I'd appreciate an acceptance prediction

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<p>What are my odds?</p>

<p>Father graduated from Harvard</p>

<p>4.0 GPA
As many APs and honors as possible</p>

<p>SAT II:</p>

<p>Mathematics Level 2 800
Spanish 690 (expected 30 - 60 point rise in October)
U.S. History 780</p>

<p>SAT I: (decided not to re-take)</p>

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

<p>APs:</p>

<p>Euro, 4; US 5; Calculus AB 5; Spanish 4; English 4.</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>4 years of tennis, 2 varsity
1 year JV basketball
1 year JV baseball (most improved player)
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
1 year investor's club
Editor on school newspaper
Considerable sucess as a painter (accepted in several prestigious art shows)
Founder/president of three minor clubs at my school
NMS semi-finalist</p>

<p>THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>

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<p>30-40% Ed....</p>

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<p>Your legacy won't help unless your dad has donated a half million/seven figures.</p>

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<p>legacy could help. in the eyes of adcom, a legacy may be a safer admit, because that person is more likely to come to the school if admitted due to family ties, etc. </p>

<p>be sure to write a really good essay.</p>

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<p>Given a 9% accept rate and an accept rate < 40% for those with perfect SATs, the prediction on any individual has to be "unlikely." But of course, one out of every eleven gets in, and the adds were unlikely for them too.</p>

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<p>Is having a perfect SAT I that much better than what I have? I've been told that colleges look at that and see little to no difference, depending on the case. What gives?</p>

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<p>No, I'd agree that your SATs are close enough to perfect that you'd likely be in about the same situation as a 2400.</p>

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<p>It depends on your essays.</p>

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<p>You are all fine "stat"-wise-- all rests on the degree of your ability to present yourself as a passionate individual.</p>

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<p>Stats are decent, but those EC's sound bland, no offense.</p>

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<p>with the exception of the prestigious art shows</p>

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<p>How do you already know you're NMSF?</p>

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<p>Those stats are enough to get you through the door. </p>

<p>Everything boils down to how different you are compared to the thousands of other kids with similar stats like you.</p>

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<p>I agree that the stats are certainly high enough. I'd say it largely depends on how many students get into Harvard from your school each year, on average...</p>

<p>Of course your interview and essays are the most important places where you can stand out.</p>

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<p>That last post got me wondering...</p>

<p>If someone applies from a disparate region where throughout the entire area there are few to no applicants, are their chances better?</p>

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<p>You'll probably be rejected. i dont see anything special from what you described.</p>

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<p>
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Your legacy won't help unless your dad has donated a half million/seven figures.

[/quote]

Not true. My old high school, 4 are attending harvard next year, 2 were alumni kids. Neither had stats higher than yours, both were actually worse than yours by a decent amount. Parents didn't donate anything really, but one did actively participate as the region's interviewer for many years.</p>

<p>I think you ahve a great shot being a legacy.</p>

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<p>About illuminar's post: it completely depends. Sometimes, they appreciate the diversity of getting someone from an area where almost no one applies to Harvard. However, Harvard does know a lot about high schools, and they like to pick people from high schools that are among the most challenging in the country.</p>

<p>Consider that each year they have to reject thousands of valedictorians- students who did the best they could within their high schools. Some schools send a lot of people to Ivies, and often those schools are given an advantage.</p>

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<p>To illuminar: yes</p>

<p>You have just as much chance as the next guy snake, it'll all depend on your essays. Your transcript is nice, so's your scores, so it'll depend on what they look for this year.</p>

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<p>Oh, I'm not graduating this year. Most people here apply to the local colleges, and maybe one every year will try for an upper tier (canadian) school.</p>

<p>Yeah, I'm an international. Who's Indian. The odds are stacked against me.</p>