<pre><code>* SAT: 800M, 780V
* SAT IIs: 790 Math IIC, 730 Writing, 700 U.S. History
* GPA: 4.0
* Rank: 1 of 299
* Other stats: AP US History - 5
AP Calculus BC - 4 (AB-5)
AP Music Theory - 5
Taking AP Chemistry, Biology, English Lit this year
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Much time spent, I thought they were fairly good. Wrote about music experiences and science research experience.
* Teacher Recs: Excellent, from Physics and History teachers
* Counselor Rec: Pretty good
* Hook (if any): Probably music awards
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<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: OR
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Female
* major strength/weakness: Very involved with music activities (have performed with six symphonies, attended international festivals and various competitions). Strong academic background include genetic research at the university.
* why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Luck and a great interview helped.
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<p>Other Factors: Also accepted to Yale, Columbia, JHU, USC, Peabody, etc.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1590 (800M, 790V)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 IIC, 800 Chemistry, 800 Physics, 790 Writing, 780 World History
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UW
[</em>] Rank: 1/407
[<em>] Other stats: USAMO Qualifier for three years, MOSP one year (real MOSP, not the big one), lots of regional and national math awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Solid, but I went over the word limit by about 50% (my counselor assured me this was OK)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good, though one was a 10th grade teacher
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very good
[<em>] Hook (if any): Math stuff and "well-roundedness"
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: WA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Strong math ability / not much application (i.e. research)
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Lack of research and such projects, perhaps. Also, they already accepted two legacies (EA) and some recruited athletes from my school, so maybe they didn't want to take too many.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Varsity athlete all years, officer or president of a number of other ECs.</p>
<p>Harvard was about my fourth choice, and I got in everywhere else, so no big deal. Would have been neat to go undefeated in college admissions, however.</p>
<p>Caltech, MIT, and Stanford. To say Harvard was my "fourth choice" is a little unfair because honestly it was pretty much a four-way tie (I didn't expect to get into more that one or two of them), but I think I would have chosen any of those three over Harvard. Had I gotten in, of course, I might have changed my mind; who knows.</p>
<p>Well, having gotten into MIT EA, I'd say that also getting accepted into Harvard makes it a tad harder to send in the admissions reply form to MIT. Still, I'm set on MIT...I think. </p>
<p>Where are you going? Do you have a favorite?</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1510 - 800v,710m</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800writing, 640math2c,620world history (i have a feeling this was quite a put off)</li>
<li>GPA: 3.62UW - only one year. am international, first 11 years of high school had no GPA</li>
<li>Rank: 1/400 and 5/137 (12th year spent at selective preppy slightly nerdy school for government scholarship students)</li>
<li><p>Other stats: top 1percentile and top 10 percentile for regional english and science competitions. one of 1000 out of 480000 selected for govt scholarship.
Subjective:</p></li>
<li><p>Essays: the personal statement may have been immature. supplement was commented upon by interviewer so maybe that was better?</p></li>
<li><p>Teacher Recs: all good except one mediocre..but that is because her english is not good (im from an asian country)</p></li>
<li><p>Counselor Rec: good</p></li>
<li><p>Hook (if any): shrug</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: malaysia</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: chinese</li>
<li>Gender: f</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: bad bad sat2s</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: bad bad sat2s
Other Factors: </li>
</ul>
<p>interview was very draining..had to talk about political policies and economic ****.</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 1500 (760 V, 740 M)
[ *] SAT IIs: 800 Writing, 780 Bio E, 760 Math 2C
[ *] GPA: 3.744 UW
[ *] Rank: N/A
[ *] Other stats: AP 5: Euro, Bio, Eng Lang ; AP 4: US Hist ; AP ?: Eng Lit, BC Calc
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Alright - one about band/music, short about student gov.
