What percent of the HYPMS applicant pool is the kids on CC?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Almost everyone on here has perfect stats and impressive ECs. I remember the Harvard dean saying that 80-90% of the applicant pool are perfectly fit for Harvard, but how many applicants to HYPMS are actually top-notch kids like the people we see on here? (President of clubs, 300+ volunteer hours, travel abroad for a community service project maybe, varsity sports, 5s on AP exams, winner of state/national awards etc.) </p>

<p>How can I tell adcoms through my application that moving a lot and being first-generation didn't exactly contribute to my knowledge of competition, award, scholarship, EC, and self-studying opportunities? I wish I had known about the possibility of holding leadership positions, doing community service, taking online classes, etc. earlier because I would've done things like that every year and not just the summer before senior year. The only reason why I'm doing an internship at the City manager's office soon and taking a summer college class is thanks to CC, who notified me of all the opportunities I had.</p>

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<p>Also, a random question.
The Harvard Dean said that AP Exams are better indicators of a student's gpa, then comes subject tests, then comes the SAT I. See...the thing is that I didn't study as much as I should have, and I don't have "good" AP scores. I don't think I should send my scores to HYPSM because I scored a 3 on AP World last year (new teacher), and will not have more than 1 5 this year (I didn't study hard for Chem, Lang, or USH). Should I send only my 5 (possibly APUSH), or all of them? I don't want my 3's to disadvantage me from the process. Thanks for the input you are about to give :)</p>

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<p>Are many applicants like my friend, who fails tests, rarely does homework, attends a club meeting every month or two and mentions that they want to go to Harvard? Surely there are some applicants with minimal knowledge about the cruel reality of college admissions and will go ahead and apply thinking they have some chance even though they don’t really do, right? I think I made this post wanting to hear “Yes, about 50% of Harvard applicants have missing information or sub-par everything, so you’re chances are actually higher than average.” But I know that’s not true because the Harvard dean said that 80-90% are acceptance-worthy and also because of the results threads (2360 SAT, 3.9 UW, 4.8 W, Prez of 3 clubs, class president REJECTED)…
please excuse terrible writing style right nowww…starting Psych class @CC later today, and I’m kinda hungry…suggestions?</p>