email from harvard.

Applying to College
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<p>hey guys I was kind of dumbfounded when I got this e-mail from harvard.</p>

<p>The emails goes...:
Dear xxxxxx,</p>

<p>On behalf of Asian American organizations on campus, we would like to congratulate you on your considerable academic achievements and invite you to apply to Harvard.</p>

<p>Harvard provides a challenging and stimulating environment for both your academic and extracurricular pursuits. Classes with acclaimed professors, research opportunities in all disciplines, and world-class facilities contribute to academic enrichment. Harvard’s over 300 student organizations provide a wealth of extracurricular options from drama to media to community service. The Asian American community at Harvard has an active presence on campus, and boasts numerous groups exploring the South Asian, Southeast Asian and East Asian cultures.</p>

<p>While Harvard is renowned for its academic excellence, we strongly believe that one of our greatest strengths is the exceptional diversity of the student body. Our students span a wide range of nationalities, ethnicities, socio-economic backgrounds, religious convictions, and intellectual interests. Almost 40% of the student body is composed of minority students, with Asian Americans representing 18% of all undergraduates.</p>

<p>As representatives of the Harvard Asian American community, we would like to encourage you to consider applying to our university. Please contact us for any questions you have about life at Harvard or the application process. We can be reached at the address below, or through email at <a href="mailto:umrp@fas.harvard.edu">umrp@fas.harvard.edu</a>. You can also find out more about Harvard at <a href="http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.admissions.college.harvard.edu&lt;/a>. Hope to hear from you soon!</p>

<p>Sincerely,</p>

<p>Undergraduate Minority Recruitment
Asian American Division
86 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138</p>

<p>Does this mean that I have higher chance of getthing into harvard than not getting this e-mail?</p>

<p>OR do tons of people get one of these anyway? just wondering... because my SAT scores are not that fantastic.</p>

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<p>Another thread on the same topic:</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=410533%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=410533&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Lots of people get this email.... It won't raise your chances of getting into Harvard</p>

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<p>You even get phone call if you are local. It does not mean to much.</p>

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<p>I got it too. My SATs aren't that fantastic either. I emailed them back asking them to chance me ;)</p>

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<p>^^^^^ HAHA I got this e-mail too. the whole world does. </p>

<p>However, is a personal phone call good? (I don't live in Massachusetts.)</p>

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<p>I also got this email, and I'm white!</p>

<p>Just kidding. :)</p>

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<p>yeah, I got the email...they just want more people to apply...(and reject T.T)</p>