<p>When you apply to Harvard, youre buying a lottery ticket where you have 6 chances in 100 of getting the prize. If your SAT scores are above 2200, your grades put you near the top of your HS class, and youve done something else really interesting or really well, your chances may be better than 6/100. But, youre still buying a lottery ticket with long odds, and no one on this board knows how good your chances are.</p>