Shot at Harvard/Stanford/Columbia/MIT?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Curious as to what people think of my chances.</p>

<p>White male from public school in Eastern Mass., double legacy at Harvard.</p>

<p>Standardized Testing-wise:</p>

<p>SAT: 2350 (800M, 800V, 740W)</p>

<p>SAT II:
Sophomore:
US History 800
Biology E 800
Junior:
Physics 800
Math 2 800</p>

<p>AP:
Sophomore:
US History 5
Physics C (Mechanics): 5
Calc BC: 5 (AB Subscore 5)
Junior:
Art History 5
English Lit 5
Physics C (E/M): 5
Statistics: 5</p>

<p>GPA: 3.83 UW (everything has been honors/AP though)</p>

<p>ECs:
Captain of Science Team, 3rd in New England
Captain of Math Team
Cellist since age 4
Cello in competitive all-NE orchestra (Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra) for 9 years; principal cellist (sometimes)
Cellist in local klezmer groups, improvisational jazz/fusion group for charity, classical chamber music groups
Ultimate frisbee team
ACLU school chapter member
School newspaper contributor
Instructor in 2 physics courses, Thermodynamics and AP Electricity/Magnetism
Courses at John Hopkins during summer for four years
Exchange student to Japan, summer 2005</p>

<p>Awards:
AIME Qualifier/Top AMC Scorer in Grade in School
Mass. Math League High Scorer
National Spanish Exam, 6th Place in MA (Level 2), 8th Place in MA (Level 3)
Japan-US Senate Youth Exchange scholar 2005 (one person/state)
Mass. Forensics League State Qualifier (couldn't attend)</p>

<p>So, does it look decent?</p>

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<p>Clearly you have a reasonable chance at all, and a good chance at Harvard. As a double legacy myself (at a mere lower ivy), it's unfortunate we only get one legacy sticker, but I'm hoping they just love us double legacies! </p>

<p>So if you figure these schools reject half of 4.0/1600s, where does that leave us? In great shape at any school that needs cellists. I'd say 80/20 Harvard with legacy nod and 50/50 at the others.</p>

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<p>i disagree with suze - he's a cello prodigy and he's wicked smart, he definitely has better chances than that</p>

<p>.99999999 for Harvard</p>

<p>.50000000001 chance of getting in the other places</p>

<p>.0000000001 framingham state - its going to be tough</p>

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<p>pretty good shot...make sure u have a great interview and great essays...try boosting ur ec's slightly and u may make it to many great movies</p>

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<p>Of all my friends that applied to Harvard the ones that had more social ECs got accepted. I think all of them had amazing apps but the 4 time class president and student council pres/boys nation rep got in while the other math/science/music geniuses got rejection letters.</p>

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<p>Since I can't edit I'll just repost; that's a 2340 SAT--I'm not going to college on my phenomenal addition skills.</p>

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<p>I think the double legacy might tip you in...</p>

<p>But speaking generally, you have probably 50/50 + whatever benefit the double legacy will give you.</p>

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<p>IMHO, nobody is 50/50 at Harvard. You need to go read the posts from 15 Dec (EA) and 01 Apr (RD) and see who didn't get in. Double legacy does help considerably, but it really depends on what relationship your parents have maintained with the school.</p>

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<p>My father works at Harvard Medical School (full prof.) and my mom works at Tufts but does a lot of projects in collaboration with Harvard people.</p>

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<p>reading the stats of people who got in ea or were deferred ea is meaningless. going strictly by the "stats," you will find many situations where applicants with "lower stats" were accepted while ones with "higher stats" were deferred. also, the stats of an individual are often misleading, as they often will paint minor accomplishments as major victories, or sometimes forget to mention some important ones, as is the case here. </p>

<p>and to the comment about people with more social ec's getting accepted - at my school, the three who got in this year are majoring in comp sci/econ, physics/arabic, and biochemical sciences. two of them were on the science team. none were on the "student senate" or any of those weak do nothing clubs, unless you count the seinfeld club as one such club. no boy scouts either</p>

<p>and i still think his chance of getting into harvard is much much higher than 50/50, but i would agree that he's 50/50 at the other schools.</p>

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<p>Bandit is correct, nobody is 50/50 at these schools. That said, it would be a tremendous slap to the father if this highly qualified kid was not accepted, so I think he's into Harvard.</p>

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<p>We're not some hyper-wealthy, old NE family, so I'm not sure if the father thing will help me THAT much. And I agree with Wilburvich on the Social ECs thing... hopefully my at least partial lack thereof will be overlooked in favor of the random sciencey crap I've done. Will, what did I forget to mention that's important, btw? (And who's majoring in each of those fields?)</p>

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<p>nerd... jk</p>

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<p>adam told me cs/econ in april</p>

<p>kevin's been saying physics, but he's been thinking arabic for his lofty cia plans</p>

<p>and i'm saying biochemical sciences for now</p>

<p>dunno what specifically you're missing (except the interview), but theres probably something</p>

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<p>Do a search on FrecklyBecky. Her father taught at Yale Medical School and she did research in Yale labs. She was rejected and will be at UMich this year. You have better scores, but don't assume you're in. Find some safety schools where you can be happy.</p>

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<p>Don't worry, I'm doing that.</p>