What are my chances at Bowdoin and Harvard?

skisoph06
Fri, 02 Aug 2019 21:16:05 +0000

Hi!
I’m a rising senior (class of 2020) and I was curious if anyone had any input regarding my likelihood of getting in to Harvard or Bowdoin. I know these two schools are both incredibly hard to get into in the first place, so just based off of acceptance rates I know admission would be tricky. I’m a white/caucasian female from Utah and my parents both attended grad school. I do attend a fairly prestigious college prep school (idk if that helps or hurts my application?). I want to ski in college, but for me it’s more about making the team then getting recruited (I’m not going to get very much pull in the admissions process from coaches). Anyways here are my stats:
GPA: 3.99 (weighted, my school doesn’t calculate unweighted)
ACT: 34, Sci: 34, Reading: 34, Math: 33, English: 35.
Rank: NA
Senior courses: AP Lit, AP Bio, AP BC Calc, AP Phycology, political science, dance company (+second trimester of heath but I feel like that’s not important)
AP European History: 5
AP AB Calc: 4
AP US History: 4
AP Lang: 4
Taking SAT subject tests this August
Intended major: Neuroscience
ECs:
Nordic ski racing: all 4 years
Dance: all 4 years, highest dance company junior + senior year
Track: all 4 years
Soccer: first 3 years, quit this year to focus on nordic skiing
Work: I’ve worked at a local coffee shop on the weekends for the past two years (and will continue to do so my senior year). I’m given a lot of responsibility; closing+ opening the shop by myself, handling money, etc.
Volunteering with a national climate organization, I’ve been to D.C. the last 5 summers for a week to lobby my members of congress+ attend the national conference. I’ve been interviewed a couple times on my local radio station about the organization. I’ve also been on a couple of panels to talk about youth climate activism. I helped start the local chapter of said organization + I run the social media for my chapter.
I also had an internship the summer before my junior year with a cardiologist at my local hospital. I didn’t do my own research but I got to observe a lot of patient consultations and research.
I’ve also written two articles (one op-ed and one guest article) for a local newspaper (newspaper covers the state capitol which is a fairly big city).