<p>^ No reason to be haughty.</p>
<p>@ harisheena: I know several people who would turn down Harvard for another school. I myself have a sibling legacy there (I know it’s not the same as a ‘real’ legacy but apparently they do consider it) but will not be applying. It’s really, really important to look for schools that suit you best, because only it is only at those schools that you will be able to perform your best.</p>
<p>Its not that I an unable to understand the difference, but if you read something really fast (more than 400wpm), the natural tendency of the your brain would be to catch only those components which it is familiar with. Since I am not very familiar with ‘not uncommon’ and more familiar with ‘common’, is the reason why we had different experiences using the two ‘controversial words’. But yeah, if you go according to general use of language, it (‘not uncommon’) might be turned as a flaw, but still it is grammatically correct.</p>
<p>I know its personal decision and common to choose putting down Harvard over other great varsities, but still for a guy like me putting down Harvard (if I get into) is highly improbable. Thats just personal. Its like I want Electronics & Comm. Tech. (integrated with effects on brain) and if I go to Harvard I will choose Neuroscience, combined with International Relations and Physics. Oh I know its great difference and wide variety of course selection, but atleast that would be my continuation of brain research and development.</p>
<p>'Oh Lord '</p>
<p>To be specific it would be cognitive Neuroscience nd human brain genomics</p>
<p>Tippu, why are you calling me… (u remember Lord Harisheena, title by pixie) lol :)</p>
<p>^ Wow, that’s actually quite a noble subject field to aspire to enter.</p>
<p>It makes me feel stupid for wanting to go into I-Banking lol. :P</p>
<p>Harisheena,a lot of people turn down Harvard for other schools. It’s not uncommon at all. Once accepted, it comes down to fit.</p>
<p>"Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2390
ACT: 36
SAT II: 800MII, 800 Bio, 800 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
AP (place score in parenthesis): Five 5s
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 10 APS
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc): USAMO, USABO, NFL Nationals, Intel, Siemens, National Merit Semifinalist (at the time).
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate (President), NHS (President), Student Council (President), Class President, Tennis (Captain), Beta Chi Pi (President), Mu Alpha Theta (President), Key Club (President)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: A lot. Building homes in Louisiana, nursing home work, hospital work, teaching English, Big Brother/Big Sisters, Circle of Concern.
Summer Activities: Research, Girls State, math camps, FUN (??)
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation: Probably excellent. Actually, definitely excellent, seeing as how I got in.
Counselor Rec: Ditto.
Additional Rec: Research mentor.
Interview: Great
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MO
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Good public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None?
Reflection
Strengths: Major awards/stats
Weaknesses: Essays (didn’t spend as much time as I should have)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who really knows? Do what you love.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Stanford (rejected), Duke (waitlisted), accepted to Dartmouth, Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Brown, Cornell, Columbia, UPenn, Williams, Amherst, Oxford, Emory, Vanderbilt, UChicago, WashU, Northwestern, Georgetown, NYU, Carnegie Mellon, Cal Tech, MIT, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Johns Hopkins, Michigan, Oxford, Tufts, Boston University.
General Comments: Good Luck!!"</p>
<p>check this girl out. she got in everywhere except stanford. yet, in the end, she chose to go to duke. (she got off the waitlist)</p>
<p>@Princeton - but I am not sure whether Harvard will allow me to combine three subjects… in that case I would drop IR…
I-Banking is very prospering. You have great future in it. You can develop or invent some scheme which might get appreciation from the whole world like EMIs/ MF/ PF… (if u can dream it, you can achieve it)</p>
<p>“(if u can dream it, you can achieve it)”</p>
<p>AGREED.</p>
<p>harisheena, the perfect one is always right.</p>
<p>this girl has ideal stats and application…
having all great awards at the same time in one app… whoa</p>
<p>@tippu - whom are you talking about? Whose perfect here?</p>
<p>me, duh</p>
<p>haha lol jk</p>
<p>Here is an interesting thread:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/920080-harvard-yale-princeton-stanford-mit-cross-admits-class-2014-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/920080-harvard-yale-princeton-stanford-mit-cross-admits-class-2014-a.html</a></p>
<p>Hmmmm interesting. At last it was great to see in 80s…</p>
<p>do you guys realize that this thread was originally created to serve a different purpose? 
talk abt unconscious spamming</p>