<p>I know it's still too early to ask, but what college are you going to, APfreak? You have a nice list to choose from :) Congrats</p>
<p>REJECTED!!!! YEA I GOT REJECTED, but oh well. id rather be in florence anyway in NYU's GSP. so basically im being a sore idiot and being gay. but good luck to those who still have a shot.</p>
<p>Waitlisted.</p>
<p>*Decision: Rejected *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2180 (790 M 710 CR 680 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 Physics, 760 Chem, 760 US History, 740 IIC
[<em>] ACT: 30 (didnt send)
[</em>] GPA: 97.9 W/100, about 3.9 UW
[<em>] Rank: 38/449
[</em>] Other stats: 5's on AP Chem and AP World History, 4 on AP US
[<em>] Deferred?: nope
[</em>] # of apps from your school: 7 or 8
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: decent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: didnt read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Hook (if any): none at all
[<em>] Important ECs: 4 years varsity bowling- all county- placed in national tourneys, 2 time DECA state qualifier...
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type: competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: i really dont have any strengths for Harvard
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: because I am completely underqualified
[</em>] Is Harvard your #1 choice?: no it never really was
[/ul]Other Factors: one of many white kids from Long Island
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Its not like I expected to get in. Ill be going to JHU, BC, or Notre Dame</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted **
**Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2220 (720 M 750 CR 750 W(12))
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730 iC, 720 US History, 690 iiC
[<em>] ACT: (didnt send)
[</em>] GPA: 3.9ish/4.0 - 11 AP Classes
[<em>] Rank: 6/266
[</em>] Other stats: Bad AP Scores<br>
[<em>] Deferred?: No; at Yale (where I was rejected)
[</em>] # of apps from your school: 2 - Valedictorian(rejected) and Me
[/ul]Subjective: I make Chuck Norris look like an amatuer.[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I sent three, along with supplements.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Both teachers said they were good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She said it was her best in a while
[</em>] Hook (if any): See Subjective.
[<em>] Important ECs: Student Council Prez, Founder and Prez of Young Republicans, Swim Captain, Eagle Scout, Tuba Player, etc.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:It's tax-free.
[<em>] School Type:Competitive Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:Interview went well. Well-rounded. Made clear that I was indeed mortal and had weaknesses. (i.e. suck at Math and Science) I think they liked that. Humility is a good thing.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted:My interview was late. (In early March) The guy said they were interested.
[</em>] Is Harvard your #1 choice?:I thought I was auto-reject when I applied. I never really considered it before this.
[/ul]Other Factors:Affirmative Action for Conservatives?</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I was rejected at Dartmouth, Penn, and Yale, and I opted out of the e-mail back in December, so I found out today by snail mail. I was definitely badmouthing the Ivies over the previous 48 hours. </p>
<p>Washington & Lee '10 otherwise!!!</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone that got in. Didn't sign up for email notification so still waiting on the letter. In from Canada, and just wondering how many international students got in. I heard only 181 international students total got accpeted, so im extremely nervous. Anyone from Canada accepted?</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: M:790 CR:720 W:700
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chem:790 MathIIC:760 Spanish:740
[<em>] GPA: 3.89
[</em>] Rank: N/A</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty hack
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Amazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing
[</em>] Hook (if any): French Horn - 1st chair VA All-state band, 3rd chair CT all-state orchestra,
TJHSST (Magnet Sci&Tech School) for 3 years.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CT
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors: Female in engineering probably helped
General Comments: Was not expecting this at all, I'm psyched and honored!</p>
<p>Decision:WAIT LISTED </p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2020 (700 CR, 580 M, 720 W)
SAT IIs:BIOLOGY-E (Relatively well) MATH (Not as well)
GPA: 4.58 W
Rank:1/487</p>
<p>Other stats:No AP Tests </p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays:Excellent and heart-wrenching. I kind of went the emotional route. Everything was true, but it just so happened that I have had a really tough life that makes what achievements I have made stand out a little bit more than those of a boarding school genius.
Teacher Recs: Excellent. The fact that I have made any effort at all in school makes me stand out from the rest of my fellow classmates, so they tend to go the extra mile for me.
