Do I have a chance?

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<p>Hi there everyone! Do you guys honestly think I have a shot at being admitted at Harvard? It is my first choice, and I would greatly appreciate any serious incite anyone has.</p>

<p>Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Class Rank: Top 5%
GPA: unweighted-3.92, weighted-5.14
SAT I: Critical Reading-780, Math-730, Writing-800, Total-2310
SAT IIs: US History-790, Spanish-780</p>

<p>APs: World-5, US History-5, Spanish Language-5, English Language and Composition-5, Government and Politics, Biology, English Literature and Composition, Spanish Literature and Composition, Statistics</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Debate (President 12 & 11 grades, Vice President 10th), Science Olympiad (Varsity member 9-12 grades, Board member 10th, Head Board Member 11th & 12th), Jazz/Pep/Concert Band 9-12 Grades (Trombone), Music Teacher for Trombone, Moot Court Team (11 & 12 grades), History Club (Co-Founder/President, 12th grade), Varsity Women's Golf Team (9-11 grades), National Honors Society (11 & 12 grades, 11th grade Marshall)</p>

<p>Summer Jobs/Programs: 9th grade: Administrative Assistant at high school's Summer Teacher's Institute, 10th grade: NC Governor's Page, 11th grade: NC Governor's School West (Spanish), High School Principle's Leadership Conference</p>

<p>Other: During my 1st three years in high school, I learned how to speak Spanish by taking classes at school during the school year and then independently studying during the summer, allowing me to skip both Spanish II and IV Honors as well as to take both AP Spanish Language & Literature, and to attend my state's Governor's School program. Also, I am the author of a blog about food (check it out! it's called PocaJama).</p>

<p>Teacher Recs: One from my freshman/junior English teacher, and one from my Debate coach/AP Bio teacher, both of whom I am pretty close to.</p>

<p>Do you guys think I have a good shot? I'm applying restrictive early action, so I don't have a whole lot of time to adjust my application, but any serious suggestions are welcome and appreciated. Thanks! :)</p>

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<p>Your stats indicate you are a qualified applicant, but beyond that no one can say if you have a “good” shot, as so much depends on other subjective factors such as your teacher recommendations, and how they stack up to other qualified applicants. </p>

<p>I recently posted this College Board website link on another thread. The advice is from Yale’s Dean of Admissions, but he could be speaking for Harvard, as well:<a href=“https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/get-started/video-transcription/whats-the-most-important-part-of-the-application[/url]”>https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/get-started/video-transcription/whats-the-most-important-part-of-the-application&lt;/a&gt;. </p>

<p>Best of luck to you in the admissions process.</p>