Harvard Chance

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<p>I am a Brasilian/Iranian</p>

<p>SAT
Math - 750
Verbal - 700
Writing - 640
Math Level II - 750
Physics - 720
Chemistry - 660</p>

<p>GPA
Weighted - 5.22
Unweighted - 4.0</p>

<p>AP World History - 4
AP Psychology - 5
AP Physics B - 4
AP Physics C (Mechanics) - 4
AP Calculus BC - 5
AP Calculus AB(sub score) - 5
AP American History - 3
AP English Composition - 4
AP Computer Science - 5
AP Chemistry - (Current)
AP Biology - (Current)
AP Statistics - (Current)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars</p>

<p>Sponsored in Tae Kwon Do (Black Belt 1st Dan) and Mixed Martial Arts(UFC WEC etc) by American Top Team and Velocity Martial Arts.</p>

<p>2008 U.S Open Competitor Representing United States(Bantam)
1st Place in Florida Sun Coast AAU championships
1st Place in AAU National Qualifier
Junior Olympic Championship 2002 and 2003 (not that this matters)
Cardio Kick Boxing Teacher
Head Coach for Velocity Martial Arts Competition Team</p>

<p>I've been doing USACO training page for International Olympiad of Informatics
TopCoder - 27th Place in 2007 TCHS -- top 25 go to Purdue University for competition
2nd Place in Florida Science and Engineering Fair - Computer Science (Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks in Real Time Game Agents)
Intel Science and Engineering Award, Navy and Army Science and Engineering Award, Yale Science and Engineering Award.</p>

<p>Varsity Wrestling
VP of Mu Alpha Theta
VP of Science Club
1st Brasilian to ever rank number 1/522 at Monarch High School</p>

<p>Do you think I have a chance of getting in. I know this is an annoying question since everyone asks it. But I think my case is pretty interesting. average SAT but I think pretty unique interests in Extracurricular.</p>

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<p>i like how your weighted gpa is a 5.22. i don't think i've seen higher, haha.</p>

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<p>Well that wasn't a joke :) I promise</p>

<p>In Broward County Florida, AP courses are weighted 6 points and honors are weighted 5 and regular are weighted 4 points.</p>

<p>So its kinda inflated, but I guess it isn't terrible :)</p>

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<p>lol, don't worry webgou, my school has that kind of GPA system. AP classes are on 6 point scale and regular is 5</p>

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<p>you have really good chance of getting in... seriously...</p>

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<p>Scores: weak
Grades: great
ECs: wonderful</p>

<p>I like the brazilian/iranian thing. That's sweet.</p>

<p>I'd say...scores are pretty low...it's just a matter of if you can compensate enough with your grades fantastic ECs. Make sure your essays and recs are killer.</p>

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<p>haha i'm pretty sure i know you from state science fair.
anyway, sick ap scores and really unique ECs, i think today will be a good day for you</p>

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<p>Unfortunate, if by academic and ECs, chance = almost zero
Unless, Harvard need a Brazilian/ Iranian on their student body</p>

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<p>ur scores aren't low i know people who have gotten into harvard with even lower scores. you do have a decent chance of getting in ...anyway we'll find out the answers in like three hours or so :) good luck!</p>

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<p>This is ridiculous 2.5 hours and no response -- Thank you for your replies :)</p>

<p>I appreciate the honesty</p>

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<p>For those of you interested in what happened to me. I got flat out rejected. I'm quite sad :( Thank God I did get accepted to Cornell University. Thats where I'll be. I'll join the tae kwon do team and knock out Yale and Harvard students. :) Just kidding.</p>

<p>Thank you all for your support and your advice. I hope you guys are successful in your future endeavors</p>

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<p>How was it possible to take that many APs? Dual enrollment, school rules, i want to know please.</p>

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<p>Gender: Male
Race: Indian
Citizenship: Indian
Location: Singapore, Singapore
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Public
Applying for Financial Aid: Yes (though, cost is secondary)</p>

