Harvard Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I'm a senior preparing to apply to colleges. I am thinking about applying EA to Harvard after they sent me a letter recommending I apply over the summer, but would like some feedback before I pull the trigger. Parents are obviously supportive, and I can't put teachers in this position:</p>

<p>GPA: 101.3 (Weighted)
~99 (Unweighted)</p>

<p>ACT: 33
Math I: 730 (retaking)
Chemistry: 790</p>

<p>-Taken 3 APs (All 5s), have over 20 college credits from SUNY Albany, including (college level) chemistry...no AP chem is offered (GPA: 3.96)
-Senior Courses
-Physics
-Band
-AP Calculus BC
-Engineering
-AP English 12
-Economics
-Participation in Government
-Science Research (selective 3-year program)</p>

<p>ECs:
-Editor in Chief of Newspaper (Previously: Managing Editor, Layout Editor)
-President, USY Chapter (Jewish youth group; Previously: Comm VP, Religious Ed VP)
-Founded a ski club
-Designed a new website and managed it for the district athletics department
-Varsity Swimmer, 4 yrs
-National Honor Society
-Just joined the engineering club to learn programming
-Fed Challenge (economics research club)
-Jazz Band</p>

<p>Summers:
-Lifeguarded on weekends
-During the week: Researched in labs at Columbia U. and City College of NY
-Wrote a research paper, will send this
-Present research at an international competition in Houston, won silver medal</p>

<p>Other Awards:
-Bronze presidential service
-1st place in local science competition
-Cornell Book Award
-District student of distinction: higher level science</p>

<p>So what does anyone think? I've really tried to polish my essay and application, so at this point I'm just making some finishing touches.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Roll of the dice like all candidates with strong credentials</p>

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<p>In my opinion, it<code>s pretty much impossible to chance for a school like Harvard unless the applicant has a pretty bad resume–obviously that would be a no. Harvard</code>s a reach for anyone.</p>

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<p>I agree, which is why I’m looking for opinions. Just wanted to make sure I wasn’t under qualified in any obscenely obvious way. Thanks for the feedback!</p>

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<p>You definitely have a chance, but you never know what Harvard is looking for. I would either retake the ACT or SAT to get the score higher. Every little bit helps!</p>