<p>what are the "worst" stats of people you know that got in?? by "in" i mean HYPS and top 15.</p>
<p>why do i have a feeling that a common reply will be:</p>
<p>4.7 unweighted, 7.3 weighted gpa
15 years of piano violin and cello
leader and starter of 10 clubs
sat 1600, 800, 800, 790 (amazing he still got in)
living by himself and working at mcdonalds for rent
orphan
has cancer</p>
<p>maybe thats a little bit exaggerated (as in exaggerated less)</p>
<p>HYPS? Top 15? Which one is it?</p>
<p>it all depends on your situation</p>
<p>even with uber perfect stats admission is not guaranteed</p>
<p>your chances are boosted however, if you're a legacy(35% higher chances) or if your last name is fitzsimmons, Summers, etc etc</p>
<p>ummm welll
my friend is an urm: hispanic</p>
<p>1370 sat with 650-720s in the SAT 2s.
but active in school and amazing recs
accepted: harvard (ea) and yale rd, rejected pton and stanford</p>
<p>on the other side of the spectrum...</p>
<p>lowest stats for an asian i know was last year
1460 SAT with 800 math 2c, 740 writing, and 800 chemistry
very involved, very good recs
accepted yale, rejected at harvard, pton, stanford tho</p>
<p>I'm neither hispanic nor asian (white, UK international), no legacy, no athelete, with...</p>
<p>1390 SAT, SAT IIs 620 Writing, 690 Lit, 740 M-Bio</p>
<p>...and accepted at Harvard, Cornell, UPenn - rejected at Yale & Georgetown.</p>
<p>nick, are you going?</p>
<p>Yes, I'm going to Harvard.</p>
<p>Woot Woot! Class of '09!</p>
<p>someone with SAT 1360ish but had connections....you must have at least one of the following:
1) kickass (and i mean KICK-ASS) stats OR
2) recruited athlete who's pretty darn good OR
3) URM...and this lowers the stats margin A LOT OR
4) connections/ right last name OR
5) mad (and I mean MAD) dough
...that pretty much sums it up in my experience...:)</p>
<p>oh yah i forgot kick booty EC accomplishment of some sort...</p>