Havard Chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a white male from a Seattle public school. My father graduated from Harvard in '75. I'm wondering what my kind of prospect I have to get in. Here are my credentials:</p>

<p>Almost guaranteed 4.0 GPA throughout all of high school
8 AP courses and as many honors as was possible</p>

<p>SAT II:</p>

<p>Mathematics Level 2 800<br>
Spanish 690<br>
U.S. History 780</p>

<p>SAT I:</p>

<p>Writing 800
Reading 750
Math 740</p>

<p>APs:</p>

<p>Euro, 4; US (pending) expected 5; Calculus AB (pending) expected 5; Spanish (pending) expected 3; English (pending) expected 4.</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>4 years of tennis, 2 varsity (potentially co-capitan)
1 year JV basketball
1 year JV baseball
3 years NHS, 1 year NHS president
3 years "Cultural Relations" -- organization designed for promoting racial and cultural understanding and peace
2 years Spanish club
3 years school mentor, 1 year leader of mentors
3 years chess team
Considerable sucess as a painter (accepted in several prestigious art fair)
Founder/president of three minor clubs at my school</p>

<p>I know that my ECs are lacking in depth.</p>

<p>Thanks,</p>

<p>Snakebyte06</p>

<p>P.S. I believe I could raise my SAT I by about 50 points if I re-take. Is my score high enough that 50 extra points wouldn't matter? What if I blotch it and lose 50 points? Would that hurt me?</p>

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<p>To be honest, there's nothing spectacular here. You have a shot sure, but I wouldnt say a great one. Being a legacy will help you, try to maybe do something significant for EC if you can? Good luck.</p>

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<p>Harvard admissions is random, but 50% of all legacies are supposedly accepted...so you have decent chances.</p>

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<p>So I'm lacking strength mostly in my extra-curriculars? Is there something I can do this summer and in September to quickly give that part of my app more substance?</p>

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<p>ur a legacy...you're in. you're very strong anyway so I think you're in. grr legacies haha im jealous...i mean i dont want to go to harvard, but just the fact that you get helped along, i dont resent it, i just wish my parents had had the money to go to that kind of school</p>

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<p>Your SAT is just fine. Dont retake it, 800's in writing dont come too often.</p>