Chance this junior for Harvard

Sasoo8
Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:50:30 +0000

Not everybody likes to chance people… But here is my 2 Cents

Your SAT is well in the range of most Ivy competitors. Senior Course load looks good. ECs look mediocre, and even you criticize your own ECs. Colleges need to see some passion and concentration in your ECs. Any sports? Any Jobs? You need something that stands out for Ivies, and please don’t paint a picture of a nerd on your applications!

So overall your academics are excellent, but then, so is an awful a lot of Ivy applicants. On the bright side, you are only a Junior, so the summer is a great time to fill in some gaps that you haven’t closed. Maybe concentrate on one of your various interests. Do an internship. Do something that will give colleges a heads-up that you are spending your summers productively. And there is still plenty of time for leadership positions before you are a Senior.
Yale- Reach
Columbia- Low Reach
Rice-Match
Emory-Match
Stanford-Reach
UChicago-Low Reach
Harvard- Reach
You have good potentials for the Ivies, make the best of it!