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:
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Founder & Executive Director, World's Largest Youth-Led LGBTQ+ Advocacy NGO (2,000+ members)
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Founder & President, Racial Justice Non-Profit and Youth Coalition (700+ members, 25,000+ impacted)
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President, LGBTQ+ Debate Equity Initiative (400+ members, 18,000+ kids taught)
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Co-Managing Partner, Financial Literacy NPO (Provided fin-lit education to 12,000+ kids, raised $36k)
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Founder & CEO, Gays in STEM (Largest youth STEM org specifically for GAY people, 3,000+ members)
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Chairperson, County LGBTQ+ Youth Advisory Board
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LGBTQ+ Student Union President + Black LGBTQ+ City-wide Organization Founder
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Chair"man", NAACP Youth Council + Director of Young Black Gay Male Campaign
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LGBTQ+ Health Research Intern, Harvard University Department of Gender Studies
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TASS Critical Black Studies + Notre Dame Leadership Seminars: Inequality in America
Awards/Honors:
- Princeton Prize in Race Relations ($2500)
- United States Senate Youth Program Delegate ($10,000)
- Boys Nation Senator + Coolidge Senator
- Scholastic Gold Medal + Concord Review Publication
- 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