with all of these acceptances CHANCE ME!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>okay so with the season of acceptance...and denial, I'm very very excited/nervous for 2011 season. I'm a junior and I was wondering if you could help me out!:)</p>

<p>School Type: charter school for Law and Public Service
Rank: 2/375
GPA unweighted out of 4.6: 4.5, weighted out of 5.6: 5.2
SAT 1: Math- 770, Writing 790, Critical Reading: 750
SAT 2: US History: 800 Math 2: 750 Spanish: 760</p>

<p>Freshman:
Honors Geometry: A
Spanish 2: A+
Honors World Lit.: A-
Honors Comp Civ: A
Honors Speech Debate Drama: A
Honors Bio: A+</p>

<p>Sophomore:
Honors Algebra 2: A
Spanish 3: A+
Honors Civitas: A+
Honors US History: A
Honors American Literature: A-
Honors Chem: A</p>

<p>Junior:
AP Calculus: A
Honors Spanish 4: A+
Honors Constitutional, Civil, and Criminal Law: A
AP US History: A
Honors English 3: A-
Honors Physics: A+</p>

<p>Senior (planned schedule)
AP Statistics
AP Spanish 5
Honors Senior Seminar
Ap English
Honors Business and Contract Law
AP Bio</p>

<p>Summer:
Freshman: taking AP Gov and Politics and Princeton
Sophomore: Oxbridge in Spain taking International Politics and a Spanish Language Course
Junior: 6 Weeks in Costa Rica with CrossCultural Solutions helping children for community service</p>

<p>C. Service:
50 hours of community service with town advisory committee for mayor</p>

<p>350 hours in Costa Rica</p>

<p>Jobs: tutoring students in english and math with Kumon</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Cancer Awareness: Founder, President 4 years
Model UN: VP, 4 years
Newspaper: Editor 4 years
Science League: 4 years
Winner of Science Fair: 2 years
Drama Club: 7 plays- director of 3, president of club- next year
Invisible Children- built a school in Uganda- 3 years
Raised and donated 300 books to public schools in Harlem
Track-3 years</p>

<p>I visited Harvard at 6 years old and fell in love, having no idea about it. I just felt connected (i guess like everyone else?) </p>

<p>GIVE ME ADVISE ON MY CHANCES AND MAYBE SOME OTHER SCHOOLS I SHOULD APPLY TO? thank you so much guys!</p>

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<p>Btw these ap test scores are tentative- usually what i get on practice tests</p>

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<p>not ap sorry, SAT 2 scores are tentative</p>

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<p>you definitely have some “edge” in your application with your overseas work and as the founder and president of your own extracurricular so you have a good chance. however, it all depends on the applicant pool, the admissions officer’s mood of the day and whatever applicants youre going to be compared with, etc. this goes to any ivy… since they’re looking for an “edge”. your sat scores have already qualified you so thats good.</p>

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<p>I disagree that the Costa Rica service and founder of a club gives you “an edge.” I think you are a qualified candidate who has a better-than-average chance of being admitted to Harvard, but based on the facts you give us, your app is not stand out. Your ECs resemble those a child with a lot of money, not that that’s bad, but it isn’t terribly unique or impressive.</p>

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<p>whatdo you think i could do over the next year to stand out?</p>

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<p>Ethnicity?</p>

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<p>mother is spanish, father is jewish/italian</p>

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<p>You may have a slight edge if you put down you are Latino/Hispanic. If you identify with that ethnic group, of course.</p>

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<p>what about that both of my uncles went?</p>

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<p>I’m actually a junior myself as well, so don’t quote me on this, but I think Northstarmom once said that legacy only applies to your parents.</p>

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<p>well either way…sounds like you’d have money. that’s a plus for harvard and it’s decline in endowment…</p>

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<p>^But they are need-blind so unless there is a history in your family of large donations, I don’t believe that income will make a difference. Despite the decline in endowment, the college still has a shockingly high amount of money. </p>

<p>In regards to extra curriculars, things to stand out would be starting your own non-profit that has true employees/interns and accomplishes real things in the community. Starting a business would also be interesting. Winning some major awards is great as well.</p>

<p>And a quick question, when you say you built a school in Uganda for three years, do you mean you were a member of Invisible Children Club for 3 years or that for 3 years you have been working to formulate and construct a school. In addition, did you go over and just build the school like Habitat or did you plan and conceive ideas for the school?</p>

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<p>I think the OP is a ■■■■■. He claims to have spent 3 years building a school in Uganda. That sounds like a false extracurricular.</p>

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<p>People embellish their resume all the time; you need to be able to dig through the BS and find out what the person really means. Here’s the way I would read it:</p>

<p>“Member of a club for 3 years that built a school in Uganda.”</p>

<p>Then again, I’m not him and he might mean something else.</p>

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<p>I was wondering when somebody was gonna see that OPs thread appeared true until the Uganda thing came. Defend yourself dvbanks</p>

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<p>you guys are hunting for ■■■■■■ aren’t you! i didn’t go to uganda and build a school for three years! I raised money for three years and ended up building a school with 70,000 dollars!</p>

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<p>did you build it or did you hire people to build it?
also 70,000$ does not even seem close to enough money to build a school.</p>

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<p>^well obviously, they used Ugandan child labor.</p>

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<p>and employed slaves as principles/teachers/etc
all seems plausible to me</p>