<p>Do y’all think that applying for East Asian Studies would be of any help to me? I’ve yet to run into anyone on here who is. The department itself at H is very small compared to some.</p>
<p>Does being an international applicant from a country where many students do not even cross the 2000 composite score threshold on the SAT increase chances of acceptance in REA? 'cause I had a composite of 2140 on the reasoning test and 2340 on the subject tests (Bio M -790, Chem - 780 and Math 2 - 770). Also I taught myself how to design buildings (and I’m pretty good at it too). Does it help?</p>
<p>But Harvard doesnt know our major, they know our broad area of interest e.g. humanities </p>
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<p>I was in a weird situation a few weeks ago where I had a meeting with an admissions officer. He told me, flat-out, that a sizable majority of applicants are rejected/deferred before they meet in committee. Each officer tries to cut down their number to roughly their equal share based on the numerical goal, but they wind up with extras, and it is they who are the ones fought over (and who reduce some officers to tears, on occasion).</p>
<p>@theagentofchaos, my interviewer took the East Asian studies route, so I don’t think it’s that uncommon.</p>
<p>I have a little mini-rant here. When the November SAT results came out, my parents somehow saw my scores before I told them. I may have maybe told them my password some time ago, but for parents who have let me be completely in charge of my education until approximately 6 months ago, when they became completely over-involved, its ridiculous. Today,I said that I wanted to check my decision on Dec 15 before they see it, even though I come home later. They know my email password, but don’t know about the Harvard portal or anything else. It’s just the idea that they would check my decision, or want to, when I specifically asked them not to that’s annoying me. My dad literally said “Don’t tell me what I can or can’t do. I’ll do whatever I want.” They’re so horrible if something doesn’t go to plan. Ugghhh I’m sorry. Rant over.</p>
<p>Change your password or the email address to which the decision will be mailed on the Harvard portal</p>
<p>@waitingforivy as alea said, DEFINITELY change the password. i never let my parents know what my password is for stuff like that, even though sometimes my sister hacks.</p>
<p>Can anyone answer my question?</p>
<p>I reside legally in Virginia due to tps but am not considered domestic as I do not have citizenship, residency via greencard, or refugee status. I have citizenship in El Salvador. Regionally am I considered with other Virginians or with other central Americans? </p>
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<p>i’m almost sure you’re international applicant, but not entirely sure. it all depends on tps and who you’re living with i think O_O</p>
<p>Calgirl: Haha I wish I was you. Let’s just say my two highest scores that I will be sending in are a 720 and a 680. Yeah. I wish I had given myself enough time to retake them. :(</p>
<p>akashdip and Sherry: I know it does at nearly all schools if you are a girl. </p>
<p>For example: Last year I knew exactly 3 people who applied to Princeton, now granted they do not all go to the same high school but they all lived in the same region of the same state. 1 was an Indian/American female who was applying for engineering with pretty good stats and really good EC’s (ACT 33). 1 was another female (white)applying for humanities with even better stats and fairly similar EC’s (ACT35, SAT 2310). 1 was a boy applying for I believe chemistry and he had a 2400 and 3 800 SAT 2s and was hispanic. </p>
<p>The first girl and the boy were accepted. But I could argue that the boy’s acceptance had little to do with his area of study. But there are a ton of factors, it is just that in general, we need more females going into science or math.</p>
<p>Anybody know when the letter is actually supposed to ARRIVE in the mail?</p>
<p>yay. @jaysha. you make me feel SOOOO much better. i’m really really really hoping right now. act 35. decent, stupendous in terms of at my school, EC’s. not the GREATEST gpa but decent nonetheless. engineering. and a chinese/white girl. SO HOPING FOR THE FREAKIN BEST RIGHT NOW.</p>
<p>@Jaysha and banana, the only advantage for girls in science is if you’re interested in engineering. Not math, not biology, not chemistry. Engineering. You also have to show some previous interest for that particular field through your EC’s, or they’ll know you’re just putting engineering down to get that advantage. At least that’s my understanding after reading through CC threads.</p>
<p>uh yay? i have engineering extracurrics 
and i love engineering <3 roflmao. and i wrote my essay about engineering. is that not enough? XD i really really want harvard though :</p>
<p>@collegeinfo: well yes of course. The girl’s awesome EC’s included a summer internship with an engineering professor, an engineering camp, math team, and wyse team (youth in science and engineering). She took math and science Subject Tests as well, but I am not sure how well she did on them. </p>
<p>Nobody has an advantage when going into bio at these top schools (unless of course, it is biomedical engineering…
) because they are just so flooded with future premed applicants of both genders that it is just nothing special. Don’t worry, I am in the same boat, if not worse off. I stupidly put down attorney for my career goal: the path to nowhere in this job market.</p>
<p>On the other hand, I think math actually is a pro, and I know physics is. Chemistry actually can be as well, since many chemists end up working in engineering. There seems to be an overwhelming lack of females in non-medical science professions in general. :(</p>
<p>Well darn it. I have plenty of math ECs, awards, leadership, etc., but I put biology as my interest. Neurobiology at Harvard is B-O-S-S.
Anyways, I honestly doubt this small part of the application has a significant weight in the admission process :). What’s meant to happen will happen, I guess.</p>
<p>I am also waiting for an update from the Coca-Cola Scholars. Are students compared to other students within their states or to everyone in general?</p>
<p>I’m considering waiting for Coca-Cola results to update, but I don’t think it really says anything… I mean, they’re making their decision on the same stuff Harvard already has, right? (Even less, in fact) I don’t really think semi-finalist in Coca-Cola is really something worth updating over, by itself. That’s not to say that if you have some other award to send an update over, you shouldn’t include Coca-Cola results…</p>