Official Harvard University 2015 Decisions Thread

fengyunxiaolu · March 31, 2011, 1:08am

Choose One:
Decision: Waitlisted

with 2180 SATs, I’m pretty surprised by this XD

arts supplement hooks
a LOAD of leadership, community service, and ECS in general
awards and honours

stupid SATs…==

Pseudonym1 · March 31, 2011, 1:31am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (770 CR, 770 M, 800 W)
[] ACT: -
[] SAT II: 800 Mathematics II, 800 Physics, 760 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.25 (Yes, out of 4.0 UW)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): -
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): [HL: English A1, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics] <a href=“Predicted%2045”>SL: Mandarin B, Economics</a>
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB, most rigorous
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): -
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (President), Self-Defence Training, Debate and MUN (Coach), ROTC
[] Job/Work Experience: Active military (Classified)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Self-organised service expedition to S.E. Asia
[] Summer Activities: -
[] Essays: A little on the long side. Rather introspective.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Wonderful
[] Counselor Rec: Brief but excellent
[] Additional Rec: 2
[] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Int’l applicant
[] Country (if international applicant): Unable to disclose
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Unable to disclose
[] Gender: Unable to disclose
[] Income Bracket: Unable to disclose
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Academics, leadership
[] Weaknesses: Lack of national/international awards and well defined “core” in application
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments:

sd6 · March 31, 2011, 2:01am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 M, 800 W, 740 CR
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 US History, 780 Chemistry, 780 Biology E, 770 World History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/311
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), World History (5), Environmental Science (5), Chemistry (5), US History (5), Statistics (5), Human Geography (5), English Lang (5), Psychology (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish Language, AP Micreconomics, AP Physics B, AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature, Speech, Participation in Government, Health
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial (secretary), Mu Alpha Theta/Math League (President/Captain), Science Honor Society/Science Olympiad (Co-captain, Vice President), Asian Club (treasurer, secretary), Model United Nations, National Honor Society (secretary), Science Research, Debate Team (co-founder), cultural dance, Academic League (treasurer)
[] Job/Work Experience: Kumon Instructor (Math), Private SAT/etc. tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: Research Assistant in cardiac lab, hospital volunteer, peer tutor
[] Summer Activities: AP summer academy, mathematical modeling program at local college, research assistant position
[] Essays: I liked them.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One from AP Bio/Science Research/Science Honor Society/National Honor Society teacher/advisor, have developed very close relationship with her. One from AP English teacher. Both should be very good.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably very good, I know him well.
[] Additional Rec: None submitted.
[] Interview: Not the best, but I think the interviewer appreciated my interest in the school and my insight into many current events.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, very diverse.
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~120,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Strong combination of great numbers/scores and subjectives (recs/essays)
[] Weaknesses: Very unoriginal ECs.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea. This is the most random process ever.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Brown, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, NYU. Rejected: Yale. Waitlisted: Penn.[/li][/ul]General Comments:

jsungoh · March 31, 2011, 2:30am

Decision: Accepted

(Don’t really want to go through the whole typing process, just a short summary)
SAT: 2210
SAT II: 780 Math II C, 740 US History
Rank: 4/500+
I was a second “interviewee” and got accepted. Might have helped that I sent in additional info that I was a Gates Millennium Scholar Finalist. Also potentially because I have an older brother who attends Harvard

