My Chances- Please Help!

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<p>Any insight would be much appreciated- thank you!</p>

<p>Basic info- white female, from Kentucky (I'm hoping maybe that is one thing that might help me...), top ranked (not top 10 but close to it) boarding school on east coast</p>

<p>SAT- 2300 out of 2400, 1560 out of 1600
GPA- 4.0
AP Scores
Eng comp-5
Eng lit-5
Envi Sci-5
AB Calc-5
Gov Pol US-4
Bio-3
Studio Art 2D-3</p>

<p>National Merit commendation, AP Scholar with honors</p>

<p>Current Courses and estimated current grades
Hon. Multivariable/Vector Calculus- 93
AP Econ (Macro and Micro)- 90
AP Physics C-93
AP Spanish Lit- 92
Independent study in English (placed out of my school's courses)- 95
Independent study in conceptual contemporary art</p>

<p>Extracurricular Highlights- my more complete resume demonstrates in more detail that I've put a lot of time and effort into all of these things:
Student government president
Environmental club co-president
School's Literary and Fine Arts magazine editor-in-chief
Community service committee chair (plus a lot of service hours)
Faculty appointed English tutor (4hrs+/wk) and Calculus tutor (2hrs+/wk)</p>

<p>Will be submitting an art portfolio of my paintings- have won prizes in juried shows- also have a pretty full resume of art related involvement and activities</p>

<p>Work experience- Summer jobs waiting tables past three summers</p>

<p>Two summers of Spanish immersion home stays in Spain </p>

<p>And I have two very strong teacher recs as well as what I have been told is an impressive and original common app essay.</p>

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<p>I think you might have a 50-50 chance, but I would attempt to get the SAT at the 2350+ level by taking the Dec test. Also, if you show a strong passion in one area that corroborates your EC accomplishments/commitments (i.e. Student Gov’t), that would increase your chances.</p>

<p>Also, try posting this in the regular thread (not the class threads). You will receive many more replies there.</p>

<p>And if you haven’t already, try this thread to gauge your statistics/accomplishments against those who were admitted/waitlisted/denied last year: </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/681434-official-harvard-university-2013-decisions-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/681434-official-harvard-university-2013-decisions-thread.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Go ahead and apply and see what happens! you’re definitely competitive. The only way you’ll know your chances is by applying and seeing what happens</p>

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<p>Thank you, that’s good advice.</p>