Chance ?

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<p>asian female in NY</p>

<p>family annual income of $30,000</p>

<p>rank: top 1% or 1~2/400
my school sent 5 kids to Harvard last year alone</p>

<p>GPA: 4.466 (W) 4.00 (U)</p>

<p>SAT I: first: 610 (CR) 800 (M) 740 (W)
second: 610 (CR) 780 (M) 720 (W)
going to take 3rd in senior yr</p>

<p>SATII : 710 (US HIST) 800 ( MATH II)
going to take BIOLOGY in senior yr</p>

<p>APs: psychology (5) US History (4) Calc AB (5) Env't (5)</p>

<p>ECs: community service club president
5 courses, (straight As) @ local community college
internship & volunteer @ local hospital (2 yrs)<br>
work @ a store (30 hrs/week) (3 yrs)
chinese cultural dance president
summer global volunteer @ china & mexico & south africa (3 yrs)
summer volunteer, teaching chinese dance @ camp (2 yrs)
academic tutor / dance tutor</p>

<p>RECs: expecting 1 great & 1 okay</p>

<ul>
<li>immigrated from china 4 yrs ago, but not international student (p.resident)</li>
<li>speak fluent chinese AND fluent english</li>
</ul>

<p>IS MY SAT I THAT BAD???
will I HAVE TO take it again??</p>

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<p>i don't think you'll get into harvard. your SAT math is great. but there are plenty of asians who have good math AND critical reading scores. also, your EC's aren't that great.</p>

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<p>You have as good a chance as anyone, maybe better. </p>

<p>30 hours at a job doesn't leave much (any) time for the fancy extracurriculars, not to mention the cost. And with family income at 30K the job is undoubtedly very, very important.</p>

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<p>work will compensate for lower scores (don't worry), but after that your application is flat. It'll be a toss up.</p>

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<p>I think you have a change. Your biggest advantage is the low family income: $30,000. That is exactly what Harvard likes.</p>

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<p>wow I think you have a real good chance with a higher CR score. GPA excellent, low income family, workin all the time, AP scores, SAT math and writing all excellent. president of a club, FIVE COLLEGE COURSES WITH ALL As! tutoring, multiple types of volunteer work, bilingual! DAMN. plus there's probably more to your life than these few lines. I bet you have some tough courses planned this year. plus I honestly think asians have a LITTLE bit higher chance than whites and females a LITTLE bit higher chance than males, although I'm not sure about the what I just said about females. real good chance with that CR score up!</p>

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<p>You have a great chance especially since you're able to do a lot with working and all. Good luck!</p>

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<p>thank you so much for <em>boosting</em> my confidence =)</p>

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<p>is her low income really that much of a boost? It can't be better than URM status can it?</p>

<p>Unless i'm missing something, I'd say you're going to need really good essays and a lot of luck to have a chance. You're asian, your scores are sub-par, especially for an asian, (retake for 700+ CR), and your EC's aren't stellar either.</p>