<p>URM(african american)
SAT I 720math 750verbal
SAT II’s-to be announced but hoping for 650+
Rank: top 5%
GPA- 3.9 weighted, 3.8 unweighted
extracurriculars
-indoor track/outdoor track/cross country track/Senior editor on school newspaper/national honor society/national beta club/national societ of black engineers
300+ community service, and 2 great extracurriculars???</p>
<p>any feedback would be greatly appreciated…</p>
<p>everyone has <em>some</em> chance. just hope for the best.</p>
<p>thx
any1 else?</p>
<p>i meant to say, 2 great reccommendations. SORRY</p>
<p>bump. anything?</p>
<p>You have a solid chance.</p>
<p>I say your SAT score is very good.Try very hard to get high SATII!I say you have a solid chance.</p>
<p>Nana767, have you spoken with the track coach? Are you planning on running track/XC? I am. Please e-mail me (check my profile).</p>
<p>dudes..I'm tryna get to harvard too.. i am black from trinidad(thats in the caribbean for those of you who dunno your geogRAPHY)./.. i swim and i got a 1500 740 math 760 v... I heard that harvard has a 12% quota of blacks that it MUST fill before going on to other spots...whether this works for or against blacks is left to be seen HAVENT DONE the sat2 yet but im doin it in january math 1 writing and physics...any tips on those exams...i have a friend who got a 1600 and got into princeton with a full scholarship like the day after he got his results..without doing the sat2..is this unprecendented?</p>
<p>dudes..I'm tryna get to harvard too.. i am black from trinidad(thats in the caribbean for those of you who dunno your geogRAPHY)./.. i swim and i got a 1500 740 math 760 v... I heard that harvard has a 12% quota of blacks that it MUST fill before going on to other spots...whether this works for or against blacks is left to be seen HAVENT DONE the sat2 yet but im doin it in january math 1 writing and physics...any tips on those exams...i have a friend who got a 1600 and got into princeton with a full scholarship like the day after he got his results..without doing the sat2..is this unprecendented? I'm also trying for stanford..what are my chances really especially as a international student.</p>
<p>Kerron,
What you heard about the quotas is wrong. Harvard doesn't have quotas. Incidentally, such quotas also are illegal.</p>
<p>The story about your friend and Princeton sounds bogus. There are plenty of people who apply to Ivies with 1600s. Not all get in. In addition, Ivy scholarships are tied to financial need, not board scores.</p>
<p>I'd say you have a good chance but don't get your hopes up because Harvard has a 9% acceptance rate. My boyfriend applied there last year with a 4.2 GPA, 1540 SAT, every possible academic and athletic award you could think of, All-american track runner (Varsity Captain), all-state cellist, and a doctor's assistant at NYU Hospital for 4 years.....and he was deferred then rejected (but got a full ride to yale and dartmouth---that just shows you that harvard is insane). Harvard is seriously one of those schools that you really never know your chances. Also they say they have so many applicants legacy doesnt even matter that much anymore. I'd say don't even waste your energy because there are probably so many more schools you'd like better</p>
<p>Just curious....what did Yale use as the basis for giving him a "full ride"?</p>
<p>athletic i think. anyways, how could you not accept a kid like that with basically all-around perfect credentials?</p>
<p>...and he accomplished all that coming from very humble circumstances too! I don't know why he didn't get in.</p>
<p>well that's harvard for ya...</p>
<p>about 1,500 black students score over 1200 on the SAT every year(Black Excel African American Student's College Guide). you are a commodity. here are some black student acceptance numbers of highly selective schools from fall 2002 </p>
<p>Harvard - 183
MIT - 126
Princeton - 193
Cornell - 314
University of Pennsylvania - 553
Brown University - 191</p>
<p>(The above data/info was complied by the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education Research Department)</p>
<p>these are 7 ivy league schools totalling 1560 african american students accepted. account for the other top 25 schools in the country and you don't need a 720 math SAT score to figure out that the average SAT score of blacks admitted into these universities is most likely significantly lower than the middle 50%.</p>
<p>i would say you have a GOOD shot at all of the ivies with those stats. congratulations.</p>
<p>one thing. i noticed your weighted gpa does not change very much. have you challenged yourself with many AP/honors courses?</p>
<p>According to The Washington Post, last year, " only 192 blacks scored higher than 1450 on the SAT."</p>
<p>Harvard and similar schools seek applicants scoring from 1200-1600. Most accepted applicants are in the upper ends of the range.</p>
<p>You do the math, and figure out your odds. No one has a lock on Harvard, but I think you can figure out what your chances might be.</p>
<p>cool cool.. but if only 192 blacks score over 1450 then nana is suppose to be a shoe in at harvard..wouldnt u guys say??</p>
<p>i certainly hope so(cross ur fingers)
but how important is the MidYear Report? cuz my AP Calc teacher is horrible, and half the class is failing. im not, but im borderline</p>