A bit late, but I got in 
!!! Congrats to everyone who got in, and best of luck to those who got deferred.
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international student- got deferred. what does that mean? how can i improve my chances for rd?
should i include my final year transcript- i got 95.7%
i already submitted 4 letters of recc
does being deferred by harvard show a better potential for acceptance at ivies like columbia?
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Admitted. Top 5% in a good suburban high school, mostly A minuses with some A’s and a rare B in almost all honors/AP classes, ACT 36 overall, with 36 in everything except 34 in math, presumably good recommendations from both academic teachers and high-level music teachers. What stood out was a very big music hook, with first place in two international music competitions (pre-pandemic), sustained participation throughout high school in absolute top level youth ensembles/programs in both classical and jazz, while continuing participation in school’s own award-winning music program. No way of knowing, but I think that kid might have been viewed as a recruited musician, if there were such a thing.
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Don’t know, but if they’d considered you unqualified, they would have rejected you. So I think that you do have a chance at other Ivies, too. Be aware that nowadays all the Ivies are extremely competitive. It’s not like it was 40 years ago, when if you didn’t get into Harvard/Yale/Princeton, you still had a shot at the others. They all seem to accept less than 5% of applicants these days.
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I was referring to REA. In REA they only admit, defer, and deny. I was merely answering your question.
In REA they only admit, defer, and deny. This is true. The question was asked, so I answered it.
Fam i got deferred. I am an international student. I feel like ppl who didnt have SAT or Act they just deferred them. I hardly know anyone who got in without Sat score although they were optional this year. 7 British applicants applied. I was one of them. Out OF US seven, only 1 got in and he had his SAT with him. Other 6, we all got deferred and none of us had SAT because test centres cancelled it due to Corona
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Well it was a 7% admissions rate this year, so 1/7 is actually beating the odds!
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Very late to the party but deferred also. 36 ACT/4.0 from rural high school, polyglot, and provisional patent. Honestly, it’s whatever because I have a full ride at the state school for Mechanical Engineering so I’m not too concerned.
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No I don’t think the SAT score is the problem because I know people with perfect SAT scores that got deferred this year
I am wondering how 7% gets into 1/7 calculation. Just curious.
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With a 7% admit rate, just “I hardly know anyone who got in” would be understandable even without a qualifier.
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1/7=14.3% and 7%=1/14
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Maybe my math not good enough for Harvard… Am I missing anything here?
Are you all going to upload LOCIs to Harvard?
I was saying that because of the 7% admissions rate, if someone knows 7 people that applied, and one got in, technically the odds of that happening are pretty low.
That makes sense. Thanks.
@anonymous82927 I think your response was directed at the other poster, not me, my post while not in response to you was agreeing with your point. (Yes, 1 in 14 is lower odds than 1 in 7.)
Is anyone submitting supplement materials or just leaving their application as it is? I am thinking of adding an updated resume and an extra letter of recommendation, but just wondering if anyone else is doing the same.
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I’m not sure if I will upload an additional letter of recommendation, but I will be uploading a different personal essay. Even though the first one I wrote is uploaded into my portal, I feel that it didn’t truly show who I am and how my world has shaped me. I honestly feel this is what made me get deferred instead of accepted.