Chance me!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>Hi. I'm an international student. Can you please chance me?
SAT-2200+ expected(November test)</p>

<p>ACADEMICS
Rank: 2/330</p>

<p>CO-CURRICULAR AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Standard 9
1. Lead role in school play
2. Bastille Day celebrations – singer and helped in organizing
3. Participant in dance at standard 10 farewell celebrations
4. Art classes
Standard 10
1. Art classes
2. Authored a YA novel (which has been published by a MAJOR national publisher)
3. 1 Day Programme at Research Institution
4. Clay Modelling course
Standard 11
1. Class Representative to the Student Council
2. Started writing second novel
3. Editing of first novel
4. Art classes
5. French course
Standard 12
1. Writer for school literary magazine
2. Class Representative to the Student Council
3 New novel
4. Art classes
5. Literary Arts Contingent Assitant for Inter-school competition
7. Writer for Student Council Magazine</p>

<p>MAJOR AWARDS
Standard 9
1. Winner of national Scholarship
2. Award for Best Essay in English
3. Merit ceritificate in Science Quiz
4. Certificate for Academic Excellence
Standard 10
1. Certificate Academic Excellence
2. Trophy for Student Displaying the most outstanding Moral Values and Citizenship
3. Highest marks in History in the board exam
4. Highest Marks in Social Sciences in the board exam
5. Highest Marks in Science in the board exam
6. State-level Grade Drawing Examination – ‘A’ Grade
Standard 11
1. Australian Chemistry Quiz
2. Student from a particular sect with the highest average </p>

<p>VOLUNTEER & COMMUNITY SERVICE
NGO teaching underpriviliged children
1. Work on reading and communication skills with children
2. Help with homework problems</p>

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<p>At schools such as Harvard, Yale, Princeton etc, it’s impossible to predict anyone’s chances as so much of the applications process is subjective and comes down to how an admissions director “feels” after reading your teacher recommendations and essays and compares them to all other applicants. You need to just send your applications out into the universe and hope for the best. See: [Guidance</a> Office: Answers From Harvard’s Dean, Part 1 - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/harvarddean-part1/]Guidance”>Guidance Office: Answers From Harvard's Dean, Part 1 - The New York Times)</p>

<p>"Many people believe “best” ought to be defined by standardized tests, grades, and class rank, and it is easy to understand why. Such a system, another Harvard dean of admissions, Bill Bender, wrote in 1960, “has great appeal because it has the merits of apparent simplicity, objectivity, relative administrative cheapness in time and money and worry, a clear logical basis and therefore easy applicability and defensibility.”</p>

<p>While we value objective criteria, we apply a more expansive view of excellence. Test scores and grades offer some indication of students’ academic promise and achievement. But we also scrutinize applications for extracurricular distinction and personal qualities.</p>

<p>Students’ intellectual imagination, strength of character, and their ability to exercise good judgment — these are critical factors in the admissions process, and they are revealed not by test scores but by students’ activities outside the classroom, the testimony of teachers and guidance counselors, and by alumni/ae and staff interview reports."</p>

<p>“Personal qualities and character provide the foundation upon which each admission rests. Harvard alumni/ae often report that the education they received from fellow classmates was a critically important component of their college experience. The education that takes place between roommates, in dining halls, classrooms, research groups, extracurricular activities, and in Harvard’s residential houses depends on selecting students who will reach out to others.”</p>

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<p>Thanks.
Somebody chance me please!</p>

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<p>As you don’t believe me, maybe you will listen to Northstarmom. With over 19,000 posts on cc – she is also a Harvard alum and interviewer: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/835055-calculate-your-chances-admission-harvard.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/835055-calculate-your-chances-admission-harvard.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>"Your chances of admission: about 7 in 100 (based on Harvard’s acceptance rate this year). If you’re an international applicant, your chances probably are less than that particularly if you come from a country like China, Korea or India, which has many outstanding students who apply to Harvard. Your chances probably are better than 7 in 100 if you come from a country that has few applicants to Harvard. You would know better than I would what those countries are. As is the case for everyone except probably the qualified offspring of multimillionaire donors, Harvard still is a longshot. Note: It’s also a longshot for legacies. Many excellent legacies are rejected. I even know URM legacies who have been rejected.</p>

<p>If you have posted a chances thread on CC or have asked CC members to read your essays, your chances of admission to Harvard are probably less than 1 in 100 because your behavior here indicates you lack the confidence and critical thinking skills that Harvard seeks. This is true even if someone on CC predicted you’d easily be accepted or said that your essay was amazing.</p>

<p>If you’ve chosen your ECs and summer activities by selecting things that you think will impress Harvard, your chances of admission are probably less than 1 in 500. Harvard wants students who follow their own passions, not students who try to fit themselves into a Harvard box or whose only passion is getting a Harvard admission.</p>

<p>If you’ve ever asked CC members what activities you should participate in so you can impress Harvard or other colleges, your chances of admission are probably 1 in 1,000. You lack the initiative, confidence, creativity, passion and critical thinking skills that impress Harvard admissions officers.</p>

<p>If you are taking notes on this post and while calculating your Harvard chances, you can stop calculating now. Your chances of admission are 1 in a million."</p>