<p>@arwarw lol no I didn’t get any press coverage but College Board did recognize me. I know one of my very good friends who had a perfect score too and she was interviewed. I, on the other hand, was not much interested by all this lol. I still have to work hard to raise my GPA. </p>
<p>Most people have already said everything. Just remember that Harvard will look at what your school offers when looking at your transcript. Make sure you write stellar essays, and explain how being vegan is important to you.</p>
<p>@woandering thanks 
Do you think writing an essay over a previously stated EC would be a little off for the Admission officers? Somebody told me that it will, so I decided to write over my experience of working under a speech therapist. I still have a year so I could take any suggestions you have. Thanks again :)</p>
<p>@Harvardreamss </p>
<p>In general, it is better to not repeat something already in your report. However, it is definitely not a put-off. If you think writing about your EC will better represent something more important about you, then definitely write about it. </p>
<p>What that somebody is meaning to say really is that your application is all that the adcom is going to see. You want to represent as much of the good in yourself as possible. Generally, it is wasteful to repeat anything anywhere. However, the essay is rather important, and you want to write something that represents you best.</p>
Falcon1: Where are you getting your data on 2400 admission rates?
This is a fairly ignorant comment. SAT scores are just one factor in admissions.
"btw if ur either:
hispanic
black
native american
native alaskan
pacific islander
then you can pretty much just automatically assume that you will be accepted lol "
@GregB77777 I saw the statistics for Brown, Princeton and Stanford. I no longer remember how to get them anymore except that for Stanford, it came from the handbook they gave to interviewers when they started their pilot program.
@GregB77777 explain to me how that is ignorant. Find me even one URM student with a 2400 who was not admitted to their first choice school.
I don’t think your statement was ignorant. I think you were just misinformed.
Like you, I used to think that all of the URM would get into the school of their first choice until I saw this.
This kid, a Mexican-American, was rejected by all of the UCs (first choice major) that he applied to, and he ended up going to CA State U.
@StevenToCollege Korean is not a URM.
This kid is actually a Mexican-American.
He was just involving in the Korean/American Alliance.
You can look up his old posts.
ignorant. adj. lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated.
FWIW, I’m a Harvard alum who has been interviewing applicants to Harvard for 17 years. I’ve interviewed plenty of URM who didn’t get in to Harvard.
The belief that “all you need to be is an URM and you’ll get in to Harvard” irks me because it’s racist.
It’s also ignorant, i.e. “lacking in knowledge,” because it is!
I really do agree with @gregb77777. Many people affirm that it’s highly facile for URM’s to get in but I think that it ultimately gets down to their academic performance and their personality as a whole. I think it’s just a misconception to say that URM’s have a greater shot to get in. Although, I do believe that once an admission officer checks an application, he/she take in consideration that the applicant is URM or the applicant did not have enough or basic resources. I may or may not be right.