It’d be great if anyone makes one…! Maybe I could make one if a lot of people are willing to join the group…what do you think?
@T26E4 @gibby No need to gang up on @Harvard629 ; if you read her essay [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1779460-is-this-essay-good-enough-for-ivy-league.html%5Dhere%5B/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1779460-is-this-essay-good-enough-for-ivy-league.html]here[/url], she has her work cut out for her as it is without worrying about whether Dominican = Black 
@samuelfrimps It’d surely be awesome if anyone creates a facebook page/group for this group…! It wouldn’t have to be only about applying to Harvard but also about applying to other ivy leagues and highly selective colleges…! It could be a space for class of 2020 and other upcoming classes to get some tips from previous classes on common app/whole admissions process and also share some concerns among themselves. I can make one if a certain number of people here are willing to join the group. What do you guys all think…?
By the way, thank you all for your insightful comments & advice! Also, it’s just wonderful to have met fellow class of 2020 who share the dream of applying to Harvard and other highly selective schools from this thread. It really is nice to feel that I’m not alone in these daunting college admissions. Yes, we all know it’s really difficult to get into these schools, but why don’t we maintain this dream and continue to sincerely work hard until the day we submit our applications? 
Let’s just believe in ourselves - many people have said in this thread that “anything could happen”…! Let’s just not put limits on what we can do and leave possibilities open for us…!
Good luck to all of us!
Let’s meet each other in that beautiful Harvard Yard next September…!
@harvard629, it’s honestly sad to see that you actually believe that just because of your ancestry, you can score within the 25th ACT percentile for these schools and still get in just because you’re Dominican. Let me let you in on a little secret: although being an underrepresented minority can be a tipping factor for your application, the selective schools are a crapshoot for us too. And honestly, if your comments are any indication, you don’t seem like the type of student that the more selective schools would be looking for anyway.
@gibby I know middle easterners are “white” but I heard on the common app that there are sub sections underneath the check box to clarify your ethnicity even further. Is this true and if it is does it give any advantage for me?
Allow us to agree that Harvard is a very competitive school. A mere 5.9% of students get admitted: Most of the students that were rejected were valedictorians, first generation students, and school leaders. One must work very hard to get accepted and even then it’s still war to accepted. Competitive is very different from compelling. We can not expect our ancestry to get us into these competitive schools. What we need to do is make ourselves, first competitive, then compelling. Good luck to all.
@Roadtotheives98: Yes, that’s true. The first question students encounter on the DEMOGRAPHICS section
Then . .
Each box that you check brings up a sub-set of additional questions and checkboxes
In addition, there is also a question about CITIZENSHIP
Keep in mind that some high school transcripts list a student’s ethnicity. And when student’s take the SAT/SAT SUBJECT TESTS/ACT/AP TESTS there are also questions to fill out about ethnicity. The answer to those testing-ethnicy questions are reported to colleges along with your test scores.
If your Common Application is not in-sync your transcript or testing information, Admissions will usually contact you high school guidance counselor for confirmation of your ethnicity, minority and citizenship status.
And during the interview process, most interviewers ask an applicant about their family, where their parents are from, if they have brothers, sisters etc. All of the information from the interview report has to be in-sync with the Common Application and testing information.
Misinformation often can torpedo an application. See Harvard’s disclaimer on their website:
@harvard629 I am from Ghana and I have a friend who scored 2300+ for SAT1 and 2380 for subject test , which is a rare score for an African, refused admission to havard for fall 2019. So being a URM doesn’t really contribute a lot to your application but it is how you present yourself through your application.
@hvbaozi20 Count me in the group. I will share the link with friends who are not on CC but share the same dream.
If you would all like, I’m willing to great the Facebook group. Are you guys interested?
I’m thinking about applying to Harvard this fall as well. Sometimes I don’t think I should even bother applying, but Harvard is such a beautiful school in a superb location, and you never know if you never try. I’m glad to know I’m not alone here. My ACT is a 32 and I’m taking it again and I’m also a dual citizen-anything helps I guess! Good luck to all!
Also is there a Facebook group for this?
@harvard629 And @axvd97 gibby and others are trying to tell you not to get your hope up so high! No applicants can comfortably say he/she will get accepted for sure. Unless he/she is top 10 nationally ranked athlete with 3.90+ GPA uw and 2200+ SAT and/or 33+ ACT.
Every applicants applies with confident but the unknown and uncertainty remains at 99.99999%!
Remember, admission rate at Harvard is just 5%. Harvard prob rejected many URM applicants with 3.9+ GPA and 2200+ SAT AND 34+ACT each year.
So, even if you are an URM you better have good GPA and Scores [3.70+, 2159+ / 33+] and that is just the min. bar for AO consideration.
Good Luck Applying…!
@Harvard629 - Good luck to you with your Harvard application. You have a very touching story. Don’t ever let anyone discourage you from your dreams. If you don’t apply you have 0% chance of getting in
I am happy that you are so eager! I was recently rejected for the Harvard Class of 2020, and the best advice I can tell you is to be your genuine self. Also, remember this is a school/institution/business. The worst thing that can happen is that you don’t get accepted. However, the essays that you write, the letters of rec you receive; those should all remind you of how capable you are. For me, just seeing how willing everyone was to write a rec for me, and how much I have faced rejection and rose from it in my essays, reminded me of my capabilities. In the end, Mozart is Mozart no matter where he goes. Same for you, same for me.
Hey I share that dream too, planning to do their astrophysics concetration