<p>I really did not want to start freaking out about applying early to Harvard, because its my first choice school and I’ve tried to do what I love throughout high school, and tell them about myself in the essays, but now I’m really wondering if I even have a shot based on the posts on this thread that admission into schools like Harvard in the early round is only possible for a person who is a nationally acclaimed academic, athlete or legacy:( I began to write my essays this past month and I’m almost done with them, plus I’m already getting recs ready, thinking I might be so lucky as to even have the slightest chance of getting in, now I’m left to wonder if I should just give it up because the process is tainted with back-room deals and PR stunts that state otherwise 
Someone please shed some light on this–Should I apply early, or is it just me signing my own rejection?</p>