What do you think your chances of getting in are?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>To a certain point we all can guess whether or not we're going to get in. </p>

<p>I think my chances of getting in are 3%. (Remember that this year's acceptance rate will be about 7%).</p>

2

<p>Idk, I'd give myself a 15%... because I'm a Native American mainly.</p>

3

<p>mine is 5%, i think if everything goes well.</p>

4

<p>I'll go with 10%: a little bit higher to account for joke/on-a-whim applicants.</p>

5

<p>^^ and that's because im hispanic, and my counselor told me i would get recruited....idk, im starting to think he lied cuz i havent heard anything from H yet</p>

6

<p>All I got was a letter early in the year from their Minority Recruitment Department. Is that a good thing?</p>

7

<p>I got that too, wouldn't count on it too much and I'm pakistani. But if you are an under-repped minority (aka Hispanic, African American, or Native American), your chances are greatly boosted</p>

8

<p>I'd say 10-15% at the most for me; i have the grades and test scores, but so do so many others; my additional rec from a harvard alum may help by like 0.5% and my music stuff could help out a little, but I'm not expecting anything extraordinary to happen.</p>

9

<p>legacy (40%) + research at Harvard SEAS + new england feeder = I'm guessing around 64%</p>

10

<p>^ Jealous ......</p>

11

<p>I got that too, wouldn't count on it too much and I'm pakistani. But if you are an under-repped minority (aka Hispanic, African American, or Native American), your chances are greatly boosted </p>

<p>Native American. :)</p>

12

<p>^ Jealous :P</p>

<p>And by feeder I mean 1 kid/year lol so not much</p>

13

<p>0%. Didn't apply. Thug life.</p>

14

<p>Chance = irrelevant.</p>

15

<p>true. dat. lolcats4</p>

16

<p>Probably 10%. I have lower SAT scores than most of you, but they are within Harvard's range. 3% accounts for all joke applicants. At my school 3/5 applicants are complete jokes with 0 chance (1800 SATs, out of the top 10% of class, no hooks)</p>

17

<p>Well if you guys think 3% is for joke applicants, then I'll give myself a 10% chance.</p>

18

<p>i'll give myself 25% considering legacy, within-range scores, loads of ec's, and of course, the most important thing when it comes to the admissions process:</p>

<p>super cum load.</p>

19

<p>even a "99.9999%"-chance has two 100% outcomes ....</p>

20

<p>since 0.999... (with the 9's repeating infinitely or a bar drawn over the 9 in 0.9) equals 1, it's more like 99.999999...%=100%</p>