<p>Thanks for your response NSM. It's really nice of you to share your expertise with us stressed-out high schoolers :)</p>
<p>Just had my harvard interview a few hours ago. Overall I'd say it went pretty well, save a few awkward moments where I stumbled a bit on my answer. </p>
<p>The interviewer seemed impressed with my competitiveness...is this necessarily a good thing? I would think that most, if not all, Harvard applicants are incredibly competitive, so by deeming me "competitive" it doesn't seem like I'm standing out of the crowd too much...</p>
<p>I'm going to take NSM's advice and send him a thank you letter as soon as possible. </p>
<p>Ultimately, it doesn't matter to me too much if I get in or not. I'm already guaranteed acceptance into UT-Austin, which is a great school. Apart from Harvard, I want to go to Rice, which I think I can get into anyway. </p>
<p>LOL but seriously some people in this thread worry a bit too much. Fact is, Harvard takes, what, a tenth of the people who apply RD and a third ED? </p>
<p>Even if I don't get into Harvard, doesn't matter. Like NSM said, 85% of Harvard applicants are qualified. </p>
<p>Someone in this thread said some students are more qualified than others...which was a blanket statement, IMO. Of course not all people are equally qualified, but at the same time, it's incredibly difficult to quantify qualification. And no, test scores are not a viable way to quantify qualification...</p>
<p>People who have scores in a general range are, in general, equally qualified (my opinion). </p>
<p>Anyways, that's my ramble post of the day LMAO. </p>
<p>On a side note, my interviewer asked me no questions regarding politics.</p>
<p>One quick question. My interviewer asked what I did over the summer, and I told him most of what I did but..I forgot to mention my 70+ hours of community service work at a local soup kitchen. </p>
<p>NSM, you said one should mention things in the thank you letter that one forgot to mention during the interview. Is this community service worth mentioning in the thank you letter?</p>
<p>I ask you this because, on my regular application (already sent in) I made it clear that I did this community service work from 9th grade till now. </p>
<p>So, is this something worth mentioning in my thank you letter, even though I already made it clear that I did this community service on my application?</p>
<p>Regards,
dmVP29</p>
<p>If you think that you may have inadvertently left the inteviewer the impression that you did nothing over the summer except relax and play video games, then definitely mention the community service hours. That's about the only reason I can think of to definitely include the info in your note.</p>
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<p>Oh ok. Well, I told him about how I went to summer school 9th grade/10th grade and then 11th grade (summer) I did research work at our chemical engineering department for a project i'm submitting to intel science talent search. </p>
<p>But, in addition to that I also did community service (70+ hours) during those summers. </p>
<p>Then I told him about the guild competitions I went to for piano. </p>
<p>So, because I did not relax and play video games, I suppose the community service is not worth mentioning?</p>
<p>Realize that you already sent the college a list of your activities. The inteview's purpose isn't to get another list of the activities, but to find out more about the person behind the application.</p>
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Realize that you already sent the college a list of your activities. The inteview's purpose isn't to get another list of the activities, but to find out more about the person behind the application.
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<p>Ok, in that case I won't bother mentioning it. I'll just send the standard thank you letter. </p>
<p>Thanks for your help.</p>
<p>the standard thank you letter? i thought it would be different for every school...lol...j/k</p>
<p>what if you sent a thank-you letter but it got lost in the mail? that's what i'm worried aobut, but it doesn't make sense to send a thank you letter via registered mail w/return receipt</p>
<p>LAgal, you should e-mail it too</p>
<p>bring up something they said in the thank you. my interviewer recommended a movie that i see and i talked about that</p>
<p>good idea...but i don't have an e-mail address</p>
<p>you might be able to google it</p>
<p>What would make you think the thank-you got lost in the mail? USPS delivers something like 99% of all mail accurately...</p>
<p>I'm not thinking that it did...but, like all the 100% stressed-out applicants, I'm considering the worst</p>
<p>I really wouldn't worry about it. <1% chance it got lost, and <1% chance that sending a thank-you would effect your chances.</p>
<p>Thanks! I think it'd be too late to do anything as it is</p>