<p>At Harvard whether you are international or not depends on where your school is, not your nationality. </p>
<p>Anyways, I am one of these…<em>raises hand</em> >.< </p>
<p>I guess all we can do is hope for the best, college admissions are somewhat random so you never know!</p>
<p>@ealdi </p>
<p>Aww, I’m sure you’ll fare well though. :3</p>
<p>@ilovecollege </p>
<p>Agreed! I’m not going to worry about it. I’ll work hard and hope for the best. <em>^▁^</em></p>
<p>I will be sending in everything today… Is anyone else nervous? I will get results in march I’m guessing. I am way to nervous for this… Ughhh not normal</p>
<p>I wish i was like Seriwe or daishi55… everyone seems to be rilly rilly good!!!</p>
<p>I’m not nervous! Well, maybe a little regarding the tests I must take, but other than that I’m fine! I shall let whatever happens happen.</p>
<p>Well, I’m not applying ED, but I will apply, and I too feel nervous. I wouldn’t say that I’m a normal applicant, though – by which I mean that I have a (by Harvard standards) weak SAT score but good EC’s. I’m really just hoping that the EC’s help carry me through.</p>
<p>Well, good luck to everybody and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!</p>
<p>I wish I could have applied ED/SCEA.
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<p>@alexissss Yes, whether or not I get into Harvard or Yale or wherever won’t affect any of our successes. Everyone here is going places. I’m so excited for what the future brings.</p>
<p>@ealdi
Agreed! That’s my belief as well.</p>
<p>I’ve been told on a chance me that I was average. Not where I come from, however. I’m just going to give them the best I’ve got and hope they like me. Unlike some people (not referring to anyone in particular here) who were bred to be the cream of the crop and dominate applications, I do things for my own reasons, because I like doing them. We’ll see how that works out for me, but I wouldn’t be happy with myself if I didn’t.</p>
<p>^ Harvard isn’t worth not doing that.</p>
<p>^^ I couldn’t agree more. I sometimes feel sick looking at some chance threads. There are people whose entire academic and extracurricular lives are clearly tailored to look good to admissions officers, and nothing else. Frankly, I think it’s fairly transparent when applicants only do things they think will look good – I just wonder if it looks transparent to admissions officers, too.</p>
<p>As for me, I’ve just done what I love (political stuff) in high school. If that gets me into Harvard, that’s awesome. If not, that’s awesome as well – I’m sure there are plenty of colleges that would provide me with amazing educational and social environments, and if I get rejected, I think it just means Harvard admissions officers think other places would fit me better, and there is no way that I could complain about that.</p>
<p>I think I am more or less average…I hope they don’t laugh at my grades.</p>
<p>I have 63% for an average (that’s the equivalence of a “B” in the US)</p>
<p>I am, however, from a poor family in South Africa, worked my behind off to finance an exchange program, have a total of 4 EC’s, I’m the leader in two of them, I rank in the top 15% in a competitive school with privileged kids. I maintained two jobs to finance the only two AP courses offered by my school, I’m black and poor.
Only writing the SAT in Jan</p>
<p>Though, I’m almost certain that my mediocre GPA of 63% immediately puts me in the “average joe” group, and I wonder if they won’t feel insulted by my sheer attempt at getting into Harvard.</p>
<p>^Boss status for overcoming obstacles and attaining academic success. Don’t admin officers look upon kids who’ve faced adversity and surmounted it favorably? Shows lots of character. </p>
<p>Anyways, poor kids unite! Lol</p>
<p>Well, I personally don’t consider myself as an average applicant, but having seen the stats of the ‘‘average’’ students in CC, I think I kinda fit into this category. My SAT is 2200 and my GPA is 4.0 with decent EC’s that show my passion and dedication. Yet, I think the best part of my application is my essays, which truly reflect who I am and how I overcame the adversities I faced.
Anyway, if Harvard doesn’t accept me, that’s to its detriment; it will regret it 10 years from now :D</p>
<p>In a sea of CCers, with similar stats and to some extent, similar ECs, how do admissions officers distinguish the truly apt from the applicant-padders, from the not-much-more-than-a-statistic-ers? Passion. As long as your application reflects honest and true passion–through your essay, letter of recs, interview, and ECs–you will stand out as a qualified candidate. Given a GPA and test scores that prove you’ll at least get Cs, if you’ve done what you love (excuse the cliche) and proved it, you’re golden.</p>
<p>And, of course, a hook wouldn’t hurt…</p>
<p>@LaleAn I really liked what you said: “Yet, I think the best part of my application is my essays, which truly reflect who I am and how I overcame the adversities I faced.
Anyway, if Harvard doesn’t accept me, that’s to its detriment; it will regret it 10 years from now.”</p>
<p>That’s what prompted my reply.</p>
<p>I am pretty average. I would love to have those amazing credentials, but it seems as though those opportunities never came my way.</p>
<p>^ which credentials do you mean?</p>