<p>lol 228 is DEF high enough for you to make semifinalist cut-off...im not to sure about the 215 though. Last year it was considered a "commended" scholar but not semifinalist but it does change every year so we'll see</p>
<p>Nah, for the state of MI, 215 is almost definitely enough to get me Semifinalist status unless the cutoff jumps like 5 points from last year which is unlikely.</p>
<p>I think the fact that you guys are discussing PSAT scores only proves that you don't have the mentality of a Harvard student.</p>
<p>People at Harvard do stuff because they like it, not because it enhances their meaningless statistics.</p>
<p>Maybe that is why Harvard is so cool.</p>
<p>You have a decent chance but I would not be surprised at all if you got rejected.</p>
<p>That's stunning logic, epsilon. So apparently Harvard students NEVER talked about PSAT students. Ever. Highly convincing. And notice how the PSAT posts have nothing to do with it's effects on getting into Harvard or whatever.</p>
<p>Hahaha, right on drummerdude. Jeez, people on this site get so touchy about this kind of stuff. Stress is bad at such a young age kiddos!!!!</p>
<p>Anyway, is a 3.81 UW GPA at least competitive for Harvard as long as the other quantitative aspects of the application are stellar?? I really don't want the committee to throw away my application before they even read my teacher recs and essays lol.:)</p>
<p>Look, you have to realize that a GPA alone means basically nothing. It's always evaluated within the context on the classes you've taken (apparently hard), the overall difficulty of your school (I don't know), and how you stack up against classmates (I dunno). A 3.81 at a really tough prep school is competitive, it might even be amazing, but a 3.81 at some failing ghetto school is probably not.</p>
<p>drummerdude<em>o7 needs to calm down...
and evil</em>asian_dictator your chances are average.. not shocked if your accepted not shocked if your rejected.. there are people with better stats ejected and people with lower stats accepted</p>
<p>"TASP finalist" - does that mean you got in, and attended the program? From what I've read on CC, Ivys <em>love</em> TASP.</p>
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<p>Do you really have to ask? Yes, it's competitive.</p>
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Nah lol, I made it to the interview round of the program and was eventually waitlisted.:)</p>
<p>To be honest, coming from an asian background as well (though east asian, not indian), your ECs and stats are average for not only your background but in general. No one here can make an accurate prediction of whether you will be accepted or not, but one thing is sure that you don't really have anything that makes you stand out. This doesn't mean that you won't stand a chance, but you don't have an "AWESOME SHOT" either. You have many EC's, none of which by the hours/week seem too intensely involved, not many awards and you have a decent GPA, not stellar, but not bad. Your standardized test scores I would say are actually a little subpar 760, 740, 720 is below an average of 750 which I would say is pretty typical among Harvard acceptees. </p>
<p>One thing to make you stand out is your essay. Work on it a lot, don't just throw some stuff together. Its a chance to show who you are. People often overlook this step and its definitely one of the most important.</p>
<p>btw, you are insane for taking 9 AP exams junior year....just thinking about wasting that much money in one year on AP tests makes me depressed</p>
<p>also, umm since TASP isnt a competition or scholarship program where you get deemed a finalist, I wouldn't write that. Theres either you were accepted and went to the program, or you applied and didn't get in.</p>
<p>I totally agree with sarasote. </p>
<p>You've definately got your foot in the door. It's up to you to dazzle everyone with your passion/wit/humor/insightfulness. Smart hard working kids are everywhere. Figure out what makes you <em>different.</em> You want to stand out in a good way. </p>
<p>Best of luck.</p>
<p>This is an average Harvard applicant?. . . :(</p>
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Nah, it actually is a scholarship program as in you earn a full-ride to the intensive summer seminars offered at the various universities if you are selected. I know it's not like a traditional scholarship but the application demands 6 essays and if the Telluride committe like them, they deem you as a "finalist" and invite you in for an interview where they determine the participants and alternates in the program. If you get accepted, you get a "full-ride" with tuition and board for 6 weeks during the summer for the seminar you're assigned to.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot all of you for you great advice and I'll do the best I can to take out some of my filler EC's and only emphasize the ones I'm very passionate about!!!:)</p>
<p>Your status is almost similar to mine, but mine's a little stronger.</p>
<p>Our backgrounds are mostly the same, same with course load and all that other crap. My test scores are slightly better, but you beat me in some areas (I've never heard of some of those things you mentioned before coming onto CC...blame my counselors and teachers), but we're mostly the same as to applicant strength (I'm thinking that you took the hardest math/sci classes like BC and C instead of AB and B like I did).</p>
<p>Personally, I know my chance of getting in EA will depend all on my essay, so I imagine yours will too. Since we're asian the chances would probably depend a little on luck too. Special brownies help too.</p>
<p>P.S. I'm also called the asian dictator in my school :D.</p>
<p>I didn't read all the posts in this thread, so if someone else already made this point, I apologize.</p>
<p>Princeton, for example, rejects 4 of every 5 valedictorian applicants, and I'm sure it's the same at Harvard. At the HYP level, a 2400 and a 4.0 UW GPA buy you a ticket to the sweepstakes and that's it. In that light, the smart approach is to find 6 or 8 schools where you think you'd rock and apply to them. It's likely you'll get into some and possible you'll get into most. And among them may be the school of your dreams. If so, go for it. If not, you have acceptable options.</p>
<p>Chances threads are B.S. ECs need to be in place for 3 or 4 years. It's too late to change anything now. Writing about what you've accomplished may be cathartic, but that's about the only benefit I see. Obviously, even if everyone who reads your stats is certain you'll be accepted at Harvard, the fact remains that you may well be rejected. Admission at HYP is a crapshoot, even for the most highly qualified applicants.</p>
<p>So why post and 1) get attacked, or 2) get stroked, and either way get bent out of shape behind needless anxiety/false hope over an exercise that has zero relevance?</p>
<p>Well said.</p>
<p>woah...your thread has gotten so many replies!
i don't know much about your admissions chances...but you sound pretty impressive.</p>
<p>will people who replied to this thread apply to mine too?
i'm the..."can somebody help me determine my chances at harvard?" post right below this one...i would really appreciate it. i'm a clueless hispanic girl who knows essentially nothing about college. a lot of advice i've seen on this thread has been really great, do any of you mind looking at mine?</p>
<p>j07, sometimes it's good to find things out for yourself :D. </p>
<p>PS I posted, but still. In hacker lingo it's called "do it yourself first."
Also, people posted here mainly to attack him. He's not gonna benefit at all from posting his chances now, basically he wants some psychological reassurance.</p>