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Can I get into Harvard with these scores?
I don't necessarily mean Harvard but it's easier to just pick one college for the main question. I really would like to go to stanford, but i am wondering about columbia, john's hopkins, and schools of that sort. I am a freshman but this is assuming these grades stick. I have a B- in honors bio, but that will change when I have chemistry next year (hopefully), I am in honors english and I have an A, I am in honors geometry with an A-, History I have a B, Spanish I have an A and just got a 99% on my final so I will be in honors spanish next year. I am the leading programmer in my grade, I am in robotics club, I am the freshmen editor of my school's literary magazine, I am building a super robot with a small group of friends, I wrote a YA fiction novel that I am going to try to get published, and I (so far) have 100 hours of community service but will have 200 by junior year so that I can participate in CORE. I know this sounds like a lot, but I am worried about my 2 B's. I am also aware that the SAT is a large factor. I got 0 wrong on vocab, I did poorly on the math but that was at the beginning of last year and I had barely begun learning the things you need. I go to one of the top schools in LA. Again, sounds like a lot, but will the B's make it impossible?
4 Answers
- roderick_youngLv 71 decade ago
You never know what they are looking for. It sounds like you're not absolutely excluded so far. But as long as you give it your best, there is no shame whether you get selected for one of those schools or not.
I think it is better to show extreme passion for one thing, then to be sort of good in everything. Your novel would be an example. If you can do only one thing, perfect grades in English and a strong SAT on verbal and essay would emphasize that theme. But you would then be at the mercy of another applicant who was also a novelist, but with strong math scores too.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
You sound as good as a student for them but I've seen students with mediocre grades get in Ivy League Schools because their parents donated a large sum of money to their campus but they won't admit that's the reason they were let in, but you sound like you may have a shot compared to most just try and hope for the best
- 1 decade ago
Honestly, I really can't see you getting into Havard because these scores simply do not stand out.
Havard is not going to take you because you built a super robot. If you aren't not very good at Math then, you should reconsider applying to Havard, let alone any ivy league or engineering institution.
