I've seen these flooded on this site and I thought may as well do it. If someone could estimate/rank my chances of being admitted to Harvard (honesty please) I would be grateful :)
About me:
- New Zealander.
- Had a bit of hardship: 2 medical issues (glaucoma and second was an infection which has/will impact me life-long)
- Aspiring lawyer (planning to study economics first) and I want to be PM of my country one day.
ECs:
- Languages. Self-taught myself Russian, which was recognised by a competition (first in NZ) and the national Newspaper did an article about. Also learnt Spanish for 8 years. Japanese for four years. I've taken up French this year and I'm apart of the new French club at school. (I only take Spanish at school)
- Writer. Publishing a few fictional books this year.
- founded an organisation providing tutoring. Don't really wanna go too much into this online, but basically helping kids in poorer neighbourhoods.
- Involved with UN Youth. Went to the model regional event and also doing the diplomacy competition. Joining the UN Youth Club that is just being started at my school.
- in 2008 (I was 8) I was recognised by the NZ Green Party & the Greenpeace branch for my protest against whaling. I've done small conservational work since.
Grades:
- We don't have a GPA here, we have to get it converted so I don't know what it is right now. But I think my grades will near 4 unweighted.
- at my public school, people usually take 5 subjects whilst I'm taking 7.
- doing a special examination called Scholarship. Also doing a University-provided economics exam.
- Planning to get at least above 1500 SAT. My reading/writing should be perfect (It's my strong suit) but my mathematics is something I will have to teach myself (I take statistics, not the calculus path).
I always think that anything is possible and that it all depends on how hard you try for it, but due to financial costs, I do need to be realistic and consider if it is worth applying to Ivies. There is zilch information here about Ivies but I've been gifted with a new school career counsellor who is so supportive. So, what do you think?
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