chances. at harvard. for me.

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<p>white male champion of mediocrity</p>

<p>ACT
Composite 34
English 35
Math 34
Reading 30 (I got a 32 earlier)
Science 35
Writing 12</p>

<p>SATII
World History: 750
American History: 740
Literature: 690
(retaking, hoping for huge improvement in US History)</p>

<p>AP
5 x 5 (World History, US History, European History, English Language, Human Geography); 3 x 1 (French Language) </p>

<p>Took 2 classes at community college during summer (A A)</p>

<p>Rank 35 / 955 (= top 4%)
“extremely-competitive-well-known-elitist-superiotycompexesque- public” </p>

<p>Year 1:
Honors English I A / B
Honors French II A / A
Honors Debate I A / A
AP Human Geography A / A
Honors Algebra A / B
Honors Biology B / A
Student Senate A / A
Classical Theatre A / A</p>

<p>Year 2:
Honors English II B / A
Honors French III A / A
Honors Debate II A / A
AP World History A / A
Honors Geometry B / B
Honors Algebra II B / B
Modern Chemistry A / A
Desktop Journalism A / A</p>

<p>Year 3:
AP English Language B / B
AP French Literature IV A / A
Honors Debate III A / A
AP US History A / A
AP European History A / A
Honors Pre-Calculus B / B
Honors Physics B / B </p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP English Literature IV
AP French Language V
Honors Debate IV
AP United States Gov’t
AP Comparative Gov’t
AP Psychology
AP Microeconomics
AP Statistics
AP Environmental Science</p>

<p>ecs</p>

<p>speech/debate
- qualified to nfl nationals 5 times in 3 years; placed in various main/supplementary events (7th, 6th, 4th ((I would tell you more, but i like my privacy)))
- placed 4 times at state tournament including a state championship
- won a major national tournament several events.
- won 1st place 15+ local tournaments</p>

<p>debate captain 4 years
president of young democrats
president of french honor society
vice-president of njhs
representative to student body
founded a political periodical-y thing and supervise its publication/(limited) distribution
voted best leader by student body
placed in a random writing competition
summer leadership thingie
recommended/attended some elitist economics camp (shut up)
placed in top 5 / 700 competitors in state french competition in three separate events
invited to a french business symposium thingie
various volunteer work for local candidates
hater of capitalization</p>

<p>recs are good. essays should be good (hopefully).</p>

<p>heres the thing: i have a ridiculous amount of b’s. this will undoubtedly hurt me. what can i do?</p>

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<p>you can tell the adcoms that at your school, Bs stand for Bexcellent!</p>

<p>in other words, your rank basically disqualifies you for Harvard. it suggests that 34 students perform better academically in school. your high ACT and low subject tests show that you have potential, but do not work hard enough. this hurts you.</p>

<p>your ECs are good, especially debate, but they can't completely reverse your unimpressive academics</p>

<p>in all, you have a 10% chance if you apply SCEA</p>

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<p>Eh, I wouldn't say his rank disqualifies him. Top 4% is pretty respectable. 34 kids may have done better, but 920 didn't do as well. It's the same as being 4th in 100, and no one could really say that rank disqualifies somebody.</p>

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<p>How do you get to be president of an 'honor society'?</p>

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<p>mccloud:
a. sweet username
b. b's are for BOBVIOUSLY for bastonishingly bimpressive
c. my high act only shows the act is stupid
d. enjoyable observations, but what should/can i actually do?</p>

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<p>you dont have a low rank, you're in the the top 5% (how is that low...?). Plus, your ec's and rank percentage make up for the b's that yo'uve gotten. I say you have the same chance as anyone else who decides to apply (unless you find a hook)</p>