Senior Singers- 2 years running(A state choir; you have to audition to get in and it is pretty selective)
Beauty and the Beast Musical- Local Amateur society
1st and 2nd prizes in 2 sections in Local Council's esitedffod this year- for singing
Highly Commended for Singing in McDonald's Performing Arts challenge 2006 (Equivalent of State championship sort of thing...)
School Choir- 4 years
Particpated in the Schools Spectacular 2005 (show put on by department of education in which musical artists showcase their talents; i sang with a choir).</p>

<p>Others: Young Achievers Australia 2006. It is an enterprise learning program. For 2 hours each week over a period of 16-24 weeks participants: </p>

<p>Sell shares to raise capital; Plan and implement quality systems in the areas of finance, manufacturing, environment, human resources, sales and marketing ;prepare a business plan, an Annual Report, and return capital to shareholders at the end of the program.
I am Managing Director of a company of 27 members. We are manufacturing hug mugs (a unique type of mug)- hard to explain...unless you see it, adding value (through adding various discount vouchers from cafes etc., and selling them.
Model UN, Debating-4 years</p>

<p>Community Service:
Also, I am in the process of preparing a football tournament at my school for the UNICEF cup challenge, and raising money for "the right to play" campaign this year.
Helped in the Red Cross Appeal for 2005
Amnesty International School group- 1year.</p>

<p>thanks in advance! Sorry its long...</p>

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<p>What's the problem with Sydney University, UNSW or UTS?</p>

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<p>Nothing is wrong with those univesities. I just want to experience something new, live in a completely different place, and discover it for myself. </p>

<p>Corny I know...
yeah...and I thing harvard would be a great place to do that. So many opportunities available to its students.
do u live in Sydney?</p>

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<p>Yeah I live in Sydney.</p>

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<p>Yeah, there is something wrong with those places - they're rubbish. Apart from Sydney University, which is vaguely acceptable.</p>

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<p>Care to explain?</p>

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<p>Not really. You're much better off if you go to university in the States, don't think many people would dispute that.</p>

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<p>How are some Australian universities rubbish just because certain universities are better?</p>

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<p>Americans LOVE Australians - we have AWESOME colleges and universities, probably 2 or 3 HUNDRED that match Harvards undergraduate education (although only a handful that match its graduate and professional schools). Being an Indian Australian is definitely a mini-hook, but Harvard is insane to get into even for valedictorians with near perfect SATs.</p>

<p>Univ of Wisconsin (where the heck is that?) has as many S&P 500 CEO's as does Harvard.</p>

<p>Harvard's president tried to make professors teach more undergraduate classes - and they FIRED him.</p>

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<p>Because rubbish is relative.</p>

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<p>So, for example, you are rubbish compared to those that earn higher salaries and benefit from greater wealth?</p>

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<p>Yeah, that's the idea.</p>

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<p>That's a load of rubbish :)</p>

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<p>I reckon so.</p>

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<p>beprepn....."we have AWESOME colleges and universities, probably 2 or 3 HUNDRED that match Harvards undergraduate education"</p>

<p>now which Australian university is comparable with the Ivies???</p>

<p><a href="http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2004/top500(1-100).htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2004/top500(1-100).htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I think beprepn is American and talking about American 'colleges'.</p>

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<p>texas14 has no clue. Couldn't find Uluru if he was standing on top of it.</p>

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<p>you really active and thats definetly a plus. when it comes to acedemics, you seem to be in upper middle part. (for the most part) i dont have the knowledge to judge, just thought i would let you know where you shine :D</p>

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<p>thanks guys :)</p>

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<p>to the poster who asked where the heck the university of wisconsin is...</p>

<p>I suggest looking in the state of Wisconsin</p>