Nervous About Harvard

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Yeah so I am nervous about my chances, i applied to Harvard, yale, Princeton and UT. So what chances do you think I have?</p>

<p>Race:Black
Rank:13/476
GPA: 3.86 UW 5.54 W
SAT: 2070 (790 CR, 650 M, 630 W)
ACT: 34 (36 R, 35 M, 32 E, 31 S)
SAT 2: 710 Lit, 680 Math 2</p>

<p>Forgot about Aps: English Lang, Comp Sci, Chemistry, US History, Physics B, Calculus AB (couldn't take BC bc of Stat), Statistics, Biology, Economics, English Lit, Gov
Work Experience</p>

<p>6/1/07-7/25/07 Target (Missouri City, TX) 30 hrs/week
6/7/08-8/22/08 16 hrs/week
Employee Food Ave.
Mitigate customer relations problems
Provide high-quality food service </p>

<p>Activities</p>

<p>9th-11th Independent Science Research
Conducted individual research on atomic physics</p>

<p>10th-12th Forensics Team 30 hrs/week
Member(10th-11th), Team Captain(12th) 25 weeks/year
Participated in Lincoln-Douglass Debate and Extemporaneous Speaking
Instructed novice debaters </p>

<p>9th-12th Trumpet Player</p>

<p>9th -10th High School Football Team 20 hrs/week
Linebacker, Kickoff, and Receiving Team 36 weeks/year
Directed the Defensive formation
(Quit because of wrist surgery) </p>

<p>11th-12th Science Honor Society 6 hrs/week
Member(11th), Parliamentarian(12th) 15 weeks/year
Judged local science fairs
Participated in community service for science related endeavors </p>

<p>Athletic Awards </p>

<p>9th District Runner-Up Football
2nd Place in district
10th District Champions Football
1st Place in district </p>

<p>Musical Awards
9th
Dallas Lone Star Showcase of Music Outstanding in Division Award
University Interscholastic League Concert Sight-Reading Award
10th
San Francisco Musical Showcase Participant
University Interscholastic League Performance Award</p>

<p>Speech & Debate Awards</p>

<p>10th
State Qualifier in Lincoln Douglass Debate
5th Place Team Texas Forensic League State Tournament
1st place University of Texas Longhorn Classic Tournament
1st Place Aldine Debate Tournament
National Forensic League Distinction Honor </p>

<p>11th
State Qualifier in Lincoln Douglass Debate
State Quarterfinalist Extemporaneous Speaking
3rd Place University Interscholastic League District Extemporaneous Speaking
6th Place National Forensic League District Extemporaneous Speaking
National Forensic League Special Distinction Honor </p>

<p>Science Research Awards</p>

<p>9th
Fort Bend Outstanding Achievement in Science Award </p>

<p>10th
Fort Bend Outstanding Achievement in Science Award
Elkins High School Top Chemistry Student Honor</p>

<p>11th
Evaluation of Photon Tunneling Probability by Spatial Variation published by The Society for Amateur Scientists
4th Place American Physics Society-Texas Chapter
Jacobs Engineering Science Research Award
4th Place Science and Engineering Fair of Houston
Fort Bend Outstanding Achievement in Science Award
Elkins High School Top Chemistry Student Honor </p>

<p>Distinctive Research:</p>

<p>9th Quantitative Analysis of Electron Transition in Helium </p>

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<p>i say your stats are pretty awesome..especially your EC's</p>

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<p>I think that 790CR, strong rank and experience at Target will serve you well. Great chance.</p>

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<p>^^^I actually think my rank is kind of low. So many ppl are like 1 or 2 but bc of my ECs that don't count as honors or AP classes I am not even in the top 10.</p>

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<p>You are a URM who works 30 hrs/wk. Your rank is fine.</p>

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<p>I only work during the summer. Also i don't think that being a minority provides as big a boost as ppl think, look at the Yale EA results.</p>

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<p>you're in. and the URM does help. ignore the EA results--this year early admissions were screwed up, probably b/c colleges don't know what's ahead in the regular pool.</p>

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<p>Being a URM is not a free pass, but a 790CR is an incredible score for anyone. There are tons of 800M, but the very high CR is much more rare and a strong indication that you will do well at any college. 75% of URMs are rejected at ivies, so you're right in what you report. I think you'll get in but that's just one opinion.</p>

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<p>a FIVE point five-four!?</p>

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<p>At our school we have six point scale but the highest is like a 5.73</p>

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<p>i think with ur ec and research u are a shoo in at all these schools,
(and minority status does help some considering that 25% of us get into ivies and around 6-13% of all applicants get accepted, but yes it still isnt a total boost)</p>

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<p>I think you stand a pretty good chance. The reading I've done about Harvard indicates they look for "energy, ambition, & the capacity to make the most of opportunities" Hopefully your essays highlighted these type of attributes. My son also applied to Harvard so we have read up on the college.
Good Luck.</p>

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<p>UT for sure. HYP being the crapshoots that they are, I think a winter coat would still be a great investment for next year in the freezing northeast</p>

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<p>rank/gpa is good. and obviously a tough schedule. how good is your high school?</p>

<p>maybe send just the ACT since its so much higher? </p>

<p>also, VERY impressive science awards. </p>

<p>for speech/debate awards, i would only put MOST significant awards. i do speech/debate (policy, congress, extemp) to and some of the stuff you listed detracts from your resume (IMO). dont list state qualifier because its not that hard to do. ..just list acheivement at state, if you had an individual one. listing indiv. awards in debate is much more impressive. (thats what i did anyway, you might diagree).</p>

<p>good chance at all, esp. since your a URM.</p>

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<p>u cud easily get into all, specially UT
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<p>I am hoping that I can show drive and curiousity bc I did all the stuff myself. I taught myself, worked to get money for the stuff, and had to register and drive myself to the competitions bc no one else at our school does science research (my teachers did not even know how to register for it).</p>

<p>I sent in my paper on photon tunneling to Yale (16 pages), but only my research description to harvard and Princeton.</p>

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<p>high school quantum physics research....</p>

<p>They're ALL crazy if they don't take you (though you're already in at UT through top 10% guaranteed admission, no?)</p>

<p>You impress me, for sure. And that's a difficult task to accomplish.</p>

<p>Great ACT, good SAT. Bleh SAT IIs, but the rest makes up for it.
Athlete prior to stopping for a medical reason.
Musician.
Speaker.
Science research (and very complex subjects as well) in high school.
11 APs
Holding a job in the off season, rather than slacking</p>

<p>Unfortunately, admissions at all of these schools are unpredictable (UT isn't in this picture, obviously), but I'd give you good chances and pretty sure you'll get at least one of 'em.</p>

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<p>You're in.</p>

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<p>You're amazing. I could never compete with that! I'd say you have a great chance compared to a lot of others. But all Ivies are hard to get in to. Keep on hoping for the best! I think you'll get in.</p>

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<p>bump (10 char)</p>