<p>Well.....my mom is not a college teacher.....lol</p>
<p>If you get into Harvard, you'll get a free ride .... didn't
I see a post that Harvard is giving free rides under $60K income?</p>
<p>Seriously, I'd encourage you to apply. If you don't apply,
you're not going to get in, right?</p>
<p>I think you may have a lot going for you ...
1. URM, right?
2. demographic profile (income)
3. Location? Are you in an outreach area?
4. Are you first generation to go to college?
5. Have you overcome excessive hardships?
6. Did you work 40 hours/week while you
kept up your grades?
7. Does top 20% class rank translate to a decent
GPA (3.5+) because you go to a hard school?
8. Have you done anything to give back to your
community e.g. big brother/big sister program?
9. Can you demonstrate passion in some area,
do you have a vision or a cause?
10. Have you done something creative that stands out?</p>
<p>1) Yes (1/2, but live with Hispanic mom)
2) 45K-50K
3) I live in a middle-class neighborhood because my mom wanted the best for my family
4) No, mom went to graduate school for masters
5) Not off the top of my head, single mom has forced me to take more responsibilities
6) Only worked in the summer one summer
7) Yes, very hard school (medical magnet), I think out of the 170 people, about 12 will be semifinalist, hardest courseload (3 APs this year, one self-study because no US Hist AP class, C in Stats though)
8) to be honest, no...more to my school
9) Yes, spelling and anthropology
10) I can knit (I'm a guy; middle good though), I'm very amiable, I don't think the same way others think, I can cook food well, spelling and vocabulary is fun, Science fair....let me think about this one</p>