I was ranked 1st in freshmen year, 4.0 G.P.A
I was ranked 12th in sophomore year, 4.1 G.P.A
I was ranked 1st in junior year, 4.8 G.P.A
I was ranked 1st in senior year, 5.0 G.P.A
I’m fluent in English, Spanish, Arabic, and Urdu.
I took a total of 12 AP classes with all 5s. They are Biology, English 12 and 12, Calculus AB and BC, Economics, U.S History and Government, Spanish 4, Psychology, Physics,and Environmental Science.
I’m an AP national scholar. My SAT score is 2340. My SAT II score is 720.
I’m in Varsity Track and Field, and won Sierra League Finals in jumps. I also won in CIF Division 1. Also won MVP.
I’m in Varsity Basketball. Also won sierra league and CIF Finals.
I was president of Muslim Student Association for 2 years, president of National Honor Society for 1 year.
The clubs I were in are Muslim Student Associations, Tree Huggers, California Scholarship Federation, Interact Club, National Honor Society, and Health Science Academy.
I’m an active member in the Freemasonry.
I’m valedictorian.
I created a program to help the needy.
I worked at Kumon during my Junior Year and Senior Year.
I volunteered at Pomona Valley Hospital during the summer of 2010.
I am journalist for a news blog.
During my high school summers, I attended a community college know as Chaffey College. I took English 450, English 1A, and American Philosiphy.
On the personal side, my life long goal is to bring Pakistan out of corruption and promote peace there. Also spread modern Islam to the middle east.
I also wrote an article about fooling evolution which was published in a local science journal.
Can I make it into Harvard, and if not, what did I do wrong.
I considered athletics my social life.
Rejection or Failure, either is fine as long as I learn my mistakes. Then I can reapply during my sophomore year! And again, athletics were kind of my life. I hope to make the Harvard Basketball team. I have been talking with the coach, and might consider me.
I took English AP to help me with College English Composition when I start in fall, and it made my critical thinking get stronger.
you sound like the average harvard applicant. you haven’t done anything to make you stand out – this is your only mistake, but it’s a fatal one. don’t talk about religion in your applications, by the way. i suggest applying for sure, but also be sure to apply to a few other ivies (you are almost a shoo-in for cornell, dartmouth, and brown; possibly columbia) and then other top 20 schools like vanderbilt, emory, duke, and hopkins. don’t forget some safeties (i suggest tulane [where you would get tons of merit money, by the way], upitt, unc-chapel hill, and nyu)
July 18th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Did you have any time for friends or a social life. You might not be well rounded enough. You sound like every other Harvard applicant. Do you know how to handle rejection or failure? What makes you stand out?
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July 18th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
"Can I make it into Harvard, and if not, what did I do wrong."
Harvard likes to see a certain humility…
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July 18th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
DUUUUUUUDE. If you’re telling the truth, then hell yes, you’re pretty much a shoe in at any elite school.
However, you should apply to some back up schools – maybe UC Berkeley, Cornell, UPenn, Dartmouth, John Hopkins.
Good job. Don’t slack off senior year though.
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July 18th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
With such an impressive resume you are a gret candidate for them and if they still find you as a not qualified enough then it’s their loss for sure.
"Rejection or Failure, either is fine as long as I learn my mistakes. " Don’t take No as an answer… you can do it. Good luck
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http://www.education-government-grants.com/
July 18th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
You need to take one more SAT Subject Test, Harvard requires two. If you don’t send in everything Harvard asks for, then it’ll have to reject you. Take the SAT Subject Test and you’re sure to get in
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July 18th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
you sound like the average harvard applicant. you haven’t done anything to make you stand out – this is your only mistake, but it’s a fatal one. don’t talk about religion in your applications, by the way. i suggest applying for sure, but also be sure to apply to a few other ivies (you are almost a shoo-in for cornell, dartmouth, and brown; possibly columbia) and then other top 20 schools like vanderbilt, emory, duke, and hopkins. don’t forget some safeties (i suggest tulane [where you would get tons of merit money, by the way], upitt, unc-chapel hill, and nyu)
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ivy league student