<p>“I second dascholar, you will be admitted and attend the school of which you deserve.”</p>
<p>Thank you if that was sincere, because I know what I deserve. However, there are also a lot of other deserving people out there. In my opinion, like many others, admission to elite colleges have in a way become a crapshoot.</p>
<p>If it was sarcastic and you’re suggesting that I won’t get into a college that I “deserve” if I apply to many schools, I’ll just pretend that’s not what you meant :)</p>
<p>Magentaturtle- that’s not what I meant. There was no sarcasm. </p>
<p>Alexissss- although you may not be in school this year, apps still have to be done by mid October and early December. </p>
<p>My advice to you all. If you plan on applying to a large amount of schools, apply to as many EA as you can, and do the applications first for the schools you really would attend AND you have a good or assured shot of admittance and financial capability to attend. </p>
<p>You will not want to do all of those essays, whether you’re in school or not. Strategize.</p>
<p>Perhaps I should apply to H RD and as many of the others as EA. </p>
<p>If I apply SCEA, everything else must be RD. I don’t have a chance at H, so I might be wasting my EA.
:-</p>
<p>Harvard SCEA
University of Toronto
Yale
Princeton
Definitely adding to this list.</p>
<p>Eeek. November 1 is coming up so quick!</p>
<p>Well I’m thinking:
Harvard SCEA
Yale
Stanford
Columbia
Princeton
UChicago
USC
UPenn</p>
<p>Well guys, I couldn’t be more nervous. :D</p>
<p>@Ivybound13</p>
<p>I know the feeling. And we’re still 5 months out from knowing decisions…</p>
<p>Harvard SCEA (methinks)
Yale
Princeton
Columbia
Penn
Georgetown
UChicago
UVa
Duke
UNC-Chapel Hill
USC
Vanderbilt
Boston College
Boston University
Lehigh University
University of Alabama</p>
<p>*Subject to Change</p>
<p>It’s still quite mind-boggling that our time has come. I’m still kind of in shock that I’m actually applying to schools this year.</p>
<p>So far, my list goes:</p>
<p>Harvard (still debating SCEA or RD…my gut feeling is dragging me in two separate directions)
Brown
Princeton
Columbia
MIT
Boston University
Boston College
Northeastern University</p>
<p>Best of luck to the (high school) Class of 2013 and future Classes of 2017! May your college experiences be memorable and successful wherever you may end up! :)</p>
<p>@timpanist13
Can I assume that you play timpani, or at least like then? I’m a percussionist myself and it’s always fun to meet other percussionist. Just a thought I had. :D</p>
<p>@Ivybound13</p>
<p>Yes, you may assume that I play the timpani. I am also a percussionist. Although I play most percussion instruments, I love to play timpani. As a matter of fact, I play timpani in this year’s Harvard Summer Pops Band, it’s quite an awesome opportunity! Who knows, if we both somehow get in, we could be playing together at some point!</p>
<p>Hey guys. I am applying to Harvard in early admission. I wish you good luck for this year and hope to see you there!</p>
<p>God bless you!</p>
<p>Harvard SCEA
Oxford
London School of Economics
University of Pennsylvania
Columbia
Stanford
Yale
University of Virginia
University of Chicago
Northwestern
NYU</p>
<p>I’m thinking:</p>
<p>Harvard SCEA
Yale
Princeton
Williams
Bowdoin
BC
Northeastern
Tufts
Dartmouth
Brown</p>
<p>Intimidating but exciting. How are essays coming?</p>
<p>Are supplement forms out for schools yet? I know Common Apps come out August 1, but I didn’t know if that was the same with supplement forms. </p>
<p>Also, is it bad if your transcript says that you took an AP class, but do not submit your AP scores? For example, I got a 5, 4, and a 3 (lol) and I didn’t want to submit my 3 but since I only have so many AP scores, I didn’t want to not submit the 3 and let them think that I got a 1 or something. </p>
<p>LASTLY! (sorry so many questions!) If I got the AP Scholars award from my 5, 4, and 3, should I list it even if I don’t end up listing my AP scores? </p>
<p>Thank you!
-A clueless and scared soon to be senior</p>
<p>Thought I’d join in the fun, Here are the schools I’m applying to other than Harvard SCEA,</p>
<p>Reach:</p>
<p>Harvard SCEA
Yale
Princeton
Stanford
UPenn</p>
<p>Possibly Reach…</p>
<p>Georgetown
NYU
Selective UC schools</p>
<p>Safeties</p>
<p>University of Washington Seattle
Western Washington University
Washington State University</p>
<p>I was wondering, on the common app (for any class of 2016 on this thread) is it better to self report all of your ap exam scores, or can we report our best ones? I have one that I don’t really want to report.</p>
<p>Good luck to all who are applying! From hearing how unpredictable ivy league admissions can be, I think we’ll all need a little bit of luck on our sides as well :)</p>
<p>@blackbelt and Oneten–My D went through the same thought process with respect to the APs. She took 4 APs junior year but did not want to report 2 of the scores. She also worried that if she didn’t report the scores, Harvard and others might assume she scored a 1 or 2. She ultimately decided to report only the 2 good scores. I have no idea how this was viewed by admissions (assuming they cared at all), but she is a Harvard '16er (SCEA).</p>
<p>I reported both good and bad scores and I am a Harvard '16er as well (RA).</p>
<p>Is a 720 and 710 on my SAT 2s not Harvard SCEA material? (I have 2340 ad all 5s otherwise)…should this sort of thing keep me from applying early or will it probably not be an issue?</p>
<p>So, would it hurt to only report the scores which are the best and just leave out one? I want to go in with my best foot forward but then again I don’t want adcom to think that I got a 1 or 2 on that exam.</p>
<p>One single factor will not help or hurt you. Those are minor things in the scope of your entire application. Worry about the things you can change, like essays, than something that has already been done.</p>
<p>CPUscientist3000 speaking of essay, how big of a role do you think it plays in the admissions?</p>