**Improved Harvard 2011 RD Results Thread**

<p>are you guys getting email??</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Deferred EA? Regular Decision only
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR/800M/780W
[<em>] ACT:none
[</em>] SAT II: 800 bio & latin, 770 Math IC
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 99.6/100
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/325
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): four fives
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): --
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP: Latin, Psych, Physics B, English, Spanish, Calc BC. French 2
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None. Some state scioly medals
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Gay Straight Alliance (president), Campus Congress, Science Olympiad, Columbia Science Honors Program, Math Team
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Voluteering at environmental education camps, various tutoring, misc. things
[</em>] Summer Activities: volunteering above
[<em>] Essays: Good! about hunting and two of my closeted friends
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Very good!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Also very good!
[</em>] Additional Rec: Best!
[<em>] Interview: Decent
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Westchester
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: rather not say
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None!
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: um...
[</em>] Weaknesses: um...
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea! [/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?:nope
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800CR/780M/730W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 US History/800 MathII/790 Physics
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW/4.6 W
[<em>] Rank: 1/247
[</em>] ACT: none
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 5's on Psych/US History/Human Geo/CalcBC/PhysicsCMech/Physics B/EuroHistory/Environmental Sci; 3 on French Lang; taking US Gov't, MicroEcon, English Lit, Physics C:E&M, Chemistry, Bio
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: none
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: see above APs
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: dunno...
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, AIME
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Violin (Conference All-State), Volunteer (Volunteer of the Year/President's Service Awards), Newspaper (Editor), French Club (Co-Prez), Science Olympiad (VP, NY state medals), NHS (President)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Physics Lab Assistant, Subway
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Very very strong; one was serious, other was whimiscal
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Crazy amazing
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Asian female, hahaha; got likely letter (<---- :D )
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average Suburban
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~60,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[</em>] Strengths: harvard needed female engineers :)
[<em>] Weaknesses: a bit stereotypical
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Amazing recs and essays
[/ul]Other Factors:...Damn, I hate choices
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Good luck to all! :D</p>

<p>waitlisted</p>

<p>Didnt receive an email yet.</p>

<p>Someone told me it was sent out alphabetically. For those of you who have already received an email (accept,waitlist, or reject), what is the first letter of your last names?</p>

<p>*Decision: Waitlisted *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800M, 800V, 800W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 800 Biology M, 750 US History 770 Literature
[</em>] ACT: NA
[<em>] APs: Biology (5), US History (5), Physics B (5)—I took this online, the first from my school to take an online class, English Language (5)
[</em>] IBs: none
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 98.6 something, 101.277 with 4% weighting for Honors and APs, my counselor told me this was the 2nd highest GPA anyone remembered in probably 10 years, the only one higher is the val this year
[</em>] Rank: 2/208
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Hardest-- 4 in school APs plus independent study AP French and AP Calculus BC(I’m taking AB in school)
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School:1
[<em>] Common or Princeton App? Common
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: many, 3-4 leadership positions, state winner for science Olympiad, 19th in nation
[</em>] Awards/Honors/Distinctions listed on app: many school/local awards, national merit
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 5 hours per week since 9th grade
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): unique and good (about how the difficulty of getting my horse on the trailer relates to life)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good I think,
[</em>] Counselor Rec: outstanding
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): mostly him talking but I think he liked me
[</em>] Hook (special/unique achievements, etc): Took AP Physics online, skipped 7th grade
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: rural New York
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, no one to Princeton before, ~2-3 accepted to Cornell each year
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Income Bracket: 70-80k
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Prospective Major: Molecular Biology
[<em>] Hooks(background, connections, legacy etc.): none
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: standardized tests scores/ unknown school, few national awards or impressive extra curriculars
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations etc.:</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective: ** [ul]
[<em>] Deferred EA? No
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): 690 CR/790 M/700 W (12 Essay)
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] SAT II: 710 Lit/730 Chem/740 Math I/770 Math II
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9ish
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School gives us no idea how we rank
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), US Gov't (5), Calc AB (5), Environmental Science (5), English Language (4), US History (4), Calc BC (not yet taken), Physics B (not yet taken), German (not yet taken), English Lit (not going to take)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng, H. Wildlife Ecology, Calc BC, Physics B, AP German, H. Drama Productions
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): gymnastics (12 years), track (captain last year, this is 6th year), german club (president), jewish culture club (VP), student legislative assembly (Env't'l Committee co-chair), drama, xc, SciOly, Science Bowl (captain of B team), Envirothon
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: work as a barista since August '05
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: not very much
[</em>] Summer Activities: work
[<em>] Essays: I didnt' do the optional one
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I didn't read them, I suppose they were good, they got me into U of Chicago no problem
[<em>] Counselor Rec: same as teacher recs
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Interview: I never got one. No wonder I'm rejected
[/ul]
Other*[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Charter
[<em>] Ethnicity: probably didnt' list, it's too complicated
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: less than 70k a year
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I guess none
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I thought my extra curriculars and my transcript, but I guess not
[</em>] Weaknesses: verbal SAT score (I knew I should've done it more than once)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: well for one I never got an interview because my interviewer transferred to a different law school second semester (he was at Duke), and also I'm just not that great of an applicant[/li][/ul]
General Comments:* Congrats to all those who got in. I guess getting rejected at 2 schools and waitlisted at another (still waiting on the last one) makes it really easy for me to choose. I only got into one non-safety so far, so I guess that's where I'll be</p>

