<p>Thank everyone for yalls' advice, and I guess see how it'll fare when I apply. :-)</p>
<p>Glucose, since you are a "senior" member on CC, you "should" be able to understand the theory and distinct advantage and disadvantages between "average outstanding" and "exceedingly outstanding in a particular area of interest." (<<which is the hook, and you don't seem to have one, after spending all that time with your 2647 CC posts)</p>
<p>well I know it's like average outstanding, not exceedingly outstanding, which is kind of why I asked.</p>
<p>collegeboard states that 99% of applicants get 700 or above in all subjects. If you do not have a 2100, you are in that 1% and that 1% is about 13 people? sorry, you're not getting in.</p>
<p>my mistake, it is not 99% of applicants, but 99% of freshmen in Harvard that score 700 or more in every subject.</p>
<p>What if I do get above over 2100, and I am in that 99%?</p>
<p>not exactly. I would say 2250 is a safe number</p>
<p>Glucose, I would say you have no chance in Harvard. Perfect score in the SAT will not be good enough with your stats. I mean consider some other ivies (if you are aiming for prestige).</p>
<p>My advice would be to look over on the Harvard board and compare your background with that of students who were accepted to Harvard this year. There are plenty of URMs, including Hispanic Americans whom you can compare yourself with, also.</p>
<p>nah, me and my anger are tight man. I wouldnt live without it and visa versa.</p>
<p>I want a place that fosters my anger!</p>
<p>haha</p>
<p>err danielkwak what are you smoking man? 25-75 percentiles are 700-790 for harvard, and i personally know people that got in with verbal in 600s. Your 1% statistic is rediculous...its more like 25%. Don't think you have to be a superhero to get into Harvar...just show passion and you have a fighting chance (especially with URM status). Many are aggravated that they did not get in, thus they automatically generalize Harvard admission to be something unattainable. In fact, the applicant pool is not very self selected, making admission easier than to a place like MIT. I agree with Northstarmom...just look over the acceptances in the forum.</p>
<p>I just feel that if I get an adcom to just even look at my essays or my passions, that would be enough to win them over (even though I know others are spectacular also). I just want to know, do I have what it takes to make it to the cutting board?</p>
<p>curing cancer would help your chances, plus it would make a lot of people very happy</p>
<p>chances brown? :)</p>
<p>I dont think you have a chance at harvard no matter how good your essays are. Sorry.</p>
<p>Brown is a bit more attainable, but still a reach.</p>
<p>Glucose, ignore those comments like "you don't have a chance at all...harvard 50% chance...brown=match, etc." Just do your best for the remaining highschool year. </p>
<p>Nothing's ever for sure.</p>
<p>Glucose101,
I disagree with some of the above that students need one stellar passion/EC. There are plenty of well-rounded students accepted at H and YPS etc., but they are top performers at everything they do.
From what I see in your qualifications your weakness is your rank in the top 20%. And as a senior CCer it does seem kinda weird that you are asking this. I wonder what/why you are really asking.
Keep your grades high, get some great recs, write some great essays and find some good match and safety schools. You have a shot. Are you 1st gen and/or low-income by any chance? (Sorry if the answer is in one of your 2,648 previous posts. I know I spend far too much time here but I'm not obsessed enough to research that hard.) If you are 1st gen and/or low-income I have a more positive opinion and some suggestions for you.</p>
<p>I think harvard also gives extra credits to students whose parents have completed graduate school and have been head/director /dean of a department/program at any major university. That is, awarding those with a deep educational background in their family.</p>
<p>What is low-income....my mom is a single parent who is a 4th grade teacher, around 50k +/- 5K. My mom has a masters in like education or something like that. LOL. So should I apply EA (though I heard it is harder) even though I wanna go there?</p>
<p>I'm not sure if an elementary school teacher would qualify for the "deep educational background criterion". From what I've read, your parents have to have university level teaching and department governing experience in order to qualify for this extra credit (and the majority of the applicants don't have this luxury, so this is just a little bit of extraneous credit that might help in some ways.)</p>