<p>Travis - congrats. You prove that SATs aren't everything.</p>
<p>Wow.......that's so great. Congratulations!!!!! :)</p>
<p>I got deferred......</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 800 CR, 800 W, 790 M
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 MathII, Span, US his, 780 Lit
[<em>] GPA: 4.3
[</em>] Rank: Top 10%
[<em>] Other stats: AIME Qualify, 5s on AP US, Chem, Eng Lit
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: One, guess it was good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good to Excellent
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Ohio
[<em>] School Type: Independent
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Scores, writing, maybe the interview as strong, ECs maybe weak
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Above[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Am I the only one who's just f---ing relieved?</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 800M/710V
SAT IIs: 800MII/770W/770USH/790BIO
ACT: N/A
GPA: 4.6(W)
Rank: 2 0f 540
Other stats: 5s on BC Calc, Chem, STAT, English Lit, US History, etc..All fives
Subjective:
Essays: Decent
Teacher Recs: Pretty good
Counselor Rec: OKAY
Hook (if any): TASP/African-American/work 20-25 hrs per week
Location/Person: Southen MD
State or Country: MD
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: AA
Gender: M
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Grades, sports/none unless lazy is a factor
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Grades/sports/working/attend Jr college at two nights a week for adv math classes
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Stanford is still my #1 choice!!!!</p>
<p>I still haven't gotten anything yet....</p>
<p>!</p>
<p>Ahh, sorry apfreak :( You won't be the only one, I'm sure.</p>
<p>sorry for that ap..i havent received mine yet</p>
<p>what does the letter say?</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 1570 (790V, 780M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Bio E, 800 Math II, 710 USH
[<em>] GPA: School has weird system
[</em>] Rank: 4/444
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Nothing fancy but representative of myself - no one else saw them except me
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Never saw
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: RI
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Several nationally ranked ECs including one national championship
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Late to interview...unhooked in all ways[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: RSI all over again, just makes me want to work harder...</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 800M/710V
SAT IIs: 800MII/770W/770USH/790BIO
ACT: N/A
GPA: 4.6(W)
Rank: 2 0f 540
Other stats: 5s on BC Calc, Chem, STAT, English Lit, US History, etc..All fives
Subjective:
Essays: Decent
Teacher Recs: Pretty good
Counselor Rec: OKAY
Hook (if any): TASP/African-American/work 20-25 hrs per week
Location/Person: Southen MD
State or Country: MD
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: AA
Gender: M
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Grades, sports/none unless lazy is a factor
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Grades/sports/working/attend Jr college at two nights a week for adv math classes
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Stanford is still my #1 choice!!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 740 cr, 700 w, 680 m
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 math2, 660 ush, 640 lit
[<em>] GPA: 4.75 w, 3.9 uw
[</em>] Rank: 9th of 426
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: really good...
[<em>] Teacher Recs: glowing
[</em>] Counselor Rec: apparantly very good
[<em>] Hook (if any): psh...none i got deferred...
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: virginia
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: strength - passion, weakness - stupid tests
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: low scores[/li][/ul]Other Factors: used a fee waiver...cause i'm poor and dying to get out of here
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: i knew i was going to get deferred, but its been a generally bad month :/</p>
<p>Good to know I'm not the only one that hasn't received something yet...</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: [Deferred /b][ yellow/color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I:530m,620w,600v
[ *] SAT IIs:620,530,520
[ *] ACT:26
[ *] GPA:3.95
[ *] Rank:2/340
[ *] Other stats:Lots of Clubs and a few awards
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:yes
[ *] Teacher Recs:pretty good (I think)
[ *] Counselor Rec:Excellent
[ *] Hook (if any):I don't know
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:US
[ *] School Type:public
[ *] Ethnicity:Latino
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:test scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]
Oh well lots of essays to write and apps to get in.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 690/710/730
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 US Hist, 750 Bio E, 680 Lit
[<em>] ACT 33
[</em>] GPA: 3.88/4.0
[<em>] Rank: Not Ranked
[</em>] Other stats: 5's on AP US Hist, Eng. Lit, Comp. Gov, and Bio.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good to Great
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Glowing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Glowing
[</em>] Hook (if any): Work experience at The Crimson/rec from its President who I worked for/award from The Crimson + survivor of a weird/rare autoimmune disease which changed my entire life.<br>
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Illinois
[</em>] School Type: Jesuit Prep School
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Personality, ambition, passion and EC's which are strongly related to that...weakness SAT scores, GPA could be higher (and will be in Round 2)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I had a grade slump one semester last year.<br>
[/ul]Other Factors: Who knows
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: It's not all bad, if worst comes to worst there's the Z-list for the Class of 2011!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ list]
[<em>] SAT I: 800M, 730V, 760M
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 780 Physics, 780 Chem
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 UW, 5.84 W
[<em>] Rank: 1/500
[</em>] Other stats: AP Exams: 8 fives and a three
[/list][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: average at best
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one really good, another average
[<em>] Counselor Rec: really average
[</em>] Hook (if any): done independent research
[/ul]Location/Person:[ list]
[<em>] State or Country: Florida
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (chinese)
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: lack of major leadership positions
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: My extracurriculars are not the strongest. Did not form club, no major presidencies. Essays didn't help
[/list][ b]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I'd just like to congratulate everybody that got in. I would also like to take this time to console those that get rejected. And those that are deferred: stay strong and don't lose hope. Apfreak, you still have a chance.</p>
<p>Guys I Am Freaking Out I Havent Recieved Anything And All Of My Friends Are Dropping Like Flies Into The Defer Pile. I Was Confident, But Now I Am Freaking Out.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 1500
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780, 730, 800
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] GPA: 5.81
[<em>] Rank: top 2%
[</em>] Other stats: nothing special
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: i thought they were pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): nada
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: southeast
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: essays, maybe?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: essays. nothing HUGE to set me apart. no national recognition.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: congratulations to all who got in. i'm pretty upset but i'll live.....</p>
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<p>was it a 4 paragraph ****.
f-u-ck harvard</p>
<p>got deffered</p>