Official Harvard RD Decisions - Class of 2010

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101

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2120 - 740 Critical Reading, 680 Math, 700 Writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 - MathII, 660 - US History, 640 - Literature
[<em>] GPA: 3.9 uw, 4.7 w
[</em>] Rank: 9/426
[<em>] Other stats: AP USH, Govt, CalcAB Scores - all 3's
[</em>] Deferred?: YES
[<em>] # of apps from your school: 2
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Amazing
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Glowing
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[<em>] Hook (if any): Poor, but passionate? haha I don't know!!!
[</em>] Important ECs: Theatre (Student Director, Stage Manager, Designer, Drama Club Historian), Film Society (President, Founder), Varsity Crew for 4 years (Vice President), Figure Skating for 7 years, Successful Web Developer/Designer for 6 years
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: VIRGINIA (Richmond)
[</em>] School Type: Public, Suburban
[<em>] Ethnicity: White - but very poor!
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths = essays, passion in EC's, 3 extra courses taken through Harvard; Weaknesses = SAT SCORES!!
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: BECAUSE I AM DETERMINED & PASSIONATE &... WHO KNOWS!
[<em>] Is Harvard your #1 choice?: It's tied with NYU Tisch - where I was JUST accepted as a Tisch Scholar</em>... I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!
[/ul]Other Factors:*
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I WAS WAITLISTED AT THE OTHER IVIES I APPLIED TO - UPENN and COLUMBIA.... like, who do they think they are? just kidding... I AM SO EXCITED... I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS... I want to go to NYU Tisch (I'm a film major)... but it's tied for me as my #1 choice with Harvard, which would be free for me (HFAI) and... I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK/DO....</p>

<p>CONGRATS TO ALL WHO HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED!!!
AND LOOK MY SAT SCORES - DON'T LOSE HOPE FUTURE APPLICANTS!</p>

102

<p>my last name starts with a W I don't think its alphabetical, the title is Admissions Decision</p>

103

<p>Wow GuitarMan, you shouldn't tolerate this BS from Harvard. Just utilize your talents in a place where they can be appreciated, like MIT, Caltech, or the other Ivys. You've been accepted everywhere else. It's clear Harvard doesn't like something about you, and you may not be the best fit there.</p>

104

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: NA
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780, 740, 710 (US, Math 2, Lit)
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] GPA: 4.31
[<em>] Rank: Top 10%
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit, AP Scholar
[<em>] Deferred?: Hell Yeah!!!
[</em>] # of apps from your school: a lot
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: mediocre
[</em>] Teacher Recs: excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): female math major?
[<em>] Important ECs: ahh, too many
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Ohio
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Black
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: who cares... I'm In!!!
[</em>] Is Harvard your #1 choice?: it is tied with Columbia for #1
[/ul]Other Factors: no idea
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone else!!!! I am sooooo pumped.... getting deferred was torture though.</p>

105

<p>Massachusetts
Stats:
SAT I:780 M 750 R 770 W
SAT IIs: 790 Spanish reading, 780 U.S. History, 740 MII
ACT: n/a
AP: 5 Spanish language, 5 U.S. History (im taking 2 more this year)
GPA: 3.99
Rank: 1/154
Deferred?: no</p>

<h1>of apps from your school: 2 (including me) - my school is small and rural</h1>

<p>Subjective:
Essays:good, one about why i chose to study chinese independenty, go on outward bound, spend a month in China studying, another about what it was like to have my father as principal of my high school for 3 years
Teacher Recs: Awesome - my teachers wrote really nice stuff (they said that i was the best student they'd had)
Counselor Rec: Outstanding
Hook (if any): I studied Chinese independently from school for 3 years and last summer went to China basically by myself, stayed with a family, studied and found my way around Shanghai
Important ECs:lots of sports: field hockey (mvp, captain), indoor track (captain), outdoor track, jazz band, NHS (president), Student Council, Chinese lessons
Interview: awesome, i had this really nice old gentleman who i think liked me a lot!
Location/Person:
State or Country:Massachusetts! (small rural town - right next to mt. wachusett - bad skiing there, thou)
School Type:small, public
Ethnicity:white
Gender: female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: i really searched to learn new things on my own, i am really independent and adveturous (which i think came across in my essays), i am unfortuanately a white female from new england (very generic)
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted:i pursued learning by myself and im not a bookworm (although i do enjoy good books)
Is Harvard your #1 choice?:idk - accepted other ivies too
Other Factors: accepted at Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Cornell, BU
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:im sorry to everybody who didn't get in, im sure you'll find the college that is right for you!</p>

