<p>Hi guys :)
Im going to be a sophemore next year.. And well, this year has been a rough year for me,... I transferred and changed 3 school which made my grades go bad. My current gpa is 2.37 and if i get all A's until my senior year i will have a 3.5 GPA. But if i take honors classes, will that bring up my GPA??
Also i am doin lots of CS abd EC's that i live to do.. And i am plannin to score a 2300 on SAT and 40 on ACT hopefully....</p>
<p>if you can score 40 on ACT, you will get in.</p>
<p>^^ hahahahahaha</p>
<p>Lol whats so funny
I mean its not possible to score 40 obviously, im just saying… What if.</p>
<p>I guess i should give up 
plus the majority that get it are males not girls :/</p>
<p>Getting what?! A 40 on the ACT?</p>
<p>Jungie: I’m going to go out on a limb and assume this isn’t a ■■■■■-joke post.</p>
<p>Why is “Harvard” your school of choice? What about it aligns with your current academic path? Are you naturally among the top scholars at your HS? Do the teachers and principal know you by academic reputation? OK, you said you moved around a lot. But your GPA doesn’t make you anywhere in the ball park for a viable Harvard candidacy.</p>
<p>I’ll be blunt: Harvard is on peoples’ lips because of its reputation and legions of uninformed people feel that they must “strive for the best” when they have no idea what it even looks like.</p>
<p>If you were my kid, I’d tell you to bear down on the academics and make sure you keep a balanced reign on the CS and ECs-- the realistic list of schools you’ll be considering as a senior will be the types that only evaluated applicants based on grades/test scores. Therefore, sacrificing academic performance for ECs or CS would actually be counter-productive for you.</p>
<p>But you should not fixate on a list of “name” schools like Harvard and instead, be the best HS student you can be. Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>No a 36 on ACT
Idk why i wrote 40 -_-
And i dont want to go to harvard because its reputation. I want to go there because of education. Maybe because of reputation, but not to show off, you could easily get jobs if went to harvard. Oh well, whatever you guys, i will not give up. Whatever, its worth a try. Plus its not the end of the world.
I wanted to get a degree in economics , and my dream company will defintely hire harvard graduates.</p>
<p>You cannot get in to Harvard… That is the most realistic statement I can give you… Your g.p.a is S.H.I.T and even if you get all As for the rest of your High School Career it will still be way to low to get in… Even if you get a 36 on your ACT you won’t get in</p>
<p>Its funny how no one answered my question. Will honor classes boost my gpa?</p>
<p>Answer to your question: Some high schools will report a weighted and an unweighted GPA. More points would be given to honors/AP classes to generate a higher weighted GPA.</p>
<p>For instance, an “A” in an honors course could be the equivalent of a 5.0 whereas an “A” in a non-honors course would only be a 4.0.</p>
<p>Ohh thank you. So honors will help me if weighted and unweighted gpa are reported. Ok cool, thanks.</p>
<p>You have a direly low GPA for someone reaching for Harvard… Yes, honors classes (well some schools don’t, some do) can raise your WEIGHTED GPA. However, I’m pretty sure unweighted GPA is much more important than your weighted GPA. Weighted GPA plays a huge factor, but only because it shows how many challenging classes you took, not because of the grades it shows that you got. Since you’re going to be a sophomore, that means you just completely messed up your freshman year. It might be better to start aiming for other schools in HYPSM that disregard your freshman year when looking at your app.</p>
<p>“So honors will help me if weighted and unweighted gpa are reported.”</p>
<p>If your school notes on the transcript that the course is an honors or an Advanced Placement (AP) course, it will help you, no matter what. I imagine that most schools incorporate that data into the name of the course, such as Honors English 10, or AP English Language and Composition.</p>
<p>Harvard will look at your grades as well as the courses in which you earned your grades. They will also look at your school profile. School profiles routinely include information on the breadth and depth of the school’s curriculum. Thus, the school may list the AP courses offered there, along with at least a summary of the rest of courses offered.</p>
<p>Harvard (and other selective schools) will look to see whether you consistently challenged yourself with courses that represented the top of your school’s curricular choices.</p>
<p>Getting mostly As and a B here and there by taking all the toughest courses will typically be considered more favorably than getting all As and taking a less rigorous courseload.</p>
<p>However, getting a 2.37 isn’t going to get one into any selective school.</p>
<p>That being said, if this was your freshman year, if you really did have extenuating circumstances, and you really prove it by excelling in your sophomore, junior, and first half of your senior years, the upward trend will count for a lot and will significantly diminish the horror of that first year.</p>
<p>You will also need great standardized test scores and a bunch more stuff, and even then, remember, around 19 out of every 20 applicants are rejected at Harvard.</p>
<p>Also, looking at your posts here, if this is at all representative of how you usually write, you will need to improve your composition skills. I know that Internet fora are usually an informal means of communications, but really…</p>
