Thought I give it a shot why not, chance me

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>Hispanic student in NJ from a school that sends about 10ish kids to ivy level schools every year
GPA: 3.9 UW/ 4.5 W
Top 10%, school doesnt rank</p>

<p>SAT: CR 740/ M 800/ W 740
Math II: 790
Chem: 710</p>

<p>APs: Chem-5, Psych-4, US Hist-3
Will take Calc BC, Stat, Bio, and Physics this year, Im currently enrolled in those courses</p>

<p>National Hispanic Scholar</p>

<p>ECs:
Big one- Active EMT member, 20 hrs a week (sleepover monday nights + extra shifts), 900 hours total when Ill apply in December, been on 60+ calls totals
100 hours vol. at local hospital
Member of a monthly-meeting committee in charge of a low-income hispanic dominated pre-school
Math League Captain
Varsity Crosscountry 9-11
Varsity Winter Track 9-10
Varsity Spring Track 9-10
Varsity Swim Team 11-12 (captainship 12)
Work as Lifeguard since 9th grade 40hrs/wk in the summer</p>

<p>Decent essays, wont make me stand out, but wont fail me... mostly about how much I love math/science and how I want to be a doctor and actually have real life experience similar to the medicine field through EMT</p>

<p>Going Pre-Med (molecular biology/biochem major)</p>

<p>Thanks for chancing me</p>

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<p>Definitely apply, but if you already think or know your essay isn’t outstanding then why not try and make it better? The essay is the most powerful way to make you stand out from someone with the same scores as you, which there will undoubtably be. You’ll need a great essay for Harvard, ESPECIALLY if you’re going the pre-med route.</p>

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<p>It does not matter which concentration (major) you indicate on your application. Harvard assumes you will change it a few times, anyway. </p>

<p>Your stats and EMT EC look great, I’d say you have a very good chance if your recs and teacher evaluations are impeccable.</p>

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<p>With Harvard and schools alike you can never really give a definite yes or no with top studeents since virtually the school could be looking for anything within top students.</p>

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<p>However, the OP’s URM status coupled with very high stats do increase his chances considerably.</p>

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<p>What school do you go to? Lawrenceville, Hun, Peddie? I can tell you have alot of opprtunities and have used them well. Rock on. You’lle get into HYPSM for sure-- unless this is total BS lmao </p>

<p>P.S-- how do you manage that 20 hrs a week EMT AND varsity sports? Sounds nasty!</p>

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<p>haha im not a ■■■■■…
i go to randolph public school in NJ… we re alright, one of the better public schools but we re not like at the top nationally or anything… 10 kids or so go to top 20 schools every year w/ the occasional HYP student</p>

<p>and nahhh i dont do that… see i was really good at running 9-11 grade but during the course of that i overtrained and got 3 injuries (knee, shinsplints, and ball of the foot stuff) and i decided to give it up in the spring of my junior. with all that free time, I took up EMT, loved it, and continuing it to this day and hopefully in college. Also i did alot of hours in the summer which skewed my average.</p>

<p>And thanks for your high remarks! hopefully when they see a summary of four years of my life in a few sheets of paper, itll look good to them haha</p>