Harvard?!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a junior right now at a public school in nj that's top ten in state</p>

<p>havent taken sats yet but soph. yr i took the psats (my school makes us take it even tho it doesnt count) </p>

<p>score: 232 (78 math, 80 writing, 74 CR)
hopefully when i take it for real this yr. i can get..240?
apeuro: 5 (only ap my school lets us take soph yr.) </p>

<p>GPA: 4.5 weighted, 3.98 unweighted
school doesn't rank, top 3-5 in grade at very least
taking hardest classes possible, lots of aps and honors, blah blah </p>

<p>EC's by senior yr:</p>

<p>President and founder of music club
Captain of science olympiad team
President of asian awareness club
Chief editor of literary magazine staff
some random clubs </p>

<p>national level in art competition, some other art awards
few medals in track
regionals for violin
JSA and cty, applying to tasp
will have at least 500 volunteer hrs. by end of jr. year</p>

<p>chinese female, wants to major in business</p>

<p>any chance in harvard (dream school), other ivies, uchicago...or suggestions?</p>

<p>thanks!</p>

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<p>oops and i totally forgot:</p>

<p>went to camp in china on scholarship from chinese govt. </p>

<p>first place (as in theres more than one first place) in international chinese essay contest that 7 million ppl entered</p>

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<p>top ten in nj isn't that much of a big deal... our public school is top 3 in MA. You may have a better chance getting into Princeton. Princton hates whoever applies from my school but Harvard loves them :)</p>

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<p>last yr. 3 seniors got into harvard and 3 into princeton</p>

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<p>can someone pleaseeee chance me? im really stressed out</p>

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<p>Top 10 in NJ is a big deal...moron.</p>

<p>Harvard is really a crapshoot for all candidates. If your SAT score can reflect your PSAT score, then there's no reason why you wouldn't be admitted. You certainly have the credentials, but no one can really tell you what "chance" you have. Good luck.</p>

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<p>hmm thanks... anyone else?!!</p>

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<p>25% chance</p>

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<p>ohh ouch
would u like to explain why?</p>

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<p>Harvard only accepts 10% of applicants, short of an Olympic Gold medal, perfect SATs, and a 7 generation legacy, you can't expect you odds to be very high.</p>

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<p>No buisiness major at any of those schools.</p>

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<p>I think TASP would be a great addition to your profile. With science club, track and violin, you verge on sounding like the Asian stereotype.</p>

<p>Obviously great stats but you're also Asian and from NJ, those 2 factors really hurt. You're in the Harvard lottery but you have LOTS of competition. Who knows? You need fabulous recs and essays.</p>

<p>You should do really well a wrung down from HYPS. The lower ivies and top LACs look good. But for business you may want to try MIT, Wharton (almost as hard as H though) and Stern for a great match/safety.</p>

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<p>I'm thinking 23.468% +/- 12.987% chance.</p>

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<p>how did you derive those admission chances with so many significant figures?</p>

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<p>hmm suze ur right, i am too stereotypical
which is funny b/c im not even good at science or violin..haha</p>

<p>I've already been accepted at my senator's for an internship either at his office or political campaign...
should i do this and
which one should i do?</p>

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<p>50.5834% +/- 3.549% (90.5 % confidence rate) of statistic facts are absolutely useless, either made up or to the wrong precision level.</p>

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<p>should i do the internship..is it useful or not?</p>

<p>and thanks for the insight, jospeshlives</p>

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<p>I'd focus on Tasp. An internship is fine, but TASP is a real honor.</p>

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<p>If you were to apply to Harvard (assuming that you get a similar score on your SAt), your application would pass the preliminar round because of your high marks and scores. However, I don't see you getting accepted into Harvard. You just seem like a smart individual, but nothing really stands out.</p>

<p>But you have one more year to participate in activities etc. Use it well.</p>

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<p>what activities would u suggest?</p>