<p>i'm just speculating here. do you think 1400-1500 sat scores are actually more appealing than 1500+? it seems like they might add a certain spice to the application. like, "ooh, what's this guy's story?"</p>
<p>*Decision: Waitlisted *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800m, 700v
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800/800/780/670
[<em>] GPA: 4.34 weighted
[</em>] Rank: Top 1%
[<em>] Other stats: APs: 10 by graduation, 5/5/5 so far.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Ok, I had to rush to get it in by the EA deadline
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Both very positive, but one illiterately written, unfortunately.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very good
[<em>] Hook (if any): Mock Trial? I did it for four years, worked for my attorney coach for three summers. He wrote me an incredible recommendation. Also, I started a very popular satirical underground newspaper at my school
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CT
[<em>] School Type: Large Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Academics and EC's were strong, my essay was a weak point
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: My essay could have been better.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I was also waitlisted at Georgetown and Wash U., so I wasn't surprised.</p>
<p>[ b]Decision: Rejected**</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1530
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800/790/710/670/660(writing)
[<em>] GPA: 3.96
[</em>] Rank: 4%
[<em>] Other stats: four 5's, two 4's
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: no idea
[<em>] Teacher Recs: excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: VA
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] major strength/weakness:
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Lack of major awards, research, hooks[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Didn't get any financial aid reminder when I should've.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlist</p>
<p>Stats:
* SAT: 1420
* SAT IIs: 800/720/670
* GPA: n/a (97%)
* Rank:2/146 --> could be 1/146 now, but they wouldn't know yet.
* Other stats: stuff.</p>
<p>Subjective:
* Essays: Great (IMO)
* Teacher Recs: didn't read
* Counselor Rec: didn't read...I'm worried about it though....
* Hook (if any): music, athletics...academics. A well rounded applicant, just like the other 23,000 that applied.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
* State or Country: Canada
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: African-British
* Gender: Female
* major strength/weakness: average at math...better at English
* why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I don't know...but I really want to go so I'm going to do everything that I can to turn this decision around. Hopefully there are some spots left over after those that were admitted accept. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE leave a spot for me!! hmm...makes me wish that I'd taken the SATI again, and raised my SAT II scores...I also wonder how the music that I sent in and the interview influenced this decision...Finally, I hope I was not put on the waitlist just to "soften" an imminent rejecion.</p>
<p>Good luck and congrats to Acceptees</p>
<p>More luck to the Waitlisted</p>
<p>and sorry to those who don't fit into either of the above catergories.</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1530
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800, 790, 760</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Very, very good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[li] Counselor Rec: Glowing</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Wyoming
[</em>] School Type: Public
[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Wow.</p>
<p>^ congratulations......you now have tough decision</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:
* SAT: 1500
* SAT IIs: 740 Writing / 780 Chinese / 780 US History / 790 Math II
* GPA: 3.9 UW
* Rank: 40/364
* Other stats: Compara Gov - 5, US Gov - 4, US history - 5, Calculsu BC/AB - 3/3</p>
<p>Subjective:
* Essays: Good, I guess
* Teacher Recs: no idea
* Counselor Rec: no idea
* Hook (if any): none</p>
<p>Location/Person:
* State or Country: Utah
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Female
* major strength/weakness: Got a string of awful grades junior year. (1 C and several B's at a school where grade inflation is overwhelming)
* why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: (see above).</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who was accepted!</p>
<p>[size=+1][color=Red][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:1530
[</em>] SAT IIs:750,760,770
[<em>] GPA:4.67 w, 4.0uw
[</em>] Rank:top decile
[<em>] Other stats:2 ap 5's
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ list]
[</em>] Essays:1 ok, 1 good/funny
[<em>] Teacher Recs:didnt read them
[</em>] Counselor Rec:good
[<em>] Hook (if any):nothing special that i can think of
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[</em>] School Type:public
[<em>] Ethnicity:caucasion
[</em>] Gender:female</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800 V 780 M
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Wr/800 Chem/780 Literature/760 Math IIC
[<em>] GPA: 3.96/4.6
[</em>] Rank: no ranking
[<em>] Other stats: 8 APs, 6 college courses
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Assume very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Assume excellent
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Maryland
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Strong ECs, awards theatre/singing, NMF, humanities, math, and language awards, leadership positions
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Lucky!<br>[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Possible factors (guessing) An extra rec from theatre director/English teacher, founded and sing lead in a barbershop quartet (maybe they want a quartet for the college competitions or another tenor for the Glee club) and the interviewer may have told them about the Oxford acceptance.</p>
<p>[Posted for S]</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=Red][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:1500
[ *] SAT IIs:780,760,740
[ *] GPA:4.0
[ *] Rank:1/326
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: good, personal
[ *] Teacher Recs: very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: don't know
[ *] Hook (if any): National medalist in weightlifting, recruited at some point to play football, but the coach decided i was too short to make "the list." Don't know if that helped.
