Chances for Harvard SCEA and UMich EA?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Currently a junior seeking guidance

SAT: 2360 (Single Take, CR/W/M: 800/790/770)
PSAT: 1500/1520
SAT II: Math 2 (800), taking US History and Biology soon
Intended Major: Economics, Finance, or Computer Science. Still need to decide.

Asian Male (sad life for admissions, I know)

Will have taken 12 AP courses by the end of my high school career, including:

Sophomore Year:
AP Calculus BC (5)
AP Physics 1 (5)

Junior Year:
AP Language and Composition
AP US History
AP Biology
AP Physics 2
AP Statistics

Senior Year:
AP Literature and Composition
AP Physics C Mechanics
AP Economics
AP US Government
AP Spanish

Lots of honors courses, including Multivariable Calculus next year. I’m also taking band all 4 years.

Unweighted GPA: 3.89 out of 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.61
Rank: Somewhere in Top 10, my school doesn’t do official rankings

ECs:
Math Honor Society President
Debate Vice President, seeking presidency next year
FBLA Vice President
Science Honor Society Project Director
Student Council Representative
Key Club
Organization of Student Tutors
~60 hours of volunteering

Majorish Honors/Awards:
Gonna sort them by EC

Math- AIME Qualifier, Top AMC10 score in State, PUMaC B Division award
Debate- Tournament of Champions qualifier, NCFL Nationals qualifier, speaker awards at Yale Invitational and State Tournament, International Public Policy Forum Top 32 worldwide
FBLA- National award+Several State awards

Some other assorted awards

Feeling iffy about reccs, but I know I will write good essays.

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Michigan - yes
Harvard - ???

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probably not Harvard

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Sorry, what really stood out was the volunteering. I don’t think that you’d get into Harvard, but Michigan is a 100%. Trust me. I have many friends who have been there (I live in state of Michigan) and their qualifications are not as nearly extreme as yours.

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Agree with others. Excellent shot for Michigan. Doubtful for Harvard

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Why just Harvard?
You have a GREAT chance in other top universities.
Good Luck!

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You are not allowed to apply to a school SCEA and another EA. If you would like to apply to Harvard SCEA, you will have to apply to Michigan RD, or vice versa. That’s why it is called Single Choice Early Action because you are only allowed to apply to one school Early Action.

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SCEA only restricts you from applying to other private universities; public schools like UMich are still in the clear.

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Thanks for the advice everyone!

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@cyberzombies012 My mistake. You’re right, and I knew that, but I forgot UMich was public for a second.

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@171College @sgopal2 , is it just that admissions to Ivies are just a crapshoot in general, or are there specific weaknesses in my application?

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Your application is quite strong. Its just that you will not stand out among your peer group (asian males). There will literally be thousands of other kids who look exactly like you on paper. Go to the harvard sub and read the profiles of the kids who were accepted. Then look at the asians who were rejected. I bet if you printed them all out and showed them to someone they wouldn’t be able to tell your profile from the kids who were rejected. Try to figure out what the accepted kids had that made them different.