<p>Hi everyone, I am a junior and want to apply as ED next year. Please tell me what are my chances of getting into Harvard.</p>
<p>SAT:2250 I don't remember the exact numbers as my mom has the password and does not divulge it to even me.</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA is 3.8
Took AP Bio and revived a 4 and I am taking 4 this year: Ap Enviro, Us, Chem and Lang. SAT II BIO 740</p>
<p>I have done some community services in a youth organization racked up 80 plus hours form 9th grade and have volunteered in a hospital for 40 plus hours. I learn Vocal Indian music from when I was 5 and won an award in 9th grade. I have also gave out many recitals in ky temple. I am the editor of my school newspaper and play varsity tennis from 11th grade, NHS member, won an award for volunteer services, also in clubs such as unity in diversity in which I hope to be vice president, history club which I hope to have a position in next year and math club. I am also in Science Olympaid and Masterminds, which is like College bowl.</p>
<p>An ok profile, not outstanding. What it will boil down to is how you present yourself in your application (through essays, etc.). A list of awards, loads of hours on clubs/community service, and impressive test scores won’t get you into college.</p>
<p>The most important part of the college application is introducing yourself. Colleges admit people based on “who they are” rather than “what they’ve done”. </p>
<p>If you want to know your chances, it’s impossible to predict. If you want to know whether you have a shot, I say you do.</p>
<p>If I’m not mistaken you are a native american?? I think that is going tO play a huge role in terms of diversity for Harvard and for any school for that matter…gl</p>
<p>Okay, so anyone who says that you have “no chance” is talking out of their arse. Unless you have a 1500 sat (out of 2400), family that makes 150-200K and do nothing all day except watch Southpark and go to the mall, no one really can say that you have no chance. I think that you definitely have a chance. Improve on some key areas to improve that chance. Even kids with 1800 SATs get in, whether they are development cases, athletes, special family circumstances, URM or First Gen, or whatever, there is no one set “formula”.</p>
<p>It would help if you could improve your class rank, although there is a thread nearby that asserts that Harvard isn’t interested in class rank. I think it’s a little more complicated than that, and I think that class rank is a factor.</p>
<p>You may have already answered this question, but how tough is your high school? Do they send a lot of kids to Ivies and other top schools? How large is your class?</p>
<p>If you’re from a really highly-competitive school where lots of kids go to top schools, you’re not in bad shape. You have good test scores, good grades, some good ECs.</p>
<p>If your high school isn’t as competitive, if you have few, if any, folks going to top schools, you’re not in great shape. Although your SAT is great, you will be seen within the context of your school. If it’s a really top school with lots of brilliant kids, then you’ll be in the top 10% of a fantastic peer group. If your school is merely good, or not quite as good as that, your test scores won’t be completely congruent with your grades and class rank. In other words, a school like Harvard will expect that if you have a great SAT - and 2250 is pretty darned good - they should be seeing great things from you in your grades and class rank. If they don’t, it may make them ask, why does this kid show so much promise (SAT) but not achieve proportionately to that promise (grades)?</p>
<p>All that being said, even if your school is really, really tough, and sends bunches of kids to the Ivies every year, getting into Harvard is an uphill climb. It’s possible that you might have a better than average chance, but that may mean that you’re only 90% likely to be turned down instead of 95%.</p>