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Anonymous wrote:Unhooked science kid with 3.6, 33 ACT....great ECs....would he have a chance? Wondering if grades and stats alone mean he is a no-go?

Yes, if he/she is a top athlete or from a less represented region.

Or an underrepresented minority (possibly), or award-winning violinist etc....

Just in case you are wondering what a hooked candidate might look like, my AA daughter was accepted a few years ago with unweighted 4.0, 2380 SATs, and several school leadership positions.

4.0 gpa from DCPS and 2380 SATs of SAT and 1 SAT subject test.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Just in case you are wondering what a hooked candidate might look like, my AA daughter was accepted a few years ago with unweighted 4.0, 2380 SATs, and several school leadership positions.

Taking the rightful place of a deserving, hardworking Asian kid with a perfect 2400! (sarcasm)

Did she also build a horrifyingly lifelike robot?

No, her parents are lawyers and do not know from robots.

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Anonymous wrote:Unhooked science kid with 3.6, 33 ACT....great ECs....would he have a chance? Wondering if grades and stats alone mean he is a no-go?

Yes, if he/she is a top athlete or from a less represented region.

Or an underrepresented minority (possibly), or award-winning violinist etc....

Just in case you are wondering what a hooked candidate might look like, my AA daughter was accepted a few years ago with unweighted 4.0, 2380 SATs, and several school leadership positions.

Yeah, sure.

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Anonymous wrote:Just in case you are wondering what a hooked candidate might look like, my AA daughter was accepted a few years ago with unweighted 4.0, 2380 SATs, and several school leadership positions.

Taking the rightful place of a deserving, hardworking Asian kid with a perfect 2400! (sarcasm)

Did she also build a horrifyingly lifelike robot?

Anonymous wrote:Just in case you are wondering what a hooked candidate might look like, my AA daughter was accepted a few years ago with unweighted 4.0, 2380 SATs, and several school leadership positions.

Taking the rightful place of a deserving, hardworking Asian kid with a perfect 2400! (sarcasm)

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Anonymous wrote:Unhooked science kid with 3.6, 33 ACT....great ECs....would he have a chance? Wondering if grades and stats alone mean he is a no-go?

Yes, if he/she is a top athlete or from a less represented region.

Or an underrepresented minority (possibly), or award-winning violinist etc....

Just in case you are wondering what a hooked candidate might look like, my AA daughter was accepted a few years ago with unweighted 4.0, 2380 SATs, and several school leadership positions.

No would never get in with those stats since you said they are "unhooked". Possibly, but not likely, with a hook.

Anonymous wrote:Unhooked science kid with 3.6, 33 ACT....great ECs....would he have a chance? Wondering if grades and stats alone mean he is a no-go?

Why does he want to go to Harvard?

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Anonymous wrote:No. My 4.20 with ACT of 36 and 800 subject matter scores did not get in. But we are white.

I'm sure there are a lot of Asian kids that also did not get in with those stats. In fact, whites are on the receiving end of affirmative action in this case. There is a cap on Asian students. So some white child probably took some more deserving Asian kid's seat. I say all of this to say that Harvard is a crapshoot. Stop blaming other races for why you didn't get in.

Get over yourself. There's a cap on paint--by-number students.

Um, I'm not Asian.

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Anonymous wrote:Unhooked science kid with 3.6, 33 ACT....great ECs....would he have a chance? Wondering if grades and stats alone mean he is a no-go?

Yes, if he/she is a top athlete or from a less represented region.

Or an underrepresented minority (possibly), or award-winning violinist etc....

Great EC's?

How great? Did they?

- compose an opera being produced by the Met?
- write a novel on the short list for a national book award?
- qualify for the olympics?
- build a horrifyingly lifelike robot?
- find a cure for cancer/AIDS/heart disease?
- start a Fortune 500 company in your basement?
- star in a major Hollywood tent pole franchise?
- perform solo on their instrument at Carnegie hall?
- create an app that solves world hunger?

That great? Than maybe.

Class of 2016-2,032 students admitted


“This year’s applicant pool was remarkable by any standard in its academic and extracurricular excellence,” said Fitzsimmons. More than 14,000 scored 700 or above on the SAT critical reading test; 17,000 scored 700 or above on the SAT math test; 15,000 scored 700 or higher on the SAT writing test; and 3,800 were ranked first in their high school classes.

Extracurricular interests cited by students include music and other expressive and performing arts (41 percent); debate and political activities, including student government (35 percent); social service (21 percent); and writing and journalism (20 percent). In addition, 57 percent of the class expects to participate in recreational, intramural, or intercollegiate athletics.

Minority representation remained strong. The admitted class is 20.7 percent Asian-American, 10.2 percent African-American, 11.2 percent Latino, 1.7 percent Native American, and .5 percent Native Hawaiian.

Slightly more than half (53 percent) of those admitted are men, perhaps reflecting the fact that more men than women applied, while geographic representation remained similar to last year.

Almost 22 percent of the admitted students reside in the mid-Atlantic states, 21 percent in the Western and Mountain states, 19 percent in the South, 17 percent in New England, 10 percent in the Midwest, and 11 percent in the U.S. territories and abroad.

Foreign citizens make up 10 percent of the admitted students. In addition, a significant number of other entering students will bring international perspectives, including 122 U.S. dual citizens, 57 U.S. permanent residents, and many Americans who have lived abroad. Together, foreign citizens, U.S. duals, and U.S. permanent residents make up more than 19 percent of the class, representing 86 countries.
From the Harvard Gazette

I had a 3.98 and 1500 SATs (perfect 800 on Math) and got into every college except Stanford. Admissions is a crap shoot for the best applicants. A 3.6 GPA unless it's from TJ (and even then...) means that your child would likely not do well at a prestigious university. Harvard has grade inflation so it's not really true for them in particular...

Anonymous wrote:Unhooked science kid with 3.6, 33 ACT....great ECs....would he have a chance? Wondering if grades and stats alone mean he is a no-go?

Yes, if he/she is a top athlete or from a less represented region.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. My 4.20 with ACT of 36 and 800 subject matter scores did not get in. But we are white.

I'm sure there are a lot of Asian kids that also did not get in with those stats. In fact, whites are on the receiving end of affirmative action in this case. There is a cap on Asian students. So some white child probably took some more deserving Asian kid's seat. I say all of this to say that Harvard is a crapshoot. Stop blaming other races for why you didn't get in.

Get over yourself. There's a cap on paint--by-number students.