What are my chances of getting into Harvard?
Posted Thursday, June 4, 2009 by admin
I’m a 16-year- old junior from Texas. I’m homeschooled but have taken 4 classes at my local community college and will take 12 next year. I hope to take 5 ap tests this summer. I have not taken any subject tests yet but I plan to take some this Spring. I have a 2250 on the SAT (I just got my scores back). I have a 4.0 GPA from my co-op (where a lot of homeschoolers come together to learn from homeschool moms who are educated on the subject they teach) and a 4.0 from the community college, having taken arabic 1 & 2, algebra, and US history. I got a 214 on the PSAT so I might also be a national merit scholar. I’m in the homeschool national honor society (Eta Sigma Aplha) and I hope to become the Community Service Organizer. I’m trying to earn the congressional bronze medal. I am the co-president of my debate team and mentor newbie debaters. I also am a regional champion in debate. I participate in the Model UN, specifically the Harvard Model UN and the Texas Model UN, as the president of the homeschool UN club. I participate in boy scouts and hope to get eagle. I have been a scribe and a patrol leader, having won best booth in show at a scout show and wining the national honor patrol award and the troop honor patrol award. I play varsity tennis. I am the editor of my troop’s newsletter. I am in my church’s choir and am president of the boy’s choir. I am the founder and editor of my co-ops yearbook with around 200 kids. I am also the president of my co-ops model congress club. During the summer, I participate in debate camp, boy scout camp, my church’s vbs, and i travel alot, usually to egypt to immerse myself in arabic. I used to have a jobas my church’s av operator, but then I started doing it for free. Which brings me to my volunteer work. Besides all the stuff I do for scouts and the honor society, I am the reader for my church, as well as a sunday school helper. I;ve gone on 7 mission trips with my church to help deaf children in rio bravo mexico. I campaigned for John McCain for 3 hours, tuesdays and thursday, for 5 weeks, and I volunteer at a homeless shelter every month for 5 hours. I think that’s it. What do you think? oh, also, I’ll be interning for my congressman this summer.
You have everything they’re looking for, but it’s still a crap shoot. You’re a qualified candidate (you have the SAT and the extra curriculars). You did everything you could.
Now, you just wait. Honestly, you probably won’t get in just because they have so few slots for so many qualified candidates. If you blanket a lot of the big name schools (Ivies, Stanford, Hopkins, etc.) you should get in somewhere really good. Just be realistic in your expectations, and you’ll be happy with the results.
Good luck.
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The best method to find out info is to contact a student. You can start looking for contact information for Texas colleges here. Students always seem to know what’s up better than outsiders since they get to experience the classes and the lifestyle.
I completely agree with the first dude. You probably have as good a shot as any white/asian non-legacy kid applying to Harvard though, so I wouldn’t be surprised if you did, just don’t count on it. I think your chances are pretty good of getting into at least one of Harvard, Yale, or Princeton.
I’m sure you’ll get in a great school…choose somewhere you like and not just based on prestige. You should consider Duke…one of the best undergraduate schools in the nation with a great social life.
good luck