<p>Ok, I'm a Singaporean and I'm unfamiliar with the US scene, so I'd appreciate ur rating.</p>
<p>academics:
A Levels: Maths A, Chem A, Biology A, Economics A, English B
SAT Reasoning: Critical Reading 760, Writing 750, Maths 800
SAT Subject Tests: World History 800, Maths II 780, Chemistry 800</p>
<p>extra curriculars:
Track (member, grades 9 and 10)
Debate (Vice Prez, grades 11 and 12)
Took part in several debate competitions, 2 national speech competitions, student conferences (included meet-the-Prime Minister) and MC-ed a charity concert</p>
<p>post-high-school:
served 2 years in fire/ambulance service (compulsary here for males) as a medic
leader of department</p>
<p>One does not “make it” to an interview. If there is an alumn in your area or if you make a trip to Harvard, you will typically be given the opportunity to interview. Some people, however, do not get the opportunity to interview simply because there are too many applicants.</p>
<p>You seem qualified, and therefore you probably have between a 5-10% chance of admission. Good luck. Do your best and hope for the best.</p>
<p>No…the general admission rate is 5-10%. Anyone who is qualified has roughly (or slightly above…10.1%?) that rate. When you have thousands of valedictorians and perfect-SAT-score students applying… Think about it!</p>
<p>“No…the general admission rate is 5-10%. Anyone who is qualified has roughly (or slightly above…10.1%?) that rate.”</p>
<p>Your logic is false. The general admission rate includes both qualified and unqualified applicants. Therefore, a qualified applicant must have a higher chance.</p>
<p>“Therefore, a qualified applicant must have a higher chance.”</p>
<p>Which is why I suggested 10.1% :P</p>
<p>Really, with more applicants every year, it’s just gonna be lower odds for the qualified people in addition to the less qualified. There’s not a huge difference between their odds. Especially not when it’s only a small percentage of the applicant pool deemed “unqualified”</p>
<p>The conditional probability P(A|B) that the OP gets in having been deemed “qualified”, is simply the probability of A happening within the information set of knowing event B has already happened. Hence P(B|B) must by construct equal 1, and P(not B|B) is necessarily 0.</p>
<p>The relation P(A and B)=P(A|B)*P(B) relates to varying information sets. We would need to know what percentage of Harvard applicants are qualified to arrive at an accurate estimation of the OP’s chances. Bayes theorem would help also.</p>
<p>There are different levels of qualification, and the OP’s scores are above average for a Harvard applicant. Even though the OP is an international applicant, I don’t think the chances are nearly as low as you are presenting them.</p>
<p>When I flip through the admissions results, I see the acceptance of more than 1/10 applicants that are comparable to the OP.</p>
<p>Your international, making your chances slim because Im assuming you will apply for FA. Americans apparently do not like to give money to foreigners.</p>
<p>Is Canada considered International?, because when applying for Financial Aid there is a form for “Internationals” and another for “Residents of the US and Canada”</p>
<p>This question perpetually comes up. Yes, Canada is international. However, Harvard has a truly need-blind admissions policy, for everyone. Financial Aid has no bearing on any Harvard applicant. Other schools, you can’t say the same about (U of Chicago, Stanford, Brown, most American schools), but some other Ivies do offer need-blind international admissions.</p>
<p>As far as chances go, you’ve got the academic skills, clearly, but your extracurriculars seem lacking. The good thing is that you seemed reasonably involved in debating, but the same can be said about hundreds, if not thousands, of other Harvard applicants. Without a thoroughly demonstrated passion for at least one EC - and most applicants have a laundry list of ECs - your chances are significantly diminished. </p>
<p>Nevertheless, good luck. Harvard’s admissions are notoriously random for people of such an academic calibre.</p>