help! can i do it?

Colleges & Universities Harvard University
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<p>It would be a HUGE help for me if you guys would (very honestly) let me know if I have a chance at getting into Harvard. I want to apply EA, but everything is more confusing because though I’m from Vermont, I am applying from Norway, where I have been living for the past year and a half.</p>

<p>SAT SCORES:
SAT 1: Reading 800, Writing 800, Math 670 (total=2270)
SAT 2 US HISTORY: 780
SAT 2 LITERATURE: 750</p>

<p>IB Diploma Grade=42 (out of 42)
IB Higher Levels: 7/7/7 History/Biology/English A1
IB Standard Levels: 7/7/7 Human Rights/Math/Spanish B</p>

<p>I am the 1st in my class.</p>

<p>AP Scores:
US History=5
US Government=5
Comparative Government and Politics=5</p>

<p>I have been to 5 high schools:

  1. My middle school went through 9th grade. I was valedictorian.
  2. Public High School in Vermont, Honor Student, top 10% of the class
  3. JR YEAR, I wanted something more challenging, I went to two highly selective semester programs (all classes were taught at the AP/Honors level): I was an honor student at both.
  4. I am currently a student in NORWAY, a highly selective college for 200 kids from 84 different countries who are all chosen to represent their countries for 2 years while studying the IB diploma. I am here on a full merit scholarship which will carry over to university.</p>

<p>I was a Page in the US House of Representatives. While I was serving I attended the Page School and received an A in every subject.</p>

<p>Extra-Curricular’s:

  1. I founded and run an organization that brings military families to a ski town for an all expenses paid ski vacation weekend. It is hugely successful and now three years old. I have over 200 volunteers working for me and have won the following awards as a result:
    -President’s Community Service Award
    -High School Community Service Award
    -Prudential Spirit of Community Service Award
    -Scholarship Award for Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy (10,000$ Scholarship)
  2. I founded and run a literary magazine for middle school age children. I founded it 7 years ago. I have had submissions from 37 states and 6 countries and have been featured in major publications and on television as a result.
  3. I founded an organization that teaches and promotes adaptive skiing (skiing for disabled people) that has been hugely successful.
  4. I have been elected to the Student Council of my school.
  5. I am the editor of my schools newspaper.
  6. I work at a Norwegian Refugee camp.
  7. I was nominated by my teachers to be a Peer Tutor.
  8. In the US, I was on the following Varsity athletic teams:
    -Nordic Skiing
    -Track and Field
    -Ultimate Frisbee (Captain)
  9. I was nominated to the Vermont Elite Ski Team
  10. I was a Page in the House of Representatives
  11. I spent a summer in India working for 350.org, a global climate change awareness organization.
  12. I was a long term volunteer for Obama for America
  13. I am a lifeguard
  14. I was a member of the Arabic Club.
  15. I was a member of Model UN.</p>

<p>Paid Work Experience:

  1. I was a waitress
  2. I was a writer of environmental essays for Patagonia.com
  3. I was a cook and waitress and cleaner (“hut girl”) for the Adirondack Mountain Club</p>

<p>I am also a legacy to Harvard, and my father was the President of the Crimson when he was a student.</p>

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<p>Looks very realistic to me.</p>

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<p>Honestly, if you’re denied, I’ll be surprised…</p>