<p>Age: 17 Grade: 11
Ethnicity: Pakistani American
Location: Brentwood, TN (Nasvhille area)
School: Small Private
Parents: Dad is doctor, Mom has a Master's
Income: 250,000+
GPA: 3.99 unweighted, 4.8 weighted
Recs: 1 from a Princeton graduate English teacher who said that I was shy at first but grew into an outstanding individual; 1 from a Vanderbilt math professor who said I was a genius at math, and I owned the classroom
Essay: 1 on how I think that math is not taught properly in classrooms and that it needs to be more creative, 1 on how I love politics, am a Democrat, and hate that people fight in politics
Class Rank: 1/90, Valedictorian
SAT: 2390, (790 on CR)
SAT Math II 800, SAT Chemistry 800, SAT Physics 800, SAT Literature 800
AP Classes taken:
AP Calculus BC (5), AP Chemistry (5), AP Physics C Mechanics (5), AP Physics C Electricity and Magnetism (5), AP World History (5), AP United States History (5), AP Macroeconomics (5), AP Microeconomics (5)
AP Classes Pending, have A's and will most likely get 5's on all of them:
AP Biology, AP European History, AP English Language, AP English Literature, AP Computer Science A, AP United States Government, AP Comparative Politics, AP Spanish Language
Clubs:
Digamma (High GPA club), National Honor Society, Math Club President and Founder, Physics Club President and Founder, Class President, President of Student Council, President of Speech and Debate Team
Sports: Varsity Tennis, Varsity Cross Country (both at high level in state), Ping Pong Club
EC's: Piano for 3 years at expert level, Piano Concerts, Speech State Runner-Up, Public Forum Debate State Champion, Public Forum Debate National Quarter Finalist, Computer Programmer for Google, USA Math Olympiad Program, Math and Physics Research at Vanderbilt, Chess Expert with 1800 rating
Signifcant Achievements: Original Oratory State Runner-Up, Public Forum Debate National Quarter Finalist, AMC 12-136.5/150, AIME-14/15, USAMO-28/42, Blue MOPper, Intel Finalist for Physics project, USA Physics Olympiad Finalist
Volunteering:
150 hours at Science Center as a Science Demonstration Coordinator, Mathcounts Coach for Middle School, Nasvhille Homeless Shelter (12 times), Worked with Mosque-200 hours, Worked in poverty-ridden areas of Pakistan</p>
<p>Everyone will tell u that admissions is a craspshoot. But holy cow man! I got in, and I am not nearly as impressive. I guess if your essay appeals to the right people you have just as good a shot as anyone else.</p>
<p>What are my actual chances. I hope that will all my achievements I am a more desirable applicant than a lot of others. Do I have 20% chance or like 80%. I need numbers.</p>
<p>I was going to brush you off because I am so tired of these chance posts…but if you write well and you dot all your is and cross your ts, and interview well, I believe you should get in.</p>
<p>I recommend sending all your teachers a written thank you at the end of the year, if you haven’t been doing that already. They will be better disposed when you ask for recommendations.</p>
<p>GP, the overall acceptance rate is 6.2%. You’re more qualified than the average Harvard applicant, so I’d assume you’d be well above that. But I think it’d be a bad idea to assume that your admission is likely (meaning > 50%). I’m not sure that there’s anyone who should assume that.</p>
<p>I think that my SAT scores (2390 SAT 1, 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 English Language), GPA (3.99 UW, 4.63 W), and number of AP Classes (16- all 5’s) are near the very top of the applicant pool. Also, my ethnicity (Pakistani American) is somewhat unique and my location (Brenwtood, TN in a small private school) could give me a bit of an edge with diversity. Also, my strenghts are making the USAMO, making Blue Math Olympiad Program, doing math and physics research at Vanderbilt, starting up math and physics club at my school, being involved heavily in other things like speech and debate, piano, varstiy tennis, varsity cross country, chess, and computer programming. I was president of math club, physics club, student council, and young deomcrats. Also, I was high up in the Intel Science Fair. However, my parents make $250,000 but they would prefer that I get financial aid, because I also have two younger brothers who would like to go to a top college. Also, because of my experience in debate, I think that I will be able to have a wonderful interview. My essays are on how I got a B+ in math (only once, from then on 100’s) because I refused to show unecessary work and how I think that math class should be much more creative and how I have watched surgery and would like to become a surgeon and maybe retire as a politican. What are my greatest strengths and what are my greatest weaknesses?</p>
<p>You might want numbers, but no one can give them to you. Obviously, you have an incredible record. Congratulations. You’ll get into many great schools. These uber elite schools are different though. Unless you have some really big hook, you just can’t count on getting accepted to any particular one of them; however, you are likely to get into some of them. There are actually pretty many kids who post on these boards who, if they’re being honest, have records similar to yours and yet they didn’t get in. Silverturtle is just one who comes to mind. There are also many who got admitted with less stellar records than yours. I’d think your chances are way better than average, but my impression is that there just aren’t many kids who are a lock or a near lock to get in. Good luck.</p>
