Harvard Chance Me!

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<p>-Applying regular decision to Harvard and some other Ivies (applying early action to Stanford)
-White male from Montana
-Single mom & a sister in college</p>

<p>-4.0 GPA (not weighted)
-rank 1st in a class of over 700 (Valedictorian)
-Full Diploma in the International Baccalaureate Program
-7 out of 7 on IB Math test and IB Spanish, testing in IB History, IB English, IB Psychology, and IB Biology in spring 2008
-32 ACT
-SAT II - 760 Math 2, 700 Biology E/M, 680 U.S. History
-National Merit Semi-finalist (definitely going to be a Finalist/Scholar)</p>

<p>-ECs: Varsity Golf (Team Captain and 3 Time Letterwinner), Tennis, Speech and Debate, BPA, Spanish Club President, Young Democrats, Mindmasters Academic Competition and National Honor Society</p>

<p>-Community service (over 200 hours): Elementary School After-School Scholars, Rest Home, Underage Teen Pregnancy Home, Underprivileged Youth Golf Scramble, Elementary Spanish Class, and Rotary Basketball. </p>

<p>-Very solid letters of recommendation and essays</p>

<p>Thank you for your input...</p>

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<p>I think you have a pretty good shot. I mean, I got in with a 1980 SAT...and my SAT IIs were all in the 600s and a 3.7 GPA..but amazing essays, recs, and ECs...good luck and hope to see you here next year...give me a call</p>

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<p>Good chance montana_IB !! Your EC is exceptionally good. keep it up and good luck to you!</p>

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<p>Solid application, but how are you going to stand out from the pack?</p>

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<p>um you actually dont have a very good chance to go because of your sat. My friend got rejected with a 5.0 gpa, 800 in all 3 sec in sat, and plus he was valedictorian of 1200, and president of 5 clubs. and he skipped 4 grades, srry dude!</p>

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<p>This is for Puckslut---I am really curious. How did you get in with those stats? did your family buy a library or are you a recruited athlete or legacy or some combo thereto??</p>