<p>Hello I am a rising senior interested in my chances at some of my reaches. Please give my chances at these colleges on a percentage scale (0-100 percent). Here are my stats:</p>
<p>Asian Male, 17
Cambridge, MA
GPA: 4.7
No class ranking at my school (but my guess is 10/500)</p>
<p>Test Scores:
1470 (old SAT)
2200 (new SAT)- retake in Oct. and expecting a 2300+
800,780,740,720,710,700 (SAT IIs)
5,5,4,4 (APs)</p>
<p>ECs:
Robotics team secretary, SAT program president, science club leader, pre-med club vp, magazine associate, NHS, chess club treasurer, volunteering (300+ hours), special olympics club (prez and founder), job (summer)</p>
<p>Awards:
Ap Scholar with Distinction (expected)
Essay on bullying published in a magazine
New England Mathematics League (NEML) 5th place
MA Science Olympiad 4th place
American Mathematics Competition (AMC) finalist & top scorer/ AIME qualifier
essay contest finalist
USA Mathematical Talent Search bronze prize winner
National Latin Exam perfect score
Some major school awards</p>
<p>Hooks:
1st generation to go to college
parents are divorced
low income (<20000)
older brother who smoked marijuana and is sometimes violent and abusive (how do i emphasive this on the college app?)</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>from what i know, Harvard never offers full financial aid..
unless you take a loan, or unless you're sure you can afford it, dont apply to harvard
(this is just my opinion, you are free to do whatever you want)</p>
<p>Definitely apply to all those schools. I don't remember if it was Harvard or another Ivy, but I think they said no tution for under $40,000 income. Whether or not I remember correctly, schools like Harvard give the best financial aid.</p>
<p>hooks r amazing. you will have no problem getting into those schools</p>
<p>His ecs are terribly weak. He cant just apply based on grades alone.</p>
<p>How are his ECs weak? He founded a club (not a common one, either) and is its president, and he's done well in math competitions (which I'd count as ECs even though he only put them under Awards). If he's committed to those, I wouldn't call them weak. Then, of course, there are the other ECs.</p>
<p>My guess is it depends on your essays. good luck.</p>
<p>I think you've got great chances!! Although I'm not a qualified critique or anything, I think You've definetely defined yourself in the areas EC's, grades, and everything else! Oh yeah, and definetely apply to Harvard....no one should be barred from an education just because of money or their finanacial situation. If you wanted to bring up your family situation, my best guess is use either your essay or submit an additional supplement ...it's found on "Harvard Supplement Side 4" in the undergraduate application. In this section, you're free to tell the admissions committee " unusual circumstances in your life" or anything close to that!
Good luck!</p>