I'm applying to Harvard SCEA this fall. I have a 2300 SAT, 35 ACT, 4.0 GPA, 3 800's on subject tests (Math II, Physics, and World History) and ~10 AP classes with four 5's, one 4, and a 3 which is in the process of a multiple choice rescore. Compared to other Harvard applicants this is slightly above average, but the area in which I feel like I am lacking is my extracurricular involvement. While I have become involved in several clubs and activities in my junior and senior years, I have only been in a lot of them for around one or two years. The following is a list of my involvement.
*1 yr means that I joined senior year or did it over the last summer
National Honor Society (2 yrs)
Science National Honor Society (2 yrs)
Spanish National Honor Society (1 yr)
Beta Club (3 yrs)
Math Team President (1 yr)
Editor on a Political Satire Website (1 yr)
Relay for Life Event Organizer (1 yr)
Student Council Executive Board Community Service Director (2 yrs)
Chamber Orchestra Violist (3 yrs - I quit senior year to take a dual enrollment calculus II/III class at GA Tech)
Freshman Mentoring (1 yr)
Math and Physics Tutoring (2 yrs)
I've read several sources that say that colleges don't necessarily prefer well-rounded students with many extracurricular activities but instead want pointy students who have been dedicated to the same extracurriculars for several years and are exceptional in the endeavors that they pursue. I hardly consider any of my accomplishments in these activities *exceptional*. Also noticeable is a lack of dedicated community service to any one organization (pointy); however, I performed hundreds of hours of service for various organizations through the honor societies I'm in (rounded).
How do you think this lack of "pointiness" will affect the perception of my application and ultimately, the admissions officers' final decision, and what could I do in the immediate future to make it better?
Also, if the 3 on the AP exam I'm currently disputing remains a 3, how detrimental would this be to my application, and what could I do to curtail those effects?
Additional info: I'm a low-income African-American male immigrant to the US
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