Unique Thread #1: Chances at Harvard for Jewish kid interested in science

<p>check this website out, it predicts college admissions, but not for real, only fun, but it helps!</p>

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<p>if you send me your grades from sophmore and junior year, including honors and ap, ill calclate your UC GPA.</p>

<p>55% for stanford!! lol</p>

<p>hehe, this is such a flawed calculator, for so many ways, i'm sorry :p but it's fun nonetheless.</p>

<p>Harvard called for a second interview. Which means I'm probably borderline. Hope it goes well!</p>

<p>good luck!</p>

<p>you obviously have many things going for you, so good luck and I don't think you'll be disappointed.</p>

<p>There are a total of 6 people nationwide who have distinguished themselves as visibly in research as you have, at this point in time. That alone should make you confident of a Harvard acceptance letter, in my opinion.</p>

<p>TWO Harvard interviews - heavens... Good luck and best wishes!</p>

<p>Thanks Ohio_mom!! :) I'm hoping it's a good sign ~crosses fingers~</p>

<p>"My Common App essay was about Indian food"</p>

<p>Haha, I started my essay with me cooking indian food... thouhgt I might very well be the only person with that in it.</p>

<p>hehe...are you Indian? I'm Jewish so I can't really cook Indian food (or, well, anything) quite well, but oh boy can I enjoy a good vindaloo ;)</p>

<p>You sound like a nice, hard working jewish boy from Looong IIIIIland! So many mother's dream. Unfortunately there are many with similar profiles and they all want to wear a crimson H. Let's hope one of the dart's hits your app!</p>

<p>GuitarManARS:</p>

<p>UCB: Match (out of state)</p>

<p>Wow, your stats are amazing. I really think being involved in astronomy research as a 16 year old and having published to top journals will help you a lot. Winning at the Siemens levels will generally get you into Harvard. Your SATs are good, too. Good luck!</p>

<p>"hehe...are you Indian? I'm Jewish so I can't really cook Indian food (or, well, anything) quite well, but oh boy can I enjoy a good vindaloo "</p>

<p>Nah, I'm a white guy... I taught myself how to cook it, not too hard really.</p>

<p>Actually, there are some very good cookbooks out on Indian cooking, recently. Ethnicity is not destiny - at least as far as food goes! My son does some pretty mean sushi, and he's about as far from Japanese as you can get!</p>

<p>Just to reiterate what another poster said: that method of dividing your average by 25 is completely wrong: you could have a perfect 4.0 unweighted average with a 98, as long as all your grades are A's. And by the way, I hope you found a way in your ap to let them know you've met with faculty in your field of interest. My son, Harvard '09, also a research kid (Intel, Siemens, publications, etc.) met with someone doing similar research at Harvard, and conveyed that in the short Common ap essay. I think that demonstrates how serious you were about making sure that H. offers what your looking for, and therefore shows your level of interest.</p>

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<p>first indian dish I made.. its really easy and really good. if you want to learn, try it(cook it extra long and it really thickens up and gets spicier).</p>

<p>edit: oh, and like double all the spices it calls for if you like the heat of vindaloo.</p>

<p>Good luck with Harvard, I have no doubt that you're qualified.</p>

<p>Donemom--I mentioned it in passing in my supplemental essay. It's something I'll have to remember to bring up at the interview Sunday...thanks!! :) How's your son enjoying Harvard so far?</p>

<p>christ, you have like an 85% shot at getting into harvard. Your SATs are A-FRIGGIN-MAZING... people at cc are like, "oh, decent SATs," but they are much much better than decent. Not to mention that you sound funny, cute, and interested... like a real person. You'll definitely get into SOME ivy despite the ORM</p>

<p>I just wish I had a shot to get in somewhere, but with my crappy 2070, typical 3.85uw gpa, only 5-6 ecs, my undecided major and clueless-ness as to what I'm intersted in, I'm basically DEAD.</p>