Chances for Harvard EA

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>sup</p>

<p>I'm a rising senior at a public high school in California. Here are my stats.</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 4.0 Weighted: around 4.4
SAT superscore (Harvard takes the superscore): 2320 (760R, 760M, 800W)
SAT II's: Latin 800 (sophomore), US history 790 (junior)
AP tests and scores: 5's on Euro, US hist, calc ab, calc bc, chem
Senior courses: ap bio, ap english, ap stat, ap music theory, ap latin vergil/caesar, gov/econ, teacher's assistant for my latin teacher
ethnicity/sex: asian male (haha)</p>

<p>Stuff that goes on at school:
- latin club president (former vp)
- on the student board for school's california scholarship federation (this is meaningless really)</p>

<p>Extra-curricular:
- 1st place in Overall Academics at National Junior Classical League convention
- Overall academic champ and overall combined champ at California Junior Classical League convention (the former for 3 years, the latter for 2 years)
- team captain of our school's certamen team (quiz bowl for latin), consecutively get 2nd at state
- 2nd place at the Music Teacher's National Association competition for Junior Strings
- principal cellist for non-school youth orchestra freshman and sophomore year
- played as principal cellist and soloist on tour to costa rica for this orchestra
- played on NPR's 'from the top' radio show</p>

<p>I am applying as a classics major EA to Harvard. This is a basic summary of my high school years. There's other stuff to add for the actual application but "meh." </p>

<p>you probably see the lack of community service and leadership stuff. well yeah. just base your opinion on what you see here, not what is missing.</p>

<p>Chance me for harvard ea, and the rest of the ivy league.</p>

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<p>bumpity bumpity bamp.</p>

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<p>bampity bampity bump</p>

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<p>serious thread?</p>

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<p>of course it’s serious why wouldn’t it be
bampity bampity bamp</p>

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<p>you have as good a chance as anyone (that isn’t hooked)</p>

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<p>bro what does that even mean</p>

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<p>It means you are an slightly above-average applicant, and that you should write a killer essay(s)</p>

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<p>Woo hoo
party in the usa</p>

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<p>dont get your hopes up, people with better stats than yours have been rejected</p>

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<p>woo hoo
party in the usa
does not mean my hopes are up</p>

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<p>How was your junior year rigor and performance? Which courses did you take in junior year and what was your last semester GPA?</p>

<p>How competitive is your high school? For example, how many NMSF does your school produce each year and how many students in the class? </p>

<p>What GPA corresponds to top 5%, 10%, 25% at your school? What is the GPA of your vals and sals?</p>

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<p>@ perazziman
my junior year courses were as follows
honors english (at our school this is the highest u can do as a junior)
apush
teacher’s assistant
physics
ap chem
ap calc bc
latin iii </p>

<p>I got straight a’s junior year and i don’t know what u mean by “last semester” unless you’re talking about my spring semester of junior year which i have just answered.</p>

<p>my high school is very competitive, almost like a private school. we produce about 10-12 semi finalists every year but it’s not like i know the exact number (last year was 12). we have about 300-350 people per class.</p>

<p>uhhh our school doesn’t do the classic val sal thing, but i’m pretty sure it’s just unweighted gpa = your rank.</p>

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<p>I’d consider it a pretty high reach…</p>

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<p>You have a strong profile. That means you’ll be in good company with many other applicants with similar profiles.</p>

<p>Give it your best shot, but due to the reality that Harvard has no room for the majority of it’s qualified applicants, be sure to keep your “plan B” school applications in good strong standing.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

<p>PS: Your continual “bumpity bumps” are the quickest way to get people to either ignore you or to not invest in giving you serious replies.</p>

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<p>I agree with jpm50, you are good to go. By the way, is teacher’s assistant something you did during study hall or is this a course with a grade?</p>

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<p>Only God knows. Out of over 800 people in my class. Only 1 person got in. He was valedictorian. Was the best violinist in the city i think?</p>

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<p>I have no idea…Harvard is like the lottery the randomest people get in. You have a good shot though!</p>

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<p>@dkwhtspsu
“best violinist in the city”
well okay. i wrote down that i got 2nd in a national string player competition. so … …</p>

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<p>@perazziman
teacher’s assistant is basically what the name implies. you help the teacher grade things and you occasionally help the students out. it’s a pass/fail thing and it doesn’t really count as anything.</p>