<p>Out of curiosity who knows or heard of a person with low stats that got into Harvard?
low meaning g.p.a less than 3.5
and SAT's less than 1600</p>
<p>Do you mean 1600?
Well, a fairly small number of URM applicants, probably.</p>
<p>1600 math and verbal...or 1600 out of 2400?</p>
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Do you mean 1600?
Well, a fairly small number of URM applicants, probably.
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NO URM or athlete or musician or legacy would EVER be admitted to Harvard with a 1600/2400 (if that's what the OP means). Harvard only accepts kids who they think can graduate and the likelihood of a kid with these stats succeeding there would be slim to none.</p>
<p>as for minimum stats i would say that there is no way for anyone on here to know. people who answer the question with specific stats etc. are just bs'ing you.</p>
<p>in and admissions book i was reading at borders, there was a stat of a girl with 500/section SAT scores who wanted to go to Harvard and the counselor guy was like, "nope, sorry." but then he noticed that she could be a good rower on the rowing team and asked her to try it out, and she did really well and got in even with her 500 SAT scores.</p>
<p>wonder if it was an exagerration</p>
<p>im pretty sure if you were some superstar high-profile athlete or legacy, you could get in with those scores. its just not likely that a normal person can do that.</p>
<p>A guy on the Stanford forum got into Stanford SCEA with a 1700. No joke.</p>
<p>he was a hispanic...</p>
<p>Alohasam89, that remark sounded remotely racist to me... Just because someone is a minority, is their acceptance less-valued? That means that they had much more to offer--not that they got in just because of their race.</p>
<p>uh affirmative action IS racist?</p>
<p>^blah. It's suppose to be trying to prevent racism, but somehow people always screw good concepts.</p>
<p>The purpose of Affirmative Action is to give minorities an equal chance for admission. It is by no means "racist."</p>
<p>I agree with eternitygoddess and friedrice. But, I felt like the response by the poster was a bit derogatory in the wording. Though, it's true. I don't get why people can't just say he was a great applicant who just happened to have a low SAT score and put a period at the end of the sentence.</p>
<p>well, it WAS because of his race that he was accepted. I honestly doubt there was a non-developmental non-quadruple-legacy asian with a 1700 that got accepted. sorry.</p>
<p>He was accepted because he was Latino. Latinos are considered a minority in elite schools and has been historically discriminated again (same goes with African Americans). Asians, on the other hand, are over-represented and are more well off (in a very general matter) socially and financially.</p>
<p>That's very true,
But some minorities might just take the whole AA thing as offensive. That they need a helping hand or a step up, and can't get there on their own. This probaby has been mentioned, and I know, I confess, that I have sometimes let that feeling creep into my mind that if a brilliant student did get in, and they happen to be a URM, people credit his/her success to the URM status and all their work sort of... meant nothing.</p>
<p>wow...some really negative posts.</p>
<p>we will never know for sure, so please stop making mean assumptions.</p>
<p>Maybe this is the reason why 'superior' students don't get accepted - their attitude.</p>
<p>^
Also, if you look at his stats, he might have low SAT scores, but the rest is suburb.</p>
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School: Public (in CA) Hardly ever sends out kids to great schools
GPA: 3.923 (THIS IS A WEIGHTED GPA, OUR VALEDICTORIAN HAS A 4.22)
Class Rank: 7/351 (Top 2%)
Ethnicity: Mexican American (Chicano)
Gender: Male</p>
