Harvard Early Action

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>First of all, I realize the impossibility of giving a definite chancing either way for an Ivy League, but ever since I submitted my SCEA to Harvard I've been implacably nervous and insecure about it. So what I really want to know is, should I have hope?</p>

<p>SAT: 2130 - 760CR, 700M, 670W
SAT II: 800 US History, 800 World History
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Rank: 1/100</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): US History, Human Geography, US Government, Comparative Government, Art History, Psychology - All 5's; school only offers 3 APs, everything else is learned independently</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP European History, AP World History, AP English Lit, Spanish II, Sociology, Advanced Biology</p>

<p>Awards: National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, Wisconsin Senate Scholar, Badger Boys State</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: President of Student Council, NHS, Senior Class, FBLA ; Member of School Board ; VP of AFS (multicultural club) ; Math Team Captain ; State Gold Medalist for Forensics ; GSA Founder</p>

<p>Volunteerism: around 100 hours throughout high school</p>

<p>Essays - one about how much I love Napoleon, another about some experiences with politics I had, and a third about making Youtube videos; overall they're probably 7-9/10</p>

<p>Recommendations - excellent recommendations from teachers (highest/second highest marks on Common App) and great rec from counselor</p>

<p>Other- rural town/school in Wisconsin, white, first generation college, income around 50K for family of 4, male, going into political science/philosophy/international relations</p>

<p>If I am rejected from Harvard, I would realistically want to go to Berkeley or Michigan.. although I will try a handful of other Ivies (Columbia, Brown, Yale, Princeton) and Stanford, too.</p>

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<p>Scores not competitive enough for Harvard. Weak EC’s. Course load doesn’t seem too rough. </p>

<p>Anything can happen, but speaking purely realistically here, I would say you don’t have much of a shot.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your honesty!</p>

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<p>You never know. People have gotten into Harvard with those scores, and a lot more have been rejected. Really try to make yourself stand out.</p>

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<p>Exactly. It’s really difficult to gauge how interesting I really am when I have such limited knowledge of what competitive students look like - school of 350 that never sends students beyond state schools or local privates.</p>

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<p>Hey, I went to bbs too this summer! Durkee county! You have a fair shot but don’t count on it. You definitely should have hope though</p>

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<p>I would say reach… Harvard usually wants crazy mad EC’s, since everyone who applies typically has amazing stats OR URM or hooks…</p>

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<p>Thanks, everyone.</p>

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<p>Dont give up hope, but at the same time, don’t expect too much.
you know how the saying goes : Hope for the best and Prepare for the worst!
All the best! :)</p>

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