<p>We always hear statistics about how "Harvard only accepts 50% (or whatever) of 1600s." I'd like to see how the CC 1600s did. Add to the numbers below:</p>
<p>Accepted: 0
Waitlisted: 1
Rejected: 0</p>
<p>I know a guy with one who just got rejected. It was his top choice and he had a very good essay too.</p>
<p>deferred EA, waitlisted RD. did get in everywhere else i applied (yale, brown, swarthmore, uva) except princeton, from which i haven't yet received a decision since they're mail-only.</p>
<p>rejected after being deferred EA, got into yale though</p>
<p>My D has 1600 and is accepted</p>
<p>Accepted: 1
Waitlisted: 2
Rejected: 1</p>
<p>1600, 800W, 770 IIC, 790 Physics</p>
<p>I could tell you about how I was an Intel Semifinalist, attained JSHS State recognition, am a Coca Cola Finalist, and won international awards for vocal, and I could tell you that everyone liked my essays, and that my recommenders really liked me, but I won't. Because it didn't matter. </p>
<p>Rejected.</p>
<p>1600, 800W, 770 IIC, 790 Physics</p>
<p>I could tell you about the awards I won and the work I've done, but I won't. Because it didn't matter. </p>
<p>And so dies a 16-year-old dream.</p>
<p>Rejected.</p>
<p>Zeller & al0 on the stats board both got rejected with perfect 1600s/all 800s/4.0 GPA. </p>
<p>I think it's kinda ridiculous, because obviously people like them work very hard to achieve what they achieved, and it's like Harvard rejects them to preserve their 'ego' or something. "Oh..we won't accept perfect scores because we're so generous and give everyone a chance..plus we gotta make sure the public knows how many perfect scores we reject"..bull. </p>
<p>I think it's much harder to attain perfect scores than to go visit Peru and do some volunteer work for 3 months. Honestly, I've done that whole international volunteering thing, and it's actually FUN, and you're not thinking of Harvard or whatever college you wanna apply to. But to keep up good grades is extremely difficult, at least for me, because a lot of us are so overwhelmed ALL the time, so it's like if you give up for 1 second, you won't achieve what you want to achieve.</p>
<p>I'm sorry to all of those perfect scores out there that got rejected, because you most certainly should have got in. All that "Oh look at us, we reject blah number of perfect scores" is just bullcrap that has thrown away all of those dreams for no freakin reason.</p>
<p>toaster - Man, I'm sorry to hear that. Just reading your post makes me cringe. I'm sure you have an excellent school somewhere else. </p>
<p>I still think you're amazing, H or no H. </p>
<p>(retallied for this board and added myself to the reject tally:)</p>
<p>Accepted:1
Waitlisted:2
Rejected:4</p>
<p>Bulldogs, baby!</p>
<p>accepted ea.</p>
<p>rejected RD.</p>
<p>I'm not quite sold on the conspiracy about putting rejection bulls-eyes on 1600 kids... we are still accepted at the highest rates</p>
<p>i was accepted RD. I think we should also keep in mind that most of the 1600s are also amazing candidates in other areas as well and so it is natural that they have high admit rates to the top tier schools.</p>
<p>This is ridiculous. I didn't get a perfect score, but i'm sorry for all of you who did amazing academic work and got rejected like i did. These schools are just playing with kids' dreams.</p>
<p>accepted ea</p>
<p>rejected at both Harvard and Yale</p>
<p>Given up all hopes on Princeton (my first choice)</p>
<p>Sarorah, thanks for the kind words. Don't worry about me, I got into my first choice, Stanford :)</p>
<p>As much as I would like to agree that a perfect score should mean automatic acceptance, I can't blame the schools for turning some of us down. You can't tell the difference between a perfect score some kid got after taking the test cold one Saturday morning, the perfect score of a kid who checked out books from the library and studied for hours on their own, or the perfect score of a kid whose parents paid 5k to have a private tutor drill the meanings of abscond, assiduous and egalitarian.</p>
<p>Maybe we did work hard for our scores, maybe we didn't. You can't reduce a person to a number, and while the colleges try to get a fuller picture, you can't reduce a person to a few numbers, a list of activites and a few essays either. We the applicants did the best we could, and the colleges did the best they could, but no matter what the scores may say, neither of us is perfect. People are accepted who probably shouldn't be, people are rejected who probably shouldn't be.</p>
<p>Besides, if we can manage to get a perfect score I'm sure we can manage to live through a few measly rejections. We're either geniuses, really hardworking, and/or we have filthy rich parents, so we'll be ok.</p>
<p>(I feel I should add that technically I have a 1599. In history class I once referred to the Missouri Compromise as the Mississippi Compromise and my teacher deducted a point from my SAT score. I think I might have done better with a 1599, it really shows off my personality: near perfect and one of a kind :D)</p>
<p>sucharita - i feel the pain of the rejections. i was pained by H and Y. Do not give up Pton hope yet! of course... i'm about 50 pts away from SAT perfection</p>
<p>I wish i could be that positive...</p>
<p><em>squints in a desperate attempt to be positive</em></p>
<p>hehe</p>
<p>Sorry. This isn't working :(</p>
<p>yeah....guys, I know how you feel. <em>tries not to sound dejected</em></p>
<p>toaster - reading your post made me cringe too; as zeller said, the process is imperfect all around</p>
<p>zeller - congrats on stanford, and I completley agree with your post. hope I see you at stanford :D</p>
<p>I got in, and....wow, I'm pretty shocked, especially reading toaster's and everything :( I hope it works out for you! (and everybody)</p>