<p>Well the only “hook” that I have is that I live in Tennessee and probably one of the best applicants from the state. I did math research at Vanderbilt and published a few articles. Also, I took two advanced math classes at vanderbilt. I made the Math Olympiad Program, which is like 60 people out of a pool of 250,000 students in the whole country. I am doing some physics research and hope to maybe be an Intel finalist or semifinalist. Would this be a hook?</p>
<p>Everybody agrees you’re an above-average applicant, especially you. You want more specific chances, but we can’t give you those. Chance threads are normally “below average chance” “average chance” “above average chance.” We simply don’t have anywhere near the information to be more specific. So your chances are >6.2%, but beyond that, we don’t know.</p>
<p>I don’t know which of the qualifications you put up there are true, but I recommend telling the truth when you actually apply, even if it means dropping obvious lies like making USAMO (none of the USAMO qualifiers from TN have been Pakistani in the last few years), or being an Intel Finalist (none were from Tennessee this year; also, you’d have to be a senior to qualify). You don’t want to end up like this guy: [Harvard</a> Faker Adam Wheeler Pleads Guilty to 20 Counts | News | The Harvard Crimson](<a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/12/16/harvard-wheeler-college-guilty/]Harvard”>Harvard Faker Adam Wheeler Pleads Guilty to 20 Counts | News | The Harvard Crimson)</p>
<p>@lobgent - thank you, I just found out the same thing. Phantom, in AOPS, you promised not to “show your weird side”. Please stop wasting everybody’s time. There are people who are trying to share actual information here and you are just getting in the way. People have long memories and you have not impressed me.</p>
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I just posted my ideal resume for when I gradauate in two years. I just want to know what are my chances of getting into Harvard with all the stuff I am doing.</p>
<p>Also, you guys need to chill out. I’m just another high school student who hopes to achieve these things. I’m just seeing what my chances are if I do this, and what else I should do to maximize my chances of getting into Harvard. Did I mention I volunteer monthly at a local soup kitchen, help coach Mathcounts, and have a position at the Nasvhville science center. I have achieved the SAT scores, and even half of all of the AP classes I listed. I am in the sports I listed. I only didn’t make the USAMO this year because I was unable to take the AIME. Also, I do research at Vanderbilt with a professor, and might do a graph theory project in the future. The majority of these things have happened or are currently happening. The major achievements like Intel and MOP are accolades that I will likely earn in the near future. So, NO! I am not a faker like this Adam person. I am high school student who will be graduating in two years when I am in eleventh grade.</p>
<p>@GrayPhantom
MOP, while a great resume-booster, is late for a Harvard Class of 2016 app, because it’s during the summer. Also, since you didn’t take USAMO this year, no MOP…</p>
<p>What was I trying to say? MOP (Blue or Black) will only help you if you get in your first 3 years of HS. Unless, of course, you get waitlisted by H.</p>
<p>Ok, I am a first year high school student and am 15. I will be 17 in 11th grade which will be my last year of high school. So, I am actually an applicant for the Class of 2017.</p>
<p>M’kay. I’m a tad pessimistic in chancing “mathy” ECs because Harvard tends to nab the top, I mean THE top of the math kids, the ones who make IMO and medal. So it <i>may<\i> be worthwhile to invest your time into some other activity you’re passionate about… Of course, having made AIME only twice myself, you could say I have no idea what I’m talking about.</i></p><i>
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<p>Count you eggs before they hatch. I’ve seen you on AoPS…you could be working instead of posting right now…Your posts have been about others’ achievements, and how you can go to IMO, by telling everybody else on AoPS…</p>
<p>Many applicants have a common misconception that low income is better than high income for admissions. </p>
<p>Ivies have always thrived on rich kids with great scores and awards. You are in everywhere unless you screw up your essays big time(I doubt they actually read your essays that in-dept though).</p>
<p>Kids like you make me so jealous. When I was your age I thought I was going to my local state school because of cost. It was not until the middle of my junior year that I somehow woke up and looked into financial aid at great schools, and then I decided I wanted to go there. </p>
<p>So I did not know as much as you know when I was 15. But I sincerely wish I did, because now you have the opportunity to work as hard as you can, get the hell off of CC, and be a great high school student and citizen of your community. That is the best advice anyone can really give you, since you now know that what you plan to achieve will help you get into your top schools, go out there and actually do it, and attempt to enjoy your life. You lucky dog, you.</p>
<p>wth…</p>