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:PA
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:White
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] major strength/weakness:Different ECs?
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>
<p>Decision:Rejected!</p>
<p>Stats:
* SAT: 1570
* SAT IIs: 790wr, 690ushist, 650miic
* GPA: 3.3 UW/4.1 W
* Rank: 24/254
* Other stats: 4 AP tests with a 5 and three 4's. </p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li> Essays: Very good I thought</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: One excellent, one pretty good.<br></li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Very good.<br></li>
<li>Hook (if any): URM</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: NJ</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Black</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: SAT I/GPA</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: There were just sooo many applicants. Also, I just figured out today that it's very possible that none of my schools received my newest SAT score because my collegeboard account randomly decided at some point to spell my name wrong. So it's possible that either they used my 30 ACT, or my earlier 1430. Oh well, I don't really care. I would have turned them down anyway.<br></li>
</ul>
<p>It's interesting. I finally become a member....with a rejection post.</p>
<p>nm. For some reason I thought 100 posts made you a member.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:1500, 710M, 790V
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800, 780, 780, 770
[<em>] GPA: 4.4/4.5 UW ~ 4.0/4.0 UW because my school is weird
[</em>] Rank:1/94
[<em>] Other stats: AP Euro 5, IB Phys SL 6, IB Math SL 7
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: GC and english teachers loved it, but I didn't really see what was so good about it
[<em>] Teacher Recs: never read them, should be good to excellent, don't think it was outstanding... well, one teacher really liked me for some reason, my french teacher thought I had a gift for the languages, another teacher was so-so, another teacher had another student who definitely was smarter than me (and this is physics, so being smart counts)... I don't know how many of these my gc decided to send
[</em>] Counselor Rec: never read them, but she did say i have one of the best applications from our school, ever
[<em>] Hook (if any):Nothing at all!
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:New York
[<em>] School Type:Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[<em>] Gender:Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness:Nothing, really. Well-rounded student.
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:Still trying to figure it out. I dont' know of this is a faux pas or anything, but I seriously want to call up the admissions office and ask them WHY I got in. [/li][/ul]Other Factors: Full IB candidate, got requested for a 2nd interview, which was done at my home, sent in an art supplement that was not that outstanding, won AFS Awards for Excellence in March and sent in a letter last Tuesday saying that I won it (late, I know). I really have no freaking clue why I got in. Oh, also, I only have local leadership (leader in 2 school clubs). No national awards, but I swept the school awards each year, and I sent in a list of that. I just don't know!!! I was a good applicant, but not oustanding in any way! I still don't get it. I guess it was just a lot of little things that added up.</p>
<p>[ b]Decision: Waitlisted**</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 1510
* SAT IIs: 780 (Writing), 760, 760
* GPA: 4.0
* Rank: 1%
* Other stats: four 5's
</code></pre>
<p>[ b]Subjective:**</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Well-wrtten, exciting
* Teacher Recs: excellent
* Counselor Rec: excellent, called top in 25 year career
* Hook (if any): Changed around H.S. Newspaper which became top in state, Double bassist all-north-jersey
</code></pre>
<p>[ b]Location/Person:**</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: NJ
* School Type: public
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: M
* major strength/weakness: Strength - Transcript, Leadership, Weakness - Demographics/Ethnicity, etc.
* why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: No idea! Did a lot to get in, but luckily got into Columbia, Yale, Penn, Brown instead.
</code></pre>
<p>*Decision: Accepted *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1520 (800 m, 720 v)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 690 Writing, 780 Math IIC, 780 Biology
[<em>] GPA: 4.68(9-12), 4.88(10-12), 4.0(unweighted)
[</em>] Rank: 1/~500
[<em>] Other stats: AP: Bio, Chem, Calc BC, US History: 5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Awesome. I basically explained my life, and how I'm not the perfect student but I have the experience and maturity to contribute.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One good. One awesome (from my coach/AP Chem teacher)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Okay.
