Chances for a Wisconsin Boy

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>Hey, if anyone could tell me my chances for Haaaaaaaaavard that'd be awesome.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.78 (unweighted)
Rank: Around 12% at one of the strongest public schools in Wisconsin, a B below a 4.0 drops you to 5th %.
Some classes..
Freshman: TAG English, Accelerated Algebra 1, thats all I could take harder.
Sophomore: AP Psych, AP World History, Advanced/Accelerated Geometry, Chemistry and English
Junior: Micro AP, AP Bio, AP English Comp, Accelerated Algebra 2, Poly Sci.
Senior: It's gonna be AP Macro, AP Euro History, Accelerated Algebra 3, AP English Lit, etc</p>

<p>TEST SCORES
AP: 5 on World History, 5 on Psych. For this years, expecting 4-5s on Micro, English, US History, US politics, comp politics, and a 3-4 on Bio.
ACT: 34
SAT: Probably gonna retake, but 710 Critical Reading (the new Verbal), 670 Math, 680 Writing. I think I can get writing and CR up a lot, math up a little.
SAT IIs: 720 on US History, 710 on Math I.</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS:
Sports: I'll be a 5-time letterwinner in Cross Country and Track, captain of the CC team this fall.
Volunteer: Working with autistic kids, including running with an autistic teamate, help younger classes with their class activities. Never counted the hours, but it would easily be in the hundreds with autistic kids.
Clubs: Captains Club, Student Newspaper (editor in it), Prom Committee, Class Government, Forensics, NHS.
Other: Class Secretary as soph, Class VP junior and senior. Two-time state champion in Radio Speaking in Forensics. Recently elected Student Liaison to Board of Education, so I'll be providing student perspective to the school board, basically as a member, except I only get an advisory vote.</p>

<p>I've got a couple teachers who will write me excellent letters (one teacher who has been obsessed with getting a kid from my school to win the student liaison election for 10 years, and the coach of the forensics team), and my essays will probably be decent.</p>

<p>No legacy or any of that, just an out-of-stater...No affirmative action for Jews either, so none of that.</p>

<p>If anyone could tell me what my chances are for getting into the College, I'd be thrilled. I know it's gonna be a reach school, but if someone could tell me if I'm reaching for the stars, or just flailing around wildly, that'd be great. Thanks</p>

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<p>Your GPA, rank, and SAT are all somewhat low for Harvard. Everything else looks good. Are you going to be a recruited athlete? If not, I'd say your chances are 1 in 100. If you can get your SAT up into the 2250+ range with 3 SAT IIs in the 750 range, it could go up to 1 in 20. It's unlikely that you can move your GPA or rank very much in time to be considered during admissions.</p>