<p>90%, but who knows what qualified means.</p>
<p>Show me 1 person in 5th year college math with all that i said who wasn't accepted......</p>
<p>What if your passion is truly learning?</p>
<p>Okay, I know one kid, 4.0 unweighted GPA, tons of AP classes, 2400 SAT, 2400 SAT II, 5s on all his AP tests. (Never took any test more than once.) Got into everywhere HYPS (didn't apply to MIT). But then again, among his ECs he was editor of the school newspaper, (And from his newspaper columns, I would be surprised if his essays weren't among the best the adcoms got that year), traveled to Columbia to learn Spanish, came home and tutored peers in Spanish, was a National Merit Scholar, won all sorts of National awards, including the award that picks two kids from each state to meet with the President. I'd say he dabbled in academics, but did spectacularly well any way. He's brilliant and can be charismatic. And Harvard is lucky to have him.</p>
<p>But basically, that's what you are competing with.</p>
<p>w/e.....I know people that go to HYP that are nowhere even near that</p>
<p>What course(s) do you mean by "5th year college math?"</p>
<p>Yeah, most of us know people that got into HYP without scores close to those. That doesn't dismiss the fact that the stats that you gave makes anyone a lock at all 3 of HYP.</p>
<p>a girl from my school with perfect SATs, GPA, rank 1, SAT IIs, APs got into yale ED and harvard two years ago. she played violin for the best orch in the state and was president of the math team and science club. both her parents went to harvard.</p>
<p>If your passion is learning, what will you be able to contribute to society later on? That's the question most colleges will probably ask if you tell them that's your passion.</p>
<p>frutiaspice - I imagine thats the question you are trying to answer by attending college in the first place.</p>