<p>You’re new here, so possibly you haven’t seen this thread: <a href=“Reminder: No one, not even me, can give you an accurate chance at MIT! - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/939227-reminder-no-one-not-even-me-can-give-you-an-accurate-chance-at-mit-p1.html</a>. It’s about MIT, but holds true as well for Harvard.</p>
<p>You sound like a wonderful candidate, as will the vast majority of those who are deferred. Recommendations and essays will probably determine the outcome, and we are not the people reading those.</p>
<p>Best of luck to you!</p>