<p>hikki, I read in your website that you like Man</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted (after deferred)</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1580 (800V, 780M)
SAT IIs:800 Math IIC, 800 Bio M, 800 Writing, 800 Physics
GPA: 3.99
Rank: estimated 1/58
Other stats: AP Bio - 5, AP English Lang and Lit - 5, semifinalist bio olympiad, nat'l merit finalist, presidential scholar nominee, several state and national awards in classical languages</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: very good (overcoming adversity, passions, etc.)
Teacher Recs: no clue, but they all like me
Counselor Rec: excellent
Hook (if any): background (born in Belarus), glowing outside rec, jazz piano composer</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: CT
School Type: private
Ethnicity: caucasian
Gender:female</p>
<p>major strength/weakness: strengths - woman w/ interest in science (genetics, physics), overcoming adversity and religious/ethnic discrimination (part of essay), jazz piano composer, leadership in several activities, diverse balanced ECs and community service, speak Russian and retain cultural ties, summer courses in philosphy.
weaknesses - no research, not too many non-academic awards, not incredibly strong community service and only a few leadership roles, no national recognition for outstanding talents, no sports </p>
<p>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: u can never tell w/ harvard but i also screwed up on my early app. didn't write the "optional" essay (only later found out its prolly not very optional if u wanna get in) and sent in a crappy music CD (cuz i did it the nite b4), at that point had no outside recs either, decided to apply early kind of on a whim and put minimal effort into app. (worked hard on other apps for reg. dec. and got into yale, dartmouth, columbia, brown, williams, MIT, tufts, etc.) </p>
<p>Other Factors: had article published about me in the regional newspaper which i sent in, also kept sending updates on new accomplishments and awards along the way, great interview... </p>
<p>well, harvard's awesome, but yale's my first choice anyway. so im REALLY happy. good luck to every1</p>
<p>impressive collection of acceptance letters, conwoman. you shouldn't care much that harvard's isn't among them, though it could still be. </p>
<p>candlize, i'm frightened. could we be like two photons inextricably bound to each other despite no proximity?</p>