Why is there a red flag ?
No, please avoid these tools as much as possible instead proofreading is good.
Guys I have applied to Yale, Harvard and Stanford (rejected) in rea, I think it’s illegal but I didn’t know before submitting my application. What would happen now, any ideas?
If you get into any of them, you’ll be rescinded. Consider yourself rejected from all! Not knowing the law isn’t good enough, you should’ve read the fine print. Start working on your RD apps.
Any acceptance will be rescinded for violating the rules, and jeopardize application to any other Ivy.
You should immediately contact HY to move your applications to RD.
you should move your applications to RD, that’s all
so we can only apply for one REA??
yes, you accept this condition once you apply. If you broke this rule they’ll rescind your acceptance
oh. thank lord, I didn’t
Yes. Hence why it is called Restricted Early Action.
Hey, I am an international student from India, super-anxious as all others here. I want to pursue BSc (Physics). I would really appreciate if you can read and comment on my application (and may also suggest me somethings that I can do to improve my chances for RD 
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So that’s my application :
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Not reported SAT/ACT
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We have a percentage system, and I got 96% in 9th grade; 97% in 10th grade; 78% in 11th grade (our grade 11 is very holistic especially at my school the exam paper is set extremely difficult with a hard marking, and I had the highest among a class of 62)
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Neither much consideration is given to ECs in my area, nor I got the opportunities to do engage in them due to some family problems. Also, I study in a small school, and there is no school in our area where we have anything like "clubs"
So I only got chance in most school-level activities, but I am known to every teacher, Principal, Director and most students in the school as I volunteer in almost every program at school, and also the Head for conducting and arranging for the morning assembly and giving commands.
I won the school debate competition in classes 9-10-11.
Represented my school in debate competition (grade 10th) in Zonal competitions and stood 4th out of 61 schools.
Represented the school in GK Quiz competition (topic : Global Warming) in class 11th and our team stood 4th out of a 70 schools. -
For the personal essay, I had a constant love for knowledge and was very curious since childhood. But, we had financial crisis, even lived for months without electricity when I was 10 yo, but I continued to study. Due to the same, I was not able to attend many years of school fully, i.e., I was kicked out due to non-payment of fee in classes 5-6-7, but I studied by myself at home, and also helped in household chores since my mother used to be very ill and father was busy in work and job due to financial crisis. I also tutored my younger brother and sister.
But the conditions started to become good since class 9th, and now last year we bought our own home !
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Some other things which I mentioned in the Additional Essay, (since the family conditions became better by the time I reached class 10th, so I’ve did as much as per the available resources, and had no guidance from the teachers (not their fault, since no one in the whole region ever does this here)
(i) I came up with a solution to the Grandfather Paradox in Nov, 2019; but later after investigating I found that exactly a similar solution as mine had been proposed in 2015 by Dr. Greenberger, a PhD Physicist from Germany & his team.
(ii) Tried to answer Dark Matter & Dark Energy by using the concept of “negative mass” (An idea that I think many get, nothing unique but just mentioned ) in August, 2020. But found out from an episode of PBS SpaceTime that a research paper had been published on the same idea in October, 2019
(iii) I was trying to prove/find a way to slow down photons in vacuum (which is considered impossible till date) but instead ended up proving Borsuk-Ulam Theorem of topology.
**I hadn’t published a single paper, although I wanted to do it so badly, but there was no one to guide me and also the people here don’t understand the importance and load you with other sh!tty work so didn’t got enough time to learn it myself through internet.
Do you know if I can apply to an EAII school that has a deadline at 15th?
“ you may apply to an Early Decision II program or a private rolling admission program after you receive your Restrictive Early Action admissions decision from us (typically in mid-December).”
Guys any idea when will harvard and yale rea decisions will be released?
Yale = 16th (not confirmed)
Harvard = 15-17, 17 leaning (not confirmed)
Not Confirmed = Not Officially posted on HY websites or applicant portals
Pretty compelling life story. Have a feeling I’ll be reading about your discoveries in the future. You have as good a chance as any qualified applicant. Just depends on what H’s strategy is for building its 2025 Class. That will be a mystery until next week. Best of luck to you.
I think the decision on yale would be on 16th as it’s mentioned in my applicant portal.
Same story as me just you love physics as much as I do computer games… lol…guys would mentioning of computer games as my craze would seem childish to admission officer?
Hey Johnny, did you move some of your REA applications to RD yet? If you still have Harvard/Stanford/Yale REA/ED applications, It’s very important you do that ASAP so that you know for a fact you’ll be able to have at least the chance of being accepted.
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Hey man… here’s a link to the Ivy Joint Statement on Admissions. Princeton had a link to the PDF that was quickest to find. I have it downloaded, but not sure I can upload any kind of PDF on the forums.
https://admission.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/508_Joint%20Statement%20final%202020.pdf
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I haven’t yet coz I am in a kind of ambiguity on which I should choose between harvard or yale… any ideas?