<p>I know I didn't apply to Harvard but I was accepted into Penn Regular Decision for Engineering, I am African-American also
3.7/4.0 4.4/4.0
1 EC activity(Christian Club)
Church Involvment
962 SSL(community service) hours
no interview either
nothing really special excep the SSL hours....
maybe this helps a bit, my application was seriously bad and I put no effort into it, I just copied my GW app and replaced GW w/ Penn... Harvard seems very reasonable for you
Harvard-- i think its a crap shoot
Stanford-- not sure,
Wharton-- pretty good
UPenn-- pretty good
Emory-- not as hard to get into as the others, i think you have the best chance at getting in here
i think AA might've helped me out, my SSL hours did too</p>
<p>thanks for the comparison, makes my perspective that much cleaer. Now I'm looking more for optimizing an application, what should I not even bother mentioning and what should I emphasize? What could potentially hurt me?</p>
<p>I'd appreciate any feedback please.</p>
<p>[blank] Honor Society doesn't matter that much, IMO .. since you have limited space, focus on focus areas, e.g. Model UN, Debate, AND Mock Trial.</p>
<p>4n68ers are Gr8!</p>
<p>Someone suggested John Hopkins for Criminal Science. I believe the OP was talking about speech and debate forensics, not criminal science forensics.</p>
<p>You have high stats for the URM pool. With good recs you have a substantial chance anywhere. I you are low income, inner city your chances are excellent.</p>
<p>I'm not low income, I'm middle class. But I thought colleges wouldn't see that anyway?</p>
<p>mj93: What do you mean by limited space, I thought I make my own resume and submit it?</p>
<p>oh, well, some colleges allow supplementary papers dealing with EC's.. not sure about the ones you listed. i think generally the admin officers are bothered by them .. not sure.</p>
<p>I'm not sending in supplementals for those EC's, maybe just for the international award.</p>
<p>Which brings me to another dilemma, when I won the international competition, they gave me a trophy, but it doesn't have my name, nor did it come with a certificate. My picture was in ther magazine, and on their site online, but is that enough?</p>
<p>GPA: 3.9-4.0 W, 3.8-3.9 UW
SAT I: 710 M, 730 CR, 800 W Total 2240
Rank: 4-5/300
Status: African American</p>
<p>Not a very rigourous courseload I can see, but you should be able to get into one of those colleges. Apply to UC's too you have a great shot.</p>
<p>Courseload: Hardest Possible</p>
<p>I'm taking 4 AP's this year, that's pretty much the max for anyone who isn't taking a foreign language. The other classes are precalculus, which only goes up to honors, and an elective, along with gym, etc.</p>
<p>10characters</p>
<p>Update: Can anyone reevaluate after considering these stats as well?
AP Scores
Chemistry: 4
US: 5
Psychology: 5
English: 5</p>
<p>SAT2
US: 770
Chem: 650 (retaking or replacing)
Math I: 730</p>
<p>I do not plan on taking AP English 12 so that I can take some weight off my courseload, but other than that I'm taking all AP's in my senior year. </p>
<p>Will the lack of AP English hurt at all? If I don't get a better score than a 650, will the chemistry SAT 2 be a detriment?</p>