<p>Hi. I am currently a junior on the west coast and i'm interested in Harvard. I know a lot of people want to go to Harvard, or at least would if they could but..
Anyways, I was wondering if I was on the right track
I am pursuing the full IB, and I am currently learning three languages, french, spanish and english, hopefully, I will soon be adding a fourth language, Japanese. . I am involved in sports outside of school, soccer and tennis, I am captain of both teams. Then I am also involved in leadership, where right now I am a representative of IHS for my school's branch and I am class president at my school. Next year I am going to try to be class president again, and then I am going to try to be Vice-President for IHS for my branch. I am also involved with National Honor Society where I hope to be president next year. </p>
<p>The last thing I am really involved in is community service. I am going to start a program in my city that helps Latino minorities with their studies if they are having troubles because of language barriers or family problems if they just moved here from another country. I have good reasons for doing this because a) I am a latino and I know what it's like and b) I have helped students like this one on one and think it would just be better if we had an organized setting or group.
About my latino-ness( that's what my friends call it), I am not a first generation and I am Argentine.<br>
My unweighed GPA is around 3.8 and I am not sure what my SAT scores will be. I took a practice one last year with out really knowing what was going on, and scored a 1610. I know it's not good, but hopefully I can improve.
Please let me know what my chances are or what I can do to improove my chances. I realize it's really tough to chance, especially since I don't have any SAT scores, but please let me know if I'm on the right track or if I should just kiss this idea good-bye. Thank you for your time.</p>
<p>anyone? you're good, you're not what?</p>
<p>IB is a definite plus. So are your leadership and extra curriculars. It is hard to determine too much else without some scores, though.
My suggetsion: start making contact with the coaches. That could be your ticket. And keep doing great things with your volunteer work. If you keep at it, I am betting YES.
Let us know.</p>
<p>yeah i most certainly will! The only thing about making contact with coaches, is I don't know if I am division one soccer or tennis material. :-/</p>
<p>It won't hurt to check it out. Even if it turns out that you don't end up playing for H, you may gain some good "inside" connections at Harvard who may be able to send you in the right direction.
Are you ready for the SAT and ACT? (You might want to take each one once.) My advice: Buy the books and take a timed practice test (cold). Review the questions you missed, and the sections related to those questions. Wait a few days (or more). Then take another practice test. With any luck, you will be happy with that score, and will feel ready for the big day. If not, review again, then try again. Give yourself months or weeks for all of this if possible. More advice: The night before the test, spend only a few minutes reviewing, then get plenty of sleep. Good luck!</p>
<p>thank you so much!</p>
<p>I just remembered that you are still a junior. You are off to a great start!
If your PSAT score was good, be sure to apply for the Telluride Summer Program (it is free). The application is a lot of work, but the program is very prestigious and could open many doors. If you don't do something like Telluride, be sure to plan your summer wisely. Besides getting some much-needed rest, summer will give you an opportunity to do something meaningful to YOU - volunteering, improving a talent, catching up on reading, getting ahead on your IB extended essay, etc. You could also get a start on your college essay. You are wise to begin planning so early. More advice: Get to know your guidance counselor. And help him/her get to know you and your goals. This person can make a HUGE difference in your college application experience and success. One more thing: Don't forget to ENJOY high school!</p>
<p>if you pursue sports hook, you need to have "elite" experience to be recruited i.e. soccer : play for big time club, odp level player. I imagine it is similar in tennis. Ivies recruit at a very high level. send sport "profile" (resume) to coach. personal response shows interest, polite "fill out the forms" letter, not really. good luck</p>
<p>i'm not really doing it for the hook, i just like playing sports.. lol. but what would you say about me being on the right track. Am I doing well enough for harvard's standard?</p>
<p>yeah i would say you are doing well. if you write a good essay and keep your grades up you'll be fine. oh and make sure you have a demanding senior course load, colleges hate when students don't.</p>
<p>okay. sounds great! I would love to go to Harvard. what SAT score do you think I should have to make myself competitive in the application pool?</p>
<p>anyone? just a ballpark score, please</p>
<p>holy hell. that's so hard. oh i'm screwed.</p>
<p>Ok ok, well 2100+ is probably good enough for most Ivies..</p>
<p>so if I got a 2100 ( keeping in mind I am a hispanic URM), I would be a solid candidate for Harvard, or columbia?</p>
<p>My D's guidance counselor recommended that juniors take the SAT for the first time in either December or January of your junior year. That worked out well since then you have several more test dates to retake the test in case your scores are not high enough. Also don't forget about scheduling and studying for the SAT Subject Tests. Good luck!</p>