<p>Waitlisted...</p>

<p>It came in an email..</p>

<p>Is sad.............</p>

<p>What are the chances of entering through the waitlist? how many people are admited through waitlist per year?</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800M/730CR/710SWR = 1530/2240
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 USHistory, 780 Lit, 730 Math IIC
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 uw, 4.2 w
[<em>] Rank: 1/235
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 11- APUSH, Chem, Lit 12- Calc BC (first kids in my school to ever do BC), Lang, Bio (this is every one my school offers)
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Toughest conceivable (still pretty easy though)
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Just me
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Really nothing significant at all
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Schol Bowl captain, VP of Science Club and NHS, 4-H, Band, Madrigals, bunch of other crap, Illinois Pork Leadership Institute
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked 15 hrs a week at pizza place for 1.5 years
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Life in general? Mostly tangents about farm life and such. It was twisted from a UChicago essay on "where is your perfect place?".
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Glowing beyond belief, and one was semi-detailed: "Best in the class, hands down"
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure, but probably more of the above
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): (On-Campus) Hardest one I had, I didn't think it went that great, but also not a disaster.
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): NONE. Unless they bought my playing up of the hick/farmboy aspect.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Illinois
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): CRAPPY Public, average ACT 19 or 20, only 1/3 go to 4-year college
[</em>] Ethnicity: White!
[<em>] Gender: Male!
[</em>] Income Bracket: About $90,000; but we farm so the huge assets meant no fin. aid for me
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My dad farms and never went to college, but my mom went to UIUC.
[</em>] Strengths: Scores and grades (but so are everyone's), maybe that I come from a not-so-hot sort of rural school.
[<em>] Weaknesses: That second essay was HORRIBLE. My ECs are not notable at all (but maybe slightly quirky?).
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Blind friggin' luck, baby.
[/ul]Other Factors: I can't think of any. Maybe the counselor cooked up some "this is the best applicant the school has ever seen" crap to get me in.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
As cool as this is, it might just make the decision harder. Oh my I just got into Yale too!</p>

<p>Accepted!!! OMG international, like only 3 per year from my country!!! Stats later</p>

<p>Rejected. K_twin and I. Stats Later....</p>

<p>Congratulations to those who were accepted!</p>

<p>Rejected :(</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone who got in!</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected =/</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 780/800/770 (2 sittings)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800mathIIC 780chem 770 physics 710US
[<em>] GPA: 4.62w max 4.85
[</em>] Rank: reported rank is top 10%, but my guidance counselor unofficially acknowledged me as #2 (school doesn't officialy report rank)
[<em>] APs: US-4, chem-5
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: (hardest load in my school) 5 APs (bio, comsci, calc, physics, LA)
[<em>]Number of Apps from Your School: 2ED, 1 RD
[</em>] Other stats:</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Debate President, Chess club founder/president, Asian American Cultural Club president, JSA secretary, Mock trial expert witness, Region/All state/All-Eastern orchestra, Columbia Science Honors Program, tae kwon do black belt, Lakeland orchestra 4 year concertmaster
[</em>] Essays: mediocre writing style, very unique topics
[<em>] Teacher Recs: probably average
[</em>] Counselor Rec: best in career, maybe
[<em>] Hook (if any): VERY unique summer activity
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: small public competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[li] Gender: male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: didn't work hard enough? lol
General Comments: oh well =/</p>

<p>waitlisted
too depressed to wrtie stuff down but here is a summary
rank 1
gpa 4.0/4.0
sat perfect
essays = good </p>

<p>oh well
and just to remind everyone they only accepted 9% lowest in history so dont worry about it</p>

<p>rejected</p>

<p>2330</p>

<p>Decision: REJECTED</p>

<p>COLLEGE/MAJOR: Applied and Accepted to HSS and MCS (Chemistry)
SAT I: m780, v650, w600 (I never sent this in)
SAT II: Chemistry 630, English Lit. 620, Math II 680
ACT: 30
GPA: 4.2(w)
RANK: 52/374
IB: 4 HL courses, plus additional math course at university.
COURSE LOAD: Most rigorous
OTHER/AWARDS: I am one of the very few (at the time) 14 year olds to apply.
National American Miss CO Preteen 2004
National Jr. Teenager 2006
4 x Academic achievement winner for NAACP
2 x Service Award Winner for community service over 1000 hours
?ect.</p>

<p>ECS: Dancer for 12 years, Artist, Pageants, Tutor, 6 foreign languages
ESSAYS: Good for me?not a great writer.
TEACHER REC: Very good
COUNSELOR REC: Very Good
HOOK: Minority, 14 year old, beauty queen.</p>

<p>STATE: CO
SCHOOL TYPE: Public
ETHNICITY: African American
GENDER: F
PERCEIVED S/W: As a 14 year old I have accomplished more than most 18 year olds. I am also a dancer.
WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WERE ACCEPTED/rejected: More than likely age.</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS: I know a lot of people think that age is a negative, and sometimes it may be, but you have to make it an advantage?and maybe I was not able to do that. Congrats to every one else!!! Really, not sad, it is truly a numbers game.</p>

<p>*Rejected: *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 800
[</em>] SAT Math: 800
[<em>] SAT Writing:760
[</em>] SAT Total: 2360
[<em>] SAT II: Math II/Physics - 800, Chem - 770
[</em>] ACT: None
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: None
[</em>] GPA weighted: -
[<em>] GPA unweighted: -
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 3/280</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Lousy/Horrible
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (if any):</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Bah.</p>

<p><em>FOR DEFEREES</em> IF accepted, reasons why you think so, actions you took after being deferred, etc..:</p>

<p>Rejected at Harvard (and Yale, Princeton, Wharton)</p>