Chances.... if ANY... at this school?

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<p>I applied EASC, and I know my chances are slim... very slim... but I was wondering what you guys think.</p>

<p>Here are my stats:</p>

<p>GPA: 4.2/4.0 (weighted)
Rank: 10/184
SAT: Verbal-690 Math-790
SAT II: Math IC-720 Math IIC-780 Biology M-770 History-? (dunno that one yet)
AP's: U.S. History-3 Biology-5</p>

<p>Extracurricular Clubs/Courses:
Harvard Extension School Biology (11th)
MIT ESP and HSSP programs (9th-10th)
Math Team (9th-12th)
Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament (10th)
AMC Mathematics Competition (10th-12th)
French Club (9th-12th)
Chess Team (10th)
Film Club (12th)</p>

<p>Extracurricular Sports/Activities:
JV Soccer (9th-11th)
Varsity Soccer (12th)
Varsity Indoor Track (10th-12th)
Varsity Tennis (11th-12th)
Wachusett Mountain Club Ski Racing (9th-10th)
Table Tennis Team (10th-12th and Captain 11th-12th)</p>

<p>Awards/Other Clubs:
National Honor Society (11th-12th)
Top Sophomore Math Student (10th
Top Junior Math Student (11th)
Foreign Language Award (11th)
American Association of Teachers of French Award (9th-11th)
Math Team Award (9th-11th)</p>

<p>Community Service:
Volunteer at the Greater Boston Food Bank (11th)
Volunteer at the local Jewish Rehabilitation Center (10th)
Volunteer at the local Jewish Community Center (10th)
National Honor Society Tutor (11th)
I also did this community project where a couple friends and I interviewed Russian and American WWII Veterans in neighboring towns; it was more for ourselves because we were interested in WWII, but I guess I'll put it on here (11th)</p>

<p>Previous Courseloads:
From Freshman to Junior Year, I have taken all possible Honors classes and all possible AP's.</p>

<p>Current Courseload:
AP Physics B
AP English Literature and Composition
AP Calculus BC
AP Economics
Honors French V
Health and Fitness (some graduation requirement)</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Staples Sales Associate (Summer 2004)
Lifeguard at the local Jewish Community Center (Summer 2005)
Internship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Harvard Medical School)-Summer 2005</p>

<p>I'm also sending an additional letter of recommendation from the Assistant Professor of Medicine under whom I did my internship. It's not much, but I figure it's always worth a try.</p>

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<p>yooo, i researched at beth israel last summer!</p>

<p>were you one of those tools wearing the yellow shirts?</p>

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<p>i'd say very slim chances</p>

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<p>Naw, lol, I actually got to wear a lab coat and latex gloves. Sweet!</p>

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<p>Bummppp... Anybody else? Anybody? Anybody?</p>

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<p>where are you from?</p>

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<p>I'm from a suburb near Boston, Massachusetts.</p>

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<p>ah i see, i really have no idea about your chances, but i hear admission is partly based on how you do in context with your region, and i know the competition up in mass is pretty darn tough</p>

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<p>have u ever seen Conan O'brien? he's from brookline and often goes home 4 the holidays....</p>

<p>sorry, ill shut up now...</p>

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<p>Bump.... anybody else.... Harvard Med. Students? Harvard Professors? Dean of Harvard? All are welcome to reply.</p>

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<p>I bet you, you will find out your result in less than 12 days.</p>

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<p>I think you have an excellent resume. I wouldn't hold my breath, since Harvard rejects handfuls of the best kids around the country.</p>

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<p>You will be deferred EA. But don't hold your breath, because they will reject you RD.</p>

<p>EA Rejection is very rare at Harvard (as opposed to Yale and Stanford).</p>

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<p>ahhh, life's a *****</p>

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<p>Thanks all of you... especially you Pessimist, lol, with the most blatantly true answer I've heard in a long time. Trust me, I'm not holding my breath at all, if anything... I'm exhaling. Anybody else?</p>

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<p>I was about to say that your grades might hurt you (if weighted is on a 5 point scale) but then i noticed your rank. Even though you have many B's in Ap's and Honors (once again this assumption is based on the 5 point scale) you still have a high rank. This is why I think rank is so important to colleges. </p>

<p>Oh and yeah, you have a decent shot. Maybe not enough, but it will never hurt to try. You seem like one of those good students that harvard and other elites turn away simply because there are so many. Ben Jones (Mit Adcom) once said that they have enough good apps to make 3 perfect classes. Hopfully we all will be in that first perfect class (aka the ones that get in)</p>

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<p>If your parents make enough for you to be considered upper-middle class or rich, and you're white, then I think you have an average chance of getting in. This is because your area that you come from has many students a lot like you. Sorry, but I'm being totally honest.</p>

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<p>How are his chances slim? I think you have decent SAT II scores...</p>

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<p>Probably because if you've surfed this board as long as I have, there are many hundred, if not over a thousand, applicants who are exactly like him. These are whites or asians from the NE part of the country who have upper-middle + parents and have amazing test scores and G.P.A.'s, but with nothing that makes them stand out from these other 1000's of applicants. Applicants who have hooks (an advantage in admissions) like being low-income, an under-represented minority URM(black, hispanic, native american), from an extremely under-represented state where only like 10 people each year apply (the dakota, wyoming), achieving something at a national level, etc... Anyway, just look at the chances forum. There are a few URMS that are poor and live in the hood who've worked a lot harder to get the same scores, grades, and EC's as a rich boy from the NE.</p>

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<p>Thanks all of you... I appreciate your being totally honest. Yeah, I'm a middle-class white dude from NE, but I'm also an immigrant from Russia (I dunno if that would help). Also, Shark_bite, the GPA's are calculated out of 4.0, not on a 5 point scale, that's why I wrote 4.2/4.0 (weighted).</p>