Chances - Harvard!

International Students
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<p>Hi!.. Any thoughts on my chances?</p>

<p>Country: Russia</p>

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<p>1) Arts: pencil drawing (landscapes and surreal pictures): winner of regional art competitions, regional art studio (5 years), illustrator of school newspaper and school theater decorations. </p>

<p>2) Chess (1st grade): school team captain, winner of regional chess competitions among students (2003, 2004), chess training. MSU Open Chess Tournament ? semifinalist (2005, 2006) </p>

<p>3) American Club (est. 2003): Founder and President;
Rubik?s Cube Club (est. 2003): Founder and President; </p>

<p>4) Web-Design: Official designer of interior school web-site; Computer Science final work on web-design ? winner of regional conference ?The Day of Science? </p>

<p>5) Journalism: Co-editor of school newspaper; publications in regional newspapers “Novoe Vremya” and “Zolotoe Koltso”, in MSU newspapers: “Moskovskiy Universitet”, “Shpil”. </p>

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<p>–Allrussian multisubject Olympiad “Pokory Vorob’jevy Gory” – Absolute Winner; chosen to be the best senior of the nation, winner of “Who wants to be a Millionaire”
–Allrussian extramural school of young scientists “Olymp”(Subject area: Mathematics)
–Allrussian Geography Olympiad – participant (2004)
–State Olymipads: Geograpthy (2003,2004) – 1st place, Physics (2004) --3rd, English language (2004) – 1st.
–Silver Medal for special accomplishments in studies (2005)
–The best student of school and region (2005)
–MSU Open environmental expedition (participated as a winner of special academic contests for young scientists). </p>

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<p>Hook: from big multicultural family </p>

<p>Don’t know what else to write… Recs- I hope very good. Essay - don’t know…</p>

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<p>Did you really win Who wants to be a Millionaire? Meaning you won the million dollars?</p>

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<p>yeah, i won it, but 1) we have three million roublesm not dollars 2) all money were spent for charity</p>

<p>guyz, i have one problem: i haven’t yet received my pin. i sent my application on january, 1st and maybe they haven’t processed it</p>

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<p>don’t worry about the pin, it can take time to do all the processing.</p>

<p>btw what’s your chess rating?</p>

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<p>it changes from time to time, but las t was about 2000</p>

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<p>is it an official FIDE rating? Because if so you should definitely mention it.</p>

<p>As for your chances, I think they are fairly good. Your SATs are slightly lower than Harvard’s average, but your academics, ECs and work experience certainly look impressive. It would also help if your course selection at school was among the most demanding possible.</p>

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<p>no, i’m not professional chess player. it’s unofficial rating of msu open championship.</p>

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<p>It’s interesting you were allowed to play ‘who wants to be a millionaire’ without being eighteen yet. Or are you/were you at the time?</p>

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<p>read #3… the money was for charity ;)</p>

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<p>"We were unable to find your access information in our files.</p>

<p>Remember, you must include your first and last name in the body of your request."</p>

<p>What does it mean??? I was late?? and they haven’t processed my application… oh my god</p>

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<p>from commonapp.org:</p>

<p>If your college has printed your application or imported your information into their database, you will see “Downloaded” and the date downloaded. </p>

<p>I see “Downloaded” against “Harvard College”, so it must have been downloaded and processed</p>

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<p>Are you trying to track your application or what? If so, you’ll need an Access Code and your last name. Is that what causes you trouble?</p>

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<p>it has been downloaded, that doesn’t necessarily mean it has been processed. Once they process it, they will email you the Access Code. Until then you have no choice but to wait.</p>

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<p>Excellent!!!
50%+chance</p>

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<p>noone can truly chance you for Ivy League schools. The acceptance chance of every applicant is about 5%. So don’t be fooled.</p>

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<p>Just a myth. One applicant with 2400 will certainly have more than 5% chance, and another with 1800 SAT will have significantly less. You can take other than SAT factor of admission, and it will be true in some way too, so you can’t say that it’s just a stupid lottery and anyone has the same chances of winning. It’s a competition.</p>

<p>I have sent them e-mail requesting my pin, but they answered “pin- denied”, so i suppose they haven’t yet processed it. But how much time can it take? More than 10 days have passed…</p>

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<p>It’s clear that you have chances; especially if you demonstrated a particular passion for one of your activities in your application. Harvard says that if you don’t get your PIN by February 1st, you must inform them.</p>

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True to some extent, but not so true in another sense. Sure, a 1800 SAT scorer has less chances than the average applicant. However, at a certain level you still have a lot of students left that are academically able and do not have significant differences when it comes to what they have achieved so far. It then is a matter of luck, if you like it or not.</p>