My chances, i can't believe i'm doing this

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>Class rank: 1 out of 900-1000 students
SAT: 2300
SAT ii: 800, 800, 780
Asian, large public school (a very good school, so a lot of other students are amazing), Northeast area </p>

<p>Awards
Harvard Book Award
National Merit Semi
AP National Scholar (12 5's)
Outstanding Leadership (school)
Outstanding Math and Science (school)
Chem Olympiad 1st place (regional)
Several math competition awards (range from 8th to 2nd place)</p>

<p>Extracurricular
Own service project in community (received an outstanding service award from the community, 200 hours)
Volunteer at local hospitals (200 hours)
Math club president (200 hours)
Science club VP
Member of several honor society
Tutoring coordinator of a honor society</p>

<p>Others
Research (10, 11, 12 grade, can't participate in Intel because project involves human and animal, but will try to publish a paper)
MIT summer program: WTP
Newspaper column writer (not school newspaper)
Play piano</p>

<p>Classes: 5 APs this year, 12 from 9th 10th and 11th grade, took several advanced classes at local college </p>

<p>Great recommendations
Essays: I really like them. But I know people's standard's are different. So hopefully they are good enough. </p>

<p>Thanks a lot</p>

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<p>Any advice/comment would be great</p>

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<p>Your stats are impeccable. You know that already. What is the reserach project youare doing and where are you doing it? I don't see anything else that can differentiate from thousands of other valedictorians applying</p>

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<p>It's stem cell research and organ engineering. I'm hoping that my summer camp at MIT will help.</p>

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<p>I'll be really surprise if you don't get in. The research pretty much seal the deal in terms of getting in.</p>

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<p>Thanks, but plenty of people do research, and they are all pretty amazing.</p>

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<p>Oh and my summer program will also send a recommendation</p>

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<p>You have a good shot (over 50%). Nice stats and a hook (WTP).</p>

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<p>for those of you who's done research, do you send them your abstract, a summary, or your paper?</p>

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<p>jeez, how did you take 12 APs by your junior year? I thought I had a lot with 9. Do you study constantly?</p>

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<p>not really, at our school, there are ppl with more APs than I. I didn't do self-study as you did. I took 1 during freshman year, I know someone who took 3 during freshman year. AP is really nothing if the teachers are great.</p>

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<p>yea yur stats are amazing, but so are everyother **** who applies to harvard, iits a coin flip, people with worse stats get in, and people with stats better the yours dont, good luck</p>

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<p>thanks, i agree with you. It's really random. I get these sudden feelings that i'll get in, then I feel like I won't. When you say stats, do you refer to numbers or everything in general?</p>

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<p>I feel the same way you do. One moment one thing, another moment another. What does a good letter look like? I don't know if any of mine are any good.</p>

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<p>Good letter? you mean recommendation letters? Well my teachers know me very well. I can talk to them about almost anything. The teachers i'm asking now wrote letters when I was applying for summer camps. So I've read them and they seem to portray me pretty well. They didn't fucos so much on academic (they definitely talked about it); they mainly wrote about personal stuff.</p>

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<p>give me more suggestions plz, can't bring myself to submit the application even though pretty much everything is ready.</p>

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<p>Listen.. Submit your application!
You have a 2300 and 800/800/780 and your ranked 1st in your class of ~1000! You're very involved and you have very solid ECs. You have a high (higher than a lot of other applicants) chance of being accepted. </p>

<p>Good luck to you :) You will certainly do well well come admission decision time.</p>

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<p>Although nothing's certain, I cannot foresee any reason you would be denied or even why you felt obligated to ask...</p>

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<p>I just mailed out everything this afternoon, such relief. Thanks everyone</p>

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<p>You are an amazing candidate! You have all the credentials to get in, will be shocked if you aren't admitted. Just be sure to have good back ups, because in this biz you truly never know! I have seen some CRAZY situations play out, good luck, sounds like you are onto doing BIG things!</p>