Chances at Harvard

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Can someone evaluate my chances at Harvard:</p>

<p>SAT: 1570 (800 M, 770 V)
SAT II: Math IIC 800, Writing 710, Physics 730, US History 700
AP Exams: US History (5), US Govt (4), Calculus BC (5) (self-studied), Physics B (5), Physics C: Mechanics (5) (self-studied)
weighted Class Rank: 1/223
unweighted GPA: 4.151/4.33</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>The main ones are:</p>

<p>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Medalist
Siemens Westinghouse Semifinalist (for mathematics research)
USAMTS Gold Prize Winner
National Merit Commended Scholar
- (PSAT Score 221- missed MA cutoff by 1 point)
School Math Department Award (three consecutive years)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>The main ones are:</p>

<p>Piano Lessons
National Honor Society
Model United Nations
Math Team (founder)
*and a few others that I hold leadership positions in</p>

<p>Senior Year Classes:</p>

<p>AP Biology
AP Chemistry
AP Environmental Science
AP Spanish
* and some honors classes</p>

<p>Summer Activities:</p>

<p>JHU Center for Talented Youth (grades 7- 9)
Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists (10)
Harvard Summer School (11)
- took Multivariable Calculus, received an A</p>

<p>Community Service:</p>

<p>I have done a lot of community service, but the main ones are:</p>

<p>volunteer at the Red Cross (9), 60+ hours
volunteer at MA hospital (11), 40+ hours
math tutor at my school (11, 12)</p>

<p>Miscellaneous:</p>

<ul>
<li>Chinese-American born here (fluent in Cantonese Chinese)</li>
<li>from a upper-middle class, suburban, predominantly white community</li>
<li>Recommendations: the adviser to the math team, a teacher who went to Harvard, Red Cross supervisor who knows me well</li>
<li>Essays: they should be at least decent, but I haven't had time to start them yet</li>
</ul>

<p>Please rate my chances at (on a scale of 1 - 10, 1 being worst and 10 being best chance):</p>

<p>Harvard (EA)
MIT
Princeton
Columbia
Brown
Dartmouth
Tufts
RPI
Boston University
UMass</p>

<p>Thanks! Please be as harsh as possible.</p>

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<p>Harvard (EA) 4
MIT 5
Princeton 4.5
Columbia 6.5
Brown 6.5
Dartmouth 6.5
Tufts 9
RPI 10
Boston University 10
UMass 10</p>

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<p>How can your unweighted GPA be higher than 4?</p>

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<p>Our school uses a 4.33 scale.</p>

<p>4.33 = A+
4.00 = A
3.67 = A-</p>

<p>etc. (so I am between an A and an A+ in all classes)</p>

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<p>Ah, I understand, thanks.</p>

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<p>One more thing to add:</p>

<ul>
<li>qualified for AIME</li>
<li>school winner on AMC12</li>
<li>member of state ARML team</li>
<li>participated in AHSIMC and HMMT</li>
</ul>

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<p>Can someone please give me some rankings, I really want to know where I stand. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Hey, sorry i cant give rankings, i dont feel qualified enough to
but, i also went to promys 2 years ago, so i was just curious if you remmeber me or if i remember you, im richard (pang)</p>

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<p>Yeah, I know who you are.</p>

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<p>Well, you certainly have a better chance than I do.. <a href="http://www.collegedata.com/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegedata.com/&lt;/a> has a college chances calculator thing, you could try using that. </p>

<p>That sucks about your psat.. the cutoff for my state was only 210.</p>

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<p>Harvard: 4.5/10 you just never know at places like that
MIT: 5.5/10 Nothing really screams science or math at me, but hey I could be wrong
Princeton: 5/10 again, another crapshoot
Columbia: 6.5/10 This is highly dependant on the quality of your essays
Brown: 7/10 Again, the essays are important here
Dartmouth: 7/10 depends on whether you're what they're looking for
Tufts: 8/10 tufts is known to reject if they think you're using them as your safety
RPI: I've never heard of it
Boston University: 9.2/10 You're probably in, but hey you could get a surprise
Umass: 9.5/10 same as above</p>

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<p>Any more rankings? I want to get as many as possible. Say anything that you want to say, and please be brutally honest.</p>

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<p>bump.........</p>

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<p>100% in umass...depending on which one u go to you could get a full ride</p>

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<p>siemens should be a good hook. you look strong all around. I have similar stats, ECs (research but not submitted), so that gives us....what, 10% chances? Maybe a little higher.</p>

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<p>bump..........</p>

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<p>bump.......</p>

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<p>oh, who are you? will? i dont think you are though</p>

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<p>Collegeperson: I have similar Sat I and SAT II stats. Do you think that the lower SAT II scores in comparison to the SAT I will hurt chances, and is it worth retaking to try and match the high SAT I scores. (Good job, by the way).</p>

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<p>I'm not sure. I think I might be able to improve my Writing SAT II, but Physics would take forever to study for again, and I might end up with a lower score. There is no way that I can study for US History though; I haven't had history for two years now.</p>