<p>Hi everyone, I'm going to be a junior in high school in the fall, and I REALLY want to go to Harvard. So bad. Here are all of my assumed credentials when I apply during my senior year. Chance me? (:</p>
<p>-Grades/scores: as of now, not THE BEST. ~3.75 unweighted (supposedly Harvard's mean GPA is a 3.7); ~4.35 weighted. But I really will do my best next year, and hopefully receive all solid As (in all honors/APs [most rigorous courseload my school offers]). So more than likely I'll hike this up. I mainly only get As and some A-s, with a rare B+ or something. I'll also probably do well on my AP tests (5). As for the ACT, I'll probably get AT LEAST a 30, hopefully higher (on my PLAN test it said my score would qualify me for elite colleges). SAT, I'm not too familiar with the scoring yet, but I'll probably receive some sort of equivalent.
-ECs: Editor-in-Chief of my school's yearbook for 2 years; took a summer journalism workshop at Michigan State University.
Varsity Forensics Team for 3 years (for those of you who don't know what Forensics is [I think it's kinda a Michigan thing], it's basically competitive public speaking. My sect on the team was the Broadcasting event, where I prepared several news broadcasts (complete with an editorial of my views on a controversial story) each with 30 min. of prior preparation, then deliver each to a judge, who ranks me. I've finaled at several tourneys, and will hopefully go to Regionals/States next year. (For the record, I know a kid from another school who did this - I think as his only main EC - and did in fact get into Harvard!)
Tennis Team for 4 years (top of JV frosh & soph years; hopefully Varsity jr. & sr. years)
Babysitter/tutor; will get a legitimate, steady job once I turn 16 (by the end of the summer) and work part-time throughout the school year.
Local Youth Symphony alto saxophonist; was first chair when I actually did it in my school's band.
Youth Group.
Hospital Internship this/next summer (I may be interested in medicine as a career).
May join the Debate Team in addition to Forensics next year.
French Club.
Environmental Club.
"Interact" (basically a volunteering club).
Volunteer Africa: I don't think I'll actually go on the trip there, but I'll help fundraise/be a part of it.</p>
<p>-Honors/Awards: "Principal's List" (meaning I received one of the highest GPAs [unweighted] at my school) for most, if not all, trimesters.
National Honors Society.
French Honors Society.
Art Honors Society.
MIGHT do math/science olympiads next year.</p>
<p>-Volunteering: About 100 hours for 2 summers helping with the city of Detroit's maintainence/entertaining little elementary schoolers (I'm from the suburbs).
25 hours for the past 4 summers being a Safety Town instructor; teaching 5-year-olds safety skills.
50 hours for 2 summers helping at the local Farmers Market, with the arts and crafts area for kids/the package pick-up area.
Hope to spend a lot of time going to the Detroit Gleaner's Food Bank throughout the year (weekends; maybe summers as well) to help for the next 2 years.
Might do some fundraising for charities as well. I wanted to start a nonprofit environmental charity, but my dad says that'd be too difficult/costly.</p>
<p>-Other interests/hobbies: Guitarist (4 years), photographer, drawer/painter, skiier, certified lifeguard.</p>
<p>-Also, I'm a great writer and can write an outstanding admissions essay.</p>
<p>-Caucasian female; from the Midwest.</p>
<p>-Public school, albeit the fact that it's supposedly well-regarded (live in a pretty prosperous area), and does have its fair yield of Ivy-goers with each graduating class.</p>
<p>Thanks so much! I know it's not ideal that I don't have any precise standard test scores, sorry. :(</p>