What are my chances at Harvard, MIT, JHU?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I’m a high school junior. My current match/reach schools are Harvard, MIT, GaTech, and Johns Hopkins.

SAT I: 1440
SAT II: none yet
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 5.2 on a 5.0 scale
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
AP: 5 world hist, 3 chem, 5 us gov, will take more this year and next
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none really. I have valedictorian in the bag and maybe some swim awards.

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Student Council (10-12), treasurer this year and possibly vice president next year.
-Science bowl (10-12)

  • Swim team (10-12)
  • Senior Beta (10-12), treasurer
  • Volunteering at the hospital and senior care center
  • Tutoring a couple hours a week
    -Babysitting
  • National Honor Society (10-12)

State (if domestic applicant): GA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 130-140k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

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Here’s the thing about asking for chances at Harvard: it attracts very ambitious, talented students. They tend to have superstar stats AND something else (often several 'something else’s.

You are clearly a big fish in your pond: that you have valedictorian ‘in the bag’ after just 2 years suggests that there isn’t much competition from your classmates, and since you obviously had an A in AP chem class but only got a 3 on the exam, it suggests that the academic standards aren’t great. Your SAT is low relative to the hyper-competitive pool, and your EC list looks that of a good all-round student- but not more than that.

But: that’s a list, and your post gives no context. Why do you think that Harvard or MIT or JHU are the schools for you?