<p>Jungie: I’m going to go out on a limb and assume this isn’t a ■■■■■-joke post.</p>
<p>Why is “Harvard” your school of choice? What about it aligns with your current academic path? Are you naturally among the top scholars at your HS? Do the teachers and principal know you by academic reputation? OK, you said you moved around a lot. But your GPA doesn’t make you anywhere in the ball park for a viable Harvard candidacy.</p>
<p>I’ll be blunt: Harvard is on peoples’ lips because of its reputation and legions of uninformed people feel that they must “strive for the best” when they have no idea what it even looks like.</p>
<p>If you were my kid, I’d tell you to bear down on the academics and make sure you keep a balanced reign on the CS and ECs-- the realistic list of schools you’ll be considering as a senior will be the types that only evaluated applicants based on grades/test scores. Therefore, sacrificing academic performance for ECs or CS would actually be counter-productive for you.</p>
<p>But you should not fixate on a list of “name” schools like Harvard and instead, be the best HS student you can be. Best of luck to you.</p>