Hey Guys!
I was wondering if you all could help me out. I’m really nervous because Harvard is my first choice school and I’m not sure if I can get in
Here are my stats:
I’m the valedictorian of my class of 219
I got a 2320 on my SATs
I got a 730 on SAT II Chem
and a 800 in Math Level 2
I have a 4.56 GPA
I took 11 AP courses (Bio, Lit, Chem, Psych, Stat, Calc, Euro, Human Geo, Spanish, Gov, Lang)
I did cross country, track, and tennis for all 4 years of high school
I am a varsity athlete
I am the cross country captain as of my senior year
I am part of the stem club, science club, and NHS
I am the captain of my stem team
I am the class secretary
I’ve gotten excellence awards for all the subjects I’ve taken for 10th grade and 11th grade
I’ve gotten numerous other awards in math and science from school
I’ve received the Yale Book Award
I have published a paper for Yale dealing with scientific principles
I am currently working in a lab my senior year
I won a national essay contest my junior year
I have a job tutoring kids at math
And I’m Asian
Nobody can ever have a 100% chance of getting into Harvard. That is the nature of college admissions these days. Can we determine if you will be a competitive applicant? Absolutely, and that answer is yes. But can we say for sure that you will get in? No way.
With that said, I think you will be a competitive applicant.
I agree with response #1. Maybe you’ll get in, but whatever happens, you are clearly very talented and will get into a lot of amazing schools. Just continue to do your best and lots of amazing doors will open for you; focus on continuing to do your best, not a particular school. (Maybe you’ll get into Harvard, Yale and Stanford and then will decide that Harvard’s not where you want to go; that kind of decision can be extremely difficult if you’ve been focusing on the school before.)
@Flowergirl98, you are highly competitive for sure but there is no a clear answer you want now. Couple things may make a difference: Are you the 1st author on the published paper for Yale dealing with scientific principles? Is the journal a well-respected peer-review scientific journal? Is a national essay contest won by you prestigious? Are you confidence you could have stellar LORS? Are your 3 essays reflective of yourself from your soul?
Please watch this video from a Stanford Admissions Director. His comments apply to all selective colleges, including Harvard. Academics aside, often times the decision comes to the intangibles, such as “Is this student a nice person?” None of those intangibles that the Stanford Admissions Directors speaks about can be answered from your post.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UYhTylqC9o
