Chance me please!

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<p>I'm Asian American and I really want to get into Harvard but also applying to other Ivys and such.. Princeton, Yale, Upenn, MIT, Stanford etc.
My test scores aren't really strong, but hopefully my other stats can make up for it?</p>

<p>TESTS:
SAT: 2200 (680CR/740M/800/WC)
SAT 2: 780 Math IIC, 730 Chemistry, 800 Physics
ACT: 34 (35 English, 33 Math)
AP: 5 AP Calc BC, 3 Physics C, 5 German</p>

<p>The 3 in physics is because I took it my freshman year after taking honors physics.. as a senior right now I'm doing both AP Physics and AP Chemistry, I hope to get 5s on them. I'm also doing AP Gov and AP Us History probably 4-5</p>

<p>ACADEMICS:
4.0 GPA
National Merit Finalist (PSAT score was 235)
Intel ISEF Bronze award
Attended MIT MITES Junior summer
Summer internship (8 weeks) at Oregon State University department of EECS - I worked in software engineering and created some spreadsheet debugging tools
Various school science/math awards, mostly for stuff like top scorer AMC 12, etc.</p>

<p>Other:
Did a full year exchange to Germany my Junior school year through the Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange program. It was full-scholarship.</p>

<p>ECS:
2 years Debate
2 years Amnesty International club (president for second year)
3 years President of German Club
1 year President of Business Club
4 years Varsity Tennis Team
4 years Youth Symphony as lead trumpet
11 years of piano, and have won numerous regional and state competitions</p>

<p>Community Service:
2 years Youth Volunteer Corps
2 years Boys and Girls Club volunteer
2 years participant in a Piano trio, we did charity around the community
1 year as computer technician for a local non-profit organization</p>

<p>Primary interests: Engineering, computer science, politics/int. affairs</p>

<p>How do I look?</p>

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<p>I think you should apply.</p>

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<p>do you mean 3rd place by bronze? cuz i don't remember ISEF giving off any bronze prizes.. only 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th</p>

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<p>if i had to guess, i'd say reject. just my guess though.</p>

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<p>low scores??
You got to be kidding me...lol
Your scores seem really high and strong. As for your application, good luck.</p>

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<p>Chances are about as slim as someone beating me at halo...never has happened</p>

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<p>I'm really curious, but why the disparity between PSAT and SAT score?</p>

<p>Anyways, I think that your ISEF award is a major hook and may (read: very good chance) garner you a seat at Harvard. Are you a fair writer?</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>"I'm Asian American and I really want to get into Harvard but also applying to other Ivys and such.. Princeton, Yale, Upenn, MIT, Stanford etc."</p>

<p>After reading this, if I were an admissions officer representing ANY of the listed schools, I would reject you outright.</p>

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<p>when did you go to MITES?!? i only remember three asian kids that attended?? Two were female and I'm assuming from the name that you're a male (joeblue), are you mr. lee???</p>

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<p>kwu. why would you reject someone for saying that?
Isn't it awesome to have a lot of options before deciding on a future?</p>

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<p>hmm......why in the world would you reject outright?! huh!?</p>

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<p>may i ask how ur sat is a 2200. My math may be off, but i believe it is 2220.</p>

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<p>Whoops, sorry about that, my writing score was actually 780. </p>

<p>"I'm really curious, but why the disparity between PSAT and SAT score?"
Not really sure.. I studied a bit for the PSAT and it felt really easy so I kind of just went into the SAT without any preparation. The vocab was bit challenging and I lost some focus on the math sections, bah if I went back I would've done some practice tests or something</p>