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<p>Hi everyone,
I yearn for Harvard since I was a child and it's ALL that I am thinking now.
I would like you to look over my credentials and tell me if there is any chance at all that I can get into Harvard.</p>

<p>So... I am an international student from China and currently studying in Montreal, Canada. I took the flight to Canada barely knowing 50 random English words and no knowledge of French AT ALL. It's been 3 years that I am attending the best English college in Montreal.</p>

<p>SAT 1: 2100 (I know this is NOT enough and I am aiming for 2200 in June)
SAT 2: Physics 800 Math2:800 French: 770
I am in Top 5% of my class of 400.
Straight A's in my transcript and was in the honor roll the first semester and a a bunch of other academic awards in high school (i.e. highest average and honor roll and achievement award)</p>

<p>I play piano in McGill conservatory and intramural basketball in high school.
I write for school newspaper, got my submission published in a book, and my essay was highly commended internationally in the Commonwealth essay competition.</p>

<p>I volunteer in hospitals, YMCA, UNICEF, organizer of the school talentshow. Work in school AV department and in a supermarket. Volunteer for the school as school ambassadors to the public, I provide first aid service to the school population. I will spend my summer 2007 doing volunteer work in Guatemala. </p>

<p>Please give me an idea of my chances and I really appreciate it.</p>

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<p>Bring your SAT score up and you'll have a pretty impressive application. But, of course, you'll be going up against thousands of other impressive applications like your own, and all with similar academic credentials and extracurricular activities. You've got to make yourself stand out, so I would stress your proficency in two foreign languages (English and French) as your 'hook', maybe in conjunction with your unique perspective as someone who has lived in China, Canada, and the US.</p>

<p>Do all that, and you might have about a 50% chance. But in the end, I don't know-- I'm not on the admissions committee. Good luck!</p>