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<p>Much easier said than done. </p>
<p>You have no chance. GPA completely kills your application. Relax though. Harvard isn’t the sole good college in the country. There are TONS of other schools you can go to, shine, and maybe go to Harvard for graduate school.</p>
<p>The most important part of any college application is the transcript, as it is a 3.5 year window into a student’s drive and potential as a scholar. A student with a perfect SAT/ACT score, but a 2.37 GPA does not possess many of the attributes Harvard is seeking. See: [Harvard</a> College Admissions § Applying: Freshman Application Process](<a href=“http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/tips/decisions.html]Harvard”>http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/tips/decisions.html)</p>
<p>Ultimately the Admissions Committee seeks to identify students who will be the best educators of one another and their professors – individuals who will inspire those around them during their college years and beyond. We are always happy to hear from Harvard alumni/ae who say that one of the best aspects of their college experience was the education they received from fellow classmates. Equally rewarding to observe are the life-long friendships that develop among classmates, faculty, and all the members of the Harvard Community.</p>
<p>As admissions officers read applications and discuss them in the admissions selection meetings, many questions are on their minds:</p>
<ul>
<li>Has the candidate reached her maximum growth?</li>
<li>Has the candidate been stretching himself?</li>
<li>Has the candidate been working to capacity? In his academic pursuits? In her full-time or part-time employment? In other areas?</li>
<li>Does the candidate have reserve power to do more?</li>
<li>How has the candidate used her time?</li>
<li>Does the candidate have initiative? Is he a self-starter? What motivates her?</li>
<li>Does the candidate care deeply about anything—intellectual? Personal?
-What has the candidate learned from his interests? What has she done with her interests? How has he achieved results? With what success or failure? What has she learned as a result?</li>
<li>Will the candidate be able to stand up to the pressures and freedoms of Harvard?</li>
<li>What choices has the candidate made for himself? Why?</li>
<li>Is the candidate a late bloomer?
What is the quality of the candidate’s activities?</li>
<li>Does the candidate have a direction yet? What is it? If not, is she exploring many things? Or is he just letting everything happen to him? Where will the candidate be in one year? Five years? Twenty-five years? Will she contribute something, somewhere, somehow?</li>
<li>What sort of human being is the candidate now? What sort of human being will she be in the future?</li>
<li>Will the candidate contribute something to Harvard and to his classmates? Will she benefit from her Harvard experience?</li>
<li>Would you or other students want to room with this applicant, share a meal, be in a seminar together, be teammates, or collaborate in a closely knit extracurricular group?</li>
<li>In terms of extracurricular, athletic, community, or family commitments, has the applicant taken full advantage of opportunities?</li>
<li>Does the person appear to have a genuine commitment and leadership role or does the participation appear to be perfunctory?</li>
<li>If a candidate has not had much time in high school for extracurricular pursuits due to familial, work, or other obligations, what does she hope to explore at Harvard with her additional free time?</li>
<li>How open is the student to new ideas and people?</li>
<li>What about the applicant’s apparent maturity, character, leadership, self-confidence, warmth of personality, sense of humor, energy, concern for others and grace under pressure?</li>
</ul>
<p>This rigorous comparative process strives to be deliberate, meticulous, and fair. It is also labor intensive. But it permits extraordinary flexibility and the possibility of changing decisions virtually until the day the Admissions Committee mails them. This is especially important since the Committee is always receiving new information on candidates. Perhaps one reason for Harvard’s high graduation rate, at 97- 98% usually the highest in the nation, is the individual attention applicants receive in the admissions process.</p>
<p>@ notjoe, thankyou !!!
Oh dont worry. I am a creative writer. Its just im using my iphone and im tryin to type really fast with a touch keyboard and so you get the idea…</p>
<p>I saw this thread where this one guy had a 3.5 gpa and 1900 SAT and got in princeton. I dont think gpa will ruin my chances if i prove to them i really did have a tough year and i tried my hardest after that. Plus they also look at EC CC activities. I dont understand why you guys say i have no chance. With all respect, you guys are terrible at motivating people. Instead of saying i wont make it, you guys should be 100% sure that i wont make it. Not because you think so. Did you see the harvard gpa statistics before you said i had no chance. Harvard has about 5% undergraduates with a 3.5 goa. To say i have no chance without looking up some statistics on google is just a terrible advice. Even if its as low as 5% percent. I dont care. Its still possible.</p>
<p>By the way… Is it possible to o to a community college to raise gpa as an undergraduate then go to harvard?</p>
<p>@T26, you’re wrong about that one. Look up Harvard on college board and it clearly shows that a very small percentage, about 5%, have gpas of 3.5 or lower.</p>