Harvard EA/ Princeton EA

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Stats: uw gpa 3.92 (93ish)
W gpa 4.36(100-101ish)
Sat 2350 — (1550/1600) 800M 750R 800W-
APs:
Ap bio 4. Cslc ab 5. Calc bc 5, Lang 4. us history 5. Microeconomics 5
RANK: top 5-10% of very competitive high school in NJ. I have the most rigorous course loads possible.
SAT 2s: 800 Math2, 780 Chemistry, 800 Physics, 700 Bio(lol should i send this)

Senior year: APs include:
-psychology
-lit
-physics C
-macroeconomics
-gov
-chem
-a couple more that have not been decide
-Calc 3 at community college

CLUBS:
-secretary of environmental action club,
-member of deca
-Chief of Volunteering committee in fbla

  • NHS
  • Spanish NHS
  • tech club/ robotics
  • President and Founder of Red Cross Club
  • Mathletes
  • treasurer of Science NHS
  • participate in science league
  • (might become captain) academic team
  • ping pong club

Sports:
-soccer(in school) 3 years of high school (9,10,12), injured 11th grade
-Black Belt in karate(outside school)- 8 years of work
-Track and Field( 11,12)
-Idk if this matters but i also played soccer and basketball at rec levels

Music:
-Played guitar for 9 years.
-Take lessons outside of school
-only real accomplishments in this instrument is in some recitals conducted by my teacher-not much

Volunteer Work:
-Local Hospital:(food delivery, emergency room, front desk): 230 hours
-Science museum- 120 hours

  • Organizer of Relay For Life in local park(twice). - 40 hours
  • park clean up- 10 hours
  • library tutoring- 20 hours
    -Coached my brother’s soccer team for 2 seasons

Medical Stuff:
-Took an EMT course but still waiting to get into action since im young
-Shadowed a Family Practitioner for 50 hours
-published one paper scientific paper in university(basically assistant but 2nd name)

  • Conducted a Blood Drive locally

Awards:
-AP Awards
-nothing else major

Though my main choice is by far bs/md programs, I still want to use my EA for a strong school in addition to UG schools during RD. Thanks for any input. Which should I use my EA on since I am a NJ resident but Harvard has a higher EA rate.

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Harvard doesn’t have a higher REA/SCEA admit rste. Last year it was 16.5% for Harvard, 19.9% for Princeton.

Pick whichever one you prefer though it sounds like you should be focusing more on ED to a BA/MD program.

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Your chances of getting into Harvard/Princeton like everyone else 5% unless you have a special talent or situation . Even from private schools it is rare with the only acceptances I’ve heard of are Alumni kids, recruited athletes, URM, overcame a disability or played the organ. Unless you have a specialty the college needs or can demonstrate you can pay full tuition (or more) you are waisting your EA. You would be better off apply Early Decision to a school like John Hopkins or Carnegie Mellon which are still reaches for you but much more attainable.

4

Except for a good SAT I do not see anything else which can stands out for Harvard and Princton. Your chances are very low.

5

Forget @KathleenA’s comment about demonstrating you can pay full tuition. That might have been true 30 years ago but it has zero bearing today for either Princeton or Harvard.

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Your stats seem pretty good to me, but your GPA and awards are kind of lacking. However, your extracurriculars and SAT scores are excellent, so that should help a lot. Unfortunately Harvard and Princeton get many students like you each year, so unless you have some sort of hook that would separate you from everyone else, your chances are maybe only slightly higher than the average applicant’s.