<p>Academics:
A-Level Grades: (As predicted by teachers)
Math: A
Physics: A
Chemistry: B
Economics: A
General Paper (English): A
Project Work: A (confirmed)
Hindi (Mother Tongue): A (confirmed)
Class Rank: top 10%
Class Size: 763</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT I Math: 790
SAT I Critical Reading: 680
SAT I Writing: 720
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Physics: 800
SAT II Chemistry: 790</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
An active member of the JC Drama Club; performed in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare and Ovidia Yu’s “Death on Cue” for public shows. Also, performed for many school events like National Day Celebrations, Open House etc.</p>

<p>I am the Creative Head for the Indian Cultural Society (ICS) of my school. I designed the college ICS T-shirt, won a silver award at the Singapore Youth Festival in the Cultural Dance Category. I was Audio-Video i/c for the National Tamil Drama Competition, for which I received best Lighting and Technical Crew. Also, performed (Dance) for the Mardi Gras Festival (2008)</p>

<p>Am in the college cricket team and played the 8-a-side and 11-a-side A division national tournaments. We won the 2nd runners up for the 11-a-side version of the game. Received the East Zone Colors Award for exceptional performance as a cricketer.</p>

<p>A Mazarin Leader for the school; Mazarin- a group (invitational; based on academic, EC performance, write-ups and interviews) which works for the benefit of the school and the community in general.</p>

<p>Taught in a “Free School”(Zero-fee schools for the impoverished children) in Haryana, India during the summer-break last year completing a total of 140 hours of service.</p>

<p>Member of a non-government organization, Dhriiti (India) which works for the cause of the upliftment of the rural poor and disabled, giving them financial backing and expert-guidance to start a business and be self-employed and also helps them in fighting for their rights through petitions.</p>

<p>Headed the “Shoes for a Cause” Project which aimed at collecting recyclable shoes to aggregate money for poor school children in Indonesia.</p>

<p>Participated in the Raffles’ Community Leaders’ Forum; an avenue where students are selected from various countries like Singapore, India, China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, USA, UK etc. to come together and discuss various problems facing the world today and solutions that we as the youth have to offer.</p>

<p>Participated in the Go-Green Day for collecting recyclable wastes, the proceeds from which went to various Singaporean charity organizations.</p>

<p>Completed a short-term Diploma course in 2-D animation and Basic Cartooning.</p>

<p>Was the Vice-President of the Students’ Council in my Secondary-School. (India)</p>

<p>Honors and Awards:
*AMC12: School Topper (115.5) (First Attempt)
*AIME: 9
*Qualified (based on merit) for USAMO (couldn’t take due to Indian citizenship)
*Singapore Mathematics Olympiad: Bronze Award
*NASA Ames Space Settlement Contest: Honors
*Virtual Business Challenge: Finalist (Hope to win this year! =) )
*College Summer programs: Not Offered
*Recipient of SIA-Youth Scholarship (offers fully-paid education at Pre-University Level at a Junior College in Singapore)</p>

<p>Please chance me... I know that's what probably half of CC's asking for, but I don't really want to apply if I totally don't have a chance. Soo, basically, this goes a long way in deciding whether I apply! Please help! Thanks! :)</p>

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<p>OH! FORGOT TO MENTION! :>I worked for 2 months last year with a media marketing company (won't name it here) and worked on the design of the current KFC marketing plan for Singapore (2008), contributing this year's Singapore version of the Brand Positioning (i.e. something similar to the "I'm loving it! for McDonalds" :)</p>

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<p>webgoudarzi, I was so convinced that you'd get accepted. Your ECs were brilliant! But I guess it's just too unpredictable!</p>

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<p>You are definitely qualified, but with Harvard you never know. If you want to be in the class of 2012, you should already have been admitted though.</p>

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<p>Webgoudarzi---
salam- man ham irani hastam--- and your credentials sound great. I personally would LOVE to go to harvard, but know that I have virtually no chance since my Ec's are extremely weak. any advice from you on how to make your activities shine? i only have 2 more years of hs left!</p>

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<p>You're only at the end of your sophomore year? You definitely have a good amount of time to shine. </p>

<p>If you have any interests you're passionate about, it would be great to start actively developing them. Any extracurricular, even "weak" ones can be made unique. Though it's hard to get into specifics since we don't know what you're interested in...</p>

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<p>Web, what major did you choose when filling in the applications?</p>

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<p>@tuna, what major do you intend to do?</p>