<p>I got in! dun no why! my gal is gonna go to brown!! woot woot.. ivy kids!</p>
<p>In!
I didnt expect myself to get in though; cuz harvard already took 2 kids from our school Early.</p>
<p>not bothering with the format</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>1590 800 800 780
5/5/5/5/5/5/4/4/4
National AP Scholar
300 hours volunteering ~ ER
Cancer Research
30 college credits (non-AP, taken at state univ)
Really good recs
I think essays were fine</p>
<p>other factors: school isn't so good, but two people were recruited for athletics, so they prolly didnt want to take more. o well</p>
<p>anyone out there still waiting for the email? I know I'm enabled to get the email b/c I just did the automated response to check (and looked and made sure I marked that I wanted an email notification)</p>
<p>I haven't gotten it yet, though a friend has. They must be sending htem in waves. Hang tight!</p>
<p>I Got In!!!!!!!! Wahh!!!! Words Are Ineffable. Let The Number Of Exclamation Points At The End Of This Sentence Express My Happiness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Is there a way to check online, or do you have to wait for your email to come?</p>
<p>Decision:ACCEPTED!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:1300
[</em>] SAT IIs: 620,600,590
[<em>] GPA:3.85UW
[</em>] Rank:28/496?
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:Amazing. One was about my humantarian work in SE Asia, and the other was about my business. I also sent in a sample "business plan" of why it would be benficial for me to attend Harvard.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Average? I'm not too close with any of my teachers. Most of them are jealous of me because I drive a porsche 997S and I'm only 17.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing. She was my tennis coach my freshman year and she is a close family friend
[<em>] Hook (if any): Raised venture capital for a business venture at 16, letter of rec. from King of Cambodia, and other members of parliament
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Very public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Weakess: G.P.A, SAT scores, class rank, asian? Strength: EC, letters of Rec, Interview.
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
Diversity? I guess they need a few stupid kids in there :)</p>
<p>Decision:Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:1570 (800V, 770M)
[</em>] SAT IIs:800/800/800
[<em>] GPA:5.7371
[</em>] Rank:5/607
[<em>] Other stats: Seven 5s and one 4 on APs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: one mediocre, one that I thought was intensely personal
[<em>] Teacher Recs: no idea
[</em>] Counselor Rec: no idea
[<em>] Hook (if any): IB band nerd who volunteers with children with disabilities
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:TX
[<em>] School Type:Public IB
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[<em>] Gender:Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness:
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:[/li][/ul]Other:</p>
<p>I'm a little disappointed, since rejection is no fun, but life goes on. I sent Harvard pretty much the exact same application as the one that I sent Yale, so I was semi-hopeful, but it's okay. I'm going to Yale. Oddly enough, the first thing I thought was that, man, Byerly could so rub my face in this. I definitely spend too much time here.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 800M, 800V
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Math IIC, 780 Writing, 720 U.S. History
[<em>] GPA: 3.94 unweighted
[</em>] Rank: unranked (class size of 81)
[<em>] ACT: 34 (34/34/33 Math/34)
[</em>] Other stats: APs: one 5, two 4s
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: didn't read them
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn't read them
[</em>] Hook (if any): nothing
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Illinois
[</em>] School Type: small, private
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Major strength/weakness: great academics, just no hooks
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I was surprised not to be rejected
[/ul]Other Factors:
[ul]
[<em>] Strong but fairly ordinary academics
[</em>] I visited
[*] Had a pretty good interview[/ul]</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=Red][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED...YES!!!![ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:1420
[ *] SAT IIs:660, 690, 690
[ *] GPA:3.84 Unweighted
[ *] Rank:School doesnt rank
[ *] Other stats:Im black...president of regional chapter of a national extracurricular, president and founder of several others, community activist dude
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Really tight...according to all readers
[ *] Teacher Recs:Glowing
[ *] Counselor Rec:Super-Glowing
[ *] Hook (if any):Black kid, Legacy, mad ECs and active in community, able to do the work as evidenced by SAT and GPA
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:NY
[ *] School Type:Private (Jesuit)
[ *] Ethnicity:Black
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] major strength/weakness:Extracurriculars and personality were my strength
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:Because im pretty cool?