telesilla · March 31, 2011, 2:49am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 M/790 CR/660 W (2250)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 800 M/790 CR/690 W (2280)
[] ACT (breakdown): 35 E/34 M/36 R/ 35 S (35 Composite)
[] SAT II: US History 780, Literature 740, Math II 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.45
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Chemistry (5), U.S. History (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish 5, Newspaper, AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Lang
[] Number of other applicants in your school: Lots
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State History Day Fair, but nothing really huge [/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), Mock Trial (Captain), Congressional Advisory Board, Girl Scouts (Patrol Leader, helped plan leadership conference)
[] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting, tutoring, cell phone mascot… hahaha.
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~150 hours
[] Summer Activities: Going to Peru, traveling internationally with Girl Scouts (won trip through essay contest), taking American Government class
[] Essays: Common App was about Girl Scouts; optional essay was very nerdy and very me-- about my love for history!
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Probably good.
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Probably good.
[] Counselor Rec: I know her pretty well from Mock Trial, so probably good.
[] Interview: All right.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Late December
[] State (if domestic applicant): Left side, best side
[] School Type: Competitive, public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Didn’t apply for FA
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope.[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Some unique ECs, lots of leadership roles
[] Weaknesses: Test scores, not many AP tests taken before senior year (although there aren’t many offered at my school), no major awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m pretty well-rounded, but I don’t really have anything that sets me apart.
[] Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at Georgetown SFS (EA), UChicago (EA), USC (Presidential Scholarship), UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD (Regents), UCD (Regents). Waitlisted at Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, and Duke. Rejected at Yale and Columbia.
[] What would you have done differently?: I think I gave it my best shot. No regrets, right?[/ul]
General Comments: Congratulations to all! I am so honored to even be waitlisted! We’ll see how it goes in the coming months. :)

everisen · March 31, 2011, 6:19am

Rejected. Ah, well. Yale it is! :D

Stats posted on Yale SCEA results thread.

JeromeVergil · March 31, 2011, 7:08am

DECISION: REJECTED

Objective:

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 780 V, 630 M, 770 W = 1410 / 2180 SS (single sitting)</li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>SAT II: 780 Biology-E, 780 US History (Both not submitted in time)</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school does not rank, but top 15% probably</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Latin Vergil (5), AP Biology (5), AP European History (5), AP US History (5)</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: Hardest possible</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honors, Maryland Distinguished Scholar - Honorable mention, school award, National Latin exam three times, tons of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu awards, almost all about 1st or 2nd place.</li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Israeli Krav-Maga, Philosophy Club (Founder), Yearbook, Newspaper, Book Club, Tutored in 11th and 12th, some other less major things…</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: worked for my school last summer…</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: volunteered a lot in 9th and 10th grade</li>
<li>Summer Activities: above</li>
<li>Essays: apparently pretty good </li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: both excellent, though I waived the rights</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: probably pretty good, though I waived it.</li>
<li>Additional Rec: N/A</li>
<li>Interview: N/A</li>
</ul>

Other

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): MD</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): US</li>
<li>School Type: Private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Hispanic</li>
<li>Gender:M</li>
<li>Income Bracket: upper middle class</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM, verbal SAT, classics, passion / essays (I guess?)</li>
</ul>

Reflection

<ul>
<li>Strengths:verbal and writing SAT scores, URM, rare major, my essays and teacher recs </li>
<li>Weaknesses: math sat score, ec’s not amazing I guess</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/deferred: I suppose the combination of top 1% in reading and writing scores, hispanic, classics, and excellent essays really paid off.</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/deferred: UChicago EA (University Scholar $5000 / Year), UNC Chapel Hill EA (Honors / Scholarship Day), UMD College Park EA (Honors / Bannecker-Key), UVA (OOS / Echols Scholar), UPenn, Waitlisted at Princeton</li>
<li>meh. Princeton is better.</li>
</ul>

tfm02138 · March 31, 2011, 7:14am

Decision: Accepted (D/S)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2380 (single sitting)
[] SAT II: 800 x 4
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 x 7; 4 x 1
[] Senior Year Course Load: Most difficult
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar, National AP Scholar, Elks MVS, Intel ISEF Finalist, Intel STS Semifinalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (scale of 1-5; 5 highest: 5
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Accepted: HYPM.
[] Wait-listed: None.
[li] Rejected: None.[/li][/ul]

OskarSharman · March 31, 2011, 7:17am

rejected. oh well, GW for international relations it is!

