MellowVids

Valedictorian
Eagle Scout
Youth elder at my church
National Merit Scholar
Vice President of WHO (Tutoring Club)
National AP Scholar
-Bio - 4
-US Hist - 3
-Spanish Language - 3
-Chem - 5
-Calculus AB - 5
-Calculus BC - 5
-English Language - 5
-English Lit - 5
-Computer Science A - 5
-Government - 5
-Comparative Gov. - 5
-Macroeconomics - 5
2300 SATI (800 Math, 760 Writing, 740 CR)
800 Math II SATII
760 Chem SATII

And I play soccer for fun

cal097

Honestly its hard to say. Harvard is a really hard school to get into. Valedictorians with perfect SAT scores and lots of AP courses get rejected all the time. Don't feel bad, with your credentials I'm sure you got into plenty of great schools.

MomofaKnight

You have strong credentials, but they are not really that much unlike many others that apply to Harvard

Weasel8488

Your EC's don't stand out.

lotf629

Wow, MellowVids, you ask a difficult question. You should feel really proud about your high school accomplishments.

I will say, though, that Weasel8488 has a point: your APs stand out, but your ECs (and everything else) are pretty common among Harvard applicants. If I had seen your stats ahead of time, I would have said you were a slight reach because you have all your i's dotted and t's crossed but you weren't a standout.

The real question, though, is which great schools have you gotten into with your great stats? And what's your strategy for standing out when you get there, so that you have great opportunities after graduation?

herodotus53

Your stats sound like just about all of the 'smart' people at my high school.... none of whom were accepted into Harvard. You're a clone of thousands of other bright, moderately accomplished kids who haven't done anything truly remarkable with your lives before the age of eighteen. Shame on you all!

herodotus53

Now, if you were recruited to play soccer professionally before you graduated from high school, that would be something different. I could see an athletic scholarship in your future, if nothing else.

From what I've been able to learn, that's about the level of acheivement that you would have to muster. So your rejection shouldn't come as too much of a surprise....

ndinchick

your ecs don't stand out.. usually people that get in have interned at NASA or published their theories in philosopy

gibson101

that really surprises me, hes an eagle scout!! and with all those good grades. I wonder why you didnt get in, you should of played more sports, thats all i can say.

Michael Ye

hmm...your EC part is very weak. Almost everyone who applies to Harvard has perfect or nearly perfect scores or grades in their academics part. Well when this happens, whoever has a more solid EC background would have a better edge.

good luck

undah

I think the only reason you didn't get in was because of your ECs. Your test scores are fantastic. It's just that your ECs are very one-sided. BTW, I am not saying that you need to be an intern at NASA. I am just saying that only 3 of you ECs (Vice President of WHO, Eagle Scout, and Youth elder) actually required time during the week. Also, your awards are very centered on academics. Elite colleges want to see more diversity, like good academics, with debate and starting a club.