<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ <em>] SAT I:800 V 710 M 800 W
[ ] SAT IIs:730 USH, 770 Bio M, 800 Math II, 640 French Reading
[ *] ACT: 36
[ *] GPA: 4.67
[ *] Rank: %1 out of 1150
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: About a trip to India, a romp through spirituality. I thought it was good, counselors thought it was good, Harvard didn't
[ *] Teacher Recs: Didn't see them, but my counselor said that they were the best she had ever seen
[ *] Counselor Rec:don't know, didn't read
[ *] Hook (if any): How should I know...
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:???[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Illinois
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Indian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Well-rounded, good at writing and stuff, trivia buff, math team kid, stuffs like that
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I didn't add all of my honors because I thought that some of them wouldn't matter. I'm gonna spend many sleepless nights pondering my stupidity over that one. Also, my ECs aren't amazingly unique.
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:Pshh, I thought that my essays would be good enough to get me in.[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm *</em><strong>ed. I'm not *</strong>ed at Harvard for deferring me, but it's more like an angry yet determined state. I will do everything humanly possible to beef up my stats, and mark my words, I will get in RD. 'Nuff said.[ /b]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ <em>] SAT I:800 V 710 M 800 W
[ ] SAT IIs:730 USH, 770 Bio M, 800 Math II, 640 French Reading
[ *] ACT: 36
[ *] GPA: 4.67
[ *] Rank: %1 out of 1150
[ *] Other stats: AP Scores: 5's in Euro Hist, Phys B, Biology, US Hist, Microecon, Calc BC, 4 in English Language
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: About a trip to India, a romp through spirituality. I thought it was good, counselors thought it was good, Harvard didn't
[ *] Teacher Recs: Didn't see them, but my counselor said that they were the best she had ever seen
[ *] Counselor Rec:don't know, didn't read
[ *] Hook (if any): How should I know...
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:???[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Illinois
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Indian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Well-rounded, good at writing and stuff, trivia buff, math team kid, stuffs like that
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I didn't add all of my honors because I thought that some of them wouldn't matter. I'm gonna spend many sleepless nights pondering my stupidity over that one. Also, my ECs aren't amazingly unique.
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:Pshh, I thought that my essays would be good enough to get me in.[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm *</em><strong>ed. I'm not *</strong>ed at Harvard for deferring me, but it's more like an angry yet determined state. I will do everything humanly possible to beef up my stats, and mark my words, I will get in RD. 'Nuff said.[ /b]</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I: 2340 (800CR, 800M, 740W (essay 8))
* SAT IIs: 800,800,760
* ACT
* GPA: No GPA
* Rank: No Rank
* Other stats:
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: 1 was poor, quite boring, other was reasonable
* Teacher Recs: 1 ok, 1 very good
* Counselor Rec: excellent
* Hook (if any): none
</code></pre>
<p>[ b]Location/Person:**</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Bahrain
* School Type: Private
* Ethnicity: Indian
* Gender: male
* Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Strong numbers, recs/ crap essays, lots of EC's, but no special recognition in any. Also didn't put down a lot of stuff i'd done (didnt know where to put them)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Essays must have weakened my case a lot, but the other people here are awesome and got deferred so it seems a crapshoot anyway. Oh well.
</code></pre>
<p>Um, has anyone else NOT gotten an email? Or been able to get on the "Check Application Status" website?</p>
<p>Was there a deadline, after which we couldn't change our request for email notification? Because initially I said no email, and then I changed it. Perhaps it was too late?</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: M: 800, CR: 800, WR: 780 (from two sittings)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Lit.: 790, Math II: 730, World Hist.: 750
[<em>] ACT: Cum.: 35 (all 35 except for English w/ Writing: 32)
[</em>] GPA: 98.355, 3.975
[<em>] Rank: 5 of 545
[</em>] Other stats: 5s on 4 APs (Lang., Human Geo., World Hist., U.S. Hist.) and 4s on 3 APs (Physics B, Macroecon, U.S. Gov.), Georgia Governor's Honors program 2005 (Comm. Arts), All-State clarinet (8-11th), I have a positive attitude
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: very unique topic, colorful language, aprox. 500 words. I also wrote a supplementary essay about how I have grown through my brother's autism (I cried while writing the essay because it was a very painful topic for me to write about), they were honest.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: they were honest and very thoughtful
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great. I took the time to get to know the counselor and also provided her with a description of my background/ influences so she could get a better idea of who I was. She wrote me a great recommendation and really rooted for me. It was only her second year as a high school counselot so I was a little nervous at first but once I showed her my enthusiam, she was more than happy to help me. :-) She wrote about how much self-initiative showed.