freakozoid · March 31, 2011, 8:33am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (670CR, 800M, 790W), first and only take
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math Level 2, 770 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/495
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Other: 11A’s in O Level, 6A’s 1B in AS Level
[] Senior Year Course Load: A Level Further Mathematics, A Level Biology, A Level Chemistry, A Level Physics, A Level Economics
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): CIE High Achiever Awards: Top in World in O Level Mathematics (Syllabus D), Top in World in O Level Additional Mathematics, Top in Region in O Level Statistics, Best 7 and 8 O Levels in Region, Selected for NMTC (Pakistani equivalent of USAMO) 2 times, National Spelling Bee Champion, 4th in Pakistan in Kangaroo Math Competition
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club (president), Rubik’s Cube Club (founder and president), Help Society (president), Tutoring Service for Math and Science, International Student Help Site (Moderator of the Month), Chess Club (president), Soccer Team (goalkeeper), Swimming Team (founder and captain), Track Team (founder and captain), Table Tennis Team (captain), Student Council (class proctor), Quiz Bowl Team (captain), Stanford University EPGY Quantum Mechanics, Research Paper on Math Problem
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at an eye hospital and setting up free eye camps for people of northern areas of Pakistan, Internship at a bank, Working at an ice cream parlor
[] Volunteer/Community service: Building and Painting Houses in New Orleans, Cooking for homeless in Soup Kitchens in New Orleans, Organizing various fund raising events for Pakistan Flood Victims, Tutoring an Autistic child, Organizing a Cleanliness Drive in neighborhood, Volunteer Teaching in Orphanage
[] Summer Activities: See above
[] Essays: I really liked them.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Math teacher, amazing. English teacher, OK.
[] Counselor Rec: Made me cry.
[] Additional Rec: From bank in which I interned.
[] Interview: Didn’t get one. (Harvard doesn’t interview everyone in my country)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[] Country (if international applicant): Pakistan
[] School Type: Private, very competitive
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Pakistani)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <$10000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Passion for math, grades, essays
[] Weaknesses: CR score, lack of non-science EC’s, lack of interview
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Tulane, Texas A&M, WPI, Furman, Lafayette, Miami. Rejected: MIT, Caltech, Rice, Colgate, Swarthmore, Stanford (deferred REA), Princeton, Cornell, Penn. Waitlisted: Columbia, Dartmouth.
[/ul]**General Comments: Congratulations to those who were accepted! **

Basajaun · March 31, 2011, 8:38am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 34 (36 W, 35 R, 35 S, 30 M)
[] SAT II: 760 US History, 730 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/450
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History 5, English Literature 5
[] Senior Year Course Load: All AP’s
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 year co-founder and president of school environmental volunteer club, internship at national park, MANY volunteer hours at local park and local organic farm + garden, internship with tribal environmental sector, ensemble actor in Native American theatrical production
[] Essays: Good, I guess
[] Teacher Recommendation: 1 positive and well-written, other didn’t see
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: Had first alumni interview in early January that didn’t go spectacularly; was contacted for second interview by regional admissions counselor in mid-March regarding “questions that arose during the review of [my] application,” and completed the interview the next day. One of my teachers told me he was contacted by my interviewer and was asked a few questions about me, to which he promptly responded (in a positive manner).
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: Native American
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: URM
[] Weaknesses: A lot of things
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea but apparently the good word that my teacher put in for me (as well as my 2nd interview) must have tipped me into the “accept” pile.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Yale, Stanford, Brown, Dartmouth, Duke, Amherst, Pomona, various other schools[/li][/ul]General Comments: Wow! I did not expect this at all! AHHH!

UT84321 · March 31, 2011, 11:09am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (760 on CR, 11 on essay)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): See above; only took once
[] ACT (breakdown): 36 (35 on math)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): See above; only took once
[] SAT II: 780 Math II, 750 Bio, 740 US Hist
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: IDK; school doesn’t weight
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/360
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Took 5 up through jr year (55554), 4 in sr. year
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous possible, including AP Physics, Psych, Stat and Eng.
[] Number of other applicants in your school: IDK, maybe none
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, Presidential Scholar Nominee, TASP[/li] [/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Debate (event captain 11,12) with many awards on local circuit, Enviro club (co pres, 12) MUN (co-pres, 12). Mock Trial (VP, 12)
[] Job/Work Experience: Modest
[li] Volunteer/Community service: About 100 hrs in fair trade retail store [/ul] [/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: Starting HS Star Wars club and selling Darth Vader Toast[/li][] EC Short Answer: Being involved in youth Shakespeare in the community
[] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: IDK[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: IDK
[] Counselor Rec: IDK
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: None available
[] Art Supplement: None [/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Near deadline
[] State (if domestic applicant): UT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Lackluster public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $125k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None [/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Geography, TASP
[] Weaknesses: No sports, only modest volunteering
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[] Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at Bowdoin, Carleton, Claremont-McKenna, Dartmouth, Grinnell, Kenyon, Macalester, Pomona, Princeton, Stanford, Swarthmore, U of Alabama, Whitman and Williams. Deferred Yale SCEA, then rejected.
[li] What would you have done differently?:[/ul][/li]
[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
These are my son’s stats, posted to inform future year applicants, as past years’ have informed us.

