What are my chances?

gibby
Thu, 02 Feb 2017 23:01:26 +0000

Welcome to College Confidential.

You seem like a wonderful applicant, as are most students who will ultimately be rejected. As Harvard receives more qualified applications than they have seats in their freshman class, Admissions uses a student’s teacher recommendations, guidance counselor’s Secondary School Report (SSR), essays and interview report to choose one high performing student over another. They look for wonderful scholars of good “character” – that’s an old fashioned word meaning the way you develop your inner qualities, intellectual passion, maturity, social conscience, concern for community, tolerance, inclusiveness and love of learning. Unfortunately, none of those qualities can be gleaned from a post like yours.

The best that can be said from your post is that your GPA and test scores are within Harvard’s range, so you will be a competitive applicant. Do you have a chance? Sure! How much of a chance is anyone’s guess.

“The waiting is the hardest part.”
– Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers