What are my Chances for Harvard?

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<p>I applied EA. My intended major is Classics/humanities, and secondary interest in music.</p>

<p>Here is my info:</p>

<p>gender: m
school: relatively small public school (very much like a private school)
rank: school doesn't rank
GPA unweighted/weighted: 4.0/4.44
SAT I breakdown: 760 R 760 M 800 W (This is a superscore, which Harvard and some others accept. But my normal score is a 2290)
SAT IIs: 800 Latin 790 US
APs: 5's on Euro, Calc AB & BC, Chem, US</p>

<p>senior courses: gov/econ, AP bio, AP Latin IV, AP statistics, AP English Lit, teacher's assistant for Latin teacher, AP music theory</p>

<p>awards (year in parentheses)
- 1st place in overall academics at the National Junior Classical League convention (11)
[took 12 academic tests ranging from Hellenic history to Classical Art, competing against 1600 of the top Latin students in the nation. 7 first places, 2 second places, 1 third, 1 fourth, 1 fifth. First place counts as 10 points, second as 8, etc. The person who has the most points out of everyone wins.]
- 6th place in overall academics at NJCL convention (10)
- 1st place overall at the California Junior Classical League convention (9, 10, 11)
[this includes tests as described above, but also Latin oratory, and quizbowl. I am the captain of the quizbowl/certamen team.]
- 2 perfect scores on the National Latin Exam</p>

<p>extracurricular
- principal cellist for non-school youth orchestra for 2 years (9, 10)
- won concerto competition for this orchestra and toured Costa Rica as soloist and principal cellist (9)
- 2nd place Music Teachers National Association competition for strings (10)
[This competition is divided into three rounds: state, regional, national. You must qualify at the first two the enter the finals. One competitor is chosen from the state to send to 7-state regional competition. One of the regional competitors is chosen to send to the 7-region national competition. I lost to a violinist]
- 1st place American Fine Arts Festival national competition (9)
- 1st place American Fine Arts Festival international competition (11)
- 1st place Ukraine's Individualis international competition for strings (9)
- played on NPR's From the Top radio show as soloist (9)
- California Rising Stars outreach concerts
- perform for inmates twice per annum</p>

<p>additional info
- president of school Latin club
- AP scholar, NM semi</p>

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<p>Your grades and scores and such are all obviously good enough to preclude you from being auto-rejected. You also obviously have good extracurriculars and all that, and no one will be surprised if you get in.</p>

<p>That being said, no one will be surprised if you don’t. It’s all a crapshoot. There’s nothing anyone here can tell you that you don’t already know - really, it’s quite clear that you’re going to do well wherever you go, though.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Fair chance, boost test scores.</p>