Wow I wish I could get into Harvard University :) (NOT)!!!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Senior, South Asian (Indian), Male at a pretty competitive school in TX (was ranked in top 300 of Newsweek Magazine..Most kids can get into Ivies/Top Private Schools but most students choose to go to state schools or schools out-of-state probably due to cost reasons; Top students go to Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Columbia College, Tulane, etc)</p>

<p>Proposed Major:
-Pre-Med/ BioEngineering (Biomedical)</p>

<p>GPA:
-UW GPA: 3.85
-W GPA: 5.0119</p>

<p>Rank:
- Top 3.87% of my class.(17 out of 400)
-Honors/Pre-AP classes every year
-ACT w/ Writing: Composite= 32 (10 on the Essay)</p>

<p>Community service: over 400+ hours in hospital, nursing homes, charity banquet, nursing facility, Red Cross, doctors offices, etc.</p>

<p>During the summer:
-Working a office assisting job at a physician recruiting center
-Volunteered at a hospital
-Had a job as a C.N.A. Trainee (worked with the hospice patients; did pretty much every dirty job possible)
-Intership at 2 doctors offices (one ENT; one Family medicine)
-Ran a business that built and sold custom computers on auctioning and classifield sites; Also provided virus removal and hardware installation.</p>

<p>Senior year:
-5 AP classes (Gov, Eco, English Lit, Bio, Psych, Calc BC)</p>

<p>Junior AP classes:
-English Language=4, AP US History=4, AP Comp. Sci AB=4</p>

<p>Total AP Classes: 9</p>

<p>EC'S
- Youth Group (9,10,11,12)
- HOSA (Officer) (10,11,12)
- School districts Tech committee ( i was my school's representative and leader; lead the change for innovative use of technology in the classrooms to help students gain knowledge) (11,12)
- Youth Leadership Group (10)
- NHS (11,12)
- NTH (11,12)
- Spanish Club (11)
- Reading Rocks Program (promoted literacy to senior citizens and children) (team leader) (9,10)
- Hospital Volunteer Group (Officer) (9,10,11)
- C.N.A. Certified & CPR Certified (11)
- National Technical Honor Society (11,12)
- Senior Clinical Mentor for Clinical Program (10,11,12)
- Building/selling/repairing custom computers (9,10,11,12)
As seen from my EC's i have an interest in technology and medicine.
All of this at the top of my head.</p>

<p>Chance me for-
Vanderbilt University-RD
Baylor University-RD (Safety)
Rice University-RD (#1 choice) (have had an interview, campus visit, info session, and talked to a Rice student who put me on their recommended student's list)
Tulane University
Northwestern University</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>^^^^ Stop, with these chance treads, seriously how many are you going to post?</p>

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<p>bump (10 char.)</p>

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<p>bump (10 char.)</p>

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<p>Gosh, is there really a public school in Texas where most kids can get into ivies? The hyperbole on these threads can get out of hand. Why don't you rethink the reality of your presentation?</p>

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<p>yeah...................</p>

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<p>that's ridiculous.. my school is 72 in the nation on newsweek and only about 5% of our school go to stanford/ivys/MIT so I don't what you're talking about buddy..</p>

<p>and that's kinda BS if your students don't go to ivys because everyone has financial issues.. that's why there are things called financial aid and scholarships; if your students are so brilliant they should be able to get the latter</p>

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<p>Actually, the very top high schools in the Country, public magnet schools, are not included in the Newsweek rankings, they're eliminated from the competition. So are all private and parochial schools, the top of which send over 30% to ivies each year. </p>

<p>The Newsweek rankings are based on number of AP classes taken per capita. Scores are not looked at, just tests taken divided by students attending. Schools that don't use AP's, again, many of the top schools in the US do not, are also not included.</p>

<p>Keep in mind in many states, anyone who likes can take an AP, and schools can pretty much call anything they like an AP. Everyone can get a one, but if they took the class/test you're a top school!</p>

<p>See where I'm going with this? Meaningless rankings.</p>

<p>Iam bored, there is not a school on the Newsweek list, or in the US, where most get into ivies.</p>

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<p>i said where most CAN (like 5-10%) can get into Ivies</p>

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<p>touche</p>

<p>lol, regardless of the misleading wording -- just chance the kid
(i would but i dont think i know enough about the colleges to chance you)</p>

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<p>I am pretty sure that you will get into Tulane. I have no idea about the rest.</p>

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<p>Vanderbilt University-RD-good chance
Baylor University-RD (Safety)-in
Rice University-RD (#1 choice) (have had an interview, campus visit, info session, and talked to a Rice student who put me on their recommended student's list)-good chance
Tulane University-in
Northwestern University-decent chance as any, but still a crap shoot</p>

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<p>Sorry, where did you say you were from? North Korea?</p>

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<p>^^??????????</p>

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<p>bumpity bump bump bumpity bump bump</p>

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<p>oh yeah my weighted GPA is a 5.0119 on a 6.0 Scale but the max GPA the Val has is a 5.3 :(</p>

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<p>bumpppppppppp</p>

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<p>Bumppppppppppp</p>

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<p>I really need to know what questions to expect from the interview because I'm sweating bullets right about now...my interview is tomorrow night!</p>

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<p>for the harvard interview: just be yourself. the interviewer doesn't have a lot of power. all they say is whether you seem to be a nice person or not. seriously.</p>