<p>there are a lot of schools in questbridge and if you cant get a match with an Ivy, you may get lucky with others although I dont know if they will all consider you.</p>
<p>Questbridge is only putting your application out there to colleges and not funding you. The money comes from the colleges themselves. It is the visibility they are bringing for you. </p>
<p>If you want advise on questbridge without reading the website yourself, you need to start a new thread with the appropriate title.</p>
<p>anyone else? =] thanks!</p>
<p>I had 5 publications, 35 ACT, 4.6 gpa, eagle scout, founded a national community service event, pilot’s license, more research, and I was rejected. I think the gpa alone will keep you out,</p>
<p>I find that really hard to believe</p>
<p>Without knowing your SAT scores, it is difficult to judge your chances based on GPA and extracurricular activities. Your AP course load are on the lower end, most Harvard applicant would take 6-8 AP course by the end of Junior year in high school. Your GPA is relatively weak for typical asian applicants, and you are competing against other asian students. Being from a single parent household and lower economic background will help. But you need to demonstrate that you will shine once given a chance. It is hard to tell from the information you provided. Your recommendation letters will be extremely critical in your case.</p>
<p>My ACT’s are 33 and I am taking a total of 6 AP’s by the time applications go out
Is it really worth the money for me to give it a shot?</p>
<p>thanks guys! =]</p>
<p>Also, do my recs have to be from teachers? Can I ask doctors that I worked with to write them too?</p>
<p>anyone? thanks =)</p>
<p>You will need letters from your high school teachers from Junior or Senior years. Outside recommendation letters can be submitted as supplemental material but will not be looked favorably as the the required rec letter. You should also look at the Harvard Supplemental Form and envision how your concilor will evaluate you using that form. Your chances will depend a lot on that evaluation</p>
<p>Anyone else think I would have a chance early?
or should I just apply early somewhere such as JHU?</p>
<p>This is real a tough question to answer. Class 2016 is going to be the first year Harvard will return to early action. It is really impossible to know how many slots they will fill in the early round. For the most competitive applicants, applying for EA certainly offers advantage because the admission rate is typically higher for EA than RD. Marginal applicants may or may not enjoy such advantage, depending on how many slots Harvard want to fill in the EA round. If you really like the program at John Hopkins, you probably should go for it for the EA round, then apply Harvard for RD.</p>
<p>It is so difficult to predict. Actually, i am in the same predicament; I am a junior now, and I don’t know whether to apply EA to Harvard, or not. Three seniors in my school got in: each had an average of (97 or higher- weighted I believe)… Their SAT scores were 2160, 2170, and 2310… So people that say you need above 2,300 are lying… Your ec’s are great and my stats are similar. On my first SAT in March I got a 2030, but I’m obviously retaking it (will be studying in the Summer, Hopefully above 2250)… Idk if average and SAT play such a big roel anymore. Because, I was reading Silverturtle’s ( a fellow CC used) guide on getting a 2400, and despite that 2400 he did not get into Harvard (which I really don’t understand)… But, I’m trying to be as realistic as possible; getting into an Ivy, is like winning the lottery; random and extremely lucky. All ivies have secret motives, they definitely don’t just consider SAT and Average and EC’s… My average is definably high enough, but I still don’t feel I will be accepted. The same people who got into Harvard, didn’t get into Yale, Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth, or Duke… So it’s really unpredictable.</p>
<p>Yeah, I agree that if you like the program at John’s Hopknis, you might be better of doing EA there (where you have a higher chance of getting in)… and then apply to Harvard in the RD round… and if you get in; then you can choose btw Harvard and Johns Hopkins.</p>