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By Mouse (Mouse) on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 01:46 pm: Edit

I visited Harvard in April and I really want to go there now. What are my chances?

Stats
GPA 4.0
Class rank: 1/285 students (Sophomore year)
School: Medium sized public high school with an overcrowding problem, 1050 kids

SAT 1: Math 800, Verbal 770
SAT 2: Math Ic 770, Math IIc 770, French (no listening) 770, Biology M, 730

Junior Year Classes
Sociology 1/2 year
Honors English 11
Honors French 4 (took Ap French Language, though we don't have the AP course)
Honors Physics
Ap Calculus AB (took BC test)
CP (level below honors) Spanish 1 (first year of a language is only CP in my school)
Ap US History

Senior Year Classes
I think my schedule works with:
AP English Literature
AP Biology
Honors French 5
AP Stats
Ap Policital Science (take US gov test)
signed up for:
Honors Spanish 2
C++
Awards
2 bronze, 1 gold medal state Science Olympiad 03
School high scorer on math team 03
ARML participant- scored 2 points
Pell award semi-finalist
Girl Scout Gold award (begin project next Monday)
12 years as a Girl Scout
National merit semi finalist (maybe) index = 226
Read most "book equivialents" in the school

Community service
20 hours for confirmation completed
20 hours for nat'l honor society, did 9
Gold award prereq hours (15)
Graduation hours (15) not yet done
Stuff with GS troop
Will have completed 50 more hours for Gold award by the end of the summer

Work:
Works 3-9 hours per week since summer before my Sophomore year at public library putting away books

Sports
Outdoor Track freshman year (threw javelin)

ECs
band 1, percussionist
nat'l honor society 3
Senior class treasurer (4) finally won after 4 years
Drama club, actor 1 2 3
CIM (Certificate of Initial Mastery) 2 3
Math Team 1 2 3
Science Olympiad 3
Ink Ink 3
Spanish Club 3
FTA 1 2

Private piano lessons 1 2 3
Girl Scout since Kindergarten

Please tell me what you think!

22000 people apply for 1650 spots, and 3000 were validictorians! That's scary.

By Uncchlocalmayor (Uncchlocalmayor) on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 01:52 pm: Edit

wow, nice, you're in the running--no one here is going to say yes or no...well, here they come.

By Mouse (Mouse) on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 03:51 pm: Edit

bump


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