Harvard REA chances? Please?

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<p>I'm a senior and I plan applying EA with an intended major in econ. How are my chances?</p>

<p>SAT superscore: 2340/1600
SAT I CR 740, M 800, WR 710 (10/68)
SAT I CR 800, M 760, WR 740 (9/74)</p>

<p>SAT II's: Bio M 800, Math 2 800, Chem 800, US 770, World H, 720</p>

<p>AP's:
Chem 5
Macro 5
Micro (taken as independent study) 5
Govt US 5
US history 5
Calc BC 5, AB subscore, 5
Bio 5
English lang. & comp. 5</p>

<p>Taking this year: AP Stats, AP English Lit., AP Spanish (I have taken 8 years of spanish), AP Physics C (both), AP Euro, Humanities H, Sociology, Senior Capstone Project, GYM</p>

<p>GPA 96.80/100
Rank 9/350 (top 3%) school does not report though</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Model UN, President
Amnesty international club, President
NHS, President
Las Voces (spanish language club) President
Science olympiad: two gold medals at CT state competition
Moody's Mega Math Challenge
SPHERES programming challenge
Mock Trial
Math Honor Society
Spanish honor Society
JETS (engineering competition)
Tutoring at inner city school
Intramural Golf
Literary magazine</p>

<p>White male, good public school in CT</p>

<p>I plan on applying to Harvard EA, UNC Chapel Hill EA Uconn EA, and RD to BU, Brown, GW, Georgetown, MIT, Penn, Princeton, Tufts, Wesleyan, Yale</p>

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<p>Nobody? :frowning: bump!</p>

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<p>Hays, you remind me so much of myself… I guess we’ll find out in December. Looking at your extracurricular activities, I can’t really see passion or a coherent focus… especially tying into economics.</p>

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<p>I don’t chance, per se, and everybody’s percentage chance of getting in is pretty low, but I do have some thoughts: your stats are quite good, but you’ve omitted how good you were in that long list of activities. The officerships are quite good, but have you changed anything? What events have you organized? How much money have you raised? I might not post that on the internet, but instead of “President of school Amnesty International chapter,” I’d put “President of school Amnesty International Chapter, 50 members (14% of student body), put on concert with 350 attendees that raised $5,000.” I think with people like you, it does come down, in a significant way, to your essays, letters of recommendation, and marginal differences in your EC sheet.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the feedback, I’ll try to work that into my common-app as I finalize it in the coming days. Also, I plan to include a brief blurb (100-200words in additional information) clarifying my academic and extracurricular interests, as well and my vocational interests and, ultimately, how it all ties together. Again, thanks for the feedback.</p>

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<p>‘bumps shamelessly’</p>

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<p>50-70% chance…</p>

<p>Make your APP look good, thats what counts</p>

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<p>50-70% chance? Are you joking? No offense to the OP, but to say someone has a 20% chance of acceptance is quite a compliment! 50-70%? I’m sure there are a handful of students with that good a chance, but I’d guess that there are less than 50 of those out of the entire 35,000+ who choose to apply.</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>32.7% chance.</p>

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<p>you know that if you apply EA to Harvard you cant apply EA to any other schools right?</p>

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<p>you can if they’re public (look at the EA FAQ on their website)</p>