<p>Alright, I’m bored and want to pass the time. at the same time I want to do away with chance threads, so I’ve developed a game. Here are the premises:</p>
<li>I will list my stuff first (copy my format please).</li>
<li>The first person to respond will give me my chances and then post his/her stats.</li>
<li>The next person to respond will give that person his/her opinion on that applicant’s chances and then list his/her stats. In this way the chain will continue. And here…we…go!</li>
</ol>
<p>SAT/ACT: 36
GPA (W/UW): 4.41/4.40
Rank: 2
Course Load: Most Rigorous
AP/IB/College courses: 7 APs, 2 5s
ECs: Key Club, Peer Ministry, Band, Black Belt, NHS, Mu Alpha Theta, Rho Kappa, and much much more!
Work/Community Service: 900 hours CS and 12 hrs/week since junior year for work
Awards: NMF, Presidential Scholar nominee, G. Harold Martin Award (Key Club)
School type and rigor: Private; meh
Hooks (URM, 1st gen, etc): Mexican
Comments? Im so bored…</p>
<p>I’d say you’re in. URM + great class rank = you should most likely be in.</p>
<p>SAT/ACT: 2330, 2360 SAT II
GPA (W/UW): 4.35/3.91
Rank: 1 out of 713
Course Load: Most Rigorous
AP/IB/College courses: 9 APs–5544
ECs: Research out the wazoo at Harvard SEAS/MIT Nuclear Eng, Varsity Math team captain, solo/orchestral violin, Quiz bowl team captain, political involvement
Work/Community Service: Freelance PHP Programmer, Hospital Volunteer, Red Cross Youth Board, and CATS
Awards: NMF, Presidential Scholar candidate, Xerox award, Math Team stuff, and AP Scholar with Distinction
School type and rigor: Private; meh
Hooks (URM, 1st gen, etc): legacy, research @ Harvard with professor rec, and they love my school
Comments? I should be working on an essay. blah</p>
<p>Seeing as you don’t really need a chance… I’m going to say Rejected just for fun.</p>
<p>SAT/ACT: 1730, 26
GPA (W/UW): 3.9/3.29
Rank: Valedictorian (Class size 4)
Course Load: Most Rigorous
AP/IB/College courses: 13 APs, 6 passed
ECs: Key Club, Peer Ministry, Hunting, Black Belt, NHS, Mu Alpha Theta, Rho Kappa, and much much more!
Work/Community Service: Worked at Chip n’ Dales for a few months. Now I work at an office place and I am Deputy Executive Assistant to the Assistant Regional Manager.
Awards: First prize Alaskan Invitational ice fishing
School type and rigor: Private; very cold
Hooks (URM, 1st gen, etc): Alaskan Native.
Comments? 75%?</p>
<p>EDIT: My bad, didn’t see that. Ok here’s my chance for Mal – I like the 13pi% myself, Millerl1te</p>
<p>SAT I: 2270 (690 R, 800 M, 780 W)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 740 Physics
ACT: 35
GPA (W/UW): 4.6 Weighted; 4.0 Unweighted
Rank: Top 5 in class (school doesn’t give individual ranks, just top ___; only Val and Salut are notified [so no one knows who is 3rd and back])
Course Load: Most Rigorous
AP/IB/College courses: 10 APs
ECs: Band Council President; Science and Engineering Club Vice President; Quiz Bowl Assistant Captain; Concert and Jazz Band; Beta Club, NHS, Mu Alpha Theta
Work/Community Service: 141 hours CS (honors credit at my school)
Awards: NMF, Presidential Scholar Candidate; Louis Armstrong Award in Jazz; All-State 1st Band; Division 1 (superior; top) ratings at state and regional solo competitions
School type and rigor: Private
Hooks (URM, 1st gen, etc): None (well, I have a rec letter from one of my friend’s dad who went to whom I know really well… it’s not really a hook… maybe a minor tip, but it’s something at least); I sent in a CD with recordings of my trombone playing, so hopefully that’ll help (again, probably not a hook, but it’s something)
Comments? I’ve got a shot, as long as the admissions committee sees me as distinguishably unique from many other people (which, despite my high grades and test scores will be very hard considering 29,000 people applied.)</p>
<p>mr peyton you forgot to chance mal77, who has an approximately 13pi% chance of getting in, solely because of his experience at Chip and dales, seeing how that revolutionized his paradigm on life. Congratulations mal for being able to experience that, and Im sure Harvard hopes that you will continue your work at the college.</p>
