Do I have any chance at all?

<p>I'm applying to Harvard RD and I just wanted to see if I have any chance whatsoever. Thanks for helping me out.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.88 unweighted, about 4.3 weighted but our school doesnt calculate this
SAT: 2240 (770 Math, 740 CR, 730 Writing)
ACT: 35 (35 English, 36 Math, 36 Reading, 34 Science, 8 Writing)
SAT II: Math II 800, Chinese 800, US History 730
Rank: top 10 % but our school doesn't rank</p>

<p>AP tests:
Chinese AP - 5
Physics C Mechanics - 5
Physics C Electricity/Magnetism - 5
APUSH - 4
English Language - 5
Calc BC - 5 </p>

<p>Current Courses: English AP, Biology AP, Economics AP, Music Theory AP, and community college courses</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Dance Team (10-15 hrs a week)
MVStars (Club I founded to use arts to help the community. Mainly we perform for local senior centers)
FBLA
CSF (California Scholarship Federation)
Piano
Singing (Choir/Private Lessons)</p>

<p>Awards:
National Merit Commended
1st place in nation for FBLA competition: Banking and Financial Systems
1st place in California for FBLA competition: Client Services
AP Scholar w/Distinction</p>

<p>Other stuff:
Chinese female <- T.T
Interned at JP Morgan over the summer
Passion = Music (dance, piano, singing)</p>

<p>I know that for a school like Harvard its impossible to say for sure. But I just want to see where I fall while waiting for the decision to come out. Sorry if the format fails, I am kind of new to this stuff. Anyways, please provide any comments/thoughts. Thanks!</p>

<p>Basically the same chance as the average applicant, but your ECs are pretty slim, which doesn't help the relatively low GPA and class rank.</p>

<p>I would think that your SAT II and AP Chinese tests would be looked down upon since you're Chinese and all</p>

<p>the gpa isn't low, there will be many people with 3.8s and 3.9s and even 3.7s applying to harvard</p>

<p>but i do agree that the ECs aren't the most compelling; i think you have as much chance as anyone else does, no worse than anyone else i believe </p>

<p>good luck</p>

<p>Thanks for the comments.
How many ECs do people usually have? For me, dance team takes up the majority of my free time because it is 2 hrs a day at least 4 days a week for the entire year. Would colleges pay any attention to the time committment or is the lack of other ECs really bad.</p>

<p>if you're passionate about it and spend a lot of time doing it, then point that out; colleges certainly love that applicants have something else besides school that they spend a lot of time doing and they're passionate about it</p>

<p>so point that out, and that'll definitely be a plus for you</p>

<p>You're definitely a competitive applicant - and probably not an average one either, I think CC has warped the perspectives of some people. You have a 35 ACT and a very good AP record. I don't think your ECs are bad at all, hardly compelling, but neither are anybody else's really. FBLA accomplishments are interesting, I don't know how competitive it is nationally but that's something good. It would be nicer if you had more distinction in music, but if you can blow people back with recs/essays nobody would be surprised if you got in with these credentials.</p>

<p>Thanks so much for the feedback.</p>

<p>For distinction in music, the only thing I have is that I passed the advanced level test but I never competed or won any awards so I don't know if that'll be helpful.</p>

<p>As for the GPA, I know they are subpar but I go to a relatively competitive school. Does anyone know if colleges take that into consideration or will they mainly just look at the numbers?</p>

<p>Yes, of course.</p>