I know there are way too many of these already, but does anyone want to chance me?

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<p>Okay, I will graduate High-School soon and have to start applying to colleges by January to fit into the Fall 2015 Semester. Decided to apply to schools like Harvard and John Hopkins as long-shot schools (I've got a couple net-schools lined up and willing to take me when I graduate), and was wondering if anyone wanted to chance me.</p>

<p>SAT:
Reading: 690
Math: 650
Writing: 700
Composite: 2040 (10 on essay)</p>

<p>Will get ACT scores next month, and taking 2 SAT Subject Test in December (mainly for my own reasons, not as much to send to colleges)</p>

<p>GPA:
unweighted: 3.75
Weighted: 4.2</p>

<p>AP: N/A
IB: N/A</p>

<p>SENIOR-YEAR COURSES: (College level for ALL)
Music Theory I
Intro to Biology I
Intro to Biology lab I (not sure if lab counts as separate course)
Chemistry A
Intro to Biology II
Intro to Biology II Lab
Beginning French
College Algebra
Anatomy and Physiology I
Anatomy and Physiology I Lab
Pre-calculus
(going to complete five more before I enroll in college)</p>

<p>PERSPECTIVE MAJOR: neurobiology
MAJOR AWARDS: none</p>

<p>EXTRA-CURRICULARS:
Drama for two years (major role in three plays)
Bass for Broward College Choral Society (night and day choir)
Performance shows at varying venues (guitarist, pianist, and singer)
Lauderdale Small Boat Club Harbor Clean-up</p>

<p>WORK EXPERIENCE:
Co-founder of Flying Toy Shop (sold R/C airplanes at airshows around the US)
Yacht repairs and maintenance (summer job)</p>

<p>COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Volunteer at Cleveland Clinic Florida (around 160 hours)
Fort Lauderdale People to People coral reef clean-up (diver)
Rotary's Helping Hands Project </p>

<p>SUMMER ACTIVITIES:
Attended Fudan University's International Summer School (summer immersive language intensive program)
Research and data collection with Dr. Micheal Shen or Cleveland Clinic Florida on a study about implantable cardiovascular difibrillators (<a href="http://www.anthem.com/medicalpolicies/policies/mp_pw_a053321.htm"&gt;http://www.anthem.com/medicalpolicies/policies/mp_pw_a053321.htm&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p>

<p>TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS:
French II (college) professor
A and P lab (college) professor
College Algebra (college, obviously) professor</p>

<p>OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS:
Dr. Micheal Shen, Head of Cardiology at Cleveland Clinic Florida
A dean of a college where i live
A teacher I know personally, but never took a course from</p>

<p>SCHOOL TYPE: Homeschooled</p>

<p>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
I am not sure how this will fit into the rest of my application, but I think it's a large hook that I'll be graduating high-school
2-3 years early.
(when I'm 15)
-Took SAT 3 years early
-Spent my entire high-school career dual-enrolling at a college
-Almost completed my AA degree (due to amount of credits taken at college)
-started attending college at 14
-homeschooled my whole life (but not for religious reasons, I'll make that clear)
-Ill get my bachelors done 4-6 years early (depending on how slow or fast I go)
-Other benefits of graduating young</p>

<p>-Also, both my grandfathers are doctors and chemists, and my father is a full professor and well-known in his field
(not sure how that will help, but thought I should put it down)</p>

<p>I don't know how many other kids graduate this early, and in these circumstances, but I think it's the most unique part of my application so far.</p>

<p>special thanks to DRAKE128 who gave me basic outline identity.</p>

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<p>How about I chance back? that will make more people chance me right?</p>

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<p>Wait, wait . . . . so you don’t know your own chances, but are offering to chance someone else back? How reliable then can your chance-back really be???</p>

<p>Here’s the deal: Your SAT’s and GPA are within Harvard’s range, but are on lowish side of the range. What that means is that your essays and recommendations – none of which you posted – will be the tipping factor. (That’s actually true for students even with perfect test scores and GPA’s.) Maybe this thread will help; it’s about MIT, but holds true as well for Harvard.: <a href=“Reminder: No one, not even me, can give you an accurate chance at MIT! - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/939227-reminder-no-one-not-even-me-can-give-you-an-accurate-chance-at-mit-p1.html&lt;/a&gt;. </p>

<p>FWIW: Harvard does accept a few home schooled kids every year: <a href=“Homeschoolers A Small But Growing Minority | News | The Harvard Crimson”>http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/4/17/homeschoolers-a-small-but-growing-minority/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Yeah, I know i’m no authority for the chances, but I can tell when someone has no chance of getting in, or an extremely high chance of being accepted. Other than that, I’m just another dude in the same situation they are.</p>

<p>I haven’t written my essay yet, and asked for recommendations yesterday. I actually didn’t know the deadline for admission was so soon, lucky I looked it up to be sure. </p>

<p>Btw, about the recommendations. On the Common Application, they want me to ‘invite’ teachers to recommend me. What is this? do I have to put down all the teachers contact info.?</p>

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<p>Harvard allows for three recommendations – two teachers and one “other.” You can invite three (in total) by providing the Common App with their names and email addresses. The program will then send your recommendation writers “an invite” to upload a letter of recommendation, along with asking them specific questions about you, the applicant. The Common App no longer provides a pdf of forms anymore, but this was the teacher recommendation form from several years ago: <a href=“http://www1.wne.edu/assets/10/CA_teacher_evaluation.pdf”>http://www1.wne.edu/assets/10/CA_teacher_evaluation.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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They do, but not blank pdfs.</p>

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<p>^^ Yes, that’s what I meant. (The Common App used to provide blank pdf forms so that students, teachers, and guidance counselors could snail-mail forms into Admissions.)</p>