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<p>Hey guys, Harvard has always been my absolute number one choice for as long as I can remember. I'd greatly appreciate your honest thoughts on my chances.</p>

<p>General:
Sex: Male
Race: Korean
Location: Southern California
High School: Fairly competitive but not cutthroat. The school sends a handful of students each year to UCLA and Berkeley but rarely ever to top Ivies.
Interests: Sports (listed below), guitar, mountain biking, traveling</p>

<p>Stats:
GPA: 3.9 UW; 4.45 W
Class Rank: 4/536
SAT: 2330 (770 M, 760 CR, 800 W); 2390 Superscore (800M, 790 CR, 800W)
SAT II: 800 U.S. History, 770 Math IIC, 750 Literature, 750 Biology
APs (took all available): World History (5), Biology (4), U.S. History (5), English Language & Composition (5), Chemistry (4)</p>

<p>Community College Courses:
Business Statistics - A
Accounting 1 - A
Accounting 2 - A
Introduction to Business - A</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Physics
AP Calculus BC
AP English Literature
AP Government
AP Economics
French 3</p>

<p>ECs:
* Varsity Baseball (3 years; 1 year JV)
* Varsity Swimming (4 years)
* Freshman Basketball (1 year)
* Key Club (4 years)
* Future Business Leaders of America (2 years)
* School Newspaper Editor (2 years)
* High School Assimilation Committee (assisting prospective middle school students get assimilated into the high school) (1 year)</p>

<p>Volunteering:
* 250 hours at a big hospital (filing paperwork, mopping the floor, do-everything-guy, etc.)
* 120 hours at local elementary school that I attended (helping out the preschool kids with their breakfast, reading books to them, etc.) [note: I never really did this for the purpose of putting it on my college application, because it was just something I loved to do and would help relieve stress.]
* 50 hours at local public library (shelving books, checking out books, reading to young children)
* 50 hours at blood bank (assisted in blood drives, distributed snacks and beverages, donated blood of my own)</p>

<p>If you've seen some of my other chance threads, you'll see I added a few things. It's not because I omitted them on purpose, but I just have so much going on right now that I'm just remembering them now after looking through my papers; most of the ECs and volunteering I listed from my other threads were right off the top of my head. </p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

<p>Btw, do the community college courses get added onto my high school GPA? I was never really sure about this, but regardless I took those classes because I was genuinely interested in them.</p>

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<p>your extra currics are good but try to do one that you have a passion for. </p>

<p>if you can think of what that may be and work at it before application time your chances will go up even more.</p>

<p>But as of now, your chances look good .</p>

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<p>That's a relief! I was told my ECs (before I added the ones I forgot) would keep me from the top Ivies.</p>

<p>I really did like assisting the prospective middle school students, but the problem is that that is near the second half of the year after applications are sent. I will definitely continue to get involved with my community by helping out the preschool kids at the elementary school for sure. I also love swimming and baseball so much that I may do a walk on tryout if I'm accepted.</p>

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<p>dark blue can u answer my post too : <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/557708-class-rank.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/557708-class-rank.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>your scores definitely put you right up there! a lot will depend on your essays and how you display your EC's. if you can write some killer essays and get great recs, you have a good a chance as anyone!</p>

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<p>Your community college grades do not get factored into your high school gpa. My son also took several classes at the local community college and they were sent in separate. Basically as an additional document. </p>

<p>Best of luck to you!</p>

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<p>I can't seem to get a clear response on the community college question because someone on my Princeton thread just told me that it is factored into my weighted GPA.</p>

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<p>Why don't you call Harvard and ask? </p>

<p>I can tell you that for my son they said they cannot factor into high school gpa because college credits are not the same as high school credits. </p>

<p>When he called Harvard last year to ask this very question they told him that it was not factored into high school gpa. So, he sent in transcripts from the local colleges separately. But, if I was you, I would call myself and ask so you can have peace of mind and get first hand answers. </p>

<p>Best of luck :)</p>

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<p>Good idea to call in, but I think I'll take your word for it anyway. Perhaps Princeton just has a different policy on the community college courses?</p>

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<p>colleges may recalculate GPA so it wouldn't matter if your high school GPA included it or not, but as for my high school GPA, my college courses (local state university) were factored in it. i asked my guidance counselor and he said because i was taking the college courses under the option of having the gov't pay the tuition, they were considered to also be high school credit, went towards my high school GPA, and were put on my high school transcript too. if i had taken the courses under the option of paying for them myself, then it would have been solely college credit and not factored into my high school GPA.</p>

<p>i would guess that colleges treat, and emphasize, the "college courses while in high school thing" differently. you can probably see that from the application itself. for instance, Princeton's application actually has you list out the college courses you took separately, but Harvard doesn't. if you want a definite answer to how college courses are treated though, you can probably email/call the admission offices and ask!</p>