I am currently a senior in high school, and I'm wondering if I'm good enough to get into Harvard. I didn't do so well in freshman year: My GPA was 3.15 the first semester, and I got a D in Spanish and several Bs. In my second semester of freshman year, I decided to get my **** together and I got a 3.7 GPA, with all As and 2 Bs. Starting sophomore year, I got 4.0s both semesters and in junior year I took all available honours classes and got all As (4.6 weighted GPA in each semester). I am taking all available honours and AP classes now in senior year, and I will be getting all As (it'll be a 4.6 GPA first semester, and 5.0 weighted GPA in second semester). I also have 5s in every AP exam I took: Calculus BC, Physics 1, Physics 2, Physics C, Studio Art, Language and Composition, and Literature and Composition. I have around a 1450/1600 on my SAT, and I have not taken any SAT Subject Tests or the ACT. By the end of the year, I should have around a 4.2 weighted GPA.
I also have some really great extracurriculars, (my major will be in astrophysics), and I have been a member of an astronomy organization in San Diego for 4 years, and I co-discovered an exoplanet using Kepler light curves from the NASA data archive. I'm also planning on submitting an art portfolio, (I was a member of an Art Studio for 5 years), and my art won an award and was displayed in the San Diego Museum of Art for 4 weeks.
I'm really worried that the D I got in Spanish and all those Bs in my first semester will bring me down (I retook Spanish when I moved schools, and I got As in all those classes). Do you think if I take the AP Spanish test and score a 5, that'll help to impress admission officers? Honestly, I have no idea.
Tell me your opinions.
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