[ *] Teacher Recs: one awesome, one pretty good
[ *] Counselor Rec: pretty good
[ *] Hook (if any): clarinet (Bb/Eb) - sent CD
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Hong Kong
[ *] School Type: Private Day
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: A LOT of ECs for school (consistent), low GPA and ok SATs
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: low GPA
[ /list][ b]Other Factors: no demonstrated interest [ /b]</p>
<p>rejected. aw well... and i thought i had a chance! there goes 4 years down the drain. there goes my hopes, my dreams, my.... i guess i can try again. </p>
<p>its hard to tell yourself "don't take it personally, you still got lots of options..." ... or "there's always grad school"</p>
<p>some of you who were rejected seem like amazing people. i hope that you guys all realize that. and it makes me wonder...how the hell did i get in? admissions decisions are weird.</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 1540 (740 m, 800 v)
[ *] SAT IIs: 800, 790, 760, 730
[ *] GPA: 3.97
[ *] Rank: 2/502
[ *] Other stats: AP exams: 5, 5, 5, 5, 4(subscore 5)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Really the best I could do in explaining who I was - about music, driving, and friends
[ *] Teacher Recs: I have to assume very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: (I read it) Excellent
[ *] Hook (if any): Captain of soccer team, president of literary magazine, summer college courses for creative writing, worked in a restaurant for four years
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: CT
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strengths - essay, writing ability
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: No idea
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] I'm really upset about it. Harvard has been my incentive for doing well my whole life and I've visited the school many times. Oh well, either Princeton or Stanford for me. Does anyone know how many they will take off the waitlist this year?</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1540 (740 m, 800 v)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800, 790, 760, 730
[<em>] GPA: 3.97
[</em>] Rank: 2/502
[<em>] Other stats: AP exams: 5, 5, 5, 5, 4(subscore 5)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Really the best I could do in explaining who I was - about music, driving, and friends
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I have to assume very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: (I read it) Excellent
[<em>] Hook (if any): Captain of soccer team, president of literary magazine, summer college courses for creative writing, worked in a restaurant for four years
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CT
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Strengths - essay, writing ability
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: No idea[/li][/ul]Other Factors:** I'm really upset about it. Harvard has been my incentive for doing well my whole life and I've visited the school many times. Oh well, either Princeton or Stanford for me. Does anyone know how many they will take off the waitlist this year?</p>
<p>oh thanks, candlize. i live relatively close to your school btw. I live in Corsicana, an hour south of DFW and go there for practically everything to do with entertainment. (This town is a hellhole.) Where specifically in DFW do you live? Most of my family lives in Lancaster. Some live in Mckinney. </p>
<p>Yes! The illustrious Utada Hikaru is correct. I'm in love with her, I think. </p>
<p>wow....u must b a JPA scholar!! haih,,i'm from Malaysia too, but not a jpa scholar. Although i did not apply to harvard, i was rejected by Caltech, mit, princeton, stanford, yale. No worries, i guess harvard hav a certain quota for Malaysians, tat's y u can't get.</p>
<p>I am familiar with Corsicana, hikki! I pass through it everytime coming to and from school for breaks and when I visit home on some weekends. I am currently enrolled at the Texas Academy of Math & Science and live on the UNT campus in Denton during the Fall & Spring semesters, but my permanent residence is on the west side of Houston (Katy area).</p>
<p>I'm an Utada fan as well. I feel in love with "Exodus" when it came out in the states and had it specially ordered because none of the CD shops in the denton area were carrying it. Though I do personally like Ayumi Hamasaki a bit more...</p>
<p>Ayu serious?! Ayumi compared to Utada is...like comparing cockroaches to stallions. No, I'm kidding. I prefer Utada slightly more than Ayu. Yeah, Exodus is super good. I got it at Wal-mart on the first day. I was almost late to school because of it.</p>
<p>A girl who just got into MIT participated in TAMS. I entertained the idea back in my sophomore year, but I felt too comfortable here and decided against it. I'm probably missing out...but hopefully college will make up for it.</p>
<p>The one thing TAMS has taught me is that I strongly dislike mathematics & science... going through two semesters of honours bio, chem, and calculus I and II at the college level can make anyone dislike math & science real fast... I thank TAMS for helping me to decide I want to major in Spanish lol...
the majority of the students here though want to go pre-med... MIT is a very popular place for seniors to apply, and many have had luck. I, however, have decided that Harvard is definitely my #1 choice (i'm liberal artsy at heart).</p>