<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 800CR, 800M, 790W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 800 Biology M, 800 US History
[<em>] ACT: 36
[</em>] GPA: 4.00UW
[<em>] Rank: 1/180
[</em>] Other stats: Have taken 13 AP tests (12 5's, 1 4). Have taken 10 Purdue courses so far, taking 5 next semester.</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: excellent (I assume)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: excellent (this one I've actually read)
[</em>] Hook (if any): USAMO qualifier, USABO semifinalist, Siemens AP Award state winner, National Merit Semifinalist, AAA Travel Challenge state finalist, VP of student body last year, head of website for national robotics website champions (<a href="http://www.boilerinvasion.org)%5B/url%5D">www.boilerinvasion.org)</a>.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Indiana
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths: hard-work and leadership.
[</em>] Perceived Weaknesses: people say that I come off as arrogant. I certainly don't mean to (maybe because I don't really like to talk alot?).
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: my essay could have been more polished, but otherwise I really don't know.[/ul][/li]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I know what a crapshoot it is to get into Harvard, but I thought that I had a chance. I'll attempt to be one of the deferrals who later get accepted in the regular cycle, but the odds are not good. At least Purdue has already accepted me.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: never took
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750, 680, 630
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] GPA: 4.52 w
[<em>] Rank:1 out of 135
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[<em>] Essays: Only did one it was ok
[</em>] Teacher Recs: They tried
[<em>] Counselor Rec: ehhh
[</em>] Hook (if any): I'm from MS
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:**[list] Mississippi
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: I don't know
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Low test scores, essay
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations:
Congrats to all who got in! You really deserve it! To all of us deferred there's still hope and even if we don't go to Harvard we'll go somewhere great!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I:
[</em>] SAT IIs:800 German, 790 Chemistry, 770 Biology, 730 Math IIC
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] GPA: 4.53
[<em>] Rank:27/700
[</em>] Other stats:AP Bio 5, AP Chem 4
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs:dunno, should be good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: pretty good
[</em>] Hook (if any):speak 5 languages; lived in 3 countries;participated in 2 exchange programs ????
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:CA/Germany
[</em>] School Type: private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:lowwww stats
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[/ul][ b]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: need to the other apps now: AHHHHHHHHHH, sooo many essays !!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2210 (800 W, 730 CR, 680 M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 720 (World History), 730 (Math IC), 750 (Math IIC)
[<em>] ACT
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 Unweighted
[<em>] Rank: 1/279
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Personal Statement was pretty good, but not "spectacular". The Short Essay on an extracurricular activity was really good, in my opinion. My Supplemental Essay was simply a list of 12 or 13 books I read in the last 12 months for pleasure.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I read them both, and they were both quite excellent!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't read
[</em>] Hook (if any): Nationally ranked in 2 sports, one of which is pretty obscure.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Canada
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: In my essays, I didn't worry at all about sounding "scholarly". I just tried to come across as myself, and I tried to ensure my real voice came through on paper...guess it worked?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Wow..I have no idea...I guess my athletic accomplishments were quite good.
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: When I opened the email, I seriously thought I was hallucinating...I know it's cliche, but I thought they had sent me the email by accident! Congrats to everyone else accepted. Good luck to those deferred for the Regular Decision round!!</p>
<p>I'm checking for my son...the login says "user not found," so obviously he's not it...but no e-mail yet. It would be nice to at least know whether he's deferred or rejected!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: Verbal: 770 Math: 770 Writing: 700
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math Level 2: 770 Chemistry: 710 Literature: 700
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: 3.99/4.00 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: school doesn't rank
[</em>] Other stats: 8 APs taken, four 5s, three 4s, and one 3
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were good...maybe not
[</em>] Teacher Recs: didn't read, but I don't think it was bad
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn't read
[</em>] Hook (if any): won many awards in national speech & writing related<br>
contests, went to USA competitions as selected
international representative...writes children's stories...;)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: S Korea
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Low SAT scores, no one was admitted [/li] from my school(they don't know our
school that well...)</p>
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: guess I wasn't good[/li] enough...
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congrats to those who got in...I did get deferred but looks like I'll have to look somewhere else now..but I'm keeping my hopes since there may be a chance. Harvard is an awesome school, and I'm just glad that I applied. Maybe some other time...Harvard will like me more. :)</p>