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hi, i have 1490 sat, 760 average SAT II and am planning on applying to harvard RD. Pretty fair grades, taking college math courses. Is it worth the money to apply to harvard rd? or is it just so ridiculously impossible that i should just keep my 60 bucks?

By yea on Friday, December 20, 2002 - 07:28 pm: Edit

no way. go for it. don't know about your EC's, but your scores are fine.

By Pat57575 (Pat57575) on Friday, December 20, 2002 - 07:29 pm: Edit

you're in range, that's for sure... just how fair are your grades?

By jello on Friday, December 20, 2002 - 07:48 pm: Edit

weighted:
freshmen: 4.33
sophmore: 3.75
junior: 4.6

By yea on Friday, December 20, 2002 - 07:54 pm: Edit

yea, do the whole HYPSM thing and pray you get into one, chances look pretty good right now but then again, my word means virtually nothing. good luck.

By Austin on Friday, December 20, 2002 - 08:12 pm: Edit

Quite.... definitely go for the HYPSMC pool and pray (as praying is necessary for all!)

btw... what do people make as C- Caltech I thought, but apparently Columbia from some

By ok on Friday, December 20, 2002 - 09:00 pm: Edit

Columbia.
Because Columbia is Ivy and Caltech isn't.

By seeker on Saturday, December 21, 2002 - 03:24 am: Edit

I think C is sometimes Caltech when taken in context, and also because Caltech is extremely selective.

By Austin on Saturday, December 21, 2002 - 08:15 am: Edit

Seeker, intrigued to know more about you, gathered you got 1590, 800x3, v. impressive. Where are you now, at Wharton? I also noticed you said you were an int. student, would that be from the UK, which school etc...

ok, stanford + MIT aren't ivies either???

so could be top 3 ivies, top 3 non-ivies? not that it really matters. I vaguely meant Caltech