<p>I am resubmitting my question because I made the mistake of putting Princeton instead of Harvard on the title! How stupid of me! No wonder no one replied!</p>
<p>*I understand that the admissions office use so much more than the stats of the student when they are picking students but at the end of the day, its undeniably one of the most influential part of the students application. </p>
<p>The SAT is just not my thing. On a good day I can get 2200-2300 and I know this because every practice test I take for the SAT I receive scores in that range but when it comes to the actual test, I choke. The first time I took it I received a 1990. I just wanted a baseline. But hubris took over and I signed up for the next session. I did not even study (which was incredibly stupid of me) and I received a lower grade. After that I took my third test. Score was 2100 but my practice tests like I said was a consistent 2200+ but I choked. 4th time I choked again and got a slightly higher 2120. I really don't want to take a 5th one but I don't know. What do you guys think? *and yes they are college board tests and the rest are Princeton review tests. I take an average 4 tests before the actual one. I just get so nervous because the SAT will determine my future!ACT are also decent but my subject tests are up to the challenge.
The following are my stats, please tell me if they are decent enough to be accepted.</p>
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<li><p>If you believe that you are Harvard material you should apply… If you really want to go you should apply. Homiez you will kick yourself if you don’t… What are you gonna do really though, not apply because some guy on the internet told you not to though?</p></li>
<li><p>Yeah your scores aren’t fantastic, and please don’t take SAT again. Maybe if you really want to try that ACT again. However, your scores are good enough. They won’t help you get it, but you won’t be ruled out just because of them. Sorry, I know that it sucks doing better on the practice and then not being able to replicate it when it counts, but that’s life ya know.</p></li>
<li><p>Honestly I don’t know you or what your ECs or RECs or Essays look like and I think those are really what matters. </p></li>
<li><p>All I can say now is work your ass off on your essays. I guarantee you kids with below your score have gotten in with phenomenal essays, and hundreds of kids with perfect scores have gotten rejected because of bad essays</p></li>
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<p>First of all, you have awesome scores. Just wanted to mention that, so you know how proud you should be :)</p>
<p>That being said, the fact that you don’t have at least 700 on each section of the SAT will hurt your chances a bit, unless you have some sort of hook, are being recruited for athletics, have some super exciting ECs, etc. </p>
<p>Would you mind giving us more info about yourself?</p>
<p>Do you guys think if I have some super exciting extracurriculars and similar scores as OP I might have a chance at harvard? I’m debating applying because my scores as well…</p>
<p>those scores won’t particularly help your chances but they won’t kill them either. You don’t say that much about yourself, but given your strong SAT IIs I assume you have some real talent in math/science. If there’s some project you can take on to show your strengths here (ideally, you would have done some Intel competition project or something like that) that could more than make up for the (for Harvard) relatively average test scores.</p>
<p>Well I worked with a doctor in a clinic in another country. Does that make up a little at least? I’m looking at premed so that’s how that ties in.</p>