106

<p>*Decision: Rejected *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2120
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 Math II, 730 Chemistry, 700 US History
[<em>] ACT: Never took
[</em>] GPA: 4.0UW
[<em>] Rank: 10/194
[</em>] Other stats: National Commended Scholar, too tired to write the rest
[<em>] Deferred?: Nope
[</em>] # of apps from your school: 2?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I loved them personally, I guess they were too over the top haha
[</em>] Teacher Recs: No idea
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Counselor was a dolt
[</em>] Hook (if any): White exchange student in Taiwan working at a semiconductor company
[<em>] Important ECs: Acting for charity, Singing, President of Interact club.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New York
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Low rank, slightly low SATs, I skipped two grades and still graduated in the top ten with a double courseload.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: No idea
[</em>] Is Harvard your #1 choice?: Not in the least bit, their engineering sucks
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: The saga is almost over, now it's just the rejection from Stanford tomorrow and I'm free!</p>

107

<p><a href="http://www.prefrosh.net%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.prefrosh.net&lt;/a> is a fun resource for those of you who have been accepted! there's also a nifty yahoo! group on that site. harvard2010.</p>

<p>igrok</p>

108

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ list]
[<em>] SAT I: 2350 [800 W, 790 M, 760 CR]
[li] SAT IIs: 800 P, 800 M, 790 C[/li][</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] GPA: IB Diploma - 42/42 Midyear, 41/42 mocks
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats:
[</em>] Deferred?: No
[<em>] # of apps from your school: 2
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Short essay on a service group which I started to teach people how to use computers. I live in Bombay, and theres plenty of computer illiteracy. Long essay on this computer program i wrote in the 10th grade.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: not read them, one from phys other from eng.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Not read
[<em>] Hook (if any): Donno
[</em>] Important ECs: Community service, International MUNs (director + delegate), Guitar, Journalism, programming (hobby)
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: India
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Science student applying, very passionate about my ECs and academics, my teachers probably wrote about this in my recs. Great interview.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted:
[li] Is Harvard your #1 choice?:[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I'm really glad that i got in because i only applied to HYPMS (I'm an international, need financial aid). Got rejected from MIT and Yale, waiting for the other 2. Congrats to everyone who got in. If not, there are loads of other brilliant colleges.</p>

109

<p>I am sorry for GuitarMan. He should have gotten in.</p>

110

<p>waitlisted... meh</p>

111

<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: The Big Red "R" [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>Stats:[ list]
[ <em>] SAT I:2280
[ ] SAT IIs:800/800/730
[ *] GPA: 97%
[ *] Rank:2/650, dropped to 4/650 on midyears
[ *] Other stats: no IB. probably what killed my app
[ *] # of apps from your school: 4. I'm sure all got rejected.
[/list][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[ *] Essays: Main essay was really risky. I thought it showed my emotional/character side, but guess not good enough or something. Supplementary was average.
[ *] Teacher Recs: one generic, the other might've been generic too. Supplementary was pretty good, but don't think it emphasized my strong points enough.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Great. Better than teacher recs i'm sure.
[ *] Hook (if any): Guess not!
[ *] Important ECs: Founded Amnesty, Founded political science club, Founded intercity youth organization (recognized too), been working at my mom's company everyday for the last 3 years, run my own business with friends, repair wheelchairs for the Red Cross (volunteering), work at my school's store (ahh, i put so much commitment into this, but it looks bad on an app...), stock market competition team captain
[/ul]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Canada!
[ *] School Type: Large public
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese! woot
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: I thought my app and my interview really emphasized my interest in politics. guess not.
pay off
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: risky essay didn't pay off. Interview went awesome. bad recs, i guess. didn't really get to know my teachers that well.
[ *] Is Harvard your #1 choice?: Yes Sir/Mam
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]
Just glad I got this whole college c</em>r<em>a</em>p over with. I still remember reading the harvard decision thread last summer on CC and being in awe at the people who got accepted, and equally in awe at ppl who got rejected, since back then, I never would've thought i'd even apply to harvard. CC taught me so much in terms of EC's and striving for my best. Hey, afterall, without CC, i would've never applied to harvard in the first place. This whole application process was really an eye-opening experience. I've done soo much trying to get in, and although i got rejected, I still have the tremendous amount of skills and experiences i learned along the way. </p>

<p>Hey, after all, college isn't life. Maybe you all will see my face 20 years from now on TV doing soemthing big!</p>

