<p>Passion is something you’d recognize in yourself if you have one. If you have to ask what it is, then you don’t have it. You may have an interest, but not a passion.</p>
<p>In Bobby Fischer’s youth, there weren’t a lot of good English chess literatures around, so he studied the Russian language on his own in order to read Russion chess literatures to improve his own chess, that is bona fide passion.</p>
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<p>Northstarmom, please give a few examples of “the dead”, thanks.</p>
<p>The dead: Person with 3.1 unweighted, 1550 board scores, no multimillionaire donor parents, not a recruited athlete or legacy, has highly educated parents, lives in NYC, EC is that they are VP of their school’s NHS.</p>
<p>@ paperchaserpop I know what passion is. </p>
<p>My question was that I thought most Harvard applicants had passion or some type of leadership position. Northstarmom clarified that many applicants indeed do not and actually openly admit it.</p>
<p>I’m just an above average student. Solid grades, but a sub-2200 SAT as of now.</p>
<p>I would think that the dead are those outside of the top 20% of their HS class, <1900 SAT scores (either SAT I or SAT II’s), and then the rest of that list, and then those on life support are those outside of the top 10% of their HS class, <2000 SAT scores, and then, again, the rest of that list.</p>
<p>I got 1800+ BOTH SAT I and II, am Asian, some ECs with few leaderships, poor-to-average language proficiency, had an avg interview, etc etc. I’m sure that there are MANY other applicants with the same characteristics as mine, and there you go, that should cheer most of you “a BIT above average” kids up =p</p>
<p>^You should frame your Harvard rejection letter when you get it. Just saying.</p>
<p>Oh you bet sir =p</p>
<p>@iwannagotoBC- shouldn’t you have applied to UBC since your username says you want to go to BC? lol</p>
<p>"sushibuffet: Unfortunately, all the above-average students can do is apply. </p>
<p>Thanks for making the admits look better with the low acceptance rate! "</p>
<p>. . . You’re not very nice. I don’t think I like you.</p>
<p>hehe ^ lol lmao i can’t believe people really say that
anyways umm im applying and well don’t have great stats or ecs or anything…
2250 SAT1, international student, umm ok gpa…</p>
<p>sorry, weird question to ask here, but 1st semester yr grades is incorporated into the gpa right?</p>
<p>***are </p>
<p>10 char</p>
<p>hey, just wondering here…Did anyone get into Harvard? (or HYPS)?</p>
<p>^DwightEisenhower did</p>
<p>3.6/3.7 GPA here. 2250 SAT and 800 subject tests.</p>
<p>I’m also a black URM from Canada, born in Nigeria, West Africa.</p>
<p>What do you guys think my chances are at HYPS?</p>
<p>This is not a chances thread…</p>