what is my chance for Harvard EA?

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<p>hi i am an international student who goes to </p>

<p>United Nations International School in New York.</p>

<p>I am a senior. I am Asian </p>

<p>here are my stats:</p>

<p>GPA: (I.B based) 4.4 out of 4.6 (my school actually does not use GPA system) weighted</p>

<p>Rank: my school doesn't use rank system either</p>

<p>classes: IBH Mathematics A+ (7+)
IBH Physics A+ (7+)
IBH Biology A (7)
IBS Economics A (7-)
IBS English A2 A- (6)
IBS Korean A1 Grade N/A yet
Music A (7)
Physical Education A (6+)
Theory of Knowledge A- (6)
Spanish A- (6-) but when I was junior, (second semester) i switched to Korean cuz i needed to learn korean if i have to go back to korea for a reason that i dunno yet </p>

<p>EC: I have 6 main clubs
1) coordinator of a club which involves recycling and other fundraising stuff (called Save Today's Endangered Planet) for 3 years
2) UNIS-UN: I dunno if you guys ever heard of this club. It organizes conferences at UN in March every year and other entertainment yearly. For 3 years
3) Media Lab: As a crew. I just film school events for 4 years
4) Wind Ensemble: I play clarinet in this band. for 4 years
5) Math club: I participate in AMC and other fun stuff! for 4 years
6) Volunteer at Cornell Medical Center: Every monday and wednesday, i go to Cornell Medical Center. for 3 years
7) Varsity Volleyball i only played volleyball for one year for 1 year
8) Soup kitchen volunteer: i did this with my friend for one year only. for 1 year
9) Tennis: Every Friday, I just learn how to play tennis at Central Park, NY for summer of my junior year + senior year for a little bit. so is it 1 year?</p>

<p>Teacher Rec:
one from my math teacher
physics teacher
english teacher</p>

<p>SAT Stat:
this is kinda problem for me</p>

<p>New SAT: 1970 (Math 760, V 560, W 650)
I am going to retake this on October and hopefully do better this time :(
SAT II: Math 2c: 800
i'll be taking bio and phy this november</p>

<p>Awards: Mathematics department award, which is given to the best mathematics student.
i dunno if principal's award or commendations are awards
also my school is not a place where there are many awards.</p>

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<p>You will either be rejected EA or deferred and then rejected RD. Have fun</p>

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<p>Hmm unless you can get some serious SAT grades, your ec's are average to mediocre for harvard. and i'm not an expert on IB grades... so probably what iwantfood said.</p>

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<p>I won't pass judgement because let's face it, what I or anyone else on this forum thinks about your chances will not have the slightest effect on your admissions prospects.</p>

<p>Just curious, you distinguish between 7+/7-/7 at your school? How strange. I go to a similar IB school that's closely affiliated with the UN. A "7" here is a "7", be it 100% or 75% (as the case may be in physics).</p>

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<p>Please look at other colleges. I don't think you have over a 10% chance at Harvard or any other Ivy League school to be honest.</p>

<p>But I could be wrong!!</p>

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<p>What are your safeties? And do you need fin. aid, coz then chances could get exceedingly screwy.</p>

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<p>ur ib scores are high..how could u do so well in ib yet get such a dismal verbal score? I think if you re-take you can do much better but even then you prolly won't get into harvard ea.
don't waste ur ea on a sure no or at best a deferral try cornell ea instead and just apply to harv. rd.
sorry im just saying this cuz u don't have much of a hook- and in ur case being asian is a disadvantage.</p>

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<p>Need to point out that Cornell is ED, so it's probably not a good idea if you're not absolutely committed to that school. How about applying to somewhere with rolling admissions like the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor? If you send in your app within the next few weeks, there's certainly a chance of getting in.</p>

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<p>sorry i meant ed</p>