<p>Name - Roberto Sanchez Alvarez IV
Ethnicity - hispanic (I escaped from Cuba when I was 12 years old, hard times)
SATs - 2380/2400 (Don’t know what happened to those 20 missing points! LOL)
SATIIs - Math II 800, Swahili 780, Spanish 760 (I’m insecure about this one…)
GPA - Unweighted 4.56, weighted, 5.78
APs - Most available every single year, I even made up my own AP class and got certified to teach it to myself; AP plant biology (I’m studying to become a gardener)
Extra curriculars -
National Honor Society, I won for both President and Vice President so they let me hold both positions
I visit my home country (Cuba) every year and taught an entire village how to be successful gardeners. They named the village after me. It is now known as Shanchisimo
I raise albino squirrels and use their chromosomal difficiencies to find a cure for cystic fibrosis. I am very close to finding a cure.
I’m on the Varsity fencing team (6 years, I was pulled up in 7th grade)</p>
<p>I know that Princeton is a long shot for me, but it’s been my dream ever since I left my homecountry. Please let me know what you think. My mom is a hooker, my dad is a drug dealer, but I’m trying to become my own person and put my past behind me. </p>
<p>Unweighted > 4.0 is impossible, therefore I also believe this is made up. If this somehow were actually real, then this applicant would have a good shot.</p>
<p>Your accomplishments humble me and those who challenge you.</p>
<p>Your family awakens consideration towards aliens and others.</p>
<p>Your chances decline with time, but I wish you the best, considering I was accepted to Princeton and rejected their acceptance with admittance to Williams College.</p>
<p>You, icecream, should find your foundation in service to humanity as you find it an imperative to serve. Such instincts merely feed your need to prosper in overcoming deficits.</p>
<p>haha that’s what i thought, christiansoldier, and you can’t just like make up an AP course that doesn’t exist. . .there’s an AP bio, no AP plant bio.</p>
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<li>I raise albino squirrels and use their chromosomal difficiencies to find a cure for cystic fibrosis. I am very close to finding a cure.</li>
<li>I’m on the Varsity fencing team (6 years, I was pulled up in 7th grade)</li>
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<p>ahahahahaha. i wish that happened to me back in 7th grade. only varsity for 3.5 years. xD</p>
<p>This is a little late, but I wanted to congratulate you on all of your achievements. I am actually in a similar situation as well. I am a refugee from Nigeria (descendant of a migratory herding tribe originating in Chad) and my parents migrated here when I was a young child. Although my school does not offer many AP courses, I have taken a grand total of 104 AP tests and I have scored an average of 5.8 on all of them. I scored a 2410 on the scaled SAT rubric and have obtained an average of 820 on my SAT subject tests (abstract mathematics, biological literature, astrology, pseudoscientology, and cross-indexing analysis). I am also interested in research and am inspired by your work with cystic fibrosis. I actually invented a new virus when I was in sixth grade that kills individuals within 20 minutes of initial contact and has an R_0 value of 25. I’m currently close to finding a cure, which may lead to a universal cure for all virus-caused diseases, including ones like HIV/AIDS. I’m currently applying to a special Harvard Bachelors, MD, PhD, JD program and I hope to be a physician scientist who actively participates in public health policy. I ask for your blessing as I continue on this journey.</p>
<p>You are a qualified student, but so are about 80% of all applicant’s. </p>
<p>One of the reasons that it’s impossible to chance candidates for admissions, is that so much of the applications process is subjective. Selective colleges really do read everything in your file, paying close attention to your teacher recommendations, guidance counselor report and essays – all items not included in your post. </p>
<p>@darksigma: In the future, DO NOT resurrect old threads. If you have a question to ask, start a new thread rather than reply to a thread that is 3 years old.</p>
<p>@ Gibby: Thank you for the resources; just to clarify, I was not attempting to request a “chance,” but rather empathize and possibly get into contact with an individual who seemingly has been in a similar situation</p>
<p>@ Sherpa: I’m sorry, my english isn’t very good, but could you please explain what a ■■■■■ is? As far as I know, it is a mythological creature that does not exist, so I am confused as to how I would be categorized as such. Thank you for the clarification.</p>
<p>@darksigma: Rather than resurrect an old thread to get into contact with an individual, you should have sent them a private message. You can do that by clicking on a poster’s name, which will bring up a “pull down” list of options, one of which is SEND A PRIVATE MESSAGE TO.</p>
<p>“■■■■■■” are people who post outrageous, provocative or inflammatory postings. While your post appears sincere at first glance, a careful reading betrays your true intent. </p>
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A fantastic accomplishment, especially the 5.8 average, but gramatically I’d expect you to state that you averaged 5.8 “on them”, not “on all of them”. So I suspect you might be pulling our legs.</p>
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This too. Physiometry replaced the pseudoscientology test in 2004, if I remember correctly. So, what gives?
Claims such as this are a dime a dozen and I’m a natural skeptic. If you’ll provide a link to a peer reviewed published paper, I’ll stand corrected and offer a sincere apology.</p>
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I understand the importance of appearing altruistic, but with this you lose any remaining credibility. With your qualifications, settling for such a pedestrian position makes no sense whatsoever.</p>
<p>As for your chances at Harvard, I’d say they’re slightly better than average, probably in the range of 10.23% to 10.27%. Unless you’re a recruited athlete. That would help a lot.</p>
<p>@ Sherpa: Thank you for demonstrating genuine concern. I truly appreciate the definition of “■■■■■.” With respect to your request for a peer reviewed publication, I would be glad to send you a copy of the paper I have recently submitted to nature immunology (pending publication) if you would be willing to show me this dictionary entry for “■■■■■” in a widely circulated print dictionary.</p>
<p>As for the numbers, I urge you to reconsider their validity. I merely fed each number to the fourier transform of the exponential and rounded to the nearest whole number given that I would rather not share my actual scores.</p>
<p>FYI, I know that physiometry replaced the pseudoscientology test in 2004. I took the test in 2002 and requested the collegeboard to save my score until I apply to college this year.</p>
<p>Thank you for that chance; I assume they would be higher given that I have not provided all of my qualifications (including being a gold medalist in the International Stamp Collecting Olympiad [ISCO]). </p>
<p>You seem like an interesting character; I appreciate your generous responses.</p>