Q: "I'm really nervous cause I don't know wat my odds r and I really want 2 go 2 Harvard. Here r my stats:
1600 SAT's (800 V/800 M) 800/800/800/650/800/800 Math IIC/Writing/Lit/Spanish/Chem/History Next yr ill have taken 11 AP's: AP Psych, AP Comp Sci, AP Calc, AP Stats, AP US hist, AP Euro Hist, AP Bio, AP Spanish, AP Music Theory and AP Latin. this yr i took 5 tests and i got 5 on all of them. Here r my extracurriculars: Model UN, vice pres junior yr School Newspaper, Editor in Chief 12th in state for track Founded club to help inner-city youth Founded political club Founded amnesty international chapter at my school Volunteered to help john kerry Volunteered for DNC Here r my awards: Harvard Book Award Jamison English Essay award (gold prize) at my school National Standing in Violin competetion 4th in state for math competition Mark Husey History Award PSAT merit Finalist I kno the awards seem kinda weak but im working on it. But im really nervous, so can u tell me what my odds r? --Confused" Rachel's Response: "Hey Confused...Ur data seems pretty good. But u might wanna work up that Spanish SAT II...cause I dunno how many Spanish 650's Harvard acepts. Also, u shuld try upgrading ur model un position to prez. And u shuld write ur essay on ur experience helping inner-city youth. Theyll like sumthing touching. Well, good luck." Q: "i have been thinking about going into pre-med since 8th grade, and i KNOW i want to be a doctor, but im just wondering, how good r the pre-med programs at the ivies? do they all have them?" RR: "coleges love to see that u have been so focused. they all hav good pre-med programs, but harvard has the best because harvard has the best reputation." Q: "Im looking at columbia, but im worried that its not prestigious enough. Is it more prestigious than brown, penn, cornell or dartmouth?" RR: "Columbia is more prestigous than dartmouth. dartmouth sucks and always will. Penn, who wants to go there? Columbia is almost as prestigious as harvard and Yale."