<p>Peytoncline, i think you’ve got as good a shot as anyone else. Which means basically nothing lol since yeah 29,000 people applied. But dont be stunned if you get in.</p>
<p>Male
Buffalo,NY
Competitive public
GPA: 4.13
SAT:1980
ACT:29
Subject tests: 740 lit, 660 US history, 700 Math I
AP: AP Us history 4 Ap euro 4 AP lit 3 Ap psych 4
Hooks: URM( African American) low income, first gen</p>
<p>EC’s: Varsity and club soccer, Varsity track, Class VP, Published graduate chemistry research at University of Buffalo</p>
<p>My own opinion: not a chance in hell lol but i dont care. Stanford saw something in me so maybe H will too.</p>
<p>supereagle10, your test scores may be on the lower side but your ECs plus URM/first gen status make you look pretty sweet . . . 50/50?</p>
<p>SAT/ACT: 2230/ didn’t take
GPA (W/UW): 4.4 / 4.0
Rank: 1
Course Load: Most Rigorous
AP/IB/College courses: 2 5’s last year, taking 5 more tests this year
ECs: chief editor in journalism, leads in school musicals, show choir, dance, VP of Christian club, Chairperson of Youth Commission (advisory body to city council), lots of community service, teach piano, etc. . . .
Work/Community Service: over 200 hours last year alone
Awards: National Merit Finalist, President’s Volunteer Award, Bank of America Lab Science award, Valedictorian
School type and rigor: Public/ so-so i guess
Hooks (URM, 1st gen, etc): none
comments: sent in supplementary material- CD recording of my voice- figured it could only make me stand out a teensy bit more?? Prob should of taken SATs again . . .</p>
<p>congrats on Stanford. Honestly, insofar as chances can mean anything, your acceptance there is probably a better indicator of chances at Harvard than anything else could be.</p>
<p>you never know… if stanford saw something, anything is possible! that’s awesome! your hooks may help, and leadership in your class is good. what’s your class rank? i’m assuming your gpa is weighted so UW i don’t really know</p>
<p>EDIT: oops somebody beat me. well, soserene, obviously your academics stand out :). i say you have as good a chance as any of us. hopefully that CD will really help you!</p>
<p>SAT/ACT: 2230 / subject tests French:800, Lit:690, US History:720
GPA (W/UW): 4.79/3.8
Rank: 2/350
AP/IB/College courses: 7 AP tests total by the end of this year, one college class online through local state university… I spent my junior year in France and did extremely well by their standards and was one of the top kids in my class there… also performed well in their national exams and got a leg up on my intended major by taking a French polisci elective, which was a lot of fun
ECs: Young Democrats, JSA, French Club, piano, NHS, French & Math Quiz Bowl, extensive political volunteering w/ leadership/management responsibility (turned down fulltime internship w/ Obama campaign - would’ve required taking a semester off from school and I couldn’t juggle it)
Work/Community Service: currently working at REI (since Sept 2008), tutoring English/French/math/history
School type and rigor: public, nothing really intense. most top kids go to state flagship
Hooks (URM, 1st gen, etc): URM…? very few kids ever apply from my school
Comments: Penn likely? it doesn’t mean anything but hey, I was stoked.</p>
<p>Hey! Penn likely says a lot IMO. Anyways, I can see why you got a likely. I think you have pretty unique experiences and you have great grades and scores. It must have been hard to turn down that opportunity with Barack Obama’s campaign.</p>
<p>Everybody else here has so many unique things… I have no hooks and feel quite embarrassed to put up my stats.</p>
<p>SAT/ACT: 36 ACT. 1530/2190 SATs. 2330 SATIIs
GPA (W/UW): 4.56/3.78
Rank: 10% (no rank)
Course Load: Very (but not most) Rigorous
AP/IB/College courses: 9-10 APs by graduation, some 5s and 4s. 2 College courses and 2 dual enrolment courses.
