<p>Oh, how I wish I had a nice hook or “story” to go along w/ my stats.
Shot myself in the foot by writing my essays like boring essays and not like narratives.</p>
<p>Life goes on!
Best of luck to everyone in the spring.</p>
<p>What is it, a 3.6% acceptance rate? ._.</p>
<p>Moving away from this pointless, bitter-infused AA argument, congratulations to all of the SCEA admits. Do work if you chose to attend Harvard.</p>
<p>To those deferred, you still have a shot at Harvard plus your RD schools, keep your spirits up.</p>
<p>To those rejected, don’t let an institution that rejects ~95% of it’s applicants define you. You have RD just like those who were deferred.</p>
<p>Best of luck to all!</p>
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<p>I…I can’t say I know enough about the subject. :S</p>
<p>@asianandproud
dude if minorities feel like they don’t have to do as much because of affirmative action… you do realize that’s how white people have felt for the last 300 years…</p>
<p>@Philo</p>
<p>At least you’re honest enough to admit. I know I’m not either, but what I do know is that bashing AA blindly due to rejection/deferral doesn’t help anyone.</p>
<p>Best of luck to you in your decisions tomorrow, I’m rooting for you.</p>
<p>Agh…</p>
<p>Whatever happens, we all float on, right?</p>
<p>Accepted. Congratulations and condolences everyone, but remember that regardless of our decisions today, we’re all going places in the future. I wish all of you the best.</p>
<p>I opted out of receiving my decision by email, but I have tried logging into the admitted students website only to have the “Username or ACCESS Code is Incorrect.” message pop up. Can I assume that I was not accepted?</p>
<p>Agh. That is probably a bad sign.</p>
<p>Yay! Got accepted!</p>
<p>Good luck to those deferred!</p>
<p>And good luck with other schools to those rejected!</p>
<p>You are all amazing people, and I know you will all be changing the world in ten and twenty years, no matter where you end up!</p>
<p>As a Mom of a senior applying to colleges this fall, I just wanted to see what was happening on this thread.</p>
<p>First, congratulations to all who were accepted.</p>
<p>To those who were deferred or rejected, you are all exceptional students, too. Harvard would love to take more students and increase the size of their freshman class, but they are limited by space. I’ve heard alums ask time and again if the administration would consider increasing the size. Harvard can’t due to lack of space.</p>
<p>I also wanted to say that in my travels with my senior across the United States, I have been so impressed with every university and LAC we have visited. Many of these schools have come a long way from 35 years ago and offer just as superior an education as the Ivy League. Everyone, please investigate these schools, too! There is always the Ivy League for graduate school when students are clearer about their interests.</p>
<p>I guess you would also call my family a “legacy” since my sibling and I went to Harvard, as well as my brother-in-law. Did that help? NO. So it really dismays me when I hear people say that Harvard legacies get the benefit of the doubt. Not at all. My sibling’s child just got deferred from Harvard three hours ago via email. He had top scores, top grades, APs galore, all the “credentials” one would be looking for and that didn’t even help. So its really tough to get accepted. He’s taking it all in stride and knows there are other wonderful schools out there for him. Don’t lose hope. On first blush it feels devastating after all this hard work, but everything will work out in the long run.</p>
<p>-An adult with many years of hindsight.</p>
<p>“So it really dismays me when I hear people say that Harvard legacies get the benefit of the doubt. Not at all. My sibling’s child just got deferred from Harvard three hours ago via email. He had top scores, top grades, APs galore, all the “credentials” one would be looking for and that didn’t even help. So its really tough to get accepted.”</p>
<p>Your sibling’s child is an isolated example. I am going on facts. Plain mathematics, the acceptance rate of legacies vs. the general pool of applicants is 33% (as was previously stated some where here) to about 7%. So do legacies, in general, get preferential treatment? Yes, they do.</p>
<p>Did you know that the average stats of accepted legacies is significantly higher that of the rest of the accepted students? If in fact legacies do receive preferential treatment, they obviously deserve it.</p>
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<p>That’s a non sequitor. Just because that group on average has higher stats does not mean that everyone in that group should get a chance boost. It means the boost given to legacies is redundant.</p>
<p>Well, picked to get result by mail (not sure it was a good choice). How long does it take to get mail to Texas? Does Harvard use regular mail or express mail?</p>
<p>Hey guys guess what!!! I GOT REJECTED NBD… At least I applied right? But hey, it doesnt matter where you start out, its where you finish off… So maybe I didn’t succeed this time… But just wait…I’lll be back…HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL CLASS OF 2021!
lol jk… or perhaps the presidency??? maybe i’m jumping the gun here… Anyway congratulations to you all. (hint for success: you should plan on dropping out after making a social networking site or even a multi-billion dollar software company #solidplanright?)</p>
<p>Accepted into Harvard. </p>
<p>I’m beyond humble to be part of Harvard’s Class of 2017. </p>
<p>Deferred and rejected Harvard SCEAers, I know it hurts. I’ve been so close to things that I’ve wanted with all my heart before, only to be not close enough. And it sucks. SO MUCH. But it gets better. It does really get better. And there is no doubt in my mind that you all are going to go to good colleges and be happy in life. So stay strong. </p>
<p>Future Harvard applicants who are QB finalists or come from low-income families, you can do it. And it’s going to mean so much more. As QB finalist and a First Generation coming from a family that makes an annual income of $20,000, getting accepted into Harvard means the world to me because it means I’m self-made, and that makes me extremely proud, to know that everything I’ve done and worked so hard for is being recognized and understood.</p>
<p>Honestly, I think most people here are fooling themselves. If you are normal, your chances of getting into H is zero to none. Today’s statistics again proves the point. Better to use the application fee to buy a lottery ticket.</p>
<p>H only accepts outliers, eg.
- Black/Hispanics (maybe Asians) with low income, or from a low income/rural school district
- Athletes
- Offsprings of politicians/donors/communists/legacies/criminals ( regardless whether your Asian/black/green/purple)
- If you are Korean, you better emphasize that your are from the North</p>
<p>20 years from now, when the movers and shakers are from Berkeley or the rest of state schools, the prestige associated with H or the ivies will die down.</p>
<p>So for those of you who got deferred, for those of you who are normal folks, for those of you who have high aspirations and stellar performances, let’s start a movement and go to our state schools!</p>
<p>I want to send my congrats to all of you who have been deferred, you are hardworking, you followed rules, you are normal. So please wipe off your tears, go to your state schools with a free ride. If you all do so, 20 years from now, I assure you that the state school rankings will be higher than the ivies. Human capital makes up the school ranking, not vice versa.</p>
<p>Anyone know anyone accepted from Utah?</p>