<p>Caucasian female
Top 10% of class
GPA 3.87 UW
GPA 4.56 W (out of 5)
SAT 2130
SAT Subjects: 720 Math 2, 680 US Hist., 700 Biology
12 APs with 4s and 5s in each</p>
<p>Founded a club to help kids in Nigeria
President of Math Team and on the A team
President of the Psychology club
President of political Discussion club
Teen teacher at my church plus Sunday School
Section leader (cellos) in Pit Orchestra
Participate in orchestra in school
Science Bowl Team
Irish Dance (on a rec. team and compete on occasion)
Chemathon competition
Private cello lessons</p>
<p>Volunteer at Friends of the Library and a pet shelter, 250+ volunteer hours</p>
<p>In the French and Science Honors Societies, honor roll, National Merit Semi- finalist, AP Scholar. Have won a couple science expo awards and a couple History Day awards</p>
<p>Will have very good reccs and decent essays</p>
<p>My oldest S graduated from Haverford last May and my youngest is a freshman at Harvard. So I read both CC forums and here is what I think is the same. On the Harvard site, a former Harvard admissions person set up a chance thread. After only a few weeks he asked people to stop posting their stats because stats wise nearly all were qualified as clearly you are with the stats you have posted. One needs only to look in a college book or on-line to see that your numbers are well within range. So the real question is what are the the things that make a certain student stand out over the other. For Haverford, “fit” is so important. Haverford is so small that the Admissions Office really has a change to read over the essays and see if a prospective student will both benefit from what Haverford has to offer and contribute to the unique community that it is.</p>
<p>LOL revbon it has crossed my mind to write a cut/paste Haverford FAQ for all these ‘chance me threads’ - like you said, Haverford is all about culture, fit, and match, not numbers. I’ve seen the stats of kids who were denied, all better than my son’s #s.</p>
<p>So true! I will say that I think Haverford is a somewhat self selecting population in that not everyone will be attracted to the smaller size and the honor code but I guess the same is true for all top schools - if you want to be at a certain school you throw your hat in the ring and hope for the best!</p>
<p>I think Haverford is <em>more</em> self-selecting than others. Despite its greatness, it really does not have the pizazz factor that other schools might claim. It’s not #1 in some rankings (though often top 10). Its endowment is smaller and its facilities are nice, but not sparkling. Then comes the APs. Students could gain credit for 5s and some 4s at many other top schools, but Haverford asks all students to go through the rigors if its own courses and does not offer such credit. Then there is the Honor Code and small student body… Students who are not ready to be part of a small community where everyone knows your name - and often something about the type of person you are - will opt out.</p>
<p>worldspirit: “Then comes the APs. Students could gain credit for 5s and some 4s at many other top schools, but Haverford asks all students to go through the rigors if its own courses and does not offer such credit.”</p>
<p>This is actually not true at all. Haverford students receive half a course credit for an AP score of 4, and full course credit for a score of 5, up to a total of 4 credits which is the equivalent of a full semester.</p>
<p>Whoa… thanks for the correction… I must have misread something… Much appreciated. D2 is a big fan of Haverford regardless of whether her APs would count!</p>
<p>Entering students should arrange to have advanced placement scores forwarded directly to the Office of the Registrar at Haverford College. The Registrar will award one course credit for an AP score of five and one-half course credit for a score of four. No credit is awarded for scores under four. The maximum AP credit awarded to any student may not exceed four course credits.
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