<p><em>Ahem</em> You are not Native American if you are from India…just saying. That would then be considered an international applicant.</p>
<p>I live here, I have been here for 6 years</p>
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<p>To be perfectly honest, no one really knows if they have a chance or not. Sometimes, what we think is the best candidate ends up getting rejected, and the person who thinks that they don’t have a chance at all get’s in.
It’s all about personality, how you can handle Harvards Academics, and if they think that you will be able to contribute to the school.
Good luck, I’m applying SCEA as well actually. All you can do is put the best you have out there and hope that they can see that.</p>
<p>^^ “To be perfectly honest, no one really knows if they have a chance or not.”</p>
<p>Thank you Taylor. That is absolutely true. No one but an admissions director can predict the OP’s chances, as so much of the applications process depends on comparing an applicant’s transcript, test scores, essays, teacher recommendations and EC’s to every other applicant. All that can be said is that the OP’s SAT score puts him or her into the competitive pile. That’s it! Beyond that, it’s anyone’s guess – because your chances vary from year-to-year, depending upon the competition. That is why 'chance me threads" are a complete waste of time.</p>
<p>OP: To improve your chances, you need to continue choosing the most challenging courses at your high school and do well in each one of them. And, you need to write a ‘killer’ essay and find teachers who will write you stellar recommendations, such as the ones on MIT’s website: [Writing</a> Recommendations | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/apply/prepare/writingrecs]Writing”>How to write good letters of recommendation | MIT Admissions).</p>
<p>BTW: Do not pay attention to the advice about rank. Harvard does not consider rank as part of their admissions criteria. (See page 7 of Harvard’s Common Data Set: [The</a> Office of the Provost | Common Data Set](<a href=“http://www.provost.harvard.edu/institutional_research/common_data_set.php/CDS_2011-2012_Final.pdf]The”>http://www.provost.harvard.edu/institutional_research/common_data_set.php/CDS_2011-2012_Final.pdf))</p>
<p>Harvard ignores rank because some students take the easiest courses available, thereby ending up getting ranked higher in their class than other students who take a more rigorous course load. (This is especially true at high schools that have unweighted grades where an ‘A’ in gym is weighted the same as an ‘A’ in AP Calculus BC.) That is why your course rigor is paramount to Harvard, not your ranking. Best of luck to you in the admissions process.</p>