Chance @ Harvard & Duke

smartafgkid
Wed, 28 May 2008 08:13:34 +0000

Hi everyone. This is my last and final chance thread, with the closing of my junior year, I would like to know where I stand among these colleges.

About Me:
Male
URM = From Afghanistan
GPA : I would say around UW = 3.75 , Weighted = ??
I speak Farsi as my primary language and English as secondary.
School Doesn’t Rank.

SAT:
taking june 7th, practice test predict me at 2150 will take them until I get above 2200.

SAT 2’s:
Taking them senior year.

School Information:
Public
Class Size is around 380-450 +/-
Sends 1-3 Kids to ivy league schools.

Financial Information:
Low income student
Both parents work
Will absolutely need financial aid

Classes:
Junior Year:

AP Microeconomics

AP European History

AP Biology

USH

Honors Chemistry

American Literature

Anatomy and Physiology

Arabic 2

Alg 2
Senior Year:

AP Human Geography

AP Statistics

AP Computer Science

Pre- Cal

Comp 40

Arabic 3

AP Psychics

AP Macroeconomics (Self Study)

AP Environmental Science

Extracurricular Activities:
Vice-President of Business Club
President of The Guilford Livestrong Chapter
Member of the Harvard Free Culture Movement/Group
Member of the Harvard Interactive Media Group
Member of Arabic Club
Worked in trying to draft Lessig (a Stanford Law and previous Harvard professor) for Congress. I was part of the technical committee. My job was to
blog, create rss feeds, website development, and ads.
Possible Law Internship at Harvard Law
Internship at local science research lab.
Attending Harvard SSP this Summer.
Member of Track and Field. Since spring season of my sophomore year in high school.
Varsity Debate Team
Invisibile Children
Community Service

Extra Information:
I have had an interview with a Harvard Representatives.
I have meet with two other Harvard Representatives who said that my application would be “interesting.”
I have meet the Havard Senior Dean of Admissions.

Area of Interest:
Law, Politics, and Government
Biomedical Engineering
Aerospace Engineering

Job Experience:
I have worked at Subway since the summer before my freshman year of high school. My family is low-income so I work to help support my family. I work mainly during the weekends / during school vacations and breaks. During my summer I usually work the most around 60+ hours a week.
I am assistant manager at Subway. I also work during the school week, to help support my family.

Essays / Recommendations:
Great recommendatiosn from both GC and Teachers.

Essay - Will be about all the Hardships faced in life, coming to the U.S on welfare and food stamps to my current status now.

Colleges I am Looking at:
Harvard & Duke (I might Apply ED to Duke, these schools are the top schools on my list)
UCONN
Dartmouth
Princeton
BC
Georgetown
SCSU
CCSU
Stonehill
William and Mary
George Washington University

Thank you for taking the time to read this, please chance me! I know this is long and I am sorry. Thank you and I really appreciate it.

Also if you guys know of any good schools I should look at please tell me!