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<p>Wow, that’s pretty impressive! How’s his/her schoolwork though? Does he/she have Harvard-caliber grades and test scores? I mean, I guess you could operate on a consistent minimum of five hours of sleep a day. So if you wake up at 7:00, you could go to sleep at 2:00 AM at the latest, so you’d have three hours to do your homework and any of the stuff for extracurriculars.</p>
<p>Again, not trying to start a full-fledged debate or something here - just genuinely curious.</p>
<p>Umm…OK, EricLee, i see your point about incompatibility b/tween working 40 hrs a week AND the academic/ec side of things. My guesses:</p>
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<li>She is financially in need, so must work these hours</li>
<li>She is super-efficient on hw and does most ec/volunteer hours at weekends plus summer, or vice versa. </li>
<li>To achieve impeccable academic records for Harvard/ivies and most BSMD programs, and to do it with so little time during semesters: she is super intelligent</li>
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<p>I understand your queries, but if she is telling the truth then she deserves it-- not many people can do it ! It’s even more amazing cuz D has overconsuming ec and academic demand including ChemOly, Sci Oly, Math contests…and she barsly have enough time.</p>
<p>OP, I notice that you just posted a new thread today in the Harvard forum stating that you received a likely letter, which contradicts your statement two days ago in this thread, “i only got a call from an admissions officer; not a likely letter.” (post #64, dated 3/9/10)</p>
<p>I always find it strange that most of alleged Harvard LL’s recipients here on CC have broken grammar and less than 10 posts.</p>
<p>Hey EricLee, I worked full time (42+ hrs a week), working from around 4:30-11:30 6 days a week, so that’s definitely possible. I also maintained great grades and posted good scores without ever doing homework at home (excluding major projects). If you master the art of doing homework in other classes/doing the bare minimum the teacher will accept (and are pretty intelligent), you can easily get straight A’s in most schools without doing any work outside of school. This is necessary for people like me that play sports year round and spend most other time working or doing community service. </p>
<p>P.S. I took a gap year and had this job during the summer and year after graduation. So I didn’t work while in school (sports kept me busy until late at night).</p>
<p>The guy I’m referring to has decent grades [B or A, taking a few AP classes]. Frankly, given the fact that I almost never study past 12:00, it’s probably what I’d have [I might be worse.]</p>
<p>haha you got your acceptance on March 7? not even late march but March 7 and you expect us to believe that? </p>
<p>Yea tell us you’re becoming president too</p>
<p>For a student that works full time in order to support his or her family, I’d think that the family depends pretty heavily on the student, right? If so, what would happen to the family if the student leaves for college? </p>
<p>I mean, yes, if you’re that low income, Harvard will provide significant financial aid, but it doesn’t deal with the “no one is providing an income to the family” problem, just the “tuition and housing” problem. Technically, if the student only cared about his or her family’s well being, they would go to college locally (either a state school or a community college) and community college instead of going to Harvard and leaving his or her family without a breadwinner, right? </p>
<p>Unless, of course, they lived in Cambridge and could take classes at Harvard while working and being with their family at the same time. Though I think Harvard requires all freshmen to live on campus, which would (I imagine) be an impediment.</p>
<p>BrownieBaker…she said in her account that the harvard ad-rep said that she should expect something in the mail in the near future, so she contradicted nothing. everyone needs to stop nitpicking out of jealousy…from youwillsee’s posts, i can tell that this is a truly outstanding applicant, even though that may not be evident from his/her scores. harvard is indeed looking for something more than just scores on a few tests and BS extracurriculars that people do to get into college. they are looking for people who have had defining experiences, who display a sense of emotional maturity and wisdom on a level greater than can be expected by a the vast majority of teenagers. I believe this is why the OP received an interview at HPME as well. posts by people such as harvardlite are exemplary of people who have bought into the “canned application” that will get you into harvard. again, congratulations youwillsee…you will(continue to) do great things in life, especially when people cannot judge you based on some stupid test scores</p>
<p>ericlee - the thing is, when one is living with his/her family who is trying to make ends meet, I feel that it is one’s responsibility to help out. I mean that is why I started working, because I felt a duty (for a lack of words) to my family and parents who have done so much for me.</p>
<p>obese- you took the words from my mouth. thank you so much for the encouraging post.</p>
<p>Congratz again youwillsee1 :D. Obese, you are wise. People are much more than test scores in this life, and if you value yourself based on that, then its sad. Good luck to all of you who will receive a notification on march 31st! If I get in, I hope to meet you, youwillsee1 hahahaha</p>
<p>of course, looking forward to it macarena. best of luck to you.</p>
<p>^ur one clever ■■■■■, the obese ethiopian got all fired up against testing and whatnot to defend you. U know what i find most interesting about u youwillsee…</p>
<p>u join CC, have less than 15 posts and booom: u land a likely call, with a likely letter magically transported to your doorstep.</p>
<p>u smell that? i smell BS.
AAAaachhooo. sorry, im allergic to BS.</p>
<p>^ BS means baloney sandwich btw</p>
<p>^ and btw does not stand for Booker T. Washington</p>
<p>Harvardlite, I hope you realize that you disgrace yourself by combining atrocious grammar and chatspeak (which is only for chatting if you’re a preteen girl, or for texting) with such denigrations of EVERY SINGLE PERSON who says they got good news from Harvard, even the ones who are clearly not ■■■■■■, and putting the word Harvard in your username, no less! Plus racism for extra fun. </p>
<p>By the way, some of us join these forums and also have good statistics (having 100 posts is not a prerequisite for receiving a 2300+ on the SAT!), or join because they have just received good news and want to celebrate (might be OP’s situation). Your post count does not make you über-respectable, nor mine dismiss my credibility, or that of every single one of those with low post counts claiming likely letters.</p>
<p>Anyway, back to talking about you. One of the qualities that good colleges look for is emotional maturity. Another is writing ability. I expect that you (or ought I say “u”) will come whining back onto this forum come April when all of your reach colleges, including Harvard, reject you.</p>
<p>Have fun.</p>
<p>^ I wholeheartedly agree with Lirazel.</p>
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<p>Completely understand, and I’m not trying to discredit you at all. Just trying to see if I can understand the situation of those who are socioeconomically challenged a bit more in depth.</p>
<p>So I’m a little confused. I guess in your case your family doesn’t really depend on your income and would get along OK if you didn’t work? I mean, what will they do if you go off to college if they did depend on you?</p>
<p>CONGRATS for getting into HARVARD</p>
<p>Guys does this mean that I’ll get a call from the admissions committee sometime near April to find out my decision? I still don’t know where decisions will be given to me.</p>