<p>How exactly did you go about talking to your counselor? I am not at all worried about my teacher recommendations nor my possible supplemental but I am extremely worried about my Counselor recommendation. My class rank is not top 10% due to circumstances from freshman year and my counselor does not know about this. I really want to get a good counselor recommendation but I don't really have an idea how to approach my counselor.</p>
<p>Just walk in and tell him I want to talk about colleges and letters of recommendation? Feign ignorance of college admissions to find an excuse to talk to him?</p>
<p>In my opinion, tbh, you're a reach at Harvard (isn't everybody?) because your ECs are quite run-of-the-mill. You've got great involvement in school organizations but nothing in your resume seems to really "flash" out at me. I think you should just wait and see because it's too hard to predict anyway.</p>
<p>Asians and Indians from India have the hardest time getting into college because generally speaking these two races have the best stats. Although Harvard doesn't have an actual ethnicity status quo it's unreasonable for them to fill their whole school with just overqualified asians.</p>
<p>Someone asked how to see your counselor. It of course varies by school, but there is surely a way. Most likely, stop by early (or late) one day and ask if you can schedule an appointment at the counselor's convenience. You may have to wait a few days for your appointment, but that's OK. When you go in, be on time, and take a copy of your resume (and your best manners). Let the counselor know your goals and interests, and ask for any suggestions or assistance he/she may be able to provide. There may be award or scholarship opportunities, etc. Afterward, send a sincere thank you note for his/her time. Then any time you accomplish something new, drop off an updated resume with a cheerful note. If a face-to-face meeting is difficult, you might be able to accomplish some of the same things via email. In-person is better though.
Good luck!</p>
<p>your scores and everything are amazing compared to mine at least, but you have to remember how many other ppl are applying with perfect scores, as class presidents, valedictorians, etc etc etc. however, you'll more than likely get into every other top college out there i bet.
just cross your fingers and good luck to you!</p>
<p>Great test scores/GPA/Rank! VERY impressive.</p>
<p>Not amazing ECs but they're good.
Definitely put a lot of work into your essays. Get to know your counselor a bit?
And just hope for the best! Good luck!</p>
<p>Your ECs are not really a hook to me, although you do qualify academically. Dont work on improving your SAT I or II scores; that is a waste of time. I dont know if you can show your leadership in a passion or something? What are you really motivated about? I think if you can answer that in your app, then you are a competitive applicant. Chance me?</p>
<p>@millerl1te: yeah, my ECs are definitely not top notch, especially compared to some of the people on CC. Concerning my app, I really tried to show my passion for journalism. I wrote my short essay on it. I hope that my participation in AAJA's J-Camp also demonstrated my interest in journalism to the adcom's too (it's supposed to have been pretty hard to get into JCAMP, from what i hear)</p>
<p>hello
i think that you're competitive, meaning that your scores couldn't be <em>much</em> better, and your ECs are solid as well. However, be sure that most people who apply to harvard have those stats. The ones who have better stats than competitive (national awards, hooks)will probably be admitted, and those with competitive stats will then have to compete with other ppl who are all in the same pile as "competitive." if you're lucky and your essays stand out from that crowd, you're admitted. if you're not lucky or if you don't really stand out, harvard can only take so many people..and there are thousands of competitive people. so there really isn't anything you can do right now but write good essays and somehow connect your ECs and stats in a way that "stands out" for the admissions committee. Whether or not something stands out will not be something that we can know for certain, since adcoms may want to accept people who fill in voids at their school in order to construct a class that they like (for example, they may want to accept more bass players, and so playing bass would make you stand out). in a way it is mostly luck - do they (semi-randomly) want you as a student this year, after reviewing your talents and what you can bring to the table? your stats aren't over-the-top great, and perhaps you should have shown "passion" and "focus" in ur ECs or you should've done more awards, but there are always things that we wish we did but didn't do. so i guess what i'm trying to say (in a very long and winded way - sorry) is that there isn't much we could improve on your app, and we couldn't anyways if we wanted to since there is no time, and so in order to get in you have to rely on your essays/recs/luck/subjective stuff. cross your fingers!</p>
<p>I think you'll be rejected. You have a good academic record but you don't come across as an exceptionally motivated person in the extracurricular sphere. You are by no means a bad candidate but to get into Harvard requires something special.</p>
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I think you'll be rejected. You have a good academic record but you don't come across as an exceptionally motivated person in the extracurricular sphere. You are by no means a bad candidate but to get into Harvard requires something special.
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Although "i think you'll be rejected" is quite harsh, statistically this is the case for many very, very qualified applicants. </p>
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You don't have any work experience. Why not?
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A good, acceptable application does not require that you fill in every space of the Common App.</p>
<p>Lol...quit bumping ;P The answers you're going to get are going to be exactly the same.</p>