[<em>] Hook (if any): First generation Vietnamese-American. Parents immigrated in 1981 with literally nothing. I talked about that in my essays and how that shaped my character, ambition, and interest in politics (an area that is very taboo for a Vietnamese family).
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type: Public, majority are first-generation Americans or immigrants
[</em>] Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Strength-I was very honest about what I did and did not accomplish in my essay. I have a diverse and rich background full of many experiences. Weakness-My scores aren't top notch.
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I don't know. I'm so excited and surprised![/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 34,35,30,27 (32 Composite)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Writing: 800, Math IIC: 800, French: 800
[<em>] GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Rank: 1/220
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Excellent. One about the first time I met a transsexual and one about my birth that is strangely connected to my personality.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: Stellar
[</em>] Hook (if any): Work within Gay Community, notably young LGBT or questioning youth
[/ul]Location/Person:**[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Canada
[</em>] School Type: Pubilc
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Writing is a major strength
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Commitment to what I love (music, gay rights, French)
[/ul]</p>
<p>i can't believe i got into harvard and yale! omg! hehe only 1480 sat here. but aweosme interview!</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:
* SAT: 1580
* SAT IIs: 800 Writing / 800 Bio-M / 800 Math 2c
* GPA: 4.0 UW
* Rank: 1/~280 (unofficial)
* Other stats: 35 ACT; six AP's, all 5</p>
<p>Subjective:
* Essays: Pretty good, i think
* Teacher Recs: no idea, above average?
* Counselor Rec: no idea, above average?
* Hook (if any): none, apparently.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
* State or Country: MO
* School Type: Public, suburban, rich, competitive
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Male
* major strength/weakness: Near perfect stats, too bad they didn't do much. Lots of ECs, awards, etc. I really didn't think I had any "weaknesses"...I'm just not godlike, like some people
* why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: (see above).</p>
<p>Other Factors:
WL'ed also by Yale, MIT; accepted to Stanford EA, Caltech, Duke. I'm staying on Harvard's waitlist.</p>
<p>On this thread;</p>
<p>ACCEPTED: 26
REJECTED: 14
Waitlisted: 11</p>
<p>So much for the infamous 7% Harvard RD acceptance rate!!!</p>
<p>Sorry, but I'm too lazy to follow your beautiful format...</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT/ACT:1510/36 composite</li>
<li>SAT IIs:800/780/770</li>
<li>GPA:4.0 UW</li>
<li>Rank:1/80</li>
<li>Other stats (ECs): Natl Merit Finalist, Pres. Scholar Nominee, ASB Vice Pres, peer tutoring, 3 year Varsity tennis, choir, etc. 4 years working for publishing company, including lots of international travel experience</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Strong???</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Very Strong</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Very Strong</li>
<li>Hook (if any): I am fortunate to be a triple legacy (grandfather, father, sister)...Working and travelling internationally for an environmental publishing firm??? (if thats even a hook)... wrote main essay about experience in Mali</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Washington </li>
<li>School Type: private (Christian)</li>
<li>Ethnicity:White</li>
<li>Gender:Male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: very well rounded- lots of good ECs and test scores</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I tried to write unique essays.... legacy factor...
*other factors: also accepted at Yale, Stanford (after being deferred), Duke, Amherst...</li>
</ul>
<p>PS- Congrats to all of you other acceptees... and to those rejected and waitlisted I feel for you- remember that Harvard isn't the only school in the world and that are plenty of other amazing schools around that you may- gasp -enjoy more than Harvard...</p>
<p>Hmmm...was rejected by Georgetown, so wasn't expecting this at all:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:1390 (710V, 680M)
[</em>] SAT IIs:740 (B-M),680 (Lit),620 (Writing)
[<em>] GPA: None supplied
[</em>] Rank:None supplied
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Not stunning, college specific. Usual fare.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Solid British (ie, understated) recs
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very good
[<em>] Hook (if any): National musician, national level theatre technician[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Bristol, England
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Very good interview and writing sample making up for low SAT II Writing and SAT I scores?
[*] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:Honestly no idea [/ul]</p>