It's August and Harvard is giving verbal commitments.

Parents Forum
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<p>Last year our high school had a cross country athlete (nationally ranked) who was also an Intel science fair grand prize winner (and top 10 in the Westinghouse/Siemens) who got an early fall commitment from Harvard. Hard to see how she wouldn't have been a no brainer admit any way you cut it.</p>

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<p>Again, athletics, if you can hit the AI, is the best way to any of the Ivies. Here is the AI calculator:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.collegeconfidential.com/academic_index3.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegeconfidential.com/academic_index3.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>The best way ONLY if you are a Division I caliber athlete, which can often be as rare as being the kind of student who could be admitted to HYSP without athletics.</p>