<p>just wondering how the harvard applicant pool is?</p>
<p>I served in student government for five years in a row. My greatest achievement there was getting the administration to fix all the broken door knobs before spending the renovation budget on anything else.</p>
<p>I wrote about this on my application.</p>
<p>Someone with a 1660 is applying from my school.</p>
<p>doubt it. a lot of people apply just to try.
if everyone were so amazing. then there would be no point in applying</p>
<p>I’ve been in student government for 7. ;p</p>
<p>But for real… SGA all the way.</p>
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Ben Jones at MIT said 70% of the applicant pool was qualified for admission. One can safely assume that number is the same or higher at Harvard.</p>
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Depends. Who thinks they’re lucky enough not to be in the 93% of rejected applicants? Put another way, who feels they can beat out 13 other applicants? ;)</p>
<p>I am not amazing. So, to answer the OP: N-O-P-E. ;)</p>
<p>not this kid!</p>
<p>if you guys are anything like typical H kids, all the really modest ones will have a ton of awards/achievements behind them, like bringing about world peace or curing cancer</p>
<p>^^^ I’m not amazing, either. BUT…I think I’ve got enough going for me to beat out 13 people. 
I HOPE, anyway. And it kind of depends on which 13 people I’m up against. If they have 2400s and 10 AP classes, then I’m screwed, obviously.</p>
<p>Agreed, mcb52 has it right. Once you get here you realize that the silent kids during high school discussions have done amazing things.</p>
<p>But I think it more comes down to beating three types of people: kids from your area, kids who applied from your school in the past, kids who applied this year with similar interests and talents. It’s not just 13 random kids :)</p>