<p>What's with the sudden rise in blatant racism?</p>
<p>Where's the racism?</p>
<p>I am first generation Asian American (Chinese)
I am a communist, probably the only one in the application pool.
I have spent 500 hours of community service just for one club alone.
I have participated in over 11 clubs at school
I was the president of the National Honor Society.
I was the founder of the Youth Democrats Club at my school.
I have about 1300 to 1400 SAT on the old scale.
I only have one a- but all my other grades are As.
I have taken 12 APs so far.
I am a Chinese Citizen.
I hate racism.
I hate Bush.
I hate Republicans.
Therefore I think Harvard will embrace me.</p>
<p>Nick Zhao
Gig Harbor, WA</p>
<p>There's no way you're the only commie in an applicant pool of 19,000, sorry ;)</p>
<p>No offense, man, but I don't see anything about you that stands out. 1300-1400 is a relatively low score on the old SAT (almost all Harvard students have 1400+, even 1500+ on the old SAT). Participated in a bunch of clubs means nothing. 500 hours of community service is certainly impressive but not unique. Everyone applying to Harvard has pretty much straight As and a bunch of APs. And you're certainly not the only liberal applying to H.</p>
<p>Most of all, if the arrogance that you showed here showed through on your app, then good luck.</p>
<p>nick, your stats aren't unique, just to tell you. not offense nick, but kids with stats better than yours also get rejected. the big H is not a safety for anyobody.</p>
<p>come on, it's harvard.</p>
<p>Hm, the arrogance is too blatant to be real. I call troll!</p>
<p>Or a very oblivious person. Who gave his full name and location. Mwahaha.</p>
<p>New hook for me: I founded the Cult of Timmy Turner. Today, two members, tomorrow, THE WORLD. Who here shall join us in our infinite wisdom? We give free silly pink hats to all new members :)</p>
<p>nick, you sound a little bit like me, except a lot smarter(your grades and the number of AP's): P having particpated in 11 clubs is not exactly admiring, but seems to lack depth.</p>
<p>tkm--But his other posts (the few that there are) don't quite suggest troll and seem to fit in with his story. Coming from a different culture (plus some innate arrogance, lol) could explain what we perceive as troll-like arrogance.</p>
<p>Hmmmm...</p>
<p>I read it as satirical irony, a tongue-in-cheek critique of the difficulty of Harvard admissions through feigned arrogance.</p>
<p>My friend thinks that Asian + a social science inclination = Hook</p>
<p>What do you guys think?</p>
<p>My friend thinks that Asian + a social science inclination = Hook</p>
<p>What do you guys think?</p>
<p>Not at all, I think Asian+ Comparative Literature& Chinese Architecture = Hook! And there is a girl I met at H, she's unique, really. White+ Tibetan Buddaism, that's a hook!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Not at all.</p>
<p>is this a hook: translating a published book on cancer treatment(through the perspective of chinese medicine) from Chinese to English?</p>
<p>That's pretty impressive so probably, so long as you make a big deal of your interest in Chinese medicine or Chinese etc.</p>
<p>i'm chinese, so that's prob a minus.</p>
<p>should I talk about it in my update letter?</p>
<p>ni hao</p>
<p>Yep you should. It would be pretty impressive if an American translated a book into Chinese, so I don't see why it shouldn't be impressive for you to translate into English. </p>
<p>Despite the fact that you're Chinese, so long as you show passion to develop your interest (maybe in promoting relations between American and China?) it shouldn't be too much of a minus.</p>
<p>Guys I need help choosing my hook... i've got three possibilities at the moment and I would appreciate any feedback. I'm only a sophmore so I could work on distinguishing them some more (if applicable), but I know I should really focus in on one and I don't know which. </p>
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<li><p>I used to live on Harvard campus, I always lived around it, I'm a double legacy (I think this is a bit tame and unfair really, but if it works it works eh? [but does it work??????]) </p></li>
<li><p>I live in England and switch around between England and America alot. I also travel a lot. (I think its kinda tame and may make me come of as being snotty... even though I go to a public school) </p></li>
<li><p>I'm really interested in Economics and I'm going to start up my own podcast and devote myself to the subject (This one really depends on how the podcast goes... thats the thing isn't it. But assuming it all works out quite well do you guys think this would be a good one?) </p></li>
</ol>
<p>Pleeeeze pm back...</p>
<p>lol, okay...</p>
<p>1) How could you develop being a legacy? It's not like you can devote the next two years to being a legacy...You are or you aren't. And you lived in Cambridge...woo hoo?</p>
<p>2) England is not a hook--Lots of internationals here are from the UK.</p>
<p>3) This is your best bet...I don't really know how much work your podcast would be or how worthwhile, but that could be interesting, I guess.</p>
<p>Your best bet is just to get good grades, do well on SATs, and find something that TRULY distinguishes you.</p>
<p>goooooood luck!</p>
<p>Lol I did say I could develop hooks only when applicable </p>
<p>What I meant by the legacy / living on campus / son of professor thing was that I could just talk about it in the essay a lot and stress how I know what Harvard is like and Im positive i would succeed there. But looking at it I think ur right - it is pretty lame and even if it could work I wouldnt want to get in just based on my family or circumstances beyond my control. </p>
<p>I didnt mean living in England as being my hook so much as living in both England and America and travelling alot, so I could analyse how different those countries are culturally. But ur right again I think ... I dont think its a nearly strong enough hook (but it could make an interesting essay - I am pretty interested in the cultural differences and I think i could come up wit sum good points)</p>
<p>thx for the feedback</p>