I filed a patent at age of 17.
Also I have a pretty solid leadership role. I started a trend at my school which no being carried forward by my juniors. This trend provides a platform for students with untapped talents. I did a fund raiser for the same. This trend also resulted in formation of a new student govt. council at my school.
What are my chances at acceptance at harvard?
Your chances will depend on a long list of factors, a few of which I’ll list below.
-GPA
-Course rigor
-SAT/ACT scores
-SAT II scores (if any)
-Awards
-Any extracurriculars you haven’t mentioned
-State/Country
-Ethnicity
I could go on, but the point is that it’s impossible to chance you on the basis of the information you’ve given here. Maybe the patent will impress people at Harvard, or maybe they won’t see it as a useful contribution. There are generally a number of applicants with patents, so they’ll assess its usefulness and the work involved before assigning your patent much weight in admissions. Admissions at these schools is a crazy process; one kid built a nuclear reactor in his backyard/garage and was still rejected by MIT.
Yes, you’ll need to give your SAT scores, GPA, ECs, etc. in order for an accurate chance.
Filing a patent is not the same as receiving a patent. Anyone can file a patent, it just requires an application and a fee.
Even if OP comes back and says it was received, it takes a lot more than that to impress them. Rather than asking if they hold some magic trump card, kids should be looking into what the college values, what it expects, and what it says on their own darned web site that they do look for. You have an entire app/supp to complete and a holistic review.
Filing a patent will not guarantee admission into Harvard.
In fact, nothing OP does can guarantee admission into Harvard since OP is not Malia Obama or Malala Yousafzai.
Even with GPA/SAT and other stuff, it’s really hard to chance for Harvard given it’s selectivity and the competitive applicant pool.
I filed a patent for a device that lets a paralysed person interact with computers. It took about an year for me to develop this and I have a proof of concept video which i will be submitting. I am taking the most rigorous course at school. I still have to give SAT. I am an Asian Indian qualifying for financial aid. I study at a missionary school that does not provide many opportunities for research. I started the first club of any kind at my school. So basically, I started the club culture at my school. That’s it. My family income is less that $3000 per year.
I work a lot with special needs clients and computers. Unfortunately, for you, we do have hundreds of methods of access for paralyzed individuals and computers (including infrared and movement electrodes), it’s not a new thing.
Being an Asian Indian applying to Harvard, you have significant competition from your countrymen, especially one requesting financial aid.
Your chances are based on GPA, test scores, essays, interviews and EC’s. Harvard is very, very competitive. Your chances are very, very slim.
We do have thousands of colleges in the US that are excellent. Harvard isn’t the only school here.
Are you one of the top 10-15 students across all of India?
That’s pretty much what it’s going to take to get into Harvard as an international applicant.
Since you are not willing (or hesitant?) to elaborate on your acadmic, so I assume it is not that competitive, and as such, your chances are not that good!
Filing a patent is much different than obtaining a patent. Although your efforts show initiative, this would not guarantee your acceptance especially in a research area with plenty of competition. Be aware that there are probably multiple students applying to Harvard with patents, although it is a rare EC
I know students who have done cancer research and been rejected to Harvard.
Your patent is not going to get you into Harvard.
Good Luck