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<p>Hello everyone, please pardon my ignorance regarding the American educational system.</p>

<p>I am, the most unlikely of Ivy League Graduate School candidates, a graduate of a Sudanese medical school. Following years of struggle with over 20 semester-long Arabic and Islamic courses, and the onset of mental illness in the third year, I fell from first to seventh in the last semester, ending my run with a shameful 3.1 G.P.A. out of a maximum possible 4.</p>

<p>I completed the majority of my primary school education in the United Kingdom. I was mocked initially for my poor English, but managed to catch up, and by the fourth grade, started reading High school literary material under supervision of my class teacher. My parents transferred to Saudia Arabia, where my academic level fell significantly, due to my inability to study in Arabic effectively. I have never to this today achieved a sound comprehension or grasp of the Arabic language. I long so much to fulfill my life-long dream of obtaining an M.Sc and Ph.D at Harvard or Princeton.</p>

<p>I am currently 21 and have no academic bearing but for an interest in biochemistry, neuroscience and molecular biology. I spend my days building websites or writing C programs for PSP. </p>

<p>Please help me to at least establish whether or not I have hope to enter Harvard or Princeton.</p>

<p>I have a significant amount of knowledge in other languages. Does obtaining internationally recognized certificates in multiple languages help? Computer programming, too? </p>

<p>Thank you for reading this. I sincerely apologize if I am a nuisance or you consider this to be
worthless and a waste of time.</p>

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<p>Pyoverdin, how can you possibly be a nuisance for asking questions on a forum where people are supposed to be asking questions :)? </p>

<p>I know very little about grad school admissions unfortunately, but would like to point out that you can also try this forum here: [Graduate</a> School - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/graduate-school/]Graduate”>Graduate School - College Confidential Forums) that may be more pertinent to the questions you’re asking. This present one is primarily for Harvard undergraduate admissions, so you may not end up finding anything here that’s particularly helpful.</p>

<p>The best of luck with everything.</p>