Choosing between HYPS

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>The reason I was an admit at all four colleges was my status as a recruited athlete. I was given an extra couple weeks to decide. Once again, it's a runoff between Princeton and Harvard...</p>

<p>GENERAL
Asian Male
Junior
Attending National Blue Ribbon Public High School
Living in Southern California</p>

<p>TESTS
SAT I: 2330 (780V/ 770M/ 780W) (combined old with SAT II)
SAT II: 790 Biology 780 Math IC 760 US Hist
National Merit Finalist
5’s on 5 AP tests thus far (Euro, US, Bio, Lit, Env Sci) and a 4 (Spanish)</p>

<p>SCHOOL
GPA: 4.57 (UW) 3.9 (W)
Rank: Top 5% (my school doesn’t rank). Otherwise I’d be at least top 10 out of 360.
Taking the hardest classes in entire class</p>

<p>Taking seven additional AP’s as a senior</p>

<p>SPORTS
Varsity Water Polo
- I may be recruited and may not be. Chances are probably 50/50 depending on
course of my injury. Please consider me as a non-recruit.</p>

<p>CLUBS
Key Club 9-12 (Treasurer, Council, and President)
Science Club 9-12 (Head Scientist, President, Board)
Junior Statesmen of America 9-12 (International Counsel and Board)
National Honor Society 10-12
California Scholarship Federation 9-12 (President, Treasurer)
Spanish Club 9-12 (President, Vice President, Secretary)</p>

<p>RESEARCH AND SCIENCE
Cancer Research Institute 9-10
Cancer Research Internship 11-12
Siemens Westinghouse Regional Semi-finalist
Participated in AACR (American Association of Cancer Research) National Meeting
Summer student at City of Hope National Research Center
Summer student at Children’s Hospital of LA
State Science Olympiad
Young Scientist Award (given to 1 junior every year)</p>

<p>OTHER
PSAT National Merit Finalist
Bob Thompson Athlete Scholar Award
All-American Scholar Award (top ten water polo player in nation in terms of scholarship)
AP Scholar with Honors
Eagle Scout (with many other BSA awards)
Piano for 12 years
Part time job tutoring dyslexic student in reading and math</p>

<p>P.S. I’m sure I will have AMAZING recs and my essay should be pretty good as well. Thanks again everyone!</p>

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<p>Sinbad, Harvard has so much to offer -- more than you could take advantage of in a hundred semesters. The campus and the city offer so many alternatives to choose from every single day. If you take this opportunity, you won't regret it.</p>

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<p>I am sooo confused. Why is sinbad making no sense to me? —Since he's a junior, is talking about how his application WILL be, and says he got accepted to all four, and got an extension to decide, is a recruited athlete, but may or may not get recruited. . . What the hell? Is this a hypothetical situation?</p>

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<p>As Dave Barry once said,</p>

<p>"If in your college decisions you have to choose between Harvard and Yale, then cry me a f---ing river, Fauntleroy."</p>

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<p>SSJ2MysticGohanX1000 -</p>

<p>I got accepted at HYPS also- just because its unlikely doesn't mean sinbad is lying. And btw, I think that ECs are very very important on the college app- maybe even more so than interviews or essays- although your essays will normally have something to do with your passions which are often your ECs</p>

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<p>I was also wondering about the inconsistencies in the posts, jono. Is it even possible to get recruited as a junior? (I've never heard of this happening before, at least at my school)</p>

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<p>No, it's not--Recruiting juniors violates NCAA rules....so yeah, not sure what's going on here.</p>

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<p>he obviously hasnt applied yet. he's going around asking if national honor roll is a scam or not and how hard SAT II bio is...</p>

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<p>The OPs statements don't seem to tie up. Is he applying or has he applied?</p>

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<p>He hasn't applied, obviously. I don't know why he bothered to lie. He probably wants us to tell him which one should be his first choice. He's counting his chickens before they hatch.</p>

<p>MysticGohan, you're way off. Applicants often get accepted to the top schools because of the strength of their ECs.</p>

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<p>I assumed that he cut and pasted an old email or post about his qualifications from last year, and didn't bother to change it from future to past tense.</p>

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<p>He made the following post on Monday, May 2:</p>

<p>"Bio SAT II
What books are best for the material?
Also, how is the test in terms of difficulty?
Finally, any precautions I should take?"</p>

<p>He made the following post Yesterday, May 3:</p>

<p>"SAT II: 790 Biology 780 Math IC 760 US Hist"</p>

<p>He's counted his chickens, as I said. Sinbad, don't count on it. You also don't know if you're going to get a 5 on the AP Bio test that is yet to happen next week. You also don't know anything about national merit yet, so don't count on that, either. Work hard so you live up to these high expectations.</p>

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<p>Bingo, I had it right. I found this post in the college admissions forum by sinbad on April 8, 2005.</p>

<p>"Accepted into HYPS, HELP!!!!
Lets hypothetically say that I was accepted into Harvard, Princeton, Yale, AND Stanford for major in biology/pre-med. What would you choose and why?</p>

<p>P.S. The reason I'm doing this is to narrow down colleges for my first-choice"</p>

<p>I figured. The answer is visit and decide yourself. </p>

<p>And also consider schools that aren't on that list of four, because is there any real reason you've chosen these four schools? I suppose "strength in majors"? Haha, that would be too funny. Please tell me that's not your reason.</p>

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<p>SORRY!</p>

<p>I just copied and pasted from a "What are my chances post" from way back when. Should have checked...</p>

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<p>But you just registered last month.</p>

<p>Stop lying. It's obnoxious. </p>

<p>And that still wouldn't explain this:</p>

<p>"Accepted into HYPS, HELP!!!!
Lets hypothetically say that I was accepted into Harvard, Princeton, Yale, AND Stanford for major in biology/pre-med. What would you choose and why?</p>

<p>P.S. The reason I'm doing this is to narrow down colleges for my first-choice"</p>

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<p>Lol, nice research work Jono. Seems like the OP is definitely lying.</p>

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<p>Why so much effort into proving he's lying? Are you all that bored?</p>

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<p>Because people hate being played for a fool.</p>