my chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>I'm an Indian female and I was hoping someone could chance me for Harvard:</p>

<p>SAT: 760 M, 660 CR, 800 W (planning on retaking in january)
SAT II: 800 chem, 770 math IIC, 710 physics, 790 math I
AP's: BC calc (5), bio (5), chem (4), eng lit. (4), latin vergil (3), euro (3)(3's explained by counselor), currently taking: physics C, gov., eng lang., latin lit.
GPA: 3.79 uw, 4.7 w
-I switched schools from 10th to 11th grade
EC's: President of Model UN (4 yrs), Vice President of Indian Club (2yrs), Secretary of NHS, Secretary of Latin Honor Society, Captain for Varsity tennis (4yrs), Mock Trial, Debate (placed 5th for Congress at States and 4th at districts), Choir, piano
Summer: Harvard SSP 2008, raised money and tutored to open three schools in India and am starting a chapter of the agency to open more such schools for Nevada, taught myself precalculus and AP AB calculus so that I could skip from Algebra II to AP BC calc in my junior year.
-I have published a poem and an essay, am in the process of writing a novel, and have submitted a case study with a reseacher in NV to the Residents & Staff journal for publication
Supplemental rec: from my research mentor at Harvard
Essays: great
Teacher recs: one excellent, the other good
Hook: Research, submitting a paper I wrote for research I conducted with a Harvard assistant professor this past summer along with her recommendation. I earned a research grant from the Academy of Science for a project I'm working on this year.
State: Nevada</p>

<p>I'm applying to Harvard, Princeton, Brown, Upenn LSM, MIT, Pomona, what are my chances?</p>

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<p>wow nevada? nice</p>

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<p>so do i have a chance? I was rejected by Yale so i really want to know if i should even apply</p>

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<p>pleeaaaaaaaaaseee chance me for MIT!!</p>

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<p>pg2121 writes, "I was hoping someone could chance me for Harvard"</p>

<p>Really? Do you honestly expect that anyone on the MIT board is going to waste time chancing you for Harvard? If you insert the name of the wrong institutions on your college applications, you reduce your chances to zero: Zilch; nada; nothing; zip.</p>

<p>Apart from that, most of the regular posters on this board hate chance threads. Just read through the official EA acceptance thread above, and you will see the statistics of those admitted, deferred, and not admitted.</p>

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<p>We don't partake in 'chancing' activities on the MIT forum, were above that.</p>

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<p>even if we were to chance you. No one really knows who is getting into MIT anyways</p>

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<p>you got rejected form yale?</p>

<p>then why am I even applying....haha.</p>

<p>um, I'd say your stats are good enough for the top schools. but since we are competing at the top level, it really is a crapshoot. HYPSM hand pick students and you can be sure they don't do it without bias (though I really can't say for MIT, which is why I love it so much...yes for meritocracy).</p>

<p>I'd say just express yourself in the best light and pray (or just get on with your life). chances are we'll all get into decent schools no matter what.</p>

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<p>u got a chance</p>