Does this show specifc intrest or passion?

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<p>Objective: •SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (Super Score)
•ACT: N/A
•SAT II:800 World History, 740 US History, 800 Math I, 800 Math II, 720 AP Bio
•Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
•Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/800
•AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English Language and Composition (5), AP Psychology (5), AP US History (4), AP Spanish (5), AP Bio (5), AP Human Geo (5)
•IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
•Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit/Comp, AP Spanish, AP Physics 2, AP BC Cal, Tennis, AP Environmental Science, AP Eco/Gov
•Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, Congressional Award, NAQT HSNCT (Quizbowl National Qualifier) , National History Bee (National Qualifier), National History Bowl (National Qualifier), National US History Bee (National Qualifier),(USGEO) United States Geography Olympiad National Qualifier, NDCA, NCFL, and TFA Debate ( National, National, and State debate qualifier respectively)</p>

<p>Subjective: •Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (Treasurer-9-11), Youth Political Forum(President 9-11), History Club (Founder/President 10-11), Quiz Bowl (President/Captain 9-11) ,Varsity Tennis (Captain 9-11, and 1 star recruit), Model UN (treasurer)
•Job/Work Experience: Intern for Greg Abott's election campaign
•Volunteer/Community service: Went to India and helped local orphanage, daily Volunteer at local resale center
•Summer Activities:
Yale Young Global Scholar
Georgetown International Relations
UT WHAP Course
Quiz Bowl @ Texas A&M</p>

<p>Other •State (if domestic applicant): TX
•School Type: Large public
•Ethnicity: Asian
•Gender:Male
•Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):top 1%
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really</p>

<p>Overall I'm a high school junior looking to apply to: Yale, Harvard, UC Berkeley, Rice, Dartmouth, Columbia, and Cornell.</p>

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<p>Intended Major poli sci</p>

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<p>2 tips:</p>

<p>1) Edit your title to correct the spelling
2) When you post a question in a specific university’s forum, use the language of the university. (Harvard does not have a poli sci major; it has a concentration in government.)</p>

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<p>It’s difficult to tell how passionate any student is just from an activity list. That’s why many colleges, Harvard included, have kept the “EC Essay” as part of their supplement. You’re expected to write about your passions and interest in an essay – that’s how colleges learn what makes you tick. In addition, colleges also learn about your interests and passions through your letters of recommendation, so you need to choose teachers who know you well, both inside and outside of the classroom</p>

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You might not want to mention that: See: <a href=“Why Your Brilliant Child Didn't Get Into The Ivies | HuffPost Life”>HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost;

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The Illinois kid who does community service in Chicago and then doesn’t mention it in their app is Harvard material. (I knew a couple)</p>

<p>Your ECs are “adult constructs” (Model UN Treasurer) rather than your true thing, so hard to read “passion.”
You might want to recurve and find the school that’s best for you rather than groom yourself for a target school. Best wishes!</p>

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<p>Perhaps it would be more meaningful if you just had a couple of activities that you truly cared about. Activities that you could devote more time to. Seems to me that you’re playing that game where you think that a sheet full of extracurricular activities will somehow get you in. </p>

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<p>Not picking on you specifically, OP, but these carefully constructed resumes designed to impress admissions remind me of an old Starkist Tuna commercial.
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<p>MODERATOR’S NOTE: Please stay on topic. I had to delete some posts.</p>

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<p>Below is a link to a Harvard undergrad’s web site. If you study it, it may give you some sense of what specific interest and passion is. <a href=“http://www.markmauriello.com/”>http://www.markmauriello.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Harvard admissions is holistic and based on a goal of assembling an interesting mix of students. Acceptance is less about you and more about what you bring to that mix.</p>

<p>Your stats, academics and resume is fine for getting into the pool but noone can say whether it will mean acceptance: it depends on the “mix” that is being assembled by admissions and how you fit into it. In other words, maybe this year Harvard needs a tuba or someone doing abstract art.</p>

<p>You don’t necessarily have to have a grand passion to get into Harvard, but those who do have one, bring a lot to the mix when viewed along with others who also have “passions,” but different ones, ensuring diversity, richness and depth on campus.</p>

<p>What concerns me is that you appear to live your life in order to build a resume. If you are admitted, then you may just continue to do that. Honestly, try to do service or art or economics or whatever interests you over the next few years for the right reasons, work hard, be a nice person, and the future will take care of itself.</p>