Can you get into Harvard not being top 10%?

Colleges & Universities Harvard University
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<p>I transferred from an urban to a magnet school this year. We didn’t have as many AP classes, and this new school is really small, so my rank is only within the top 25% of this new school, but I was # 1 at my old school.
Could I get into Harvard with this rank? My GPA’s 4.47 W and 3.9 UW</p>

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<p>I’m sure they don’t care if your rank is artificially low because of transferring.</p>

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<p>IIRC, there was a girl on these boards (Lirazel) who did.</p>

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<p>Why would they penalize you for something that you couldn’t control?</p>

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<p>IIRC?
By the way, she got double legacy</p>

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<p>If I recall correctly.</p>

<p>She wasn’t a legacy at Columbia, though, and she was accepted there as well. Reality sometimes contradicts our conventional wisdom, it seems.</p>

<p>(lol, CC stalking, I’ve hit rock bottom I swear.)</p>

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<p>IIRC = if I recall correctly</p>

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<p>You can, but you better give them a good reason to lower their % in the top 10% stat.</p>

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<p>Haha, I just stalked her, too. She also had a national championship in something or other, which probably helped…</p>

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<p>No. There are plenty of students who are below (not by 50% or something) the 10% mark. </p>

<p>Also, consider prep schools like Andover and Chote. These schools, it doesn’t matter what your rank is for obvious reasons. (Of course, you can’t be failing…)</p>