chances for admission to harvard

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<p>Hi,
I've never posted here before, but I saw that a lot of people were asking about their chances for admission, and I was really wondering about my own chances.
GPA: Not sure, ranked 1st out of class of approx. 130
SAT: 800R,790V,780M
SAT II's: MathI-700, MathII-740, US History and Biology-770, French(w/o listening)- 650, World History-690
AP: 5 on AP History (this is the only AP class juniors can take at my school), this year (my senior year), I will take AP Calc, French, English, European History, and Biology.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Student Council: Representative for 1 year, Secretary for 1 year, and this year will be president
Jazz Band since 9th grade, Band and Chorus since 7th
House Manager for school theater Company
I have taken dance (ballet and jazz) for 13 years, but haven't received any awards or anything (I live in a town of <1,000 in Vermont)
I did Model UN last year (Junior)
Member of NHS
I've also done a lot of volunteer work, about 250 hours</p>

<p>I've received some awards, mostly within school, and also the Bausch and Lomb Science Award</p>

<p>I also have a high enough PSAT score to meet the state cutoff to be a semi-finalist for the National Merit Program.</p>

<p>Other than all that, there isn't that much. However, I was wondering: does anyone know if being younger that the rest of the applicant pool give me an advantage, a disadvantage, or have no effect? I skipped two grades in elementary school, so I am only 15 right now. I will be 16 when I matriculate. I have never seen any sort of information or statistics on this, so any input would be very welcome. Thanks.</p>

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<p>to me your chances at harvard seem slightly below average. it would've been pretty helpful if you'd earned some distinction and awards in dancing. how can you have been dancing for 13 years and not have any? and you're only 15 and you've been dancing for 13? being younger will not help you</p>

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<p>As I said, I live in a very small town in rural Vermont. There is not much of a venue for dancing other than at a small dance school. I will be performing (as a dancer) in regionally well-known theater's production of Cats later this year, which I will likely include in my application.
Thanks for your opinion.</p>

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<p>I should have added that I've been a counselor in training at a summer camp for gifted kids. Also, as to how I could have been dancing for thirteen years and only be 15- I was three when I started, and this fall starts my 13th. So it's really only 12 years right now.
Do you think that really strong recommendations and a really well-written essay would help? Perhaps significantly?
Thanks again.</p>