**if you were a Harvard admission officer....

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>Guy#A
2400 SAT, 4.0 unweighted GPA, student body president, city youth council member, most demanding course, national and internation level academic excellence 3 varsity captain 2 times national qualifier, great personality, community service and awards (alot of thing slike habitat for humanity, presidential scholar, internship, translation, etc.)</p>

<p>Guy#B
2200 SAT, 4.0 Unweighted GPA, student body president, most demanding course, special talent in scicne, but international Biology Olympiad, great personal integrity, and cared his dad cancer and his dad deceased, community service but regularly contributing to the society, 2 varsity captain, and 2008 Olympic Semi-finalist </p>

<p>Who would you pick if you were a Harvard admissions officer? and why?</p>

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<p>Both are highly qualified; I would guess that both would gain acceptance. I personally would choose both. If I had to pick one, it would be person B because he just seems more unique than person A. An Olympic Semi-finalist is such a unique applicant accomplishment. Many people are varsity captains, etc.. I am just wondering, are these applicants real? Are you one of these applicants, or is it just a hypothetical question out of curiosity? BTW, this is a good question. For once, I kind of see how hard it is for the adcoms to sort out all those applications which are highly qualified.</p>

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<p>No no waitn, these aren't real applicants, they're GODS. :0</p>

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<p>I would pick Candidate C, who has all of the accomplishments of A and B combined and also has a father dying of cancer.</p>

<p>You get to make that choice when you have 29,000 applicants.</p>

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<p>I'd personally pick Tim Tebow, who could cure the cancer with a wave of his hand, go perform heart surgeries on orphans and then save thier immortal souls by preaching to them. Oh and he could go get Chick Fil-a on Sunday afterward.</p>

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<p>I have a funny feeling that both would get in. In fact, they're stats are almost the same. I would probably go with B though if I had to pick one, because his academic (Bio. olymp.) accomplishments trump A, and his sports (Olympic Semi-finalist) are also better. The only difference is SAT Scores, and I would expect a student that is nursing his dying father to have his SAT suffer a bit.</p>

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<p>If any of them can contribute something to the humanity after they graduate from Harvard, then I would grant acceptance to him/her, otherwise straight rejection. However, sadly, we cannot find out if the applicant will do something good or not.</p>

<p>Also, the person should be altruistic in his desire to go to Harvard besides its fame.</p>

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<p>i think that candidate B would get in. even though the test scores are different, 200 points is not THAT big of a deciding factor. both scores clearly tell that the candidates are intelligent. candidate B has more 1-of-a-kind attributes that would draw the attention of the admissions committee. A, although qualified, has attributes that could be applied to many different kids, whereas B has attributes that are more unique to him and cause him to stand out more as an individul to the admissions committee.</p>

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<p>how about they both get in because this is insanity. they're both highly qualified. so stupid. this is why college decisions make me sick.</p>