<p>LOL Henry Dunster probably has tons of decendents now. But low income is a hook for you. You sound like a very good shot at Harvard.</p>
<p>Ah you never know. Back in the day they had a Dunster Scholarship only available to male decendents him, but I don't think they do anymore. My cousin tried for it a long time ago, but being a woman counted her out</p>
<p>Wow, 14 students in a public school class, that's amazing! I'd love to visit your town one day just to see what it's like to live in a place like that. Because I've been living in nothing but Suburbia, U.S.A. my whole life, hehe.</p>
<p>Its not really that different. Lots of farms and ranches. No Cable, just satalite TV. Only real difference is that almost everyone has a car, because you have to, towns are so far apart. I acutally have driven 3 different ones in high school, none newer than 1974 though, and as of now 2 don't run, but I hope to change that duing the summers. I'm not a bad mechanic either, if that counts as a hook. Maybe I could give faculty members free matinence</p>
<p>Oh and I got two more good hooks: I coached science olympiad and am a member of the Masonic Lodge (Its to help out the shriner's hospitals, not for the secret society part)</p>
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<p>Well, not all 2 million people are students applying to Ivy Leagues ; ).</p>
<p>Sure beats being white.</p>
<p>research...community service...</p>
<p>yea im ****ed</p>
<p>Research can definitely be a hook, if you're one of the best in the country and in your field at it.</p>
<p>well im probably getting published but not in time for 2 days from now.</p>
<p>i hope they will let me add it on later.</p>
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well im probably getting published but not in time for 2 days from now. i hope they will let me add it on later.
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<p>That's exactly what happened to my son, and he sent an update as soon as he heard. Because you're in the RD round, there is plenty of time for updates.</p>
<p>I don't think it's a huge deal. I'm not getting published until next year but it's still a pretty big deal for an HS student to be first author on a paper in the journals I'm sending papers to, so I just put them in my resume as "In Preparation" ;)</p>
<p>Guitar: RSI couldnt have known his personal qualities and character..etc, coz the recommendations he got(and everyone who applied) were very general..He's a good student..doesnt give up...lively personality..with NO anecdotes. I read his essays the were good(2 paragraphs), but definitly not RSI quality. But then, RSI takes 1 student(Only Jordanian) from my school each year, and 7 applied, including me who discovered after I finished everything that..sorry your a US citizen!!</p>
<p>RSI is not a direct ticket in. a lot of RSI people got deferred this year.</p>
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Guitar: RSI couldnt have known his personal qualities and character..etc, coz the recommendations he got(and everyone who applied) were very general..He's a good student..doesnt give up...lively personality..with NO anecdotes. I read his essays the were good(2 paragraphs), but definitly not RSI quality. But then, RSI takes 1 student(Only Jordanian) from my school each year, and 7 applied, including me who discovered after I finished everything that..sorry your a US citizen!!
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Yeah, RSI international admissions from some countries (like Jordan) is a complete joke compared to the domestic admissions process. The way the international process works is simple: an organization from some country sponsors a certain number of spots, and then RSI accepts that number of people from the country. Sometimes this remains very competitive (typically in the Eastern European countries, China, etc.), but for some countries (to be honest, mainly from the middle east) the acceptance rates are absurdly high. For Lebanon I think it was over 50%. </p>
<p>If you ask me, they should do away with this.</p>
<p>Sure beats being white.</p>
<p>Middle Easterners (Persians included) are technically considered as white.</p>
<p>haha</p>
<p>and plus IMO, being "white" is more advantageous than being any sort of "asian"</p>
<p>Nah, Asian and white is about the same because neither is underrepresented. They're not like, "We have too many Asians, reject him," they say, "We don't have enough blacks, accept him." (I know, overly simplistic, but you understand what I mean.)</p>
<p>me, Asian into humanities.. haha! down with math and science!</p>
<p>Hello Guys!</p>
<p>I would really like to applyly to harvard (in the future.. im a sophomroe). i am not that kind of a super brilliant student with 4.0 gpa and hundreds of ECs and getting awards and scholarships and stuff (just a reminder lol) </p>
<p>However, reading this thread (as well as other ones) i realized that although you are the kind of student with 2400 sat scores and straight As and stuff, you can sometimes get rejected (oh no,,) </p>
<p>I saw somebody say that - what really gets you to an ivy league college or other competitive colleges is to really show your passion towards something. for ex. your love of comm. service and you help people around the world, etc. of course, grades and everything does matter. but after realizing that brilliant students that got "all" also get rejected. </p>
<p>so... what do you guys think? do you guys think is good to represent yourself in a unique way?</p>
<p>for ex. i love community service. every friday i go to a local park and help kids learn and help people working at the park etc. </p>
<p>also planning to be part of the youth red cross+ one day going to mexico helping out families.</p>
<p>i have many other ideas that can help me distinguish myself from other people. what do u guys think?</p>