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White girl from Maine.

GPA: 3.6 UW
Rank: 23/276
SAT I: 1450 (700 M/ 750 V)
SAT IIs: Lit 750, IC 700, Writing 680 (retaking...I accidentally skipped the entire last page :-/), will take IIC.

AP US: 3
AP English Language (no class, just test): 4

Mostly honors and APs, except for freshman year because of poor academic advising- I was homeschooled in 8th grade and had no idea where I stood in relation to other kids, so I was put in normal classes instead of more advanced ones. After my teachers figured out that I was misplaced, my schedule picked up considerably.

Senior Schedule:
AP Stats (3 college credits- taught by certified college professor)
AP Latin IV: Vergil
AP Literature
Honors Calc (4 college credits- same deal as Stats)
Honors Physics
Latin V, maybe as AP. (Doubling up two Latin classes in one year)

Essay should be good, decent at least; same with recommendations.

ECs:
10 years of piano
Track: 10
XC: 11-12
Ice Hockey: 10-12
200 or so hours of community service
Summer jobs
LHS
Latin III award
NHS
NHS treasurer
Senior Class treasurer
Math team: 12

Not a minority- but a 5 generation legacy at Harvard.
Do I have any chance?

By 80drofnats (80drofnats) on Friday, September 10, 2004 - 07:48 pm: Edit

hmm...this is a tough one, you definitely want to apply EA to harvard to use that legacy, 5 generations will help significantly, but without it you would be nowhere near getting in...i'd recommend applying early just to use your legacy, but it's very difficult to predict what will happen

By Zenith (Zenith) on Friday, September 10, 2004 - 10:13 pm: Edit

I agree with drofmats on this one

By Elizabeth22 (Elizabeth22) on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 06:19 pm: Edit

bump