This discussion was created from comments split from: Last minute help from a Harvard student.
What are my chances of getting in pls? My GPA is 3.28, I am in the top 10% of my school, I am the president of a book club , vice president of the young leaders club and the assistant head girl of my school. But my SAT SCORE was 1800. Can I still get in
@skulduggery google the “Common Data Set” of target colleges and look at section C9. There, you’ll see the stats of others who have been admitted. Your GPA and SAT would say you have 0% chance.
According to statstics, I would have around a 0.000% chance at Harvard. However I am still slightly considering it. I may as well gain some knowledge about what it’s like to attend Harvard. I haven’t an idea of what your major is, so I don’t know if you can answer my question. How are the science classes like at Harvard? Do you feel like high school adequately prepared you for Harvard science classes? Are the class sizes generally big or small, or is this dependent on the course? Also how is the environment? Is it really snobbish and competitive or do you find that it’s kind of mixed in terms of types of people you find there, I still have time because there is no way in hell that I will apply EA
Thanks for that smack in the face :(( I’m gonna try my best. do international students get merit based scholarships
Nobody gets merit-based scholarships. All aid is need-based. Int’l students are eligible for need-based aid.
For anyone considering Harvard with a sub-par GPA take a look at this:
http://collegeapps.about.com/od/GPA-SAT-ACT-Graphs/ss/harvard-admission-gpa-sat-act.htm
As you can see 5 people with GPA’s at or below 3.0 were accepted. That could be you! If you genuinely love the school (not just the name) then apply. The worst that could happen is a rejection. If you don’t apply you are going to wonder your whole life if you could have gotten in. By applying you get your answer.
@nobelcollegekid I assume you’re aware that schools like H practice holistic admissions, right? Then you should logically predict that those 5 students at the bottom of the academic range possess off-setting attributes that would compel Harvard to accept them right? Monster athletic recruit, development kid, celebrity/oligarch kid, etc. Do you think that it’s logical for the avg non-specialized student to toss in their app simply b/c stats show 5 kids there? Given that there are about 34,000 apps per year? If my kid’s HS counselor told my unhooked 3.28GPA kid that it was anywhere feasible to apply to Harvard, I’d speak to her supervisor.
@T26E4 What’s the harm in applying? Did I say they had a good shot?
- irritates the heck out of your guidance counselor, 2) waste of money and time and credibility (Asks teacher for rec letter to Harvard. Teacher’s eyes bug out: “You?!?”). 3) lives in fantasyland when energy & emotion should be spent on viable schools.
I give presentations for a Harvard peer. I’m not there to get kids to apply. I present my info and plainly state: “if you’re one of the best students your school at this moment, you might be viable.” If I’m speaking to a broader audience with more kids who are curious about an Ivy, I’m even more succinct: “Are you one of the topmost students in your school’s history?”
Don’t get me wrong – I want great kids to apply – because the reward can be superlative. But I’m not there to fuel reality-disengaged fantasies given what I know of the admit rate and criteria for schools like Harvard and my alma mater.
If a building is named after your dad you will get in with a 2.4. I knew a sub 3,0 foottball player that was asked to come visit. He declined and now plays in the Pac 12.
The harm in applying is that lightning strikes and OP gets in against all conceivable odds, s(he) will become a college dropout because there’s no way they’re prepared to handle the academic rigor at Harvard. Just my two cents.
Can irritate adcoms, too.
This is harsh, sorry, but worth considering: Tomorrow is Nov 1. If you are asking, now, what H likes, or if you think you can just tell stats and a couple of titles and get a “chance,” you are off the mark.
If you are seriously interested, have carefully matched them to you and you to them, you would know the college better and only need some fine-tuning advice. It’s not a lottery and lightning almost never strikes. 39,000 other kids will apply and a good half of them will be top performers. A smaller number of those will know the college and present themselves well.
No we don’t want to blow your minds. But you’re talking Harvard. And even if you donate a building, 2.4 doesn’t show you can manage the academics.