<p>I have a mid-five G.P.A., however, I prioritized my extracurricular activites over my grades and now I fear that that was a huge mistake on my part. I receive a mixture of As, Bs and Cs, but I have a very large portfolio and I was not sure if that reached a sort of equillibrium in what Harvard was looking for. It is my dream college, and I would do virtually anything to be accepted into it. Freshman year, I was a Class Representative (1 of 20) and a contributor to our school newspaper which is ranked as the best school newspaper in the state of New Jersey. Sophomore year, I was also a Class Represenative and I was eventually elected to Class President for the Junior year and the editor of the Opinions section of this school newspaper for Junior year. I was also nationally acknowledged for my participation in challenges to Representative Michele Bachmann, Senate hopeful Christine O'Donnell and former Governor Sarah Palin. I was featured on Lawrence O'Donnell's show (as a guest), on the Young Turks' Youtube Channel, I was on the homepage of Yahoo! and featured on the Huffington Post, Forbes and many other websites. For Junior year, I was also chosen to be one of two student representatives in a township of over four thousand highschool students to lead in the sustainable effort in this town. I'm also involved in a school club that discusses global affairs (S.A.G.A.) and I am planning on participating in Model United Nations next year. I also created a movement to help preserve The United States Postal Service and their employees. However, my grades are not nearly as perfect as Harvard would want and I would like to know if I still stood a chance at being accepted there, from those who have experience with this school. Thank you so much for your time!</p>
<p>Harvard students have that (or something of that caliber like USAMO or something) + good grades. I mean they’re good EC’s and all but to make up for your grades you would have to built a church in Uganda.</p>
<p>That’s what my biggest fear was. ):</p>
<p>Wait, what do you mean by mid-five GPA?</p>
<p>It is on a seven point scale.</p>
<p>It’s not often, but colleges of such caliber do accept kids with low academics if they have done something truly extraordinary. I read on CC a post of a girl who got only a 1890 on her SATs and got into Stanford due to her work in Haiti. I would say, however, that you should start looking at colleges like Tufts and Pomona that have good Political Science majors (as I assume?) and start actively pursuing admissions to those colleges. Even with you heavy involvement in politics (especially liberal, since colleges tend to lean to the left), you need a good GPA and a good SAT (like, 3.5 or 3.6 unweighted and a 2100+) to even have a shot at admissions.</p>