Chances at Harvard/Yale?

CR1MS0N
Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:22:14 +0000

Hello everyone, I was wondering if you guys might give me some suggestions or comments on my current stats for application. I’m interested in applying to Harvard and Yale as my reach schools. All your input will be helpful and appreciated. Thanks.

I’m from a rural town in Wisconsin with less than 10,000 people.

ACT
35 Composite
36 English
34 Math
36 Critical Reading
33 Science

SAT (only taken once, hopefully I can take it again if i do well enough on my SAT IIs the first time around):
2220 Composite
800 CR
690 Math
730 English (11 Essay)

SAT II Math I: 740

Studying for SAT II Math IIC, Chemistry, and Bio.

Schedule: (all filled with classes, no study halls)

Freshman: ( my school is very small so the classes may look unimpressive, but I took all of the hardest courses whenever possible)

English I
Biology
Geometry
World Culture
Phy Ed
Spanish II
Freshman Band
Freshman Choir
Information Processing

Sophomore:

Health
Honors American Literature
Honors Chemistry
Advanced Algebra
Honors American History
Drivers Ed
Spanish III
Concert Band
Concert Choir
Swing Choir

Junior:
Honors World Literature
Honors Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Honors Advanced Organic Chemistry
Honors Advanced Biology
Precalculus
Advanced Grammar
AP Government (taking ap test senior year, will this hurt me? i didn’t take because of schedule conflict)
AP Comparative government (taking AP test senior year)
Honors Spanish IV
Phy Ed
Jazz Band
Concert Band
Concert Choir
Honors Advanced Biology Student Assistant

Senior:

College English
College Speech
AP Biology
AP Spanish V
Honors Physics
Honors Anatomy and Physiology
College Calculus
Concert Band
Jazz Band
AP Psych ( if schedule allows)

Reagrding AP’s, if my schedule absolutely does not allow enough time for me to take all the APs available, will this work against me and how do i let the colleges know this? for example, AP US history conflicts with my AP Spanish; both are only offered that one period.

ECs: (btw, my years of participation include this upcoming senior year, sorry if the list is kinda convlouted, i’m typing them as I think of them)

2 years of Wisconsin State Honors Band (1 of 18 clarinetists picked out of over 300)

7 1st Places at State solo and Ensemble (over past 3 years)

AWANA Member(Community church outreach and volunteer organization) - 12 years (2 hours a week, 40 weeks a year)

AWANA Leader in training - 7 years (2 hours a week, 40 weeks a year)

Mexico Youth Mission (10 days, 9 hours a day spent in Mexico doing humanitarian work, building and painting houses, organizing community outreaches, etc.)

NYLC

National Merit Commended, have yet to be notified if I am a semifinalist

2 years JV cross country (2 years Most improved JV runner)

4 years varsity swimming (Athlete of the month, most improved swimmer)

4 years varsity tennis (2nd place conference individual, conference champions as a team)

Assistant Organizer for the Lakeland community tennis league (6 hours a week this summer)

Red Cross Certified Lifeguard and Swimming Instructor (3 years)

National Honor Society - 2 years

Highway cleanup with NHS - 2 years

3 years Youth Districts Leadership Conference

Community Concert Band - 7 years (3 hours a week, 40 weeks a year)

Piano with state and ditrict awards - 11 years

Clarinet with all-state, state and district awards - 7 years

Shadowing in the local clinic with different doctors (40 hours a year, getting 40 more in 2008)

Concert band - 4 years

Concert choir - 3 years

Choir accompanist - 6 years

Piano offertories in church - 2 years

Church infant/toddler care during services - 6 years

Work Experience:
Lifeguarding (year round)- 4 years
Swimming Instructor (year round) - 3 years

Thanks for taking all the time to read through my long list. If you have any suggestions or comments, it would be very much appreciated. Thanks again for all your helpful advice.