Counselor Rec:Excellent. I developed a good relationship with my counselor early on because I knew the day would come when I would need her. </p>
<p>Hook (if any): Overly involved in everything...I'm a dancer, I play two varsity sports, (both state championship winning), I'm student gov't. vice pres., NHS pres., boys and girls club volunteer, and I have an after school job, on top of the fact that I don't live with either parent or have a car (in a non- subway having city)</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Alabama
School Type: Public Magnet (Performing Arts)
Ethnicity: Black
Gender:Female
major strength/weakness: My biggest strength is my determination and focus on my goals. Biggest weakness... no rich connects to make phone calls on my behalf.</p>
<p>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:I think I was wait listed because they already filled their yearly quota for "poor black girl w/ sad story". Not that i'm bitter, i'm just realistic. Now their just waitin to see if she bites at the offer or not. Plus My SAT I-IIs were not the strongest, even though i did pull a stellar performance on my ACT. </p>
<p>Other Factors:I'm not too worried, though. I got into Brown and Rice with great fin. aid packages.</p>
<p>*Decision: Rejected *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2390 (800 M 790 V 800 W)
[<em>] SAT IIs: MathII:790 Phys: 790 Bio: 790
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] APs: Stats, English Lit, Bio, Euro, US History all 5s
[</em>] IBs:
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: W 4.52 UW ~3.9
[</em>] Rank: 4/700ish
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload:Hardest
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 3 maybe?
[<em>] Other stats: National merit, USABO finalist (top 20 in Nation)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Varsity cross country, all state violinist, lots of Science Olympiad stuff
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location):
[</em>] Hook (if any): USA Biology olympiad national finalist maybe (although it obviously didnt work out that way)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Ohio
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100 000 ish
[<em>] Gender:male
[</em>] Hooks:
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Not sure, but apparently stanford, harvard, princeton and MIT all had good reasons.
[/ul]
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: C'est la vie</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted! *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 760V 740M 630W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730Lit 730USHist 670IC
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] GPA: 4.23
[<em>] Rank: 1/165
[</em>] Other stats: Student Delegate to Board of Education, District Advisory Council Cabinet Member, Consultant to Asian Heritage Street Festival (50,000 estimated attendees), Mock Trial President (San Francisco Champions), State Assembly Certificate of Recognition for community service, San Francisco City Certificate of Honor, $10,000 Margaret O'Donnet top S.F. student leader award, School JSA Founder/President, JSA Norcal Speaker Pro-tempore, school Populist Party founder/president/editor, California Scholarship Federation President, DonorsChoose student board member, Lifetime California State Arts Scholar for Theater Arts, Tutor, School Site Council Secretary, Parent Teacher Student Association Executive Board Member, Student Admissions Officer for School, Williams College Book Award, Coca Cola Scholar, California-Hawaii Elks Most Valuable Student National Competition Nominee, numerous other awards and events attended. One random one is Prom Prince.
[<em>] Deferred?: Yes! I was so worried.
[</em>] # of apps from your school: 1, I think
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: okay
[</em>] Teacher Recs: amazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: "NEVER have I had a student..."
[</em>] Community Recs: San Francisco Superintendent, Board of Education Commissioner, Partner at a law firm, and one from the principal
[<em>] Hook (if any): educational policy + arts + academics + politics/leadership ?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type: Arts Public Magnet School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Student Leadership and community service, interest in the arts, WELL-ROUNDED!
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I think I was deferred because I could not contribute to Harvard's diversity in the original round. I don't know why I was accepted!
[</em>] Is Harvard your #1 choice?: Yes!!
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to everyone who made it. I hope we become fast friends. I understand how it's like to be really disappointed. I'm so sorry for those that didn't make it, i know many of you are more deserving than me. I hope you got into somewhere equally amazing. Best of luck.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted !</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2340
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 800 Physics, 800 Biology
[<em>] GPA: 3.95 UW 4.5 W
[</em>] Rank: 5/600
[<em>] Other stats: Decent scores on AMC and AIME throughout the years. 2 time semifinalist for USAPhO and 1st time semifinalist for USABO
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Excellent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[<em>] Hook (if any): I took single variable calculus when I was in 8th grade through EPGY. I've been continuing my advanced studies through EPGY. I attended PROMYS 2004. I did research at MIT's Francis Bitter Magnet Lab for 6 weeks last summer.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Prestigious public
[</em>] Ethnicity: korean/jewish
[<em>] Gender: male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: President, treasurer of Math and Science Club. Math contests, science competitions, etc.
