<p>Or is the difficulty of getting into Harvard with the aforementioned profile easier than many of the people on this forum make it out to be?</p>
<p>lol. worry-wart</p>
<p>“Is one’s chances of getting in ruined if he/she lives in So Cal and is Asian?”
Yes.</p>
<p>As any reasonable person can conclude, the chances are not ruined. But it’s tough.</p>
<p>I hate these situations where you can’t change anything but just sit there and worry. Here goes one and a half more years of worrying until I get admissions results…</p>
<p>You’re coming from a huge applicant pool</p>
<p>You must prove the Collatz conjecture, immediately.</p>
<p>“Is one’s chances of getting in ruined if he/she lives in So Cal and is Asian?”</p>
<p>Yes. They have a special screening process to ensure that not a single Asian from southern California is accepted at Harvard.</p>
<p>No. Only Native Americans from Wyoming and Oboe players from Kyrzygystan make it through the first cut. </p>
<p>But no, really, as long as you are an interesting person with the right credentials, you have a change, obviously. It might be a bit harder.</p>
<p>At least you still have it a lot easier than international students like me :D</p>
<p>I hope this cheers you up!</p>
<p>Well, I knew two Asian girls from my area (in So Cal) who got accepted last year. It’s hard, because there’s a lot of competitive people here, but it’s not impossible.</p>
<p>Just go to Haverford and talk fast. Nobody will know the difference.</p>
<p>" Is one’s chances of getting in ruined if he/she lives in So Cal and is Asian? "</p>
<p>It’s a free country. Move to Idaho.</p>
<p>"It’s a free country. Move to Idaho. "</p>
<p>Sigh…wish I could. I’m in a similar predicament as the OP.</p>
<p>Find a place that is short of whatever ethnic profile you have.</p>