Chance for Harvard 2022???

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Hey guys,

I’ve been looking around on College Confidential, and would really like to know your opinions on my chances to get into Harvard SCEA.
My stats are below:

Objective: Major in Music and Economics or Computer Science
Grade: Rising Senior
SAT I: 1560
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 in Bio E/M (taking Chem and Math II this summer)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.66
Rank (percentile rank if rank is unavailable): <15 (school doesn’t give exact rank until senior year)
AP: 5s and 4 on 4 APs so far, took 6 this year, likely all 5s but one (Physics 1)
Major Awards: Won many local and international piano competitions, competed in the top two most prestigious young adult piano competitions (basically top 30 in world)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Co-Founder and Co-President of school science club, and Operation Smile chapter, Co-Founder and Vice President of school history club, Officer of UNICEF, member of debate club, music club
Job/Work Experience: Job this summer
Community Service: Volunteering at hospitals, volunteer at lab, job this summer
Essays: I’m a pretty good writer
Teacher Recommendations: One will definitely be amazing, other will probably be fine
Counselor Rec: Probably fine

Other
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <125,000

PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!

THANKS IN ADVANCE :slight_smile:

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Welcome to College Confidential! You seem like a wonderful applicant, as are most students who will ultimately be rejected. As Harvard receives more qualified applications than they have seats in their freshman class, Admissions uses a student’s teacher recommendations, guidance counselor’s Secondary School Report (SSR), Essays and Interview Report to choose one high performing student over another. They look for wonderful scholars of “good character” – that’s an old fashioned word meaning the way you develop your inner qualities, intellectual passion, maturity, social conscience, concern for community, tolerance, inclusiveness and love of learning. And none of those qualities can be gleaned from a post like yours. The best that can be said is that your stats are within Harvard’s range, so you will be a competitive applicant. Best of luck to you!

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Thank you so much for your response and advice. I will definitely keep that in mind.
Thanks again!