<p>How can you say you lack EC’S?? Your ECs sounds fine. The company, the competitions— even though you didn’t necessarily “win” any of them, you still have plenty of experience in the science field. In my opinion, it’s more of an aptitude thing.
Also, if you do well in the Humanities… shouldn’t you show them? I’m sure that Harvard sees a lot of CS engineers (or wanna-be engineers) who apply, who’ve written fancy programs and such, but don’t you want to show them how well you can do in the Humanities as well?
It’s probably too late already, and I don’t know if you’ve done it already, but I would have sent in an essay regarding something interesting in Computer science, or written a simple program demonstrating the arts, etc…</p>
<p>Your scores are amazing. Also, did you take AP classes that you were interested in, or did you take all the AP classes possible? I’m sure you can justify either.</p>
<p>Harvard’s a reach for all of us. It wouldn’t be an elite school if it wasn’t.
Also, here’s my thread (I didn’t post it in the Harvard forum because I thought it would be too presumptuous) :
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1304390-little-distinction.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1304390-little-distinction.html</a></p>
<p>If you want to chance back! (:
(lol I wish my SAT scores were like yours, first sitting. I took mine soph year as well. )<br>
Oh, and just saying—race doesn’t affect your “application” so much as your admission.
I don’t know how Ivies chalk it up, but West Coast schools seem to favor URMs a lot. (Then again, which school doesn’t?)
There are some times when I wish I was half Cherokee or something.</p>
<p>Also, if you like CS and stuff, why don’t you apply to MIT? IMO, it carries the same weight as Harvard, except with a little bit less prejudice.</p>