<p>Why do you want to go to Harvard so badly? You can do good work at many schools.</p>
<p>I don’t think all Harvard admits are quite as superhuman as some of these posts imply. You don’t need a 2400 or need to have cured cancer or need to have international awards. </p>
<p>However, an excellent high school record would be one of the first criteria. People with “hooks” like music, sports, or, perhaps, mathematical research, can be considered with lesser transcripts, but I wouldn’t take that too far.</p>
<p>Honestly, the best thing to do is to call admissions and discuss this with them. Human beings work in admissions. They can tell you whether to submit, how much to submit, and how.</p>
<p>In the meantime, think hard about why you even want Harvard and consider several other schools.</p>
<p>The main thing to know is that colleges are trying to assemble a mix of students on campus, so it is often not about the individual so much as how the individual can add to the mix.</p>
<p>p.s. Posts by phone often seem to give a bad impression…I have to admit that the first post in this thread made me doubt its validity.</p>