<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 770 V/ 650 M
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Writing, 770 U.S. History, 740 Literature, 640 Math 1C
[<em>] GPA:4.6 W/ 3.9 UW
[</em>] Rank: 7/176 (I know it doesn't matter anymore, but I really do not understand how i got below the top 5)
[<em>] Other stats: 5 AP U.S., only one I took so far
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: The Common App one was just ok (Brown only got that one and I was rejected from there), and my extra one was one of the best things I ever wrote.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Pretty good, one great, from my two favorite teachers and my principal.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Hook (if any): interesting life story w/ ups and downs
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian (I'm a European mutt!)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: essay/math SAT scores
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I think my interview and extra essay are what got their attention. I had an amazing intellectual discussion during my interview, one of the best conversations I have had in a while. Beyond the shock and excitement of being accepted to Harvard, I am happy to know that the admissions committee actually chose ME, not some numbers.<br>[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Prayer ;).</p>
<p>Congrats to Harvard '09 acceptees! To those who didn't get in-- I'm sure that you will be successful and accomplished at the college you chose to attend. It's not the school, but what you make of the experience. Best of luck to all! :-)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800V, 780M
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Writing, 790 Lit, 800 2C, 790 Physics, 750 Chemistry
[<em>] GPA: 3.9 (on a 4 pt. scale)
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats: cf. my stats posts
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Enjoyable, long, and good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I assume they were good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Likewise
[<em>] Hook (if any): Multicultural
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: South Korea
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Writing ability, strong ECs
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Too tired to care!!![/li][/ul]Other Factors: Did not have an interview.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1570
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 800 Math IIC, 800 Writing, 770 Biology
[<em>] GPA: 4.68 W/4.00 UW
[</em>] Rank: 2/150+?
[<em>] Other stats: 5 on AP Calc BC, Bio, US History
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Not as good as they could have been ... and probably confusing considering that I was going through my Faulkner-multiple-narrator-multiple font stage ... hahaha, that's right, one of my essays actually had four or five different fonts ...
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Solid, but I doubt extremely spectacular
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Solid
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New Jersey (hahahaha)
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: I'm the prototypical Chinese male applicant. Strong creds in math and science. Far weaker to nonexistent creds in everything else.
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Eh, it happens.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Maybe certain parts of my application were incongruous. I mean, even though my teacher recs, my counselor rec, and my stats point toward mathematics, I didn't even have one of those 'passion in this subject' essays. That, and my interviewer and I talked more about world economics and trading policies than everything else. Meh.</p>
<ul>
<li> SAT: 1400</li>
<li> SAT IIs: 750 Bio, 710 Writing, 660 Math</li>
<li> GPA: 4.00</li>
<li> Rank: no rank</li>
<li><p>Other stats: 7 APs
Subjective:</p></li>
<li><p>Essays: One was really good but the other kinda sucked</p></li>
<li><p>Teacher Recs: Great</p></li>
<li><p>Counselor Rec: Don't know</p></li>
<li><p>Hook (if any): URM and others don't feel like listing
Location/Person:</p></li>
<li><p>State or Country: Atlanta</p></li>
<li><p>School Type: Public</p></li>
<li><p>Ethnicity: Black</p></li>
<li><p>Gender: Female</p></li>
<li><p>major strength/weakness: Bad interview.</p></li>
<li><p>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I submitted a half-ass application. I really didn't want to go to Harvard anyway.
Other Factors: The rejection letter is silly. I wish they'd be meaner about it.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800M 700V
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800W 750M1C 750BioE
[<em>] GPA: 106.8 W
[</em>] Rank: 4/109
[<em>] Other stats: 5 on Lang+Comp AP, 3s on Euro and American Histories.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: It was a look at what goes through my head and how I read the audience during my favorite part of my magic show.... but I didn't let them know it was a magic show till the end, so it played off very well.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: My AP physics teacher wrote stunning things, and though I didn't get to read the one my AP english teacher wrote, she read me one section of it that was so glowing, I had to wear sunglasses.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Also excellent
[<em>] Hook (if any): I run my own magic entertainment business. I'm the first musician at my school in 47 years to be accepted to the All Eastern Honors ensembles (Chorus... I'm a Bass II). I'm an All County fencer. I do cancer research at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories. I'm an active leader in my school's band, chorus, and the theatre program. I've won multiple blue ribbons handling my dog in Agility (a playground-like competitive obstacle course).... The list really does go on.
