<p>Hey! I'm only a rising sophomore, so I know this is a bit early, but it's really been a lifelong dream to be accepted to Harvard (not just for the name; I love everything the school offers and know it would be a perfect fit). Here's the info:</p>
<p>GPA: 4.33; #1 in class (5 A's and 5 A+'s in all honors classes)
SAT I: 2110 (I haven't taken the real SAT I's or II's yet; this is a score from a recent practice test.)
Ethnicity: Hungarian (Jewish)
High School: Public (about 300 in class)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-Literary Magazine (Editor)
-Newspaper (Entertainment Editor)
-Key Club (Bulletin Editor; over 50 hours of community service so far)
-Merkaz (Hebrew high school; take conversational Hebrew courses)
-Volunteer every Sunday in 2nd grade Hebrew school class
-Private Piano Lessons (4 years so far)
-JV Tennis Team (#2 Doubles)
-Private tennis lessons and clinics
-Class of 2009 Club (class budget planning)</p>
<p>Awards:
-Scholastic National Silver Award (Poetry--top 350 essays out of 50,000)
-Scholastic Gold Key Award (Short Story)
-1st place in Law Day State Essay Contest (out of 368 essays)
-3rd place in National Anthem Essay Contest (out of 11,000 essays)
-Congregation Beth El Outstanding Service Award</p>
<p>Summer Activities:
-Summer@Brown summer program (short contemporary fiction class at Brown University)</p>
<p>Of course, my extracurriculars will accumulate throughout the next three years in high school and my GPA will presumably go up (I plan to take all AP classes junior and senior year). Hopefully, I can get my SAT I score up with more practice, which I have time for. My main focus and passion is writing, and I plan to major in English. Am I on the right track so far? What are my chances?</p>
<p>you live in new york?
your goal is to get atleast a 2300 on the SAT and you wana get a 790 on the SAT and if you do live in new YORK you wana get above or equal to a 95 on each regents exam and at my school we do averages so, i would say your averages for all your subjects should be greater then 95 if your aiming for harvard and by the way you will have me as a competition for i to aim to go to harvard, so good luck if you are and just to warn you, you will have to do much better then that to stand a chance against me, but it seems you will make it and i would like to wish you</p>
<p>For a ivy league student wishes others good luck and i have learned that i am not a kid anymore and that i need to study everyday for my dream to come true, which is to go to harvard. I read college text books that are from yale as practice. I have read micro BIology and a anatomy and physiology text book and i have every barrons book in my collection</p>
<p>"your goal is to get atleast a 2300 on the SAT and you wana get a 790 on the SAT and if you do live in new YORK you wana get above or equal to a 95 on each regents exam and at my school we do averages so, i would say your averages for all your subjects should be greater then 95 if your aiming for harvard and by the way you will have me as a competition for i to aim to go to harvard, so good luck if you are and just to warn you, you will have to do much better then that to stand a chance against me, but it seems you will make it and i would like to wish you
GOOD LUCK"</p>
<p>sometimes you can get away with extraordinarily long sentences as long as the segments are well put together and the correct punctuation is used. This is not one of those.</p>
<p>Very impressive. If you can get the small things like SAT's through with all scores of over 700. Keep pursuing the stuff that means a lot to you. You have a great shot.</p>
<p>sean123, I do not live in new york...and thanks for the good luck wish.<br>
raffela, I love the piano and am oen of my teacher's best students...however, I have not entered any piano competitions, but it's interesting you think it would be a good idea...do you happen to know of any?</p>
<p>I live in New york.
Does harvard look at regents? I am also a rising sophmore but i got an 89 on my math A ><, but a 95 on my living environment.</p>
<p>Somehow, I think this is a bunch of bull crap. About 90% of the people who post here know they will probably get in, or have a unbelievably long list of extracurriculars. Let me tell you something, it's better to do 2 or 3 things and focus on them, than have a 100 things w/o any specific focus. Just thought I should get that across.</p>
<p>I am going to say what many others have already told people like you. You are young. Live. Have fun. If all of those activities are what you love, than keep doing them. Otherwise, find what you really enjoy. You already know your stats so far are in the ballpark, nobody here can really tell you anything more. If you are sure that Harvard is your dream, go for it. But make sure you're after the experience, not the brand name. Harvard is great to be sure, but you can get an outstanding education at many other places as well. I've spent a lot of time myself agonizing over admissions, and as a rising senior I'm starting to realize now that it's not as crucial as I though to my existence. Motivated people can do excellently wherever they go. Basically, just don't view high school as only the path to Harvard. You'll regret it when it's over.</p>
<p>Well since you're only a rising sophomore we don't have too much to work with. I would say you are definitely on the right track for success when I look at your grades. Your EC are ho-hum and not extraordinary but who's to say they won't improve. To be honest, JV tennis and piano lessons don't really count for much. Neither does any of your Hebrew stuff. I think if you get a solid SAT score it will help your chances. By solid I mean 2300+(that’s not to say you can’t get in with less). Don't make high school just about getting into Harvard because there are lots of people like you who just dream of going there and fail. I think you have a shot if you continue to work hard. Good luck.</p>