will a lack of a third strong SAT 2 kill my chances

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<p>I'm really worried about this. I have excellent scores, grades, and extracurriculars minus the last "all important" SAT 2. Will this seriously hurt my chances?</p>

<p>GPA: 3.79 UW/ 4.63 W --- top 3.5%</p>

<p>SAT 1: 800 M, 800 W, 750 CR ---(1550/2350)
ACT: 36 S, 34 M, 33 W, 33 R --- (34 Composite)</p>

<p>SAT II- 770 Math II, 730 USH, 660 Physics, 690 Math I</p>

<p>AP: 5 Physics B, 5 English Lang, 4 Chemistry, 4 United States History</p>

<p>taking AP Bio, AP Psych, AP Macro Econ, AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP Government
right now</p>

<p>ECs: Multiple awards at high level national debate tournaments... I feel saying any more would disclose my identity.</p>

<p>some more generic stuff.</p>

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<p>If I were you, I’d worry more about the GPA. Question is whether it is counterbalanced by debate awards.</p>

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<p>The GPA is IMO already offset by the rank. If a 3.79 is good enough for top 3.5% at the poster’s school, that gives some sort of indication of its academic rigor.</p>

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<p>I won’t speak to your specific situation, but I’ll remind onlookers that the January tests are timely for current applicants </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/utilities/electronic_resources/viewbook/Rollo0809_GuideApplying.pdf[/url]”>http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/utilities/electronic_resources/viewbook/Rollo0809_GuideApplying.pdf&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>and wish you all good luck. Harvard considers your best scores. Harvard considers a lot more besides test scores. Harvard has plenty of applicants, so of course I hope all of this year’s applicants to Harvard have already applied to a suitable safety college, a college they’d be happy to attend if admitted. Good luck to all of you.</p>