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[</em>] State or Country: New York (...I'm on Long Island... that hurt me)
[<em>] School Type: Small, public. 109 kids in my graduating class.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White, Jewish... haha I'm sure that helped me too
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Quick learner/Kryptonite
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I think I was deffered because my short answer sucked, and I didn't send too much supplementary material. Guidance told me that a school like Harvard did not want to get my music CDs, art slides, etc, if I wasn't going to be a music or art major. After my deferral, I sent them an updated resume and a better short answer. A couple weeks before final decision time, an admissions officer called my school and asked for a recording of my singing, so I promptly recorded one and sent it in. I'm not sure exactly why I was waitlisted after all this.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Fanstastic alumnus interview. Also, when I visited the campus, took the tour and info session, etc, they never took my name down. I went to the front desk and asked if I had to "sign in" to show I was here, but they said they didn't do that. Seems strange.... </p>
<p>Idk... I think I'd be a happier person at Brown anyway...</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: both fair</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: don't know</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: don't know</li>
<li>Hook (if any): none, just your average applicant: decent ECs, minor awards</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:
* State or Country: Arizona
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Asian- Chinese
* Gender: Female
* major strength/weakness: average in everything
* why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: i feel lucky just to waitlisted...i honestly thought i'd be outright rejected</p>
<p>Other Factors:
Waitlisted: Harvard, Columbia, Penn (Wharton)
Accepted: Georgetown, Cornell
Rejected: Yale
Waiting on: Princeton, Stanford</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
SAT: 800v, 690m
SAT IIs: 800writing/800ushist/740bio-m
GPA: 97.2311
Rank: 3
Long Island, Indian male (43 out of 485 were accepted on LI)</p>
<p>Extensive political involvement; deep interest and involvement in international relations. Recommendation from Columbia professors. Incredible recommendations from teachers and guidance counselor. Perfect interview.</p>
<p>" Fanstastic alumnus interview. Also, when I visited the campus, took the tour and info session, etc, they never took my name down. I went to the front desk and asked if I had to "sign in" to show I was here, but they said they didn't do that. Seems strange.."</p>
<p>Harvard doesn't care about demonstrated interest. Harvard has the highest yield in the country so doesn't accept students based on whether the students have indicated they're likely to attend. That's also why H asks alumni interviewers not to ask students what colleges they've applied to.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1550
SAT IIs: 800/800/780
GPA: 4.0 uw
Rank: 3/451
Other stats: 3 AP's (5's); Natl. Merit Scholar</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: not great
Teacher Recs: good points but not "glowing"
Counselor Rec: I didn't read it
Hook (if any): I don't think I had one</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: GA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
major strength/weakness: I think my transcript was stronger than my EC's
why you think you were rejected: I don't think it helped that I had no questions for my interviewer. He gave me his e-mail for me to ask him any questions, but I never had any. I think he thought that meant I didn't care.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1540
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Writing, 790 Math IC, 760 French
[<em>] GPA: N/A - I go to a British school
[</em>] Rank: school doesn't rank
[<em>] Other stats: 10A</em>s at GCSE. Predicted A-Level Results: 5 As (English Lit, Music, History, Maths, French)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I really liked them, and received good feedback from teachers, family and friends. Wrote about my experiences as an exchange student in Italy, and had a second essay about moving from London to Hong Kong back to London again
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Wow
[<em>] Counselor Rec: :)
[</em>] Hook (if any): Don't really know
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: London, England
[</em>] School Type: Private, Boarding
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Very involved in school and community especially in music (performance), public service and leadership positions. have also competed nationally in debating<br>
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: don't know? guess I don't have what they're looking for
[/ul]Other Factors: Off to Oxford!</p>