Chances at Harvard please???

Colleges & Universities Harvard University
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<p>Academics:
GPA: 3.7UW, 5.3W
Rank: Top 1%
SAT: 800M, 770W, 680CR
SATII: 800 Math II, 740 USH, 660 Physics</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
IB History Higher Level, IB Spanish Standard Level, IB English IV Standard Level, IB Mathematics Higher Level, AP Psychology, IB Physics Higher Level, IB Theory of Knowledge</p>

<p>Academic Awards:
• 2008 AP Scholar With Honor
• 2009 AP Scholar With Distinction
• National Merit Commended Scholar
• Harvard Prize Book award recipient
• Biology student of the year 2006
• Excellence in Physics (2007, 2008)
• Excellence in Chemistry (2007, 2008)
• 3rd place physics Intel ISEF Science fair
• 2nd place space science Intel ISEF Science Fair
• Honorable Mention: South Florida High School Journalism awards
• 1st place declamation-South Florida Spanish competition
• 1st place-impromptu-South Florida Spanish Competition</p>

<p>Athletics:
• Football (2 years, 1 year varsity letterwinner)
 Field Goals: 17-19 (1 blocked) through 10 games
• South Florida Athlete of the Month-January
• Water polo (3-year varsity letterwinner)</p>

<p>Work Experience:
• Student correspondent/journalist: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (3 years)
• Model: Sun-Sentinel and CW TV Show
• Official Delegate: Korean Friendship Association-South Korea
• Communications Secretary: Korean Friendship Association-USA</p>

<p>Clubs:
• Marching band (section leader, co-captain: 3 years): Increased membership by over 200%
• Parade Band (section leader, co-captain: 3 years): Increased membership by 200% and participated in more parades and competitions previously undertaken.
• BCAA All-Star marching band-Comprised of the best musicians in the county.
• Saxophone quartet (Founder, leader)
• Mu Alpha Theta (president: 4 years): Revived a previously dormant organization
• SECME physics and engineering club (member: 2 years)
• Brain Brawl participant
• National Honor Society</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
• 2.5 weeks in Ghana helping Malaria and HIV/AIDS patients
• Founder: Advance Medicine in Africa (AMIA): Organization that collects donations from local and regional hospitals and clinics to send to understaffed hospitals in Ghana (raised over $2000).
• Amnesty International participant
• Liberty in North Korea (a North Korean human rights organization) participant in “Movement” project.
• Habitat for Humanity worker</p>

<p>Research Experience:
• Internship/Independent Research under Dr. H.K. Kim, PHD and Dr. Salahadin Abdi, PHD, MD at University of Miami on cytology of neurons</p>

<p>Summer Programs:
• 2009 West Point Summer Leader’s Seminar</p>

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<p>please read: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/703400-chances-chances.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/703400-chances-chances.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>680 CR is pretty low, and 660 physics is terrible as the curve for 800 is like -16 or something. Your awards seem mostly school level, and how/why is the isef stuff different from your research?</p>

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<p>Yeah I’m not satisfied with those scores at all. I do have mostly school–level awards with some national and state levels mixed in. The ISEF stuff was my OWN experiment, not the guided independent research at UM.</p>

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<p>based on my experience meeting students at Harvard, your credentials are not at all special. why would the committee pick you over anyone?</p>

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<p>Are you recruitable for water polo?</p>

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<p>while people will tell you that recruits will help, they will only just do that… help</p>

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<p>^ummm… Recruits are basically guarateed admission…</p>

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<p>You are definitely in. It seems to me that any admission officer could not easily find any Asian Football varsity athlete, who won the 3rd place physics Intel ISEF Science fair. The football is totally different from the other athletics. Don’t worry about SAT CR score.</p>

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<p>^ I think you must be joking.</p>

<p>You have a chance. Apply and hope for the best.</p>

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<p>To Lobbzz
recruits are definitely not guaranteed admission. 6 kids in my school were recruited for their respective sports. But, admissions would not allow our school to send that many because of a “quota”, so they had to turn down 4. The other one, who’s my classmate, is a top 5 center in the country for basketball but he chose Stanford in the end. So I ended up being the only likely letter this year. It also depends on what sport you play. The standards for getting in are much lower for revenue generating sports like basketball and football than say squash or crew.
At OP, I think you have a very good chance. Your resume is very diverse and well rounded from top to bottom.</p>

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<p>^ 6 recruits? what kind of powerhouse school do you go to O.o</p>

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<p>@golf: They would have accepted all 6, had it not been for the quota. I doubt many schools produce that many athletes, anyway. But yeah, again, athletes who have attracted coaches are pretty much guaranteed admission.</p>

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<p>@Lobzz: You are right though. The coaches at these Ivy league schools can and will only recruit kids who have at least decent grades and solid test scores, no matter how good they are at their respective sports. But by far, Harvard has the most stringent requirements for athletes of all the schools I talked to.
But our school isn’t just those 6 people, there are probably up to 35-40 seniors that will sign with some D1 program, not necessarily a good academic school though.</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>