<p>i'm applying to harvard, and my grades aren't amazing ... 3.8 unweighted...and i have a 3.7 uw in my sr year...would that kind of be too low for harvard? i go to a semi competitive public school.</p>
<p>Simple answer with the information you gave, yes. More info?</p>
<p>^^you can’t say that, we have no idea what classes you take, how many AP’s, and most importantly your rank</p>
<p>hmm. I have all As and A-s in core classes (GPA counts only core classes). my weighted is a 4.6…i will take by the end of sr year 13 AP classes…my rank is like top 1% but they don’t do ranks at my school…and my school is pretty competitive as in probably 20%-40% of our class goes to top 20 schools (not counting top LACs). </p>
<p>i have perfect test scores - 5 SATIIs & ACT</p>
<p>I have good leadership in ECs</p>
<p>I have done research over the summer and i’m sending in my abstract or paper.</p>
<p>I have good national and state science and math awards.</p>
<p>I play/captain a varsity sport.</p>
<p>Basically I do on average like 18 hours of ECs a week if you count weekend.</p>
<p>But my grades suck because I am lazy and don’t do any work =(</p>
<p>basically this has turned into a chance me thread</p>
<p>aw this is <em>slightly</em> unfair - if my school didn’t do A-s then i would i ahve a 4.0 :P</p>
<p>Given your perfect SAT IIs and ACT score, plus the fact that you’re in the top 1% while 20-40% go to top 20 schools, you should have a decent shot at Harvard.</p>
<p>lol thanks…but the top 1% is moot because our school doesn’t rank at all so harvard wouldn’t know that. =[</p>
<p>oh and i think i overestimated…it’s more around 15-30% that go to top 20 schools. and it’s not always the top 15 or 30%</p>
<p>and harvard takes about 2 people from our school a year.</p>
<p>I would say you definitely have a shot. Also, 2 people a year? You must have a great school. No one from my high school has gotten into harvard in like ten years…</p>