Chances of getting accepted to Harvard

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<p>Hi everyone I am currently a senior and am wondering what my chances would be for entering Harvard. Feedback is well appreciated ^_^.</p>

<p>Planing to Major in Physics</p>

<p>Ethnicity: White
State: CA
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Courses: (Including only ones that are relative; excluding things such as freshman success, ect...)</p>

<p>9th Grade:</p>

<p>Alg 2 Trig (H)
Biology (H)
English 1 (H)
French 1</p>

<p>10th Grade:</p>

<p>AP European History (5)
AP Chemistry (5)
AP Computer Science A (5)
Honors Precalculus
French 2
English 2 (H)</p>

<p>11th Grade:</p>

<p>AP US History (5)
AP Biology (5)
AP Calc AB (5)
AP Lang (4)
AP Psychology (5)
French 3 </p>

<p>12th Grade:</p>

<p>AP Government/Economy
AP Physics C - Mechanics
AP Calc BC
AP Lit
AP French Lang</p>

<p>Class Rank : 1,
GPA Unweighted: 4.0
GPA Weighted: 4.8ish</p>

<p>SAT : 2300 [800 Math, 800 Writing, 700 Reading (suck at reading)] first sitting
SAT II : Math II (800), Chemistry (800)</p>

<p>EC: MuAlphaTheta 3 yrs (Pres. 11th Grade and 12th Grade), Chess Club 3 yrs (Pres. last two years), Vice President of Science Club 3 yrs, NHS 2 yrs, CSF 4 yrs, Dolphin Pride 3 yrs (school service award/program), FIRST Robotics 3 yrs (Co-Programmer), Lacrosse 3 yrs (Varsity 11th and 12th grade), Club Hockey 11 years (had to quit do to injury; long story), Tutor, Speed Cubing for Rubik's Cube (25 seconds avg.), Hockey coach at local Ice Arena (If you can't play, coach ).</p>

<p>Awards: </p>

<p>School: National Merit Semi-Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction (currently), AMC 10 school winner (10th Grade), AIME X 2, USAMO X 1</p>

<p>FIRST Robotics: Regional Winners X 3, Chairmans Award X 1, World Championship X 3</p>

<p>Athletics: (Only Hockey) State Champions 3 years, Regional Qualifier 1 year, Captain of one of my teams 1 year, Alternate Captain of one my teams 1 year</p>

<p>Community Service: 200 + hours from tutoring, coaching hockey, CSF, and NHS</p>

<p>Research: none </p>

<p>So, yeah, what do you think about my chances? Please let me know it will be greatly appreciated!</p>

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<p>From what you present in your post, you appear competitive.</p>

<p>Chances? Probably about 6%, give or take a little.</p>

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<p>I don’t know, that 4 on AP Lang and 700 on CR looks awfully weak.</p>

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<p>Hope this was sarcasm. OP is a USAMO qualifier who will be majoring in physics-even H isn’t expecting you to get perfect scores in everything.</p>

<p>Though, you do look like a better fit for MIT.</p>

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<p>Yeah, MIT is my first pick, but my parents wish for me to apply to Harvard too.</p>