Chance a Male Gooner Gender Studies Rising Senior

Harvard REA, RD: All Ivies except Dartmouth/Cornell, Stanford, Duke, Vanderbilt, UChicago maybe, and a bunch of top publics and some safeties

Demographics:

Gender: Male

Race/Ethnicity: Black, Indian, Arab, and Australian Aboriginal (about 1/4 each)

Type of School: Top private school

Hooks: LGBTQ+, urm??

Intended Major(s):  Gender Studies, African-American Studies, Asian Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, or Sociology 3rd haven't rlly decided yet

Academics:

GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.86 W

AP/Honors/Dual Enrollment: 12 APs, 15 DE

Standardized Testing:

ACT: 36 Composite (36 E, 36 R, 36 S, 35 M)

APs: 7 5s

Extracurriculars/Activities:

  1. Founder & Executive Director, World's Largest Youth-Led LGBTQ+ Advocacy NGO (2,000+ members)

  2. Founder & President, Racial Justice Non-Profit and Youth Coalition (700+ members, 25,000+ impacted)

  3. President, LGBTQ+ Debate Equity Initiative (400+ members, 18,000+ kids taught)

  4. Co-Managing Partner, Financial Literacy NPO (Provided fin-lit education to 12,000+ kids, raised $36k)

  5. Founder & CEO, Gays in STEM (Largest youth STEM org specifically for GAY people, 3,000+ members)

  6. Chairperson, County LGBTQ+ Youth Advisory Board

  7. LGBTQ+ Student Union President + Black LGBTQ+ City-wide Organization Founder

  8. Chair"man", NAACP Youth Council + Director of Young Black Gay Male Campaign

  9. LGBTQ+ Health Research Intern, Harvard University Department of Gender Studies

  10. TASS Critical Black Studies + Notre Dame Leadership Seminars: Inequality in America

Awards/Honors:

  1. Princeton Prize in Race Relations ($2500)
  2. United States Senate Youth Program Delegate ($10,000)
  3. Boys Nation Senator + Coolidge Senator
  4. Scholastic Gold Medal + Concord Review Publication
  5. National Merit Semi-Finalist (Not yet confirmed but def copped) / AP Scholar w/Distinction

- I also applied to BC Impact and am doing Coke Scholars, so I'll replace a couple of these if I get those

My personal statement is about the intersection between my racial and sexual identities. Do you think I have a chance at Harvard REA? I feel like my ecs are too weak and I do not have enough leadership / social impact.

Posted Aug 7, 2025, 12:44 AM UTC

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