ECs: Math Team, Sci Olympiad, another science club, some engineering thingy for half a year, varsity tennis, piano for 10 years.
Work/Community Service: none x(
Awards: AIME, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, some small piano stuff, some small state stuff… pretty much it…
School type and rigor: Somewhat competitive public
Hooks (URM, 1st gen, etc): None… infact, I am asian, so that would be an anti-hook Also, my dad was pretty much the perfect student (rumoured to have never missed a point in HS O.o). He was also second in the nation based on his test scores (again rumor has it that he took the test with a broken arm…) . So, compared to his accomplishments, I pretty much failed x(
Comments? I am REALLY bored… Wish it was Spring/Summer break. I think I have the typical asian things, which will probably be my demise. Hope my essay will change that tho…</p>
<p>musicgal3: Nice app. But apart from music, almost everything is pretty normal. Does your music have that international angle? If so, pretty good chances just for the music thing. Kudos for the psychology research too!</p>
<p>SAT: 2300 SATs. 2360 SATIIs
GPA: 92/100 (International)
Rank: Top 10% (no rank)
Course Load: Most Rigorous
AP/IB/College courses: Not offered in school
ECs: Research on Fuzzy logic and replication of the optical system of the human brain, introduction and execution of a revolutionary system of micro-credit in rural villages in Eastern India, mathematical consultant for school soccer team, founder and leader of quality circle which solves problems in school and it’ sstudents mathematically (won int’l award).
Work/Community Service: Been the sole earner for family since I was 15. Working full-time for the last 3 years.
Awards: Nada
School type and rigor: Never sent anyone abroad, first applicant from there
Hooks (URM, 1st gen, etc): International. Anti-hook.
Comments? Just, how … how excited is everybody, eh?</p>
<p>Great stats, interesting about being the sole earner of the family! Though international is the anti-hook… but I still think you have a good chance.</p>
<p>SAT/ACT: 34
GPA (W/UW): 3.98/4.31
Rank: 9/272
Course Load: Toughest, which isn’t very tough
AP/IB/College courses: A’s in Calc I, II, and Multivariable calc. Also took number theory from EPGY, but my tutor is epic slow at grading stuff.
ECs: Math (USAMO, MOP, USAMTS silver medal, ARML 4th place), NHS (Treasurer), Jazz Band, A Capella Choir, Men’s Ensemble, Show Choir
Work/Community Service: Played piano at my church for the past 6 years
School type and rigor: Crappy public
Hooks (URM, 1st gen, etc): URM (Puerto Rican)
Comments? waiting is lame.</p>
<p>@reptil: My school educates in English. We speak Bengali at home, so that can be called as my native language. In India, many have that kind of SAT scores really, nothing special.</p>
<p>SAT/ACT: 2400
GPA (W/UW): 4.6W
Rank: 4/300+
Course Load: Most Rigorous…just like the top 10% of the class’s
AP/IB/College courses: 5AP’s, all 5’s; 8 more senior yr
ECs: some sciencey stuff and test-taking competitions… the usual
Work/Community Service: decent amount here and there
Awards: NMF, Presidential Scholar nominee, the AP award thingy
School type and rigor: public, above-average
Hooks (URM, 1st gen, etc): none
Comments? I don’t sound like someone who’d get in, do I?</p>
Also, my dad was pretty much the perfect student (rumoured to have never missed a point in HS O.o). He was also second in the nation based on his test scores (again rumor has it that he took the test with a broken arm…) . So, compared to his accomplishments, I pretty much failed x(