[</em>] Hook (if any): grew up in somewhat unique environment (autistic younger brother), sent in a homemade resume, sincerity, plays clarinet well, I sometimes don't do my homework, I really love books, I am lucky.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: GA
[</em>] School Type: public (sends only a few to top schools)
[<em>] Ethnicity: korean (!)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: strengths: sincerity, enthusiasm, down-to-earth, actual growth, good attitude, first generation college student. Weaknesses: bad handwriting, sometimes messy, sometimes not thorough
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: sincerity. not afraid to take risks. not afraid of failing. not afraid to try. not afraid of being laughed at. I'm a good loser ^_^. I tried to really show that I went to school because I wanted to learn and not to win or to be #1. I wanted to show that I didn't mind losing along the way. I think they also saw that I was very independent.
[/ul]Other Factors:
I did activities that I enjoyed? Marching Band section leader and captain. I had leadership positions in clubs that I really enjoyed being in. A lot of awards for Latin (NLE & State Convention). I used a fee waiver. General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: </p>
<p>My mom cried and told me how proud she was. I'm still a little woozy from the shock and I still have trouble believing it. Ah . . . I feel weird and tired. I very thankful for my everyone (family and friends) who believed in me. I didn't even dream of applying to Harvard until very recently (end of 11th grade). Today was just a very, very surprising day for me. I feel so light-headed. I feel sick. Ah . . . I'm gourmandizing on exotic teas and hot chocolate. I feel like I've lost my mind. :-) It's a relief!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2300 (800v/750w/750m)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760WorldHist, 740Spanish, 740MathIIc, 760USHist
[<em>] GPA: 4.53
[</em>] Rank: 9/700
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Weird. (All or nothing.)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Outstanding
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Fairly good.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Arabic study in Morocco, strong political/humanitarian ECs
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Florida
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White/Jewish
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: ECs, summers, internship consistent with political/humanitarian passions
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Mentioned Woody Allen in my application -- twice.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 790CR/800M/790W (2380)
SAT IIs: 800physics, 800 chem, 800 Math IIC
ACT: 36
GPA: 3.98 unweighted
Rank: not reported
Other stats: in all IB school 6 IB classes, 4 HL</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: One about the evoluation of my name as i traveled from china to brazil to australia to canada to US. Another about designing the team shirt for science olympiad
Teacher Recs: awesome
Counselor Rec: Great, glowing
Hook (if any): president of sci oly team, senior editor of Lit Mag, robot driver for Robotics, Nurse aide, physics work internship...art and writing awards, Scholastic art awards...I dunno...nothing AMAZING</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: MI
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: I don't like talking about my strenghts sooo my weaknesses: did not submit much research into outside science fairs and such..
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: art and science combo? My essays were kinda funny...
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I've read cc threads over and over again. you guys are all amazing. I feel bad for the adcom reps who have to sift through us</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 690CR/750M/680W
SAT IIs: 680 US History, 700 Math IC, 670 Lit
GPA: 4.0
Rank: 1/237</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: I represented my country on 3 occasions - all for speech competitions. I talked about my determination to overcome the impossible .
Teacher Recs: tops
Counselor Rec: tops
Hook (if any): National Representative - reached 3 international comps.
State or Country: Australia!
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Korean/Australian
Gender: Female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Weaknesses? LOW SATs!