Jimmy797 · March 31, 2011, 11:57am

Copy/pasted from MIT thread (edited as needed), sorry for the lack of the format:

Decision: Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2280
SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2380 (780 CR)
SAT II: 770 Math II; 710 Physics
Unweighted GPA: 94/100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Like top 10% I suppose
Senior Year Course Load: Freshman year courses, and then some. Most rigorous
Number of other applicants in your school: 1
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing notable

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Were mostly related to the arts.
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
Volunteer/Community service: Not much, a little though.

Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essays (Include Subjects): 2 essays, first was kind of generic, 7/10, second was amazing and really reflected my personality, 10/10.
Teacher Recommendation #1: Sort of generic, but had some insight. 7/10
Teacher Recommendation #2: Loved it. 9/10
Counselor Rec: Generic first part, insightful second part. 8/10
Additional Rec: English teacher, about my writing. Said I was the best writer he’d come across, so can’t complain. 10/10.
Interview: Wasn’t contacted for one.

Other
Date Submitted App: 12/31/2010
Country (if international applicant): Int’l
School Type: Private, competitive
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: SAT I, well-rounded personality, emphasis on arts, strength in scientific subjects
Weaknesses: Rank (probably killed me)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Blaming it on rank and lack of leadership ECAs. (My ECAs were awesome IMO though, but I guess H looks for leadership more than anything else)
What would you have done differently?: Worked for a better rank I suppose. I was always lazy in high school though (just about no work at all) so I doubt I would’ve actually done this.

Congrats to all those who got in!

midnightstar · March 31, 2011, 12:09pm

Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 CR, 740 M, 780 W)- superscored from 2 sittings
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT Subject Tests: Bio M- 800, Japanese- 650, Lit- 780
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/425
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Lang & Comp (5), Euro (5), Calc AB (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Japanese, AP Lit, AP US History, Honors Economics
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N. American Computational Linguistics Olympiad, Best Solution (international award); Teach Africa Summit Delegate (1/10 from US); National study abroad scholarship (Japan); National Merit Scholarship Finalist; AP Scholar with Honor
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2 Varsity sports, Youth Orchestra (1st violin/soloist), Japanese Honor Society (president), Model UN (Security Council), Moot ICC (winning team), Natl Novel-Writing Month (winner-wrote novel in 30 days at age 15), self-studying Hindi, folded 1000 paper cranes
[] Job/Work Experience: Japanese tutoring, otherwise none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Organized linguistics conference and raised $ for endangered language conservation.
[] Summer Activities: 6 week exchange in Japan (10th), JSA Summer School at Georgetown (11th)
[] Essays: Great- really captured my personality. One was about my various crazy projects, the other about running.
[] Teacher Recommendation 1: Didnt see, but probably wonderful
[] Teacher Recommendation 2: Didnt see, but probably wonderful
[] Counselor Rec: Saw, it was good.
[] Additional Rec: From my gifted ed teacher and mentor. Didnt see, but Im sure it was amazing.
[] Interview: So-so. He was an experience interviewer, and it seemed like nothing would impress him. Nice guy, though, and he gave me great advice about attending an Ivy like Harvard.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Huge variance due to economic issues
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades, test scores, active in unusual ECs
[] Weaknesses: Applied to Harvard, haha? Also, my public school rarely sends people to Ivies, and until this year my volunteer service was weak.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea. Guess I didnt fit into their class this year!
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted- Yale, Princeton, Penn, American, Duke, UChicago; Waitlisted- George Washington, Georgetown SFS; Rejected- Harvard, Columbia[/li][/ul]General Comments: I hope this helps future applicants- these boards sure have helped me! Congrats to everyone who was accepted! As for me, Im headed to my first choice with no regrets- YALE 2015!!! :)

cubsfan1 · March 31, 2011, 2:44pm

Accepted!!!

accepted: Harvard, Penn, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, &hopkins
wailisted:MIT, Stanford, Brown, Chicago
rejected: yale, princeton
will try to post the rest later

But definately Harvard 2015!! wahoo!