112

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 800 Math, 800 Verbal (Old SAT)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 800 Physics, 790 Literature
[<em>] ACT: Never taken
[</em>] GPA: 5.7 Weighted/3.85 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: No rank, but top 5%
[</em>] Other stats: 4 AP US History, 4 APs this year, School champion AMC 12, National Merit Commendation, a bunch of other crap.
[<em>] Deferred?: Didn't apply early
[</em>] # of apps from your school: 4 or 5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Decent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No clue
[</em>] Hook (if any): Worked in a Harvrad lab, Father is a professor
[<em>] Important ECs: Eagle Scout, Head of a church youth council spanning two states, Track/XC varsity
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Massachusetts
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Standardized tests, Math/Science
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Because, clearly, this whole female/minority/private school acceptance system for college in the US has gone wayyyy too far. In short, because I'm a white male from a public school in MA.
[</em>] Is Harvard your #1 choice?: No.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I hate all this quota crap.</p>

113

<p>Wow...a lot of people getting waitlisted...</p>

114

<p>Decision: Accepted!!!!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 2220 (730 CR 790 M 700 W)
SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC 800 Chem 770 Physics
GPA: 5.0w
Rank: 2/160
Other stats: APs: 5s on physics B, chem, and euro 4s on stats and micro eco, 3 on macro
Subjective:
ECs: class pres, baseball captain, acadec captain, math club captain, real deal editor
Essays:I think they were solid
Teacher Recs: Also very solid
Counselor Rec: Very good
Hook (if any): invented something/patent
Location/Person:
State or Country: MA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Math and science, strong courseload, good interview.</p>

115

<p>*Decision: Accepted! *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I:2210
[</em>] SAT IIs:800/770/750
[<em>] GPA: 3.8 (uw)
[</em>] Rank:none
[<em>] Other stats: 5 year AIME qualifier, 5 on 7 AP exams
[</em>] # of apps from your school: 5 or so [/ul]**
Subjective:** [ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good enough I guess
[</em>] Teacher Recs: really good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Hook (if any): Girl in math (after the whole Larry Summers thing)
[li] Important ECs: Varsity Volleyball and Softball, Speech and Debate, Band and Orchestra, Student Council, Lots of Comm. Service [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Indiana
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Lots of ECs and Comm. Service/ Grades and SATS (acts were better)
[</em>] Is Harvard your #1 choice?: Yes for right now, but I need to visit everywhere
[/ul]</p>

116

<p>Decision: Waitlisted, Boo...</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2290 (730 Verbal, 760 Math, 800 Writing)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math IIC-790 Literature (Crap, I really can't remember)-750 U.S. History-690
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] APs: Uh, this is where it gets sad. Last year, took US History and Calc. AB and got 4's on both. This year, taking Macro, Micro, Psych, and US Gov (all online). To be fair, my school only offers the two that I took last year.
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.2/4.0
[<em>] Rank: 1/19
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Second Semester-Advanced Art, Chemistry, AP Psych, AP Macro. From a community college-American Lit., English Comp. 2, and Sociology
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Umm, 1.
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Scholar, All-State Academic Team (top 10 in the state), but no major national awards, sent an art portfolio-it's good but surely not the best they'll see
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Trained/Showed horses, Volleyball (captain and honorable mention all-conference this year, not recruited), FFA, NHS, Class President Jr. Year, Spanish Club, 4-H, Club Volleyball, Quiz Bowl, Studio Art (not a club, just a hobby; I sent a portfolio)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Menial work in retail for about 1.5 years, but I quit this past summer so I wasn't employed when I applied.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I wrote about training my first horse and what I learned from it, etc. Nobody really read except my sister, who liked it. I liked it a lot too, I think it's some of my best work.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I only read one of them, and it was really good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: It was very complimentary, but it was kinda short and impersonal.
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): Pretty good, it was a guy that had just graduated. As we were talking, I thought it was pretty chill but when I shook his hand when I left it was all sweaty, LOL
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] Optional Essay Submitted? No, I did send a letter detailing why it was my first choice and stuff like that.
[</em>] State or Country: Iowa
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School: Public, K-12 with only about 80 kids in the high school. It's in a rural area, mostly low income, no honors courses or anything, besides a couple AP's. I think I'm the first to ever apply to an Ivy League school.
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Income Bracket: middle class
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Hooks: Well, the horse training thing is unusual, don't know if it's a hook. I'm from an area that's not too highly represented. Also, I did a summer college thing in architecture (my major) last year; I got A's in both classes and I think it maybe showed commitment to my interests...I dunno.
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths: I really don't know, I guess just the things listed in 'hooks' Weaknesses: Low subject test scores (APs and SAT IIs), Weaker courseload compared to many
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Meh, who knows? Low test scores, probably.[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors:**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

