<p>This thread is very amusing to me because 1. I did moderately well enough on the AMC, AIME, USNCO, USAPhO, and USABO such that by the above criteria, I can be considered a general science intellect and 2. I didn’t have sports but I did compete in music at the state and national level and 3. I pretty much blew away junior and senior year playing video games (Starcraft, League of Legends, etc.) and I still made it into Harvard (fortunately or unfortunately I’m still very interested in E-sports and other time consuming hobbies). Point is, you can be very close to this model of a “general science intellect” or you can even defy it; there’s no way that Harvard will ever admit an entire class of science geniuses, or even decide to admit 700-800 potential science concentrators (out of 1800 accepted). When you make it to the semifinal round of USAPhO, USNCO, USABO, you’re already the top 150-300 students scoring in each of those competitions. And of those 150-300 in each competition, maybe 20-30 get admitted into Harvard (because the competitions are open to all 4 high school grades). When you run the statistics, it’s still a crapshoot. Aint nobody got time for that.</p>