<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>More details would be helpful…
Could you elaborate a little on the political “challenges” in which you participated? Specifically, what did you do to be invited to appear on Lawrence O’Donnell’s show or the Young Turks YouTube show?
Why were you on the those various news websites? Did you do one noteable thing…or several?
What kind of “sustainable effort” in your local community did you participate in?
What, do you think, makes you a unique applicant to Harvard?</p>
<p>Also, it would be helpful to share your standardized test scores.</p>