Harvard SCEA: What are my chances?

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<p>So, junior year just ended, and want to hear about where you think I stand in the Harvard SCEA pool. Here's all the information:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (Critical Reading: 760, Math: 750, Writing: 800)</p>

<p>ACT: 35 (English: 36, Math: 36, Reading: 36, Science: 32)</p>

<p>SAT II: Physics: 800 Chemistry: 800</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0</p>

<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/250ish</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): I'm still waiting for my scores, but I took test for:
AP Bio
AP Chem
AP US
AP Lit
AP Psych</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load:
AP Calc BC
AP Econ Macro
AP Econ Micro
AP Environmental
AP Studio art
AP Spanish
AP Lang</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USABO Semifinalist, Scholastic Art and Writing Award Gold Key, Congressional Art Award, Georgetown Junior of the Year Award, UPenn Book Award, local school awards in art, English, science</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis (Captain), Green Team (President), Spanish Club (co-President), Art Club (President), Ambulance Explorers Club (co-President), Link Crew, Varsity track (8th grade-10th grade), 8 years of acoustic guitar, portfolio art classes (I will be sending a portfolio with my app), National Honor Society</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Tutoring (middle school math)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at childrens' art classes (2 summers), volunteer at animal shelter (only in 9th and 10th grade)</p>

<p>Summer Activities: Internship in Hospital Administration (summer before junior year) and Neurobiology (this summer)</p>

<p>Essays: haven't written them yet?</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: Both should be good</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: Should be very good</p>

<p>Additional Rec: I might get a rec from the mother of the girl I tutor who also is in charge of Link Crew at school-she would write a really good one about my personality, but would another rec be superfluous?</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut</p>

<p>School Type: Public (ranked top 100 in nation)</p>

<p>Ethnicity: White</p>

<p>Gender: Female</p>

<p>Income Bracket: >$800,000</p>

<p>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope :(</p>

<p>Thanks for the input!</p>

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<p>You have a competitive chance. Beyond that, no one can truly say more, as so much of the application process is comparing your stats, recommendation letters, essays and EC’s to other equally competitive students. Many students with similar stats are accepted and also rejected. Best of luck to you in the admissions process.</p>

<p>BTW: I would not recommend you submit the additional letter of recommendation, as it might tend to water-down your (hopefully) stellar teacher recommendations.</p>

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<p>You go to Grenwich?</p>