Hi everyone! Just wanted to know what everyone thinks of my app to Harvard as a rising High School Senior
Academics:
GPA 4.6 weighted, 3.8 unweighted (an A in Ap or Honors is a 5, only b’s are in algebra 1, geometry, algebra 2)
I took all AP/ Honors courses available at every step they were available.
ACT 33
3rd in class of ~326
AP scholar with distinction award
Passed all STEM PLTW articulation exams to date
Intended major: Biomedical technology/social psycology
EC:
2 year president, 4 year member of SAD
VP National Honor Society
4 year member of Varsity Swim, 1 year as captain and will likely be captain again senior year, qualified as part of relay sophomore year
Model UN, participated twice and won Honorable Mention Delegation and Outstanding Delegation, personally won Gavel Award, for being best speaker in the council (2016 conference)
Boy Scouts (Star rank as time of writing but will make eagle by end of senior year)
Will participate in academic challenge this year
Will audition for school TV this year
~100 hours of service, volunteered at National Youth Leadership Training through scouts. Won spirit award there for always smiling and helping colleagues through confusion and difficulty. Has been considered to serve on PLC next summer
No official job, but I did work for my dad this summer and will through the year, data processing and inventory management/ invoicing. I learned the value of time management in personal relations as part of this job, as well as putting in overtime in order to catch up 4 months of work in about 2 weeks.
If there’s any other information that would be helpful just say so!