Harvard (ED), Columbia and a few others

Chance Me / Match Me
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Demographics: Indian male. International. Harvard legacy.

Applying to: Harvard (ED), Columbia, Stanford, NYU, U Michigan, UCLA, UC Berkeley,

Major: economics and government

Academics:
IGCSE- 7A*s, 1A, 1B

Full IB Diploma- (Predicted)
Literature HL (6)
French SL (6)
Maths HL (7)
History SL (7)
Economics HL (7)
Physics SL (6)
39/42

SAT: 1560. 780 and 780

SAT 2: Maths 2: 800 Literature: 780

Extracurriculars

  1. Lots of MUNs. Was the moderators of a few committees. Have won a few awards
  2. Authored a book
  3. 100+ hrs at this charity which distributes food
  4. Founder and President of Tax-exempt charity which teaches children English and civic rights and responsibilities. Also raises awareness about things like LGBT rights and Women's rights
  5. Class representative in 10th. House captain in 11th
  6. Acted in many school productions
  7. Participated in quizzes. Maths, economics, etc
  8. Part of school team which participated in Wharton investment competition
  9. Interned at a government think tank 10.Wrote a few articles for a few medium-sized magazines

Essays and Recs were all really good, I think.

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any community service? also any athletics? you seem right on the money to me- with the thought that your essays were bomb

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harvard doesnt do e

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ed*

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ed*

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Sounds great to me. Though they’re not focused on one certain field, your EC’s are not “generic” and actually have some substance.
Ivies are a reach for pretty much everyone (as the old CC adage goes) as is Stanford. Dunno about Berkeley. The rest sounds pretty solid.
Good luck to us all.

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I run the charity and 100+ hrs for the unprivileged feeding charity.