Chances for Harvard SCEA- the wait begins...

pineapple86
Fri, 04 Nov 2016 02:53:03 +0000

I think I’m a pretty accurate evaluator of my own chances, but maybe not. What do you guys think? I’m worried about my supplement and the fact that I could be viewed as a “standard strong” applicant.

SAT I (breakdown): NA
ACT (breakdown): 36 (E:36 M:35 R:35 S:36)
SAT II: Biology M 800, Literature 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.87
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): UW: 1/387, W: 3/387
AP (place score in parenthesis): Nine AP tests, mostly 5s
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: AP Language, Anatomy Honors, Organic Chem I (dual credit), Differential Equations/Linear Algebra (dual credit), Spanish 4 (literally learned Spanish from holasoygerman on youtube and neighbor, am pretty fluent, and have tested out of Spanish 1-3, so will test out of this soon), Pharmacology (dual credit), Psychology (dual credit), Government (Dual credit), Gym (lol, trying to take this online bc gym)

Junior year I took more AP classes than anyone I knew and some of them were kind of a joke. I didn’t want to take many AP classes senior year because I love the community college where I take classes and the value of a class is really important to me.

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

United States Senate Youth Program
Coolidge Scholarship “Senator”
President’s Volunteer Service Award: Gold
National Spanish Exam Gold Medalist
National Merit Semifinalist
National AP Scholar
Bunch of Science Olympiad awards at state/regional level

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

Lieutenant Governor of Key Club (tri-state leadership board)
Internship with the US Senator of my state
Policy Board Member of my state’s Youth Council, we’re writing an Omnibus Bill (super exciting!)
Co-Chair of my county’s Youth Commission
Columnist for city’s newspaper with 70,000 daily readers
“Team Leader” (think Chair-type deal) of world famous hospital’s Young Volunteer program
Mentorship with doctor at said hospital
Science Olympiad- I won many medals, worked harder than anyone I knew, and was really sad when the elections for captains came down to a popularity contest. So no real leadership in that organization, but it used to be my passion
County-appointed board member of county’s Environmental Commission
County-appointed board member of county’s Community Advisory Committee
Cashier at grocery store
National Honor Society
National Spanish Honor Society

Essays (rating 1-10, details): I loved my common app essay. But to be honest, it was completed at the last minute. If anyone wants to read it, I would love to PM it!
My supplement was a reflection on the USSYP listed above. It was reused from another application. I’m worried about it. It doesn’t detract, but it probably doesn’t add.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10/10.
Teacher Rec #2: 10/10.
Counselor Rec: 9.5/10. Counselors at my school turn over fairly quickly, so I’ve only known her for a year or so. She really likes me and knows how motivated I am.
Additional Rec: 9/10. Really positive, but more of a list of stuff I’ve done than my qualities. It’s more the style of the rec than the content I’m iffy about.
Interview: Haven’t had it yet

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Double major in political science and who knows what else
State (if domestic applicant): Midwest state that doesn’t send many students to Harvard
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None