<p>I think you guys are being a little pessimistic here.</p>
<p>The OP has a near perfect SAT score, near perfect GPA and several solid extracurricular activities that demonstrate leadership and commitment over several years. </p>
<p>These stats alone make her a strong applicant even among the Harvard pool. Add on the fact that she has one of the strongest hooks as an African American–wouldn’t you be surprised if she were rejected? </p>
<p>Maybe the only thing she is missing is something only a fraction of the applicants have (and something that is extremely uncommon among URMs especially)–an outstanding extracurricular honor like published science research or a physics olympiad gold medal.</p>