Official Harvard RD Decisions - Class of 2010

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<p>Decision: rejected</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I:2130
SAT IIs:800/780/760
ACT 34
GPA: 4.0
Rank: 1/900
Other stats:
Deferred?: yes</p>

<h1>of apps from your school: 4</h1>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: representative of me
Teacher Recs: awesome
Counselor Rec: do not know
Hook (if any): tennis, fishing, school, traveling
Important ECs: math team, science team, scholastic bowl, environmental film club, tennis team
Location/Person:
State or Country: IL
School Type: public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Work experience? academics, athletics
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: good question
Is Harvard your #1 choice?: was up there, have not been accepted anywhere yet either</p>

182

<p>Waitlisted. Wow, it appears I'm in some very distinguished company; zogoto, Guitarman.</p>

183

<p>We're a cool club ;)</p>

184

<p>I'm soooo excited!!! Did anyone else who applied to Harvard hear from Princeton?</p>

<p>OH MAN!! My financial aid package is CRAZY!! I'm getting almost $40,000!!!! Thanks be to God!!!</p>

<p>Congrats to those of you who got into your #1 schools!!</p>

<p>YEAH!! I'm going out to celebrate. Later :)</p>

185

<p>i wish i were black...</p>

186

<p>ilovecalifornia.... That's sort of an insensitive statement to just throw out there! Did you say that in response to my previous post? I'm Hispanic by the way. I'm a little disappointed in you. Why would you ever be so ashamed of your own race and want to be another?? Is it b/c of affirmative action? Are you mad b/c of decisions or financial aid? Am I totally off track here?? LOL. In any case, don't say that! :D It really surprised me to see that on the Harvard thread!</p>

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<p>*Decision: Denied (EA deferred) * :( :(</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2330 (800 CR, 760 M, 770 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 Lit, 750 US History, 700 Math 2
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 unweighted, school doesn't weight
[</em>] Rank: 1/385 **
[li] *Other stats: * 5 on AP US History, 5 on AP French Language, [/li]4 on AP English Lit. My school only offers 9 AP classes total, 6 of which I will have taken by the time I graduate.
National Merit Finalist
4th place at state History Day
Finalist at DECA International Competition, 5th at DECA state competition
AP Scholar
Several piano awards
3-year Varsity letter award winner + coach's award
Several art awards
[li] ** Senior year courseload: *[/li]Honors English (University of Washington curriculum)
AP Calculus AB (highest math course offered)
AP Chemistry
AP Psychology
Newspaper Production
Contemporary World Problems
[li] * Number of apps from my school: ** 3 including me.[/li][li] ** Prospective majors listed on app: ** Economics[/li][/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] ** Essays: I liked it, but apparently it didn't fit their tastes. Also mailed in a supplementary essay.[/li][li] Teacher Recs: ** One was very good, one must have very good because she loves me.[/li][li] *Counselor Rec: * I didn't read it, but it was probably pretty unexceptional and standard. Each counselor has hundreds of students to take care of and probably up to 100 senior college recs to write. I know him pretty well, though, and he should have good things to say about me.[/li][li] *ECs listed on app: *[/li]Piano (10 years)
Varsity Swimming (3 years)
French Club President and VP
DECA Treasurer
School Newspaper copy editor and reporter
National Honor Society peer tutor
Volunteering at local library
Progressive Youth of America (political awareness group)
Art
Band (Clarinet)
[li] ** Work Experience: ** Casting internship for a cirque production company that usually takes only college interns.[/li][li] ** Hook (if any): ** None apparently[/li][/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[li] ** State or Country: Washington[/li][li] School Type: Large public, 1800+[/li][li] Ethnicity: Chinese[/li][li] Gender: ** Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors:** Strong test scores and academic record and courseload all through high school. Weaknesses could be not enough sparkle and leadership in ECs, few high-level awards. And probably my essays did not stand out enough.
General Comments: Congrats to those admitted, and for those who didn't get in, prestige isn't all that matters and I'm sure you'll be
happy wherever you end up! Besides, wouldn't you rather go to a school that truly appreciates and values you for who you are? Remember, ** Individuals determine destinies, not institutes. ** It's been quite a ride, and I've enjoyed it with all of you!</p>

