Could I get into Harvard?
Hi,
I’ll be a junior next year. Here are my credentials:
Cross Country
JSA senator (My bill was one of 5 that passed @ W. Congress
AP US history (B)
Pre-AP English (A-)
Hospital Volunteer since last spring (2007)
Volunteered 40 hours at local library
Year ahead in Science (Chemistry)
Active runner and in Yoga
Violinist
Ballet
City GOP party volunteer
Class Representative for Student Council
(Probably more by then….)
GPA is currently 3.73 (unweighted)
If not, you think Yale, princeton or Dartmouth? Thanks!
By the time I’ma senior, I will have a 3.85 GPA (at least) and probably have much more stuff. I also will have started a Conservative Youth club at my high school. Thanks.
To be qualified for any of those schools, you will need a 3.8+ unweighted GPA, a weighted average over 4.0, 2150+ (at least) on your SATs and lots of honors & AP classes.
Now for the bad news — these schools reject about 80% of the QUALIFIED applicants. That means even if you are qualified (and you are now on the border), then you need to stand out. Extracurriculars are nice — but they don’t count as much as people think they do — because they are easy to pad and hard to verify.
Your admissions essay and interview will be critical.
Apply and see.
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it looks like you have a really good chance with all the activities in and outside of school. you should always apply even tho you THINK you dont have a chance
with all those credentials PLUS you are only a sophmore…theres a good chance. just keep up the good work ;D
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you deffinatley have great extracurricular, and grades! when you start applying and writing essays make sure you tell them how passionate you are about their school! but realize that many other people will apply for harvard like you!
p.s I want to go to princeton too :] lol, im only a freshman soo, i dont need to worry.
Good luck and keep up the good work!!
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Who knows?
besides, SAT and ACT scores are a big factor, until we know those, we can’t help, but your extracurricular activities are very good.
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You have a really good chance!! With the activities your involved with, and your progress in school, you can easily get into an ivy league school like Harvard
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To be qualified for any of those schools, you will need a 3.8+ unweighted GPA, a weighted average over 4.0, 2150+ (at least) on your SATs and lots of honors & AP classes.
Now for the bad news — these schools reject about 80% of the QUALIFIED applicants. That means even if you are qualified (and you are now on the border), then you need to stand out. Extracurriculars are nice — but they don’t count as much as people think they do — because they are easy to pad and hard to verify.
Your admissions essay and interview will be critical.
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College Professor
Right now, you don’t stand a chance of getting into Harvard. U have to realize that Harvard selects the top 2000 or so students from across the nation. Those are impressive extracurricular activities and grades but there are so many people out there with even better grades.
Even if u get a 2300+ on the SATs, the chance of u getting into Harvard is still slim.
I would recommend applying for colleges like Stanford, MIT, Cal Tech & Duke. These schools have pretty high selectivity rates are u have a good chance of getting into them.
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Cousin went to Stanford (ranked 4th nationally).
Brother went to Washington University @ St. Louis (ranked 14th nationally)
I am a senior applying for Duke (ranked 8th nationally)