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
GO CRIMSON!!!! CLASS OF2009 SUCKA YEAHH!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1600
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800/800/800
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UW/Highest Weighted Ever
[</em>] Rank: 1/ ~260
[<em>] Other stats: APs: 8 5s, a 4 and a 3; taking 14 this year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Well-written but a little impersonal
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Probably Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: none
[<em>] Hook (if any): none apparently
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:AZ
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Academics (about which they don't care too much)/ECs (about which they care a lot)
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Lack of ECs I guess[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] Did my best; Good fortune to those who got in</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1450 (780v;670m)
[</em>]SAT IIs:730MIc, 750Wr, 690Lit
[<em>]GPA: 7.015/8.0
[</em>]Rank:1/290
[<em>]Other stats:ACT:34C,36R,36W,30M,32S
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays:I wrote one really good essay, atleast that's what my english teacher thinks, about how crappy our town is(it starts: "Our town is a skeleton and the last rats are gnawing on its rickety bones.") and what my role is in it(i'm a poor mexican who is shunned by the few controlling whites in our town)
[<em>]Teacher Recs:My spanish teacher - no clue what it says or how well she writes, apparently good enough.Other one,my French teacher.He really likes me(I dated his daughter), and he has a doctorate from Stanford so he wrote really good stuff about me and he's an excellent writer.
[</em>]Counselor Rec:My mom teaches his daughter, he likes all of my family and he wrote a really good glowing letter.
[<em>]Hook (if any):My hook is that our school only sends twenty percent of students to four year colleges and we have sent no one to harvard ever(they look at how many applicants from your high school they've had).And I'm a poor mexican with a janitor dad and middle school teacher mom.
[/ul]
Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>]State or Country:texas
[<em>]School Type: public
[</em>]Ethnicity: chicano
[li]Gender:male[/li][/ul]
Other Factors:
[ul]
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments:I only had three EC's(church youth group,academic decathlon,tutor),no research,nmsc finalist.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800M 770V
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 math2c, 800 phys, 770 lit, 750 writ
[<em>] GPA: N/A
[</em>] Rank: 1/43
[<em>] Other stats: IB, 42/45 points on last reports
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: well-written but uncreative
[<em>] Teacher Recs: glowing
[</em>] Counselor Rec: glowing
[<em>] Hook (if any): legacy
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Tanzania
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: math/extracurriculars
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Lack of extracurriculars? (not many available here). Essay? Don't know.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Going to Cambridge UK. :)</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=Red][ b]Decision:ACCEPTED[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 1480
[ *] SAT IIs: 800/790/730
[ *] GPA: 3.93 UW GPA
[ *] Rank: dunno
[ *] Other stats: AP - chem 4, calc bc 5, stat 5, bio 5
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: good?
[ *] Teacher Recs: great.
[ *] Counselor Rec: GREATTTT
[ *] Hook (if any): First Generation College Student
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] NO IDEA.</p>
<p>I think AP/IB and award are also important factors. Here is my format:</p>
<p>Decision: </p>
<p>Stats:
SAT:
SAT IIs:
GPA:
Rank:
AP/IB:
Awards: (National or State or Regional)</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays:
Teacher Recs:
Counselor Rec:
Hook (if any):</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country:
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Major strength/weakness:
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred:</p>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1600
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800/800/800
[<em>] GPA: 4.4 W, 4.0 UW
[</em>] Rank: 2/470
[<em>] Other stats: 35 ACT, 5's on 3 APs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Good, did optional one too
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Don't know
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Nebraska
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: lots of community service, but not much leadership
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: didn't show enough personality? showed too much personality? adcom had a bad hair day?[/li][/ul]Other Factors: none</p>
<p>I have a smart email program, the admissions decision letter went straight to the spam folder :D</p>
<p>I think AP/IB and award are also important factors, which should be added as two separate items.</p>
<p>EA deferred, now rejected, don't really feel like posting stats, don't care though cuz i got into yale, and i'm going</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1570
SAT IIs: 800/800/660
GPA: 3.9
Subjective:
Hook (if any): None of the classic ones we all know.
Location/Person:
State or Country: MD
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male</p>