Junior - Chance/Advise Me

Colleges & Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>I'm currently a junior and Harvard University is the one school I'm most interested in. Other schools I plan on applying to: University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Stanford University, Dartmouth University, Princeton University, University of Chicago, Georgetown, University of California - Berkeley.</p>

<p>Please let me know my chances and what you think I should work on between now and when I apply for college!</p>

<p>Personal
-Indian
-Female
-From California</p>

<p>GPA/Courseload
GPA: 4.0 UW [school does not weight grades or rank]
Honors Courses: Chemistry Honors, Pre-Calculus Honors, Spanish 4 Honors
APs/Intended APs:
Junior Year:AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP Psychology, AP Language and Composition
Senior Year: AP US Government & Politics, AP Spanish, AP Statistics, AP Economics (both), AP Literature, AP Biology</p>

<p>Standardized Testing
SAT I: 2290 [780 math/780 writing/730 critical reading], retaking in January
SAT IIs: just took Math II in December, Chem in May, Lit in June, Spanish in Oct; hopefully 700+</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
Future Business Leaders of America: National President's Assistant, California State Parliamentarian, Local Chapter Vice President
Spanish Honor Society: Treasurer
Students for Barack Obama: School President & Founder, California State Deputy Director, California Congressional District 15 Director
Key Club: Executive Assistant
Youth Commission: Chair
District 1 Youth Advisory Council: President
Speech and Debate: Deputy Vice President
California Association of Student Councils: Region 4 Goverment Operations at the Local Level Director
ASB: Activities Commissioner
Violin: Co-concertmaster of Private Orchestra, Co-concertmaster of School Orchestra, Music Department Public Relations Officer</p>

<p>Other: Peer Tutoring, Congressman Mike Honda's Intern, Councilmember Pete Constant's Intern, Kumon Teacher, Intern for Barack Obama's Presidential Campaign, Marketing Intern for ScriblNotes, District Guidance Service Committee (student representative chosen by Principal), City Leadership Group (student representative)</p>

<p>Awards/Honors
FBLA:
-Business Achievement Awards: Future, Business, Leader, & America
-Recognition: Internship Project, FBLA Goes Green Project, Champions of Bay, Membership Madness, Membership Mania
-4th place Parliamentary Procedure @ nationals
-2nd place Parliamentary Procedure, 2nd place Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure, 4th place Parliamentary Procedure @ states
-1st place Parliamentary Procedure, 2nd place Parliamentary Procedure @ section</p>

<p>Speech&Debate:
-Triple Octafinalist at the UC Berkeley Invitational Tournament
-Octafinalist at the Great Midwestern Novice Nationals Tournament
-National Champion at the UC Berkeley Invitational Tournament</p>

<p>Spanish:
-Spanish Department Award</p>

<p>Writing:
- Third Place Winner for Homewords Essay Contest
- Published one poem and two articles on TeenInk
- Contributor of “I Just Wanted To Say Thanks…” E-Book</p>

<p>Music:
- Unanimous Superior Recipient for Lynbrook String Orchestra at the California Music Educators Association Festival
- Completed all levels of Suzuki Method
- Solo Recital</p>

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<p>How the hell have you gotten so many internships?</p>

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<p>haha, so many people ask me that. to be honest, I have no idea. just be persistent. </p>

<p>what do you think my chances are for harvard / what do you think i should work on?</p>

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<p>“Intern for Barack Obama’s Presidential Campaign,” what were you doing, handing out pamphlets. I doubt a high school kid was hired by the president elect? Get Honda to write you a Letter of Recommendation, if you were cool with him. I know how these congressional internships go and its all just full of lies and chilling. They mean a lot on a resume but are bs. Unless you’re trying to fill spots for the next close minded liberal (which a lot of kids are), I think you’re pretty much generic at those schools. Why take the SAT over? you don’t stick out from the crowd, at least for me. I’m not going to say how likely you are to get in because who knows. make sure all this useless political cramming actually means something.</p>

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<p>^That was pretty harsh… but I do agree to a certain extent.
I personally believe that your political E.C.s look very impressive, but make sure you don’t blow up any of your activities beyond what they actually are. Just be honest, and I think you’ll be fine.</p>

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<p>mike honda is a duesch</p>

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<p>to alexanderhernandez:</p>

<p>Obviously, I don’t know her situation, but I did have a friend with the same title - “Intern for Barack Obama’s PC” - and it came with some pretty heavyweight responsibility for that age. He would always be visible in the news cameras behind the man himself when he gave speeches in the area (as in New Hampshire; he has yet to visit Vermont), did some major coordinating of campaign activities, and eventually was a delegate for the state of Vermont to the DNC - all at 18. So don’t be so quick to discount the possibility it’s just as impressive as it sounds.</p>

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<p>I actually did a lot of meaningful work as Congressman Honda’s Intern as well as Senator Obama’s Presidential Campaign Intern. In Honda’s office, I wrote all correspondence such as resolutions for events, congratulatory letters, etc, helped plan a major state of the economy of silicon valley event, and attended numerous events on behalf of the congressman where I received the opportunity to network with local business professionals and political leaders. </p>

<p>As an intern for Senator Obama’s Campaign, I headed the student-wide effort within the state, organizing major voter’s registrations and events, as well as managing the phone banking for a local headquarters. Further, I worked closely with other governmental officials interested in doing joint campaigning with Senator Obama. I even had the opportunity to attend the DNC, but because of school, I was unable to attend.</p>