<p>count- so you think there is a possibility?</p>
<p>englishteacher- I do have other test scores, grades, activities that are in the range of harvard..</p>
<p>oh well nothing to do except wait until decisions...hehe :) </p>
<p>thanks all for the help!</p>
<p>If you're actually an English teacher, (and thus someone who went to school for several years learning, presumably, to be an educator), you should probably feel really silly for writing that.</p>
<p>I'm a recruited athlete and have already received my likely letter. I took the SAT IIs for the first time on Jan 24th but did poorly! I'm not very familiar with the SAT's because where I come from all anyone cares about is the ACT. Do you think they could retract my admission because of this even though I've already received my likely?</p>
<p>I could be wrong, but I feel like likely letters are the means Ivy schools use to get around the common notification date. If they want someone badly, they give them 'early' notice in order to get them to start considering that school over the others they are likely to get into.</p>
<p>How terrible? Could you speak to the coach/athletic officials that recruited you?</p>
<p>There was a post about the ASI and how low it could be for a recruited athlete. When you factor in SAT I think the lowest it could go was something like 1700.</p>
<p>I got a 29 on my ACT which converts to around a 1920 on the SAT. Though I never actually took the SAT. I did take the SAT II's though. I had no clue what to really expect so I did pretty poorly. I got a 610 mathII, 590 math I, and 550 literature. I've already received a likely saying I'll recieve an official letter of acceptance after March
31st. Should I be worried now? I'm obviously not the typical Harvard student but I am pretty good at my sport so that should help shouldn't it? I'm not trying to be showy or anything, I'm just a little nervous now!</p>
<p>Don't be. If you got a likely letter, and are a recruited athlete- you have above a 95% chance of admission. Trust me- if they were considering you before, a low SAT will hardy deter them- especially if its over 1700.</p>
<p>Curious- what sport?</p>
<p>I should have studied for the test. I thought at the time I was going to choose a different school but my parents persuaded me to Harvard after I took the SAT II's and had already received my likely letter. So in the end, I studied absolutely none for the Sat II's. Actually I learned right before the test that you shouldn't guess. (On the ACT it doesn't count against you if you guess)</p>
<p>Congrats on the likely. Are you saying you got it before you even took the SAT IIs?</p>
<p>you will be fine</p>
<p>they almost never take away likely letters</p>
<p>what sport are ya in?</p>
<p>Mal77, I think you're mistaken in stressing the importance of the interview. Take Princeton University's Common Data Set, for example: in a metric where "very important" > "important" > "considered" > "not considered," the interview is classified as "considered," meaning it is a relatively unimportant factor in the admissions process. I suspect that the same holds true for Harvard.</p>
<p>Although the interview does help the admissions office gauge your personal qualities and character (both of which are important factors, mind you), its main purpose is to make sure you are who you say you are. If you suggest in your essay that you are a Palestinian refugee-savant who teaches a college course in econometrics, they expect you to act/look like one come your interview.</p>
<p>But an exceptional interview, it should be noted, can tip the scales in your favour if you were originally slated to be wait-listed.</p>