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: This is surreal. It still hasn't sunk in. I'm so shocked, I'm not shocked. It's weird like that.
[</em>] Other thoughts: HOLY CRAP.</p>
<p>Guitarman, I'm so sorry. From everything I've seen on this site, you totally deserved to get in, and I know wherever you go, we'll hear great things from you. If you still want to go to Harvard, good luck, but if you're sick of it, as you deserve to be, good luck wherever you do go. You won't even need it.</p>
<p>*Decision:Waitlisted *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2110 (690m, 690v, 730w)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700math2, 720lit, 740ushistory
[<em>] GPA: 3.95uw/4.27w
[</em>] Rank: School doesn't rank, but definitely top 10%
[<em>] Other stats: 4 on AP US History
[</em>] Deferred?: Nope, applied RD
[<em>] # of apps from your school: About 11, I think?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Really strong, I think they really helped in getting me waitlisted
[<em>] Teacher Recs: AWESOME
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Ridiculously good?
[<em>] Hook (if any): International student, son of a government official, have lived in a couple countries
[</em>] Important ECs: Water Polo/Swimming/Tutoring/Volunteer at animal shelter
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Originally from Mexico, live in California though
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Latino
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Interview/Recs and all the "personal" stuff were really good, but I guess my SAT score was pretty weak.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Good "personal" stuff, but it's Harvard, so my SAT score was DEFINITELY on the low end.
[li] Is Harvard your #1 choice?: Not really sure now, I got into Cornell, where I'm REALLY HAPPY, but I'll stay on the waitlist and hope for the best.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Does anyone know where I find who the regional rep for the Northern California area is???</p>
<p>See, everyone's sorry that Guitarman didn't get in. </p>
<p>THAT'S LEADERSHIP FOR YOU!</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted! *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2180
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760/730/640
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] GPA: 4.8
[<em>] Rank: 1/220
[</em>] Deferred?: did not apply EA
[<em>] # of apps from your school: 1
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: passionate and entertaining
[<em>] Teacher Recs: didn't read
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn't read
[<em>] Hook (if any): first generation, lower income
[</em>] Important ECs: band, gymnastics, track, volunteering @ church, etc. i've also held the same job for the past 4 years
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MA
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: great gpa, but my scores weren't that high
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: miracle
[li] Is Harvard your #1 choice?: yes[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: i can't believe this! this is the happiest i've ever been! thank you, harvard financial aid initiative!!</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1600/1600
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 MathII, 800 Chemistry, 770 Literature
[<em>] GPA: 4.0UW
[</em>] Rank: 4/513
[<em>] Other stats: PSAT 232, 9 APs with 5s
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Solid at least
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent, and two great additional ones
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Should be great
[<em>] Hook (if any): TASP, Fed Challenge Economics competition 3x nationalist
[/ul]
Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MO
[<em>] School Type: Large Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other Factors:[ul][<em>] Extracurriculars: Fed Challenge Economics club, huge time investment
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Erm, no clear EA interest, only average interview, another girl in my school was admitted, so took my spot
[*] Other thoughts: Well, Harvard just made my college decision a lot easier (MIT '10!)[/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 780 CR, 800 Math, 720 Writing
SAT IIs: 770 US, 750 IIC, 740 Bio
GPA: 3.95uw, 4.75w
Rank: n/a</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: pretty good...i thought
Teacher Recs: Didn't read
Counselor Rec: idk
Hook (if any): intel semifinalist, lots of research, no real hook</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: pubic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Extracurriculars: research, clubs, few presidencies, lots of community service, steady job.
Why I think I was accepted/rejected: From NY</p>
<p>Pfft, they don't know what they're doing, man ;) Brown '10, right?</p>
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<p>Heheheh. Ahhhh, so immature, so immature.</p>