<p>Well, this hurt at first, but then I got into Yale and it was better. Harvard was really my first choice, so I'll keep my fingers crossed for the waitlist...but I've got a couple good acceptances in my hands so it's not the end of the world. Also, this is copied from the Yale board, so sorry that everything's not uniform!</p>

117

<p>*Decision: Rejected *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 800 V, 720 M, 670 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 US Hist, 740 World Hist, 670 Math I
[<em>] GPA: 98ish
[</em>] Rank: 2/490ish
[<em>] Other stats: 5's on AP US and AP World, 4 on AP Physics
[</em>] # of apps from your school: At least two others that I know of, maybe a few more that I don't
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Nothing special
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Never read them
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Never read it
[</em>] Hook (if any): None
[<em>] Important ECs: Newspaper, Dance, Mathletes
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths would be grades which really aren't a strength at all for Harvard. Weaknesses would be ECs.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I knew I would be rejected because I really have nothing in my app that stands out.
[</em>] Is Harvard your #1 choice?: It is in my "If I got in, I would go over anywhere else" sense but that's only because it is Harvard. However, I am far from devestated because I fully anticipated this.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to everyone regardless of the decision!</p>

118

<p>*Decision: Waitlisted *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: old-1600; new-2360 (w-800, m-790, cr-780)
[</em>] SAT IIs: IIc-690, lit-800, us history-800
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] GPA:4.26
[<em>] Rank:5
[</em>] Other stats:eh
[<em>] Deferred?: i applied regular, so no i guess?
[</em>] # of apps from your school: probably 10ish
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] Essays:pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs:pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec:probably fairly generic
[</em>] Hook (if any):nope
[<em>] Important ECs:band, academic decathlon, summer research program
[/list]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: texas
[<em>] School Type: large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: whitey
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: good stats/average ec's
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: see above
[</em>] Is Harvard your #1 choice?: i guess so, i dont really care at this point
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: GIG 'EM AGGIES! CLASS OF '10!!!</p>

119

<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED!!!!![ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I: 770 CR, 700 M, 740 W
[ *] SAT IIs:800 span, 800 USH, 740 Math IC
[ *] ACTn.a
[ *] GPA:don't know....was at one point 4.41
[ *] Rank:WAS 1/58 for two years, won't be this year
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Deferred?:RD!
[ *] # of apps from your school: ME!
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: One about Veganism and another about my experience as a translator for a mission trip to mexico
[ *] Teacher Recs: don't know- one from newspaper advisor, one from spanish teacher, one from physics teacher
[ *] Counselor Rec:She loves me, that's all I know
[ *] Hook (if any):Hispanic Female?
[ *] Important ECs: EIC of Newspaper, Honor Council,
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:NC
[ *] School Type:Small Private BOarding
[ *] Ethnicity:Hispanic
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Hispanic???[ *] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: No idea. I got my likely letter less than a week after my interview.
[ *] Is Harvard your #1 choice?: YEAH!!![ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b] AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I NEED A LOT OF FINANCIAL AID GUYS, DOES HARVARD USUALLY GIVE A LOT MORE THAN THE FAFSA EFC?? I NEED TO KNOW</p>

<p>sorry I could not get the HTML to work. Computers are not my thing</p>

120

<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED! *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I:720 M 790 V 740 W (2250 total)
[</em>] SAT IIs:770 Writing 760 Math IIC 760 US History
[<em>] ACT: didn't take them
[</em>] GPA: 102.85
[<em>] Rank: 1/105
[</em>] Other stats:AP's: Euro History 4, US History 4, English Language 4
[<em>] Deferred?: I was deferred from Yale and now rejected
[</em>] # of apps from your school: just me!
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:One was pretty mainstream, about how Tae Kwon Do changed my life, and the other was weird about how my hero is Alex Trebek
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I didn't read them, but I assume both were pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I assume it was good
[</em>] Hook (if any): mmm I don't think I had one
[<em>] Important ECs: Tae Kwon Do, mentoring, teaching chinese, student government, national honor society, clarinet, piano, quiz bowl, math team, jazz band, orchestra, drama club
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NEW YORK!!!
[<em>] School Type: Public, very small (about 100 people in a grade) Almost no one goes to Ivy League schools
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: I think I was pretty strong all around but in general pretty boring and there was nothing very special about me.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I honestly have no idea!
[</em>] Is Harvard your #1 choice?: Yes it is!
[/ul]Other Factors: National Merit Finalist, Columbia Science Honors Program, Junior Statesmen Program at Yale, IBM Watson Honors Math and Science Program
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO GOT IN! I am so excited...I applied to Harvard on a whim and never thought I would get in and now it looks like I am going there next year :)</p>