Will I get rejected from Harvard University?

Ok, So..


I'm a sophmore in High School.


And last year (freshman year)..


My grades sucked, GPA was 1.2 with no EC's


But..This year it's probably going to be a 3.25


(First semester 2.9, second semester 3.8)


So..If I keep my GPA a 4.0 throughout the rest of high school..


I'll graduate with a 3.15 (sucks, I know)


So, I pretty much know for a fact..


I won't be accepted into my dream school (Harvard)


But I was thinking...My councelor told me a have a pretty good chance..


at getting accepted into Howard University..


And she said she knows for a fact that I'll get acceped into Spelman..


So, If I go to Spelman or Howard for a semester (possibly a year)..


And keep my grades REALLY good..(like a 3.6 or 7)


Do you think I could transfer to Harvard and get accepted?


Right now my extra curriculars are:


Track


Cross Country


Mock Trial


Debate Team


NAACP Youth Council


1hr of Volunteer work a week


Choir


I want to double major in Psychology and Food%26amp;Nut. With a French minor.


Thanks

Will I get rejected from Harvard University?
Harvard takes very few transfers. They admit an average of NINETY. That's it. 90. So you'll need to do something really impressive to get in. Even in transfer admissions, high school grades matter, and you know yours are very low for Harvard. Seek out some way to stand out a little more in something non-academic. Good luck.
Reply:Why won't someone just come out and say it.





No.





no chance, even if your were perfect,





Everyear, 41% of hardvard applicants have a 4.0





No.
Reply:Sorry, but after only a semester or year of college, Harvard's not going to accept you with that high school GPA.
Reply:well...you have good extracurriculars, but what about your SAT score... and honestly, transferring isn't as easy as it seems. If you spend a year at either of the schools you mentioned, you may develop friends and relationships and if you transferred you would have to start all over. also, there's a likelihood that many of your first year credits won't transfer, which would put you in school for a longer period of time. also, you may not do as well as you anticipate in your first year.


you have really big dreams, keep them up. who am i to say that you won't get into harvard or that your transfer experience will be difficult. if you want to go to harvard, you have to work your butt off. get the best possible grades your freshman year at whatever school you go to. if you're determined enough there's always a good chance.
Reply:first of all, what is your grade point scale based on? because I'm totally lost, a 3.6 or 7?? what?? Regardless of your grades [frosh and soph. year] Junior and Senior year are your MOST important years, so if you maintain a PERFECT 4.0 throughout the both years [cumulative], with little variablility, i'd say you'd have a chance a perhaps being deferred, or accepted. another thing that will help is your skin color, lol, sorry if you're white, but yes skin color, geographical representation, i'm guessing GA b/c of spellman? but as a transfer, yes if you maintain extremely good GPA. although, i have no clue why most people go to Ivy league schools... they're over priced and get the same level of edu as public institutes. Most people just go there for the name.





Think of it this way, is it better to graduate at the middle or bottom of your class @ Harvard, or graduate at the top of your class (magna ***-laude) at UG, Oglethorpe, GT, or something like IU. My answer, my friend, would be the latter. School names do not help you get anywhere in the professional work place if you don't have the credentials. Employers want the best, and it doesn't matter where you graduate from.
Reply:Well, unfortunate, I don't want to let your hopes down, but most colleges (including the ivy leagues) start their gpa count when you are a sophmore, so if you have a 1.2 and your best will be less than a 3.7, then most likely you will not get into harvard, but there are plenty of other (great) colleges that accept students at an overall gpa of 2.5 -3.5 (with scholarships). your extracurricular activities show that you are a well rounded student, but show that you are a leader, have a position in a club other than justa member, and volunteer outside of your school and in your community to show that you are mature and determined student. try to work harder at your grades and go for other schools like FSU, Boston College (?), Unv. Michigan, Ohio State, LSU, and others.