My chances at Harvard or Yale

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>General: Islamic American
Sri Lankan (off the southern coast of India)
Public Highschool
South Jersey</p>

<p>Tests:
SAT I : 730 Verbal, 680 Math, 790 Writing
SAT IIs: 700 Math I, 770 US History, 730 Literature</p>

<p>School:
GPA: not sure
Rank: 2/ 275
Most strenuous course selection for all 4 years</p>

<p>Sports:
Varsit Swimming: 4 years
Tennis: 3 years</p>

<p>ECs:
Class President
National Honors Society President
Editor in Chief of School Newspaper
part of school Lit mag
3 years of Princeton Model Congress (gavel award winner)
2 years of New Jersey Model Congress (Outstanding delegate award)
Mock Trial: 2 years
Wawa Store associate
Boys State delegate
Alumni of Governor's School of Public Issues
Cross Country Manager
Kintok Halfway House public servant (I go with my dad to teach Muslim prisoners proper Islamic behavior and political analysis)
Junior Interact</p>

<p>A few speech related awards and also the Rochester Humanitarian Award</p>

<p>what do you think my chances are for getting into Harvard and Yale?</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>not too great, low SAT scores for those schools, good ecs, but nothing spectacular, u never know tho</p>

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<p>1 out of 16, give or take, unless you are recruited for swimming, or your work in the Islamic community somehow translates into a hook. (Those are not, by the way, particularly poor odds these days.)</p>

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<p>hmm, any other opinions?</p>

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<p>"Islamic American"</p>

<p>Does that make you feel special? I am also Islamic American, but I am not dumb enough to consider it a form of ethnicity.</p>

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<p>First, I don't see why I shouldn't feel good about it.</p>

<p>Second, I don't consider it an ethnicity, but since my essay is probably going to include my work at Kintok and Islam in general, I thought i'd preface this post with that identity. I don't see why that irritates you so much. It's something that I choose to promote in my apps cause I think it's one of my defining characteristics. My ethnicity, if you look further, is Sri Lankan. </p>

<p>sorry, didn't mean to insult anyone</p>

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<p>"Wawa Store associate"</p>

<p>Ahh...don't get me homesick here! <em>missing Wawa and Turkey Hill</em></p>

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<p>Your numbers arent great but they are not so "low" to keep you out of Yale. Your EC's are very good and if you write a killer essay and have good recs, you can make it.</p>

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<p>ah, wawa....you love it when you don't work there, but when you do...</p>

<p>^_^</p>

<p>so i guess my chances are pretty mediocre +_+</p>

<p>eh, we'll see what happens, but I'd appreciate any other input too.</p>

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<p>"(I go with my dad to teach Muslim prisoners proper Islamic behavior and political analysis)"</p>

<p>I find this impressive.</p>

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<p>Wow, you teach muslim prisoners? That'll defaintely make you stick out.</p>

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<p>take the SATs in December.</p>