Chances

Colleges & Universities Harvard University
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<p>Fluent speaker: Russian, English, Hebrew, and Spanish</p>

<p>98.5 gpa</p>

<p>rates #1 out of 209 in grade</p>

<p>1560 out of 1600 on SAT’s</p>

<p>SAT II:
Biology 780
Literature 770
Spanish 800
Hebrew 800
Math II 780
U.S. history 760</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars</p>

<p>Debate Team - captain 2 years
Mock Trial
Model UN
Model Congress
Founder of School Business Club
National Merit Scholar
150+ community service hours
JV AND V Basketball
JV and V Baseball
Wrestling team captain
Swim Team
Student Body President
Principal Honor Roll 4 years</p>

<p>Summers:</p>

<p>Freshman - volunteered in Israel working with kids who lost parents to terror attacks
Sophomore - worked in the children’s with cancer ward of hospital
Junior - worked at a lab
Senior - undecided</p>

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<p>Good chances. Perhaps higher than 50%</p>

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<p>Why are your SAT scores on a 1600 scale instead of the new 2400 scale?</p>

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<p>Yes, that is what I was thinking. All colleges after 2005 or 2006 require that you take the new SAT.</p>

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<p>Over 50%? That seems unlikely. At least in our high school approximately half of the over 1550/1600, top 1-2% of the class gets into Harvard, but we have a good relationship with them, and many of those top scorers have national awards, science research with published papers and the like. Our admissions stats at the other Ivy’s are somewhat lower. The OP has the right stats, but it’s impossible to know how the total package will present itself to the admissions committee. Stats get you in the door - but it really will boil down to recommendations and essays and how your EC figure into that.</p>