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: No idea.<br>
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm relieved and can't believe this. I'm only a Junior, with low SATs.... I'm very lucky.</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I: 2370 (essay 12)
* SAT IIs: Chemistry 800 Math IIC 800 Physics 800 US History 790
Biology 770
* GPA: A+/A
* Rank: school has no rank. but definitely top 3-5%
* Other stats: four APs, four 5's
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: first was ridiculously good (as in, I stepped back and marveled). Second was less so.
* Teacher Recs: did not read. My math teacher told me she wrote the best one of her career. My chem teacher likes me a lot.
* Counselor Rec: did not read but should be good
* Hook (if any): Don't know what constitutes one but can't think of any
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: NY
* School Type: very competitive public
* Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: great transcript, head of several clubs, dragonboating.
* Why you think you were accepted: Dunno. Good overall?
</code></pre>
<p>andriuxs, I did not attach a separate letter explaining that I took both Math IC and IIC. On the Harvard website, it says that you simply need 3 different subject tests, but they do not necessarily have to be in 3 different subject areas.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2230
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710, 720, 790
[<em>] ACT: Nope.
[</em>] GPA: Quite good.
[<em>] Rank:1/300
[</em>] Other stats: Lighting crew chief drama, academic decathlon captain, licensed pilot, clarinet section leader, science club, math team, research for two years at MIT, etc, etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: They were about flying and doing research and liking science and such. The other one was about standing on really tall ladders for drama. They were tres bien.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Woot woot. They like me.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She wanted me to get in really bad.
[</em>] Hook (if any): I fly planes? Research at MIT? I dunno.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Irish. Hahahahaha my town is the most Irish town in America. True fact.
[</em>] Gender: Chica
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Who knows.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: They liked my app?
[/ul]Other Factors: I got an extra rec from the sailing coach. General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I have a stuffy nose right now, but it's cool. I am so excited!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred
Sat: 2020
GPA: 17/20
Rank: 10/108
Ec's: Oboe player, played in simphony orchestra, band and chamber groups. UN Models, Volleyball, Choir, Year abroad. Speak three languages
Essays: Good, I guess. Very long, though and I sent three...maybe a bit too much
Teachers rec: Excellent
Councelor rec: Terrible
Hook: none
Country: Venezuela
Why do you think you were..? See the weaknesses part
Comments: I'm not surprised at all, actually I was hoping an outright rejection. Congratulations to the accepted ones!
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Who cares?
Weekness: Very low sat's, ok GPA...</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 760 Verbal, 760 Math, 800 Writing (1st and only sitting)
SAT IIs: 800 Chemistry, 770 Math II, 750 Math I, 730 Physics
ACT: Didn't take it
GPA: 4.25/4.3
Rank: 2/165 (My twin is number 1)
Other stats: President of my school's Student Senate, President and Founder of my school's Young Democrats Club, National Honor Society, I play trombone in my school's marching, concert, and Jazz bands, Varsity Tennis</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: A light and witty essay about the pros and cons of being a twin
Teacher Recs: One was positive but poorly written, and I didn't see the other
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Hook (if any): I'm a legacy, but I didn't play it up too much</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NH
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: I'm a normal kid who is easy to talk too? I don't really know
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: They needed another trombone player?</p>
<p>Other Factors: I had an excellent interview, and I'm the first kid from my school to get accepted to Harvard (along with my twin)
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm too excited to think clearly. For those who didn't get in, don't worry too much because all of you are way too amazing and qualified not to get into a top school</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2200 (M:800, V:710, W:690)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chem 770, US History 760, Bio-M 760
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] GPA: 4.4 W, 4.0 UW
[li] Rank: 1/370</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Stunning
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure
[</em>] Hook (if any): I'm not really sure
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: Southern California
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian/Korean
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths probably include my gpa/rank, depth of extracurriculars, and varisty athletics. My weaknesses are probably my SAT I and being asian =D.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I feel as if my alumni interview was the deciding factor for me.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to all. I look forward to seeing many of you next fall!!!!!!!!!</p>