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<li>Siemens Regional Finalist - (Top 30 in nation)</li>
<li>Elected Sigma Xi Associate Member (99% of the members are professors from various universities) - International</li>
<li>1st Place Sigma Xi Chemistry Division for High School Students (International)</li>
<li>aaaand published 4 papers (all 1st author) to "top" (H index of 169) journals.... </li>
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<p>Not to mention, I'm an Asian Male. I think the only thing that actually makes me stand out is my research... </p>
<p>deferred. hate to say it but being an asian male puts you in the most competitive pool of ethnically diverse applicants who will probably average 2300 SATs :/</p>
<p>@ptkid16 @dontdodrugs
Do you two even know what Siemens Regional Finalist is?</p>
<p>@Calvin689111
Unhooked Asian males who are accepted by Harvard have a perfect GPA and a 2300+ SAT score in addition to an award(s) that is of similar prestige to Siemens Regional Finalist.</p>
<p>I’m aware of my low academics, but I spent literally my whole entire high school career writing + publishing research papers. That’s the only thing that I’m actually proud of. </p>
<p>For what it’s worth, I think you have just as good a chance as any qualified Asian male.</p>
<p>Don’t let chance me threads get to you. What’s anybody supposed to tell you three days before decisions are out? I’ve seen people who had Jesus-looking stats in their post get deferred/rejected, and some accepted that you’d think would be completely hopeless. </p>
<p>Best of luck to you. Looking forward to SCEA results in three days as well :)</p>
<p>Hmmm… Harvard is the crap shootiest crap shoot school in the world even for people with perfect GPA and EC’s like winning America’s Talent with a violin. With your low GPA(for Harvard, excellent for any other school), I don’t think you have a decent shot… But since you applied early action, your chances go up a bit and I would say you have atleast 5% chance of getting accepted. Just flip a coin 20 times and if they’re all heads, you’re in!!! </p>
<p>First place in Sigma Xi International Chemistry Contest, but 4 in AP Chemistry? Really?</p>
<p>Just banking on Siemens Regional Finalist and extensive research alone gives you a fair chance, but the GPA+SAT+AP scores will definitely bring your accomplishments down. Really depends on the quality of the research. </p>
<p>Chillax everyone, it’s fine. I prefer to understand the reason behind things, rather than flat out memorize crap. The chemistry shown on the AP test is completely different than the research I did. It’s k, we’ll see results tomorrow. </p>
<p>honestly you should still be proud of that, I recommend taking the SAT or ACT again and improving your scores, then you’ll have an even better chance</p>
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