Any Advice/Tips for Getting into Harvard?

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<p>I am currently a high school jr. who is looking at some potential ivy league options. Any advice/hints/suggestions would be greatly appreciated:</p>

<p>5.73 unweighted GPA
3.85 weighted GPA
currently no. 1 in class rank (I really, really, really hope to be the Valedictorian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Secretary Spanish Honor Society
Historian Science Club
member National Honor Society
member Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society
member Rho Kappa Social Studies Honor Society
organized baby food drive
AP Scholar</p>

<p>1960 SAT overall:
670 critical reading
680 math
610 writing</p>

<p>3 AP Exams
5 AP Human
5 AP World Hist
4 AP Comp Govt</p>

<p>5 AP, 3 Honors Junior Yr</p>

<p>(HOPING) 4 AP, 1 Dual Enrollment, 1 Honors Sr. Yr.</p>

<p>Past Dual Enrollment & Virtual School</p>

<p>Bonus
National Society of High School Scholars
National Geographic Society
5 years of Spanish instruction
Hoping to add 6th yr of Spanish + 1st Yr. of French Sr. Year</p>

<p>So, with all that said, I plan to take SAT II's in fall and ACT in June. Oh, almost forgot, from what I have read, could be huge monkey wrench:</p>

<p>I'm a URM (African-American)</p>

<p>Tell me how this affects everything.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Being a URM helps, so you’ve got a plus there (I’m not trying to play the race card, but if you’re a URM, you’ve got a higher shot than most with the same stats as you).</p>

<p>I’d take the SAT again to get a higher score (I think if you got at least a 2100 then you’d be good [or a higher score if you can]). And/Or take the ACT to see how you do on that.</p>

<p>Being No. 1 in your class is a big factor, kudos on that.</p>

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<p>Yea, get your SAT score much higher…it should be at least 2100+ preferably 2200+</p>