<p>@brokenandhealed yeah I used to do debate (I absolutely love it) but my partner quit this year as a senior because he didn’t like the person it made him become.
We were quite good, but we both are WAY too competitive so it was kind of… Stress-inducing. It’s too bad. Hopefully I can do debate in college! Debate actually really helped me start informing myself. </p>
<p>You guys are all writing about personal experiences? Am I really the only one to choose to go academic on this one…
I wrote about computer games and their potential to shape our society, as I am an intended CS major.</p>
<p>@chocolatechipcu ACT- 30 SAT- 2000</p>
<p>Yay for debate! What events did/do you guys all do? </p>
<p>@jhsu320 and @chocolatechipcu I’m also kind of in the same boat - my SAT I was fine (2270) but my SAT subject scores were ghastly for a variety of reasons (580 and 610, don’t judge me :P)</p>
<p>@keepyourshirton I wrote about something similar (but from an engineering perspective) for schools that asked me “Why engineering?” as an essay prompt, but Harvard was not one of those schools :P</p>
<p>My score is in mid-50% of my first choices, but on 25 percentile side. Another thing is that I’m Asian (American), and Asian Americans average SAT/ACT score seems to be really high. My SAT subject test socres turned out to be okay, although not perfect. (Both are 750+) I applied for SCEA and got deferred, and it was such a bummer (although comprehensible) because they accepted 21% of SCEA applicants this year. Since they already have half of the class of 2018 already, it’s gonna be even harder to get in through RD than last year. I feel like I’m just waiting to be rejected from all of my high-reach schools on 27th. </p>
<p>My essay was really trippy and ethereal… it was about philosophy, linguistics and international development, but framed within the context of a single autobiographical experience. And the entire thing is (unintentionally) a metaphor for the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. It was an interesting contrast to my Common App essay, which was really quite realistic and gritty. Both essays were either hits or misses, in my opinion, but they seemed to have worked for all the colleges that have released decisions so far! :)</p>
<p>Anyone know when the admitted students weekend is?</p>
<p>We did mostly Public Forum at our school. Our school is so new to debate. My friends and I had to make our own debate team! What about you? </p>
<p>@moderndayratpack that sounds really sick… </p>
<p>@kingsharky, I saw somewhere that it is April 26-28 this year. But I haven’t found the source again to confirm.</p>
<p>@Thew8iskillingme I used to do CX, this year my main events are duo, OO, IX and congress! </p>
<p>Is harvard releasing decisions this Thursday?? </p>
<p>@jhsu320 Yes! Starting at 5:00 PM EDT</p>
<p>@tomwantssnow oh dear that is relieving and terrifying… </p>
<p>@jhsu320 Yeah… It’s so soon :o</p>
<p>Do they release them all at once? And on time? I won’t get home until 4 (7 EDT) so I’ll be an anxious mess knowing that my decision is in my email but not being able to open it!</p>
<p>I heard 5 pm EDT</p>
<p>@rundancelove
Harvard will be sending emails as soon as 5pm EST hits. Obviously when someone tries to send out emails to several thousand people (close to 40k in fact) things like delays and problems arise. Some people will receive these emails right on the dot at 5pm EST while others might even not get one for an hour or so (even know some people that had to wait a day or two to get their email last year). Harvard does not do online portals where they release decisions but if you would like to find out through a different means, you have two options: wait for the letter or try to login onto the admitted students website with your PIN. If you can get into that, then you are 99.999% accepted. If not, then well…</p>
<p>My suggestion? Don’t deal with the whole email thing. Simply request Harvard to hold the email notification and simply wait for the letter. It is simpler and easier that way. More controlled and a lot more “professional.” I, personally, would rather be rejected (or accepted) by a letter than an email. </p>