MathBeast · March 31, 2011, 3:53pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 Math, 800 Physics, 770 Chem, 770 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/307
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 6 5’s, 2 4’s
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs, Distance Learning Calc
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President Mu Alpha Theta, Treasurer Spanish NHS, normal stuff
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Summer Activities: good summer program before senior year
[] Essays: Very good
[] Teacher Recommendation: excellent
[] Counselor Rec: excellent
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: not the best, but still pretty good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: competitive public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender:M
[] Income Bracket: ~100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Numbers
[] Weaknesses: didn’t do anything crazy
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see weaknesses
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected to Stanford, MIT, and Princeton; waitlisted at Caltech and WUSTL; accepted to Rice, GT, UGA, UMich[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to all that got in! I’m still somewhat optimistic, though I won’t be crushed if I don’t come off the WL.

kazala · March 31, 2011, 4:58pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2030 – 620 CR, 700 M, 710 W
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 600 Spanish, 690 math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94%
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 AP comp
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Ap calc, Ap Phys
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Scouting (girl scout), aids walk, yoga, traveling camp, classes at museums
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: AIDS walk nyc, school volunteering
[] Summer Activities: traveling camp, vacationing in europe
[] Essays: i thought it was really good
[] Teacher Recommendation: i think both were really good
[] Counselor Rec: pretty great
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: i had one with an alumni and it went HORRIBLY (or so i thought)…and the senior admissions officer came to my school and chatted with us for 2 hours[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: anthropology
[] State (if domestic applicant): ny
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses: my reading SAT score
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i honestly have no idea how i was managed to get waitlisted. but another girl in my school got waitlisted as well, and her average was like a 92%… i guess they like something about me
[/ul]General Comments:
after getting rejected to 7 consecutive schools, hearing about harvards waitlist made me quite content. now i’ll do everything in my will to get off of it!
:)

whatfunii · March 31, 2011, 5:16pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 M, 790 CR, 760 W (2320)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: Chinese 800, Chemistry 790, Math II 800, World History 780, Literature 690
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/1036
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5) Statistics (5) English Lang and Comp (5) US History (5) Chemistry (5) Microeconomics (4) Macroeconomics (4) Calculus AB (5), Taking this year: Calculus BC, Literature and Composition, Biology, US Government, Computer Science, Psychology
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Literature and Composition, AP Biology, AP US/Comparative Government, AP Computer Science, AP Psychology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, Siemens Competition Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, National AP Scholar, Coca Cola Scholars Semifinalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (Treasurer), SGA (Treasurer), Future Health Occupations Club (Treasurer), Ping Pong Club, Chinese Cultural Club, NHS, Jazz Band (Sax), Piano, JV Tennis (Captain), Spring Track, Cross Country
[] Job/Work Experience: Abacus Chinese Restaurant (3 years), Drexel University Summer Intern (2010 summer)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Chinese School Teacher’s Assistant, Reporter for SAPA-GP, Volunteered at a lab at University of Pennsylvania summer 2009, Various hours with NHS such as Special Olympics etc.
[] Summer Activities: Research, Vacations
[] Essays:
Common App: Wrote about the hardships of leading a team research project with unmotivated team members and lessons learned, etc.
Supplement: Decent, about climbing a mountain
[] Teacher Recommendation: Awesome, one from a math teacher I had for 3 years for Precalc, AP Calc 1 and AP Calc 2, one from AP Chem teacher
[] Counselor Rec: Average, our school has one counselor per 300 students
[] Additional Recs:
One from a professor at UPenn that I worked under during the summer of 2009
Mentor for Siemens Project and ISEF project from Harvard
[] Interview: So-So, not spectacular
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biological Sciences
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[] School Type: Large Suburban Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 95k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