<p>haha wow, what a quick way to change the tone :p But, your post should be required reading for anyone applying to H ;)</p>
<p>Yeah, I always thought that Siemens National finalist was a "formula" to H but this year's massacre has taught me otherwise ;)</p>
<p>That and RSI, although I always knew RSI didn't have a 100% Harvard rate.</p>
<p>zogoto, your profile says your 16. Does that mean you skipped a grade or two? Just wondering. :)</p>
<p>Yeah I skipped fourth grade and I have a summer birthday :)</p>
<p>haha awesome :) That ain't an easy grade to skip, man. I skipped 2nd, not quite as tough :p Did you include that on the Harvard app? lol</p>
<p>hahaha no I thought that age would work against me so I left it off, although it is a true debate since I saw a pretty long thread on it a little while ago. Adam, how much is your weight/height? You seemed like a pretty tall/big guy in the SWC pics. I'm 150 and 6'4".</p>
<p>GuitarMan I think he's calling you fat.</p>
<p>lol aww. I think it would have helped. Performing so well amongst a group of peers older than you (both in school and Siemens, for me). I think my guidance counselor mentioned it in the recommendation but I didn't want to put it in the main app. No good place to just sorta sneak it in.</p>
<p>And I'm probably 5'10" or so but I haven't checked in a while. And I don't want to say how much I weigh, sorry :p All I know is I weigh a lot more than I probably should. And I somehow look a lot slimmer than I probably should. Maybe all the fat that would otherwise go to my stomach is going to my brain, helping me process astrophysical mysteries.....hmm</p>
<p>Duality--If he is, I think he wants to mess. So I'll just have to mess back. ~beats chest~</p>
<p>holy crap you are only days older than me</p>
<p>haha no I'm not calling you fat. I was just wondering.</p>
<p>Half a month late, but what the hell? I feel like procrastinating stuff I actually have to do...</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
* SAT I: V800/ M740/ W790 (2330)
* SAT IIs: Math IIC: 800 Biology: 790 U.S. History: 800
* ACT: N/A
* GPA: 4.483 (weighted)/ 3.999 (unweighted)
* Rank: 1/313
* Other stats: National Merit Semifinalist
Subjective:
* Essays: spent way too much time on... I was happy w/ them
* Teacher Recs: one "best of my career" and one "best of the year"
* Counselor Rec: meh, who cares? My counselor was a fool who was never in the office. Idiot...
* Hook (if any): national level flutist, winner of various music competitions, European Concert Tour with Youth Symphony
Location/Person:
* State or Country: PA
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Asian-American
* Gender: Female
* Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Essays, Interview, Recs were good. Not so good with athletics and leadership
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: the Music factor...it was something I was actually passionate about. Guess it showed.
Other Factors: 1st generation immigrant maybe? my first essay was a humorous tear jerker.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congratulations to everyone who got in. Those who were deferred: Good Luck. Wootangs, and see you in the Yard. ;)</p>
<p>Congratulations. What was your courseload like? Were those music competitions national or international?</p>
<p>musikgirl...that's hard to imagine...</p>
<p>does winning a beauty pageant count as rare?</p>
<p><em>sigh</em>...i'm a very unstereotypical asian, not because i have better/more unique ec's, but because i don't have anything that they have(ec's, gpa, scores...<em>_</em>)</p>
<p>I did National Flute Association competitions, State Orchestra, played in masterclasses. I was pretty committed because up until Junior year, I wanted to go to Juilliard/ Curtis, but face it, Harvard's got 10% admittance. There are literally hundreds of flutists auditioning for one or two entrances at Juilliard each year. I don't think Curtis even had openings one year. 0-2% vs 10%? yeah...</p>
<p>I took what I thought to be a pretty heavy courseload, basically filling my schedule w/ APs, but compared to some of the crazy ppl on this board, I'm slacking bigtime. ;)</p>
<p>This yr: AP French, AP Chem, AP Euro, AP Eng 12, AP Calc "III," Honors Physics
Last yr: AP Biology, AP American, AP Eng 11, AP Calc BC, Honors French IV, Honors Chemistry</p>
<p>I was accepted to Harvard at age 13.
My PSAT scores were:
Reading:380
math:490
Writing:400</p>
<p>Did you get good recs from your sixth grade science teacher?</p>
<p>No, the counselor, who was over the PSAT, gave the recs.</p>
<p>Heartwarming essay about block-arranging?</p>