<p>You need to read this thread, as what you basically are asking is “What are my chances?” <a href=“Chance Threads - PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING ONE - Harvard University - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/1420290-chance-threads-please-read-before-posting-one-p1.html</a></p>
<p>The best place to start is to look at school specific data. Does your high school have Naviance or some other college application tracking software? How many students from your high school with your GPA have been admitted to Harvard (regardless of SAT scores)? How many to Dartmouth? If you don’t know the answer, you need to make an appointment with your guidance counselor and find out.</p>
<p>If students with your GPA from your high school are being admitted to Harvard or Dartmouth every year, then you have a realistic shot at both colleges, so you have to look deeper. How many students from your high school applied and how many were accepted? What are the odds of gaining admission to either college from the past data available at your high school. That’s the way you are going to find out if you have a good, reasonable, or no shot at either college. If one college tends to accept more students like you from your high school, then you have a better shot at that college. If neither Harvard or Dartmouth are regularly admitting students from your high school, you should begin looking elsewhere, as it’s irrational to think your application will be the exception.</p>