<p>SAT I: 1700 (600 writing, 580 math, 520 critical reading) (very poor i know!!!)</p>
<p>SAT II: Spanish 690 (very poor as well, but I am fluent, just a horrible test taker)</p>
<p>AP Courses offered at our high school: Spanish, French, Calculus AB, Eng. Language, Eng. Literature, and Biology.</p>
<p>AP Courses that I have taken/will take:
11th: English Literature, Biology
12th: French, English Literature</p>
<p>***I will be the only student in my class to take all of the AP tests offered at our school.</p>
<p>College Credit Classes taken/taking at community college so far:
Gen. Psychology: grade~ A
Trigonometry: grade~ A
Intro to Sociology: grade ~ A
Calculus: grade ~ in progress
American Minority Groups: grade ~ in progress</p>
<p>EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
AVID 9th, 10th, 11th1 12th
-2004-05 Freshman President
-2005-06 Executive Council Member
-2006 Delegate at Regional Leadership Conference
-2006 Student Spirit Award
-2006-07 President
-2007 Student Inspiration Award
-2007 AVID Student of the Year Award
-2007 Overnight Trip Committee Chair</p>
<p>STUDENTS FOR CULTURAL ENRICHMENT 10th, 11th
-2006-07 President</p>
<p>A.C.C.E.P.T. (Academic, Community, & Cultural Enrichment Program for Triumph) 11th, 12th
-Founder/Creator
-2007-08 Chairperson</p>
<p>KEY CLUB 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
-Over 250 Hours of Community Service in just Key Club alone.</p>
<p>ASB 11th , 12th
-2007-08 Student Rep. to the School Board
-Master of Ceremonies at 2007 Youth Night in the Park
-CADA Leadership Conference</p>
<p>CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP FEDERATION 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
-Life Member
-2005-06 Vice-President</p>
<p>Mu Alpha THeta 11th, 12th
-Member
-2006-07 President</p>
<p>M.E.Ch.A. 11th, 12th
-2006 Delegate at UC Davis Chicano Youth State Conference
-2007 Delegate at Cal Poly Chicano Youth State Conference
-2007 Delegate at BizTalk with ex-Presidente Vicente Fox of Mexico</p>
<p>CAMP ROYAL Summer 2007
-One of two delegates from Dinuba High School</p>
<p>LINK CREW 11th, 12th
-Link Crew Leader for Freshmen Students</p>
<p>HISPANIC YOUTH SYMPOSIUM Summer 2007
-Delegate from Dinuba High School
-Youth Venture Issues to Action Finalist
-Earned one college unit</p>
<p>CHURCH ALTAR SERVER AND LECTOR 9th, 10th, 11th
-2004-06 Group Captain
-2005 Diocese of Fresno's Serra Club Award
-Youngest and only teen Church Lector</p>
<p>WORK EXPERIENCE:
Tutor for Third Grader
-September 2006 ~ June 2007
-8 hours/week</p>
<p>Tutor for Fourth Grader
-June 2007 ~ August 2007
-4 hours/week</p>
<p>Tutor for Fifth Grader
-June 2007 ~ August 2007
-4 hours/week</p>
<p>DISTINCTIONS/HONORS: (not anything too special)
-2005 Academic Letter
-2005 Green Chevron
-2007 Top Ten Class Rank Award
-2006, 2006, 2007, 2007, 4.0 GPA White Chevrons
-2007-08 Student Council Letter
-DAR (Daughters of American Revolution) Dinuba High School Nominee</p>
<p>I AM VERY FOND OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND WOULD LIKE TO MAJOR IN THEM. I COME FROM A PREDOMINATELY LATINO COMMUNITY IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY IN CALIFORNIA WHERE MOST OF THE STUDENTS DROP OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND DO NOT ATTEND A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY. MY FUTURE ASPIRATION IS TO TARGET COMMUNITIES SUCH AS MINE, AND HELP MORE AND MORE STUDENTS BE AWARE OF COLLEGE AND THE BENEFITS OF LEARNING etc...
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<p>Despite of his average SAT score, he deserves to be accepted to Stanford.</p>
<p>^ He was accepted to Stanford because he has done incredible leadership work within his community. Stanford rightly saw his potential, drive and passion.</p>
<p>Wait, just to be clear
My previous post was against the fact that people think that way ..
I hope I didn't sound mean ... :(</p>