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<p>I'm just glad my 2130 SAT has made it through another round of scrutiny (I was deferred EA). I'm preparing to make another big networking push. If there's about 450 people who wish to remain on the waitlist, anywhere between 50 and 100 getting in is pretty damn good in terms of odds...especially when you consider another 30 or so will probably get z-listed into the class of 2011.</p>

<p>And if not, Georgetown SFS is not a bad alternative, in fact I might stick with SFS even if I got into Harvard. Or maybe I wouldn't. We think H is exclusive with its 1680 spots... try 350 at SFS. Hahahaha. Granted only about 3000 people apply, but that group is really self-selective.</p>

189

<p>stockholmsyndrome, what do you mean by 'z-listed into the class of 2011?' Never heard that one before.</p>

190

<p>Mostly legacies, but some non-legacies, will be admitted from the normal waitlist into next year's class. In other words have their admission deferred a year, where there is room for them. Usually the number is around 20 or 30 applicants.</p>

<p>Harvard can do this because an equal (or greater) number of normal admits into the Class of 2011 will choose to voluntarily defer their start for a year into the Class of 2012.</p>

191

<p>Ouch, waitlisted.</p>

<p>I should have written my personal statement about being the only homosexual Israeli Muslim ever.</p>

192

<p>Decision: Rejectified</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2270 (740W 750V 780M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 720Lit 750IIC 780BioM
[<em>] GPA: n/a
[</em>] Rank: top 5%
[<em>] Other stats: GCSE- 8A</em>s 1A 1B, Predicted A-levels- 5As</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Decent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>] Hook (if any): ?
[li] Applied early? Yea, Deferred</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Location/Person:**[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: London, UK
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Black (African)
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: so ends the harvard dream, congrats to those accepted.. off to princeton</p>

193

<p>Well, I finally have recovered enough to post.</p>

<p>Decision: REJECTED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: M: 790, CR: 750, W: 790
[</em>] SAT IIs: M2C: 800, Chem: 780, USH: 760, Bio: 750
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] GPA: 3.89 unweighted, 4.4 weighted
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Other stats:
[<em>] Deferred?: Yes
[</em>] # of apps from your school: A Lot
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: 7 on the 1-10 scale
[</em>] Teacher Recs: 1 Really good, 1 at least good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea
[</em>] Hook (if any): 2 summers research, 2 college math classes
[<em>] Important ECs: Youth Philanthropy group
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Alabama
[<em>] School Type: Public Magnet (small)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Not great at writing, good math
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Just not good enough
[</em>] Is Harvard your #1 choice?: 1A
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

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<p>Rejected. Hey, Harvard's loss - I'm not paying for the $6000/yr to the Harvard/New England Conservatory BA/MM program anyway - so off I go to Johns Hopkins/Peabody Double Degree with almost full scholarship!</p>

195

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 UW
rank: 1/90
SAT I: [770 Math] [740 Verbal] <a href="all%20from%20different%20testings">760 Writing</a>
SAT II: [800 Math Level 2] [750 Chem] [630 Spanish]
ECs: XC/Track, Flute, Theater, Speech, Interact, PEACE, NHS, NMS, SC, Band, Spanish club, ect... Let us just say my interviewer said he couldn't fit them all on the paper he had with him when I had my interview. In short, about a million.
Recs: fabulous
Essays: I used my UChicago one (based on Theme for English B) for the Common app, as well as this one about my passion for science and running (studying for a chem test while doing a distance workout.)
Hooks:I do everything and was Bigfork's Junior Miss. Interview was amazing. First girl ever at my high school to take calc before my senior year
Location: Montana
Other Factors: No AP's or IB's at my school, so I supplemented at the CC about 45 minutes away for math and science.</p>

196

<p> Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>SAT I: 620(M),680(CR),680(W)</p>

<p>SAT IIs:750(Bio E), 660(Math1C),660(Us History)</p>

<p>GPA: 6.74 on a scale of 4.00</p>

<p>Rank: 1 / 594</p>

<p>AP Classes: (Block Schedule school: 4 classes a day. Online enrichment included) </p>

<p>10th
AP Biology
AP World History</p>

<p>11th
AP Chemistry
AP English Language
AP US History
AP Art History (online)
AP Microeconomics (online)</p>

<p>12th
AP Computer Science (online)
AP Macroeconomics (online)
AP Calculus
AP Physics
AP US Government and Politics (online)
AP English Literature</p>

<p>Community Service: 353 hours (no required amount; top three seniors for service hours)</p>

<p>Other stats:</p>

<p>Beta Club President that setup school tutoring programs for afterschool and for two feeder schools</p>

<p>Public Relations for Key Club and Spanish Honor Society</p>

<p>Taken 13 APs while school offers only 12, taken the most APs in my schools history</p>

<p>first Hispanic Valedictorian</p>

<p>only student to take 2 APs in 10th grade and make As in them</p>

<p>Hispanic activist in community</p>

<p>very involved in church: band/usher</p>

<p>Some awards:</p>

<p>Metro PCS Community Scholar (finalists)
Tampa Tribune Honor Scholar
Published in newspaper for committment to beta Club</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE:
Essays: Great, one about an influential character that I admire and live my life by, and one about my Hispanic church (very unique)</p>

<p>Teacher Recs:OMG...glowing, stellar, spectacular! All "top few of my career" , and with such insight into my character with direct unequaled praise! "fervent hispanic leader...passion for cultural unity...embodies the strengths of the Puerto Rican culture...naturally enriched the class...perfect fit for Fuerza Latina...admit him now!...character and passion all enriched with his Puerto Rican culture"..."he has inspired me to be my best...challenges me in literary discussion...best piece of writing from 2006 literature students...online classes extraordinary evidence of his willingness to take educational risks...Valedictorian a byproduct of intellectual curiosity...enrichment of AP Art history is wooven into his consciousness and make his writings so compelling...asset to the reputation of harvard"</p>

<p>Interview: awesome...we connected in our love for cutural celebration and we had a common vigor and energy</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: OMG....stellar, glowing, spectacular....mostly ranked "Top few of my career" and "best Beta President ever" (she is the club sponsor), "He is the reason for tutoring at our school and the community" Most rigorous schedule that I have seen in my 34plus years counseling/teaching"..."a perfect fit for Harvard's AHEAD prgram..."</p>

<p>Hook (if any):Puerto Rican, internet AP classes, extra year of school online, First Hispanic Valedictorian, rural and limited resources school, hispanic activist, many/diverse AP classes, independent tutoring programs, very passionate about tutoring, culture, and religion</p>

<p>OTHER INFO: </p>

<p>State or Country:Florida</p>

<p>School Type: very rural and public</p>

<p>-School SAT/ACT Avg: 989/21
-percent going to a 4 year college: 40% </p>

<p>Ethnicity: Puerto Rican/ Hispanic</p>

<p>Gender:Male</p>

<p>Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Grades, rank, interview,recs, essays, EC involvement / ALL TESTS SCORES except Bio E </p>

<p>Accepted to Yale, Princeton, Duke, and Cornell though :)?</p>

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<p>Hey apfreak, don't sweat the Harvard decision. You got into awesome schools!</p>

<p>Just looking at your stats, I can see that we're quite similar (aside from just our usernames). I'm also Hispanic and I'm very interested in culture and religion. I was deferred EA at Harvard and just recently rejected. However, I've been accepted into Dartmouth, Cornell, Princeton, Williams, Amherst, and a handful of other great schools. </p>

<p>I know I'm on the Harvard thread now, and I promise that I bear no ill-will toward the institution, but I must say: There is definitely success to be had beyond Harvard. It is not (as I once believed) the end-all and be-all of the Universe. To those of you who got in: Congratulations, you've most likely worked very hard so go in there and get that great education!! For those of us who've been rejected/waitlisted: There's much more to the world than Harvard and we all worked hard to get to where we are. We will thrive wherever we go. So don't sweat it. After all, this is just undergrad!!! Congrats to everyone!!</p>

<p>-Jon :D :) ;)</p>

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<p>"Accepted to Yale, Princeton, Duke, and Cornell though :"</p>

<p>You're an ivy leaguer!!!!!!!!!</p>

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<p>Yeah, something to remember, that can't be reiterated enough: Harvard is not the be-all-and-end-all and you make your own success, not the institution! If you truly wanted Harvard for Harvard then I can understand some rough feelings but if you see Harvard as the key to your success, then just realize, that has nothing to do with it :)</p>

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<p>lol apdoolittle, calm down. i am NOT racist, and no, i wasn't responding to your post, and again, no i'm not ashamed of my own race, i was just commenting on affirmative action....its funny how 'black' is such a sensitive word. anytime someone nonblack using the world 'black' or even 'african-american' they end up sounding racist bc people in general are too quick to assume my intentions, and usually they're off.</p>