<p>I have a 10.9 out of 12 GPA at my high school. This is out of a 12 beign A+. I got a 32 on ACT and a 2130 on SAT. I have pretty good extra carriculars and very good recommendations. What are my chances of an Ivy Leaugue School?</p>
<p>Your chances probably improve if you pick one extracurricular and achieve very strongly in it.</p>
<p>Quesion is how much community service have you done?</p>
<p>You need to raise your test scores. On the SAT, your chances will go up if you can get two out of three in the 750+ range. You also need 3 SAT IIs in that range for the best chance. ACT of 34+ is good as well. Class rank can be an issue as well. Is your 10.9 top 10%, top 5%, top 3 students? What courses did you take? 10.9 with no honors or APs doesn't look as good as a strong course selection. The easiest way to guage your chances is to go through the accepted/rejected threads for EA and RD. The EA thread is up now. The RD thread will be up on April 01.</p>
<p>Do you reckon Harvard rate community service over a lot of other ECs? Siimply because it is a community thing, as opposed to something you simply do for yourself?</p>
<p>Community service really isn't that important. It's very nice to do it, but the myth that you can't get into college without oodles of community service is just that, a myth. </p>
<p>Harvard doesn't expect a student with a well-formed interest in an area to have also done a ton of volunteerwork, and likewise, someone who spends hours and hours doing community service isn't necessarily a desirable admit.</p>
<p>I had done not too much volunteerwork in high school, because I had two other major extracurriculars that took up a lot of time. And when I did do community service, it was in an area that I have original interest in--environmentalism.</p>
<p>Would they see Grade 7 in an instrument as a 'high standard', or are they looking for people with diplomas and who are just bloody incredible?</p>