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Harvard SCEA 2024 Applicant Discussion!!
Jedelm23
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GPA Weighted: 4.62/5.0
Unweighted: 3.9/4.0
Class Rank 43/833
SAT: 1560
Math 2: 790 (will retake)
Have not taken second yet
EC's
Speech and Debate: State champion, 4th at harvard tournament, 9th at UT tournament, 12th at nationals, 7th at Emory Tournament
Ranked 10th in the nation
Texas High School democrats of America
JSA Club Founder/ best speaker fall 2017
FBLA: Parliamentarian freshman year, 5th at state in Future Business Leader Interview
Taekwando 3rd degree level 4 black belt
Leadership:
Founder/President of BackPAC (largest student run political action committee in the country)
Founder/President of JSA School Chapter
Texas High School Democrats State Officer
Class Treasurer
Congressional Debate Captain
Historian of MSA
Summer Stuff:
Notre Dame Leadership Program 2019 (fully paid for summer program)
Rohingya Refugee Camp Volunteer 2018
Co-Founder of summer camp for debaters
Katy Speech and Debate Academy coach
This is a lot to go through haha, but i'd really appreciate if you could take a look
Thank you!
It's an absolute waste of your time and energy to retake Math 2. FWIW: Your desire to retake the test demonstrates you have no idea what Harvard is looking for. Let it go and spend the time working on your essays, positively contributing to your high school environment, pursuing your EC's, working at a job, or taking your teachers out for coffee afterschool so they can get to know you better outside of the classroom thereby writing you a better recommendation. Here's an article you might find interesting to read: Notice most students who have perfect or near perfect test scores are give the same rating of 2+, as such there is no difference between a 790 and an 800: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/6/16/harvard-admissions-behind-the-scenes/
I'll be applying REA this fall. I plan on doing either IR, music, or bio. Do you think I have a shot or is it not worth applying?
GPA (UW) 4.0/4.0
Class Rank: Top 5%
SAT: 1570 (Essay 20)
ACT: 36 (Essay 10)
Math 2: 800
Chem: 800
USH: 780
AP Courses
Physics 1, BC Calc, APUSH, Bio, Macro, Micro
(All 5s)
*also taking Multivariable calc right now
Senior Year APs
Chem
Psych
Spanish
CS
Stats
EC's
MUN
- attended and won 30+ conferences
- club leadership
Music
- Principal at All-National, All-Regional, All-State
- Play in local orchestra & performance tour in Europe
Member of school board
- manage school club budget
Research
- more below, will have paper (first author) published in a paper w/ IF of 20+
Summer Activities:
Freshman: Research internship (Bioinformatics)
Sophomore: Research internship (Oncology)
Junior: West Point SLE, research internship (BME)