Do I have a chance?

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

<p>Gender: M
Location: California (but I'm international because I don't have a green card)
College Class Year: 2016
Ethnicity: East Asian
High School: Public
High School Type: Large size, California Distinguished School
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 4.00
GPA - Weighted: 4.74
Class Rank: we don't rank people at my school but i'm probably at the very top
Class Size: ~600</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 800
SAT I Writing: 750</p>

<p>SAT II Math IIC: 790
SAT II U.S. History: 800
SAT II Korean: 800
SAT II Chem: 790</p>

<p>AP US History - 5
AP Chem- 4
AP Art History- 5
AP Calc BC- 5 </p>

<p>Next Year's APs: AP Stat, AP Bio, AP Lang and Comp, AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Psych
Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: started my own business, Martial Arts, Extensive Volunteer, AIME, etc.
Tae Kwon Do- black belt- 3rd degree</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work: Red Cross (3 years so far)
Mission for mentally/physically disabled people- 5.5 hours a week</p>

<p>Honors and Awards: National Merit Scholar Commendation
AIME Qualifier- 10th and 11th grade
National Latin Exam- Gold Medal
Some school awards
President Award for Volunteer 300+ Hours
Orchestra- Principal Chair in a private orchestra
Clubs: Red Cross, FBLA, will start my own club abt. business soon</p>

<p>College Summer programs: Business and Entrepreneurship Camp at UChicago- 10th grade Summer
Took outide courses at a community college about business/marketing and earned A's</p>

<p>Summer Experience/ Intern/ Work Experience</p>

<p>Cashier- local food store
Intern at Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Interned at a Korean Business Newspaper
Started my own business
Will Work at a local business five hours a day this summer</p>

<p>Essay/App: will be really good, I will spend my whole summer with a private counselor working on them</p>

<p>letters of rec: counselor- pretty good
2 teachers- okay to decent... i think </p>

<p>Thank you in advance :D</p>

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<p>Oh and I plan to major in Econ and/or International Studies</p>

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<p>yes… you might…but everything still remains in the hand of LUCK…</p>

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<p>^ I concur. You have very similar stats to me (with a slight edge in some areas) and I was admitted this year, but so much of it is luck.</p>

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<p>It’s gonna be tough…especially since your Asian. But your chances look pretty good. You seem to be very involved.</p>

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<p>Ditto on the tough part. But it’s going to be even more tough because you’re an international.</p>

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<p>What kinda of Business? I’m curious because I own and run my own martial arts studio.</p>

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<p>You definitely have a chance- I have similar qualifications too and got in. Don’t be fooled by the people on here who say you need to be a published novelist or something ridiculous to get in- Harvard lets in a lot of your standard hard-working, high-scoring, well-rounded students. I personally never thought I had a chance, but I was pleasantly surprised!
I honestly wouldn’t recommend working on your essay with a tutor all summer unless you are awful at writing. I think the best essays come from the heart and are about something you really care about. Essays aren’t a place to show off your accomplishments; you have the rest of your application for that (unless you really want to write about something that happens to show off your accomplishments). Just be genuine and write about something interesting- there’s no need to obsess about it (although you should have someone review it at some point- I just had my English teacher look it over).</p>

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<p>PS I’m international as well.</p>

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