<p>If you can score a 3.8+ semester gpa this term, and make it spotless the next two semesters, I would put money on you getting into an ivy and think you would have a very strong shot at Harvard. Very very few applicants are going to be able to match your volunteer and work experience, not to mention the already talked about hook. Harvard has all kinds of good reasons to admit you, all they need is some security that you are going to be a safe academic bet, and 3 semesters of strong grades starting junior year is enough for that–especially at a top school.</p>
<p>If you do want to improve your application though, I’d suggest bringing up the bullying. It doesn’t have to be a pity story–it can be a story about how you overcame it and are determined to help others. If you tell them the general timeline for when it happened and it matches the gpa problems, they will connect the dots themselves.</p>