<p>White male.
GPA: 4.226
Rank: 1/296
SAT Critical Reading: 800
SAT Math: 780
SAT Writing: 760
ACT Cumulative: 35
National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalist
National Spanish Exam Silver Medal
Eagle Scout
4 years band/orchestra, section leader, soloist
4 years cross country, 3 years varsity letter
National Honors Society
Spanish Club
Very active in community theater, received acting award from Ohio Community Theater Assocation
Lifeguard during the summer
Appalachian Service Project
Jazz Band
Pep Band</p>
<p>I currently take all post-secondary coursework except for band, which I take at my high school.</p>
<p>The ivy league pays no attention to weighted gpa's. Just make sure you unweighted gpa is >3.6. How many ap courses do you take? Great SAT scores.</p>
<p>Yeah, my unweighted is a 4.0. I don't take any AP courses and I haven't taken any AP tests. Will that hurt me, or does the fact that I'm taking all college classes reflect a rigorous enough coarseload?</p>
<p>I would think the answer to that would depend on how hard the college classes are and how many APs your school offers. I agree with #2, you probably have as good a chance as pretty much anybody else here.</p>
<p>Wow, I can't believe you took another standardized test after doing so well in the other. (This holds true regardless of whether you took your SATs or ACTs first.) But where are your subject tests? Doesn't Harvard require three, or does ACT with writing make up for it? very well rounded ECs, and with depth, as you've done them so long.</p>
<p>That is strange that you didn't take any AP courses. The school does report which AP scores that it offers. It would be a shame if you haven't taken advantage of the courses that are available to you.</p>
<p>Subject tests are taken, I get my scores on Thursday. Yes, they do require 3. I didn't take AP courses because in order to get the pre-req courses done I would've had to take summer school, and I work pretty much full time in the summer. Plus, I felt that it would have been a better choice to just do all college my senior year.</p>
<p>If your school has no APs you won't be penalized. You said you were in college level classes, so that will count in your favor. Your chances are as good as any top student - Harvard is a reach, but you appear to be well qualified.</p>
<p>Ok, got my subject scores today. 720 on Literature, 730 on Math Level 2, and 710 on U.S. History. Should I sent them, or would that only hurt me?</p>
<p>You have no choice. They are required - all 3 with SAT I or ACT. </p>
<p>As for AP vs currently taking college classes, the later sounds great but my concern is the fact that your previous 3 years did not automatically fulfill the prerequisites for your HS's AP courses. In D's HS there would be no way to be taking college prep classes from freshman year on and not having the AP prereqs covered. That is just a "reading between the lines" concern and MB there is something strange about your school that would allow you to do 3 years of "rigorous" curriculum yet leave you unprepared for AP. Am I missing something?</p>
<p>Sorry, I knew they were required, they asked in another thread about Subject scores and it was a school that didn't require them. I just had a bit of a blonde moment I suppose. Anyway, the thing that you are most likely missing is that I attend a rural public high school that is lacking, to put it nicely. I took the most rigorous curriculum that I could, but the rigorous curriculum is not too rigorous. Plus, the organization of classes and scheduling at our school is nonsensical. It is virtually impossible to take AP courses without doing summer school.</p>
<p>Well, considering that there are students in your school who obviously did take summer school to take those APs, you could be at a disadvantage. Perhaps your strong test scores, college classes, and extracurriculars will make up for it. But it's like they say, it's better to get a B in an AP class than an A in an Honors class. I would agree with above that you have as good a chance as anyone else.</p>