<p>I'm brazilian. Here we don't have ''grade system'', in a test we have 0-10 notes. I'm not a perfect student, I got a ''2'', in Math...xD. But I'd like to know if I need 100% ''10'' to have a chance in Harvard... And I always in my life, did Johrei (it's an alternative healing) and helped many, many people. Is it considered an extracurricular activity for them? What may I do to get like 90-100% of chances to be accepeted? Thank you.</p>
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<p>There are around 250-300 students in the United States each year who score perfect 2400s on the SAT. Most of them apply to Harvard, and from the most recent statistics I’ve seen, only about 40% of them are accepted. The acceptance rate overall is 7%, and if you take out the recruited athletes and the 2400s, the acceptance rates for non-2400 non-athletes would be even lower. So unfortunately, there’s probably nothing one could do to get their chances above 50%, much less 90-100%.</p>
<p>I saw the Oprah interview about a girl that entered in Harvard, with perfect scores, and was extremely poor… But I think she wasn’t athlete, and Harvard accepted… A question: if someone has, in high school, low grades, but got perfect scores in SAT and etc, Does Harvard accept? Thank you =)</p>
<p>Admissions at Harvard are highly selective; this is difficult to overemphasize.</p>
<p>An applicant’s application has to be both uniformly strong and, in at least one aspect, outstanding. If someone has perfect scores (2400 SAT, 3*800 Subject Tests) but relatively poor grades (~3.0 unweighted GPA [B average]), he or she simply will not be accepted. In fact, the majority of extremely high-scoring applicants are rejected; this carries over as well to applicants with strong scores and grades.</p>
<p>Most students who are accepted with relatively low SAT scores (<2100) and/or relatively low grades (<3.7 unweighted) have a hook, that is, something intrinsic that affords the applicant a significant advantage. Typical hooks are being of an under-represented ethnic or racial group, being a recruited athlete, having parents who attended, or being the first in one’s family to attend college (however, the final two are not as helpful as the first two).</p>
<p>As an international applicant, you would have to be thoroughly astounding to have a chance above 75%: stratospheric SAT score (2350+), top Subject Test scores (780+ on all), strong academics (near or at the top of one’s class at a competitive school), international recognition (for example, a medal in an academic olympiad), and unique ECs that demonstrate passion. </p>
<p>Good luck and respond if you have futher questions.</p>
<p>I’m gonna be honest here, the original poster has no chance at getting into Harvard. Especially with the poor English you are displaying here and how you show your grades to be.</p>
<p>Harvard is very unpredictable. At places that high-up, there just aren’t any students who are so strong that Harvard has to accept them.</p>
<p>Unless he’s a world champion in something that requires tremendous amount of skill and supported himself from 12 years old (without parents) and on and still got stellar grades and ECs in high school :-D. Then, Harvard would have no choice but to accept him, unless that applicant writes really annoying stuff on his application.</p>
<p>Unless your dad is good friends with the dean (actually the case for one of my friends), you will never have a 90%-100% chance.</p>
<p>Thank you so much =). I don’t speak english actually. But about grades… So let’s pretend I have really, really bad notes, lower than 5. But I entered in a competition*, and got first place, and made perfect scores in SAT, and etc… Are they really care about my high school notes…?</p>
<p>ps: Competion = I got first place for enter with the best notes, in the harder brazilian university, where 60900 people tryed too (in all the world). </p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>I’ll explain: I hated my high school, I didn’t have support.</p>
<p>Harvard weighs high school grades very heavily- they want to see your commitment to classwork over four years, not just your performance on one test, not matter how high it is. Sorry, but this is a case where your past can end any chances to a top university.</p>
<p>The example you saw of the poor LA girl- well she managed to get top grades despite being homeless for much of her high school life. She overcame her obstacles, rather than making excuses.</p>
<p>If you don’t speak English, how could you possibly attend and succeed at a U.S. college?</p>
<p>Thank you so much.</p>
<p>Class grades and rigor are the two most important factors in admissions.</p>
<p>im confused about how you say you don’t speak english… are you entering portuguese into an online translator?</p>
<p>No, no… I mean (is it correct? ‘‘mean’’), I don’t speak english well (I’m studying)… But guys, I love that you answered and helped me, really, really… But even with that ‘‘grades’’ I’ll try… Even if I have to pay I don’t know what, even if I become old getting money to pay… Because I love Harvard. And I don’t believed in all of you, just some commentaries entered in my head xD Maybe I change my ideas.</p>
<p>^ Well, despite the grammatical errors, your English is as intelligible as that of most native English speakers.</p>