I’m currently a junior in highschool and am wanting to know if anyone can tell me what my chances are of getting into a school like harvard. I have roughly a 3.8 gpa (or a 7.12 on the 8.0 scale), I haven’t taken the SAT or ACT yet but I got a 217 on the psat so assuming I do about the same on the SAT it would be a 2170 sat. In terms of extracurricular activities I have gotten the president community service award each year, I took a community service trip to new orleans to help restore the wetlands, I rowed crew freshmen year and have played golf every year in highschool. I have also been a member of youth in government and world affairs. Also this year I’m the president of a club that I founded, student managed investment fund, where we invest actual money in the stock market, we are funded by my highschool. In terms of work experience the summer after my sophomore year I worked at a pet store for 30 hours a week for about 6 weeks and this coming summer I’m going to intern at a private equity firm. I’m most likely going to be a national merit scholar and I took 2 ap classes and 1 honor last year and 3 ap’s this year and plan on taking all ap next year. I havent taken any SAT II’s yet either but plan on it. Can anyone tell me what my chances might be getting into any of the ivies or other good schools like duke or vandy?
Bump
It is really difficult to gague right now only because you haven’t actually taken the official SAT yet, nor have you finished junior year, which is the most important year that colleges will look at. If your scores are what your PSATs predicted them to be, then your application will be boosted. You have great ECs, but your GPA is probably a little low as of now for a school like Harvard, Duke, or Vandy- however, if you manage to get good grades junior year, that would definitely help. I would just advise that you wait until your junior year is completed and you have a better sense of your test scores to be able to better gague your own potential. It’s not worth getting your hopes up or shooting them down before you even complete jr year and officially apply. Good luck!!!