<p>I have taken all the possible APs I can in my school. My SAT is ok (1950 - writing killed me). My grades are pretty good (4.13 cumulative weighted). My essay, I'm convinced will be very good. My extracurriculars are what make me shine. I have developed a hydrogen powered engine, and have 13 inventions patent pending.</p>
<p>omg
ur ****ing kidding
no way u invented the hydrogen powered engine</p>
<p>well ur getting in
just bring that SAT up a bit
dont give colleges an excuse to reject you</p>
<p>I have developed my own one (retrofitting a normal generator) it sustains itself for a few hours on water.</p>
<p>HOLY SNAP
ur a genius
go play halo 2 or something- if u can create a hydrogen powered engine u can probably do pretty well in halo</p>
<p>Not really a genius. As my standardized test scores attest, I'm just above average.</p>
<p>dude, start buying harvard t-shirts. You're in.
Just make sure to bring your acheivement in science into clear clear focus.</p>
<p>what do you mean?</p>
<p>I definitely don't want to belittle your accomplishment (it IS a big achievement), but for the sake of the other posters...I believe hydrogen-powered engines aren't in themselves difficult to develop; it's just making them energy and cost efficient (as well as durable) that's keeping them from entering the market. Kind of like solar power.</p>
<p>I have no idea how amazing your inventions are, but they would have to be highly unusual and truly amazing to get you into Harvard or MIT with a 1950.</p>
<p>Of course, if he's ESL, 1950 would be no big deal...</p>
<p>what is ESL?</p>
<p>ESL = English as a Second Language. It means that a foreign language was your first language, and you had to learn English later on in life. It doesn't count if you were raised in America and learned English and something else at the same time, though.</p>
<p>What kinds of extracurriculars do you have? It seems like they'll make the difference between "good chance" and "really good chance."</p>
<p>English is my second language, but I was raised in the US. My extracurriculars are a job, botball robotics, science olympiad, Unleash Your Imagination Club (founder~primarily founded for funding for patenting inventions), religious education, minor community service (50hrs). The main usage of my time is my inventions~primarily my hydrogen system. I have created a self sustaining system which has only one replaceable part (really inexpensive). I plan on marketing it overseas, where they rely largely on gasoline generators for power. My experimentation consumes the majority of my free time.</p>
<p>oiiiiiiiiii.......u r getting into MIT...krazzzy..</p>
<p>lol, i came overseas when i was 8.5 yrs...does that count as ESL?? i was in ESL education for a while! haha (my SAT scores are : 730 V 690 M and 650 W and a 6/7 predicted for IB) XD</p>
<p>BEST OF LUCK! =)</p>
<p>I don't really see what the big deal was with "developing a hydrogen engine." I understand what that means, but also they've been developed for a while now. It's not like you invented them or made an improvement towards them. Not to diminish what you did, but it's not going to get you into MIT or Harvard with your stats. 1950 is a very low score and you're GPA isn't that good either. If you had better SAT and GPA then you would have good chance at MIT considering your interest in science/engineering. ECs can push you over the edge, but they can't make up for that low SAT and GPA when we are talking about harvard and MIT.</p>
<p>ofcourse, I agree with you 100% when you say that this guy building a hydrogen powered engine is not a genius who revoultionized world power production. It has been done plenty of times in te past.</p>
<p>but you're wrong when you say that it won't get him into harvard/MIT. For a kid to build such a complex engine (even though he didnt invent it) is quite an impressive acheivement.</p>
<p>Almost everyone applying to MIT and Harvard has an impressive achievement, but they all have better stats.</p>
<p>The design has been revised and improved (better than the current standard). The unit produces more energy than it consumes.</p>
<p>no atomicfusion, that's where you're wrong. The average acheivement boasted by Harvard/MIT accepted applicants range between awards and a published peice of work at best. This guys machine is a significant acheivement by the Ivies' standards.</p>
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<p>LOL, free energy? he's a troll...</p>