Harvard All The Way!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Stole this from the Harvard thread; my chances is a better thread :-)</p>

<p>Chances after I something in the URM Thread...</p>

<p>Hispanic Male
San Antonio, Texas
Medical Magnet School</p>

<p>GPA Weighted: 95.4445
GPA Unweighted: 3.71/4.00
GPA Weighted: 4.01/4.333
About 35/200 (top 20% to be more on the safe side)
30-31 ACT
7-9 AP Exams by Graduation(4s or 5s only), 7 classes (only US History is offered; no World History AP either)</p>

<p>2nd UIL Spelling District
UIL Spelling Regionals (13th for my region, 5A)
1st UIL Spelling District
UIL Spelling Regionals (9th)</p>

<p>Red Cross Club
Multicultural Dance
Student Council
Spanish Honor Society
National Honor Society
Mu Alpha Theta
Medical Mentorship program at school
BEACON Program (GT)</p>

<p>HOSA (medical club, nation-wide) Co-president of Chapter
State Medical Spelling</p>

<p>Gonna probably do the Spanish Spelling Bee; regionals</p>

<p>Creative, Personal Essays (different....lol)!</p>

<p>I'm doing Science Fair.I'm probably gonna get 1st/2nd/3rd in Category (Botany) for the Regionals, and at Junior Academy like Grand Prize something.... :-)</p>

<p>Quater Grades
US Hist: A- (Going to take the AP...probably a 4)
English III AP: A- (probably a 4 or 5)
Stats AP: A- (probably a 5)
Medical Rotations: A+
Physics B AP: B- (probably a 4)
Choir: A+
Precal H Dual: A+
Medical Rotations: A+</p>

<p>Last Year:
Both Semesters
Webmastering Online Class: A+/A
Chem H: B+/B-
Medical Rotation Education: A-/A-
Alg 2 H: A/A-
Eng 2 H: A+/A
World Hist H: A+/A-
Comp Sci AP: B+/B-
Anatomy and Physiology: A-/A-
Spanish 3 (H didn't fit in my schedule): A-/B</p>

<p>Chances EA/ED ? :-D</p>

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<p>I'm fairly confident I can get these scores:</p>

<p>US History: 790
Math II C: 800
Bio: 760</p>

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<p>ACT is kind of low. You sound smart, why don't you take SAT1 and get like
2200+ and then, you will have a shot at Harvard. I keep emphasizing SAT on people, because even though I don't really KNOW what the admissions office is doing, I heard from many people that they don't have time, so it is more likely that they would skim through the numbers first. Your ECs and essays DO matter greatly, but high score in SAT1 and ACT is kind of like the protection you need from ad officers throughing your app in the "review" pile. Admissions officers say "we don't look for numbers" "suspended from school does not matter much" and all that sweet stuff, but that's BS.</p>

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<p>What is a GOOD, sort of protective score for the ACT?</p>

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<p>34, 35 maybe.
but you are an URM so it makes your chances go up.
Maybe you don't have to worry that much.</p>

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<p>Wow...a 34 is HIGH!</p>

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<p>You sound smart enough for it, if you study. Maybe you'll find SAT easier.
Just read sth. Harvard doesn't take ACT scores, you NEED an SAT score.</p>

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<p>it doesn't accept ACT?! </p>

<p>darn...lol</p>

<p>I'm not good at the SAT</p>

<p>Writing is going to kill me.</p>

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<p>Harvard does take ACT scores.</p>

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<p>dude your stats are terrible for harvard. even URM</p>

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<p>Well, thank you. :-)</p>

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<p>Is that a no then? What percent... :-)</p>

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<p>A good ACT score?</p>

<p>no, not a 34, 35....probably starting at 30+...</p>

<p>and 32+ woul also seem better since that iwhere 99th percentile starts</p>

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<p>yay...right? Good as in Harvard good score, or just a good ACT score?</p>

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<p>good ACT score...</p>

<p>I think good Harvard score is 34+, honestly</p>

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<p>oh, thanks!</p>

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<p>So... you are hispanic... you are planning on entering a Spanish Spelling Bee... and you got a B in Spanish 3? Any grade other than an A is inexcusable in any HS language course other than AP.</p>

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<p>^Don't listen to him...he doesn't know what he's talking about. However, URM will not help you that much because Hispanic isn't a minority where you live (just like in S. Florida) and therefore you won't get an edge over other local applicants.</p>

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<p>Well if I went to a normal high school, I think anything lower than a 98 on anything, even AP would be inexcusable...but I don't, so....let me put it this way HarvardClassof2011 (not to be rude). I know more Spanish than you; grades aren't everything, believe it or not.</p>

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<p>Why not listen to me? Who are you, the forum police? If you were from Russia, and took a course in basic Russian language and got a B, don't you think it would reveal something about work ethic or some other factor?</p>