<p>^brilliant</p>
<p>I think the essays "prompt," as it were, should prompt people for both their subjects and their general quality. Too often, people just put "good," or "great," or "Hella f****** awesome," which aren't helpful at all.</p>
<p>I agree... revising the form is a great idea.</p>
<p>First off-</p>
<p>[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):</p>
<p>should be divided into</p>
<p>[ *] Extracurriculars:
[ *] Leadership Positions:</p>
<p>Possible Format?</p>
<p><strong><em>[USE ONLY ONE LINE- REMOVE THIS LINE AND SPACES]</em></strong>
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I: (CR:M:W:Composite)
[ *] ACT: (Composite)
[ *] SAT II: (Subject-Score,Subject-Score)
[ *] GPA: (Unweighted out of 4.0)
[ *] Rank: (#/# or percentile)
[ *] AP: (subject[score])
[ *] IB: Someone help me here not familiar with score format
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: (Trivial/Average/Challenging/Grueling)
[ *] Major Awards: (I.E. Nat. Youth Advocate of the Year, Intel, USMAO)</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars:
[ *] Leadership Positions:
[ *] Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Notable Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: (poor/average/decent/stellar) [feel free to elaborate]
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: (poor/average/decent/stellar) [feel free to elaborate]
[ *] Counselor Rec: (poor/average/decent/stellar) [feel free to elaborate]
[ *] Additional Rec: (poor/average/decent/stellar) [feel free to elaborate]</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Interviews:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Alumni Interview: (N.A./poor/average/decent/stellar) [feel free to elaborate]
[ *] Phone Interview: (N.A./poor/average/decent/stellar) [feel free to elaborate]
[ *] Campus Interview: (N.A./poor/average/decent/stellar) [feel free to elaborate]
[ *] Additional Interview: (N.A./poor/average/decent/stellar) [feel free to elaborate]</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Demographics[ /b][ list]
[ *] State: (i.e. FL)
[ *] Country: (i.e. United States)
[ *] School Type: (public/private)
[ *] Ethnicity: (White/Asian/Hispanic/Black/Native American/Not Reported)
[ *] Gender: (M/F)
[ *] Recruited Athlete: (Y/N)
[ *] Income Bracket: (Low[0-50,000]/Middle[50,000-100,000]/Upper Middle[100,000-150,000]/High[150,000+] </p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why do you think you received this outcome?:</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Insert<em>Comment</em>Here</p>
<hr>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 800:800:800:2400
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: Chemistry-800 Astronomicalysm-800 Psychokinesis-800
[</em>] GPA: 4.0
[<em>] Rank: 1/999
[</em>] AP: Chemistry[5] United States History[1] Physics[99]
[<em>] IB:
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Grueling
[li] Major Awards: Intel, Nat. Volunteer of the Year</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: NHS, laundry list blah blah
[</em>] Leadership Positions: Student Gov. President
[<em>] Work Experience: Professional Fry Cook, Babysitter
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Saved animals from burning building
[<em>] Notable Summer Activities: Travel
[</em>] Essays: Stellar. I wrote on world peace.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Poor, I cussed my teacher out.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Average
[li] Additional Rec: Average, from my mom</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Interviews:[ul]
[<em>] Alumni Interview: N/A
[</em>] Phone Interview: Decent
[<em>] Campus Interview: Decent
[</em>] Additional Interview: N/A</p>
<p>[/ul]Demographics[ul]
[<em>] State: FL
[</em>] Country: United States
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Native American
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Recruited Athlete: Y
[li] Income Bracket: High</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Everything
[</em>] Weaknesses: Nothing
[li] Why do you think you received this outcome?: Im amazing.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: haha I win</p>
<p>don't laugh at me, but, um.... how do you fill these things out? (I totally messed up last time I tried)</p>
<p>Just remove the spaces in the brackets.</p>
<p>
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]</p>
<p>[ *] SAT I: (CR:M:W:Composite)
[ /list]
</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[li] SAT I: (CR:M:W:Composite)[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>[edit]
okay, fail with that [ code] thing. But you just have to remove the spaces in all the brackets with the code.</p>
<p>okay, thanks :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: (CR:M:W:Composite) (780, 270, 320)
[</em>] ACT: (Composite) 7
[<em>] SAT II: (Subject-Score,Subject-Score) Sign language (with listening)-200, Physics-210 (my hook!), and Proctology[Molecular]-200
[</em>] GPA: (Unweighted out of 4.0) 1.33
[<em>] Rank: (#/# or percentile) 672/672
[</em>] AP: (subject[score]) I took 13 AP's, all 1's
[<em>] IB: 7/7 for modelling (AutoCAD, that is...)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: (Trivial/Average/Challenging/Grueling) Trivial -- Varsity ultimate frisbee and studio art at Wellesley College
[li] Major Awards: (I.E. Nat. Youth Advocate of the Year, Intel, USMAO) I beat this guy in online poker once, and he got angry so he told me to click this link and I got a virus</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Naked bobsledding, Second Life, 4chan /b/tard, Collegeconfidential, Runescape, World of Warcraft, and I'm a member of the UN
[</em>] Leadership Positions: I'm a clan leader in World of Warcraft. We go on epic raids. I tried to expand upon my leadership and willingness to take risks in my essays. Two days ago we totally pwned a Horde base
[<em>] Work Experience: Freelance pickpocket for Lehmann Brothers
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: I've donated blood before. I sent in the receipt as supplementary material
[<em>] Notable Summer Activities: Streaking across Central Park, competitive napping, and
[</em>] Essays: (poor/average/decent/stellar) [feel free to elaborate] My essays were very good. I copied and pasted from my electronic version of the bible.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: (poor/average/decent/stellar) [feel free to elaborate] They refused to write me rec letters, so I threatened suicide to convince them
[</em>] Counselor Rec: (poor/average/decent/stellar) [feel free to elaborate] Stellar--she hates my guts
[li] Additional Rec: (poor/average/decent/stellar) [feel free to elaborate] I asked for a rec letter from the police officer that arrested me a few years ago for indecent exposure. I think he had a lot of great things to say</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Interviews:[ul]
[<em>] Alumni Interview: (N.A./poor/average/decent/stellar) [feel free to elaborate] Stellar. It was pretty epic. I threw coffee at the poor sap and stormed out.
[</em>] Phone Interview: (N.A./poor/average/decent/stellar) [feel free to elaborate] My phone interviewer was Kim Jong-Il. We had a lot of things in common.
[<em>] Campus Interview: (N.A./poor/average/decent/stellar) [feel free to elaborate] Mr. Fitzsimmons commented on my tie, and I did a barrel roll. I think it went well
[</em>] Additional Interview: (N.A./poor/average/decent/stellar) [feel free to elaborate] Shoot I must have missed out on this</p>
<p>[/ul]Demographics[ul]
[<em>] State: (i.e. FL) West Virginia
[</em>] Country: (i.e. United States) I think we're still part of the US, right?
[<em>] School Type: (public/private) I teach myself
[</em>] Ethnicity: (White/Asian/Hispanic/Black/Native American/Not Reported) Beige
[<em>] Gender: (M/F) A little bit of both, last time I checked. A smidgeon of Borg
[</em>] Recruited Athlete: (Y/N) Y -- I'm #1 in West Virginia for curling
[li] Income Bracket: (Low[0-50,000]/Middle[50,000-100,000]/Upper Middle[100,000-150,000]/High[150,000+] I don't have parents. I was spawned from nacho cheese that had sat out too long in open air, and the government raises me. I guess that puts me in the High barrier, because the gov't is hella rich</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I can see Russia from my house!
[</em>] Weaknesses: Fear of heights, snakes, spiders
[li] Why do you think you received this outcome?: I think that the fact that I centered my application around a cohesive point provided the logical background to convince Harvard to accept me.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Just having some fun. Best of luck everyone!</p>
<p>
[quote]
Ethnicity: (White/Asian/Hispanic/Black/Native American/Not Reported) Beige
[/quote]
</p>
<p>that honestly just made my day. thanks.</p>
<p>"I can see Russia from my house!"</p>
<p>HAHAHAHAHAHA</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT I: 800 CR 800 M 800 W 12 E
[</em>] GPA: 4.0
[<em>] Did you find a cure for cancer: Yes
[</em>] Are you perfect: Yes
[/ul]</p>
<p>Just making sure I know how to do the forms, because I do not want to screw this up on March 31st. By the way, those are no where near my scores. I wish.</p>
<p>Crap, I forgot a space already. Just Corrected It. I fail</p>
<p>You can also preview your posts before submitting them.</p>
<p>EVERYONE:</p>
<p>would it be possible to put something about what other colleges applicants were accepted/rejected at in the decision template, when the actual thread is made? this could be helpful in determining the nuances of what harvard looks for in applicants as opposed to other schools.</p>
<p>It can just be an addition that asks people to list the other schools they got accepted to. Like this:</p>
<p>[ *] Where else were you accepted (List all):</p>
<p>yeah exactly. could whoever ends up making/finalizing the template do that?</p>
<p>and probably</p>
<p>[ *] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted (List all):</p>
<p>since rejections/waitlistings provide valuable info too</p>
<p>Since when were there on-campus interviews and additional interviews?</p>
<p>Also it's a pity that all the Ivy's release decisions on the same day because you could totally start a scare by making threads that say decisions are up early. It's been done before, and it's worked (you can tell based on how many hate responses are made).</p>
<p>orangutan, dbate, great idea! i also encourage anybody else to practice like waitn did, to make the official thread the best thread ever woot woot </p>
<p>i think im going to stick closer to the original format compared to the one Mal77 created - seeing Arch3r25 use it, it looks too messy (as in, there are too many things in parenthesis before you can even read the answers). but the additional ideas are good.</p>
<p>how about adding some questions that Harvard asked on their application, like where you lived or how many languages you spoke, and elaborating on the essay section, since that is really important</p>
<p>maybe briefly describe what you wrote about for your essay(s)</p>
<p>Hey guys, wanna see a magic trick?</p>
<p>Pick one:
[color=green][b]Decision: Accepted*[/color]
[color=orange][b]Decision: Waitlisted[/color]
[color=red][b]Decision: Rejected*[/color]</p>
<p>[b]Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays:
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][b]Other*[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:
[</em>] Ethnicity:
[<em>] Gender:
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][b]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][b]General Comments:* Good Luck!!</p>
<p>BOOM! No more idiots forgetting to remove the spaces. Cafesimone, if you want me to send you the code of how I did this, PM me your email (it's kinda hard to post here). I feel this development will really set the Harvard thread apart from the threads on enemy forums.</p>
<p>also 555 post count ftw</p>
<p>Objective:[list]
[li] SAT I (breakdown): 800 x 3</p>[/li]
<p>just practicing...obviously messed up</p>