<p>Hi, I want to study bioengineering at Harvard and I wonder if I have a good chance of being accepted.
I am an international applicant living in Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0/4.0
SAT 1: Math: 620 Writing: 530 Reading: 480
SAT 2: Math 1: 720 Math 2: 720 English Literature: 490</p>
<p>Activities: </p>
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<li>Drama Club</li>
<li>Art Club</li>
<li>Event Planning Club</li>
<li>Astronomy Club</li>
<li>Health Care Club</li>
<li>Humanitarian Club</li>
<li>Volunteer work as a coordinator in the main office of the administration section in 4 companies. One of them was at the Preventive Medicine Department of Egypt Air</li>
</ol>
<p>Leadership:</p>
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<li>Elected Vice President of the Environmental Committee</li>
<li>Head of the Learning Development section of the Physics Club</li>
<li>Model United Nations Delegate</li>
<li>Founder of my high school's News Wall</li>
<li>Ambassador of the National Society of High School Scholars </li>
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<p>You would need to raise your SAT scores significantly to be considered. CR needs to be close to 700, as reading and writing are crucial for success at Harvard, where even a math/science person is required to take many non-STEM classes.</p>
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<p>Wow. A 1630 is not competitive at all at Harvard, even some state schools place that score at a reach level. Your 4.0 GPA is very vague. A lot of people get 4.0s in all easy classes. If you that is a 4.0 in all APs/Honors that is a different story. Your subject tests aren’t awful, aside from your Lit test, which is again not competitive at all. Your ECs don’t really show a strong academic concentration, aside from you just joining a bunch of clubs. Try to actually make an impact in your ECs, aside from just titles. Overall unless your a double legacy and your parents donate $1m+/year to the school or your essays are just so good that they make the admission officers frame it and read it before reviewing applications every year, you really have a very, very, very slim chance.</p>
<p>I never like to tell people they can never get in because that just gives them one more reason to and makes me look ignorant in case a miracle happens.
So I’m gonna ask you, why are you applying to Harvard and what makes you think you aren’t wasting your efforts?
You must have an enormous self confidence or a secret weapon to think you can get in with those scores.
Also, the fact that your three score isn’t even 100 points above a normal applicants two score makes everything else in your app a bit suspicious. One would think that a student that has a 4.0 could get a higher SAT. Thus, it really just shows how easy your school or courses must be.
However, best of luck to you! </p>
<p>Thank you @Lanie49 It was my first attempt and I wasn’t prepared for my SAT test
Maybe that’s why I didn’t get a high score
My school courses aren’t easy. I work hard and try my best to get the highest grades which is why I got a GPA of 4.0</p>
<p>So you have a 1630 SAT (64th percentile). How much do you think you can honestly improve on your Dec re-take? What do you think the avg SATs of accepted International students is? </p>
<p>No international applicant has a good chance – and I mean LESS than 5% ( unless your dad is the leader of a country). No international applicant with mediocre SATs has any chance. Unless you attain a +2200, you should not waste your fees, in all honesty. You should look for a broader list of schools to target. Harvard is not feasible for you.</p>
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