Chances for Harvard

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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Disclaimer: I know my ECs are weak

ACT: 34
GPA: 4.0 UW 4.36W
SAT II: 800 Math 2 780 Biology
Major: Bio or Biochem
Ethnicity: Peruvian
Class Rank: 1 (out of about 300)
School Type: Public
APs: 5s in Bio and Calc BC(I’m taking Chem, Physics and Stats next year)
ECs:
Varsity Soccer- 4 years
Captain of Soccer Team- 1 year
Refereed Rec Soccer- 5 years
Coached Rec Soccer- 1 year
Managed Indoor Soccer Team- 3 years
Cofounded a ping pong team at my school- 1 year
Tutored Classmates for ACT- 50 hours
National Honors Society- 3 years

Awards:
National Hispanic Scholar
National Merit Commended
Nominated as the best Math and Science student
News Herald Athlete of the Week x2
All Conference HS Soccer

I feel like I can write a pretty good essay about visiting Peru and how seeing the poverty gave me a much different perspective than most of my classmates had coming from a white middle class area.

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The Harvard acceptance rate is 5%. Long shot for everyone. Your credentials are within their range on their common data set. Any chance of being recruited to play soccer? That could give you an additional hook.

3

Academically you are in line with Harvard admissions. Being from a decent sized public school, where have past vale gone?

Being a URM & National Hispanic Scholar definitely gives you an edge too.

4

I don’t think I could play soccer for them. I know some of the past valedictorians have gone to Cornell, Ohio State University and Case Western Reserve

5

You have a shot but its really hard to say…URM gives you a leg up but its not a ticket either. For example, my DD classmate was AA male 35 ACT/4.0UW/4.5W/Solid EC’s waitlisted then rejected at Harvard.

6

I agree with CU123. You have a good shot. Schools with teen acceptance rates like Cornell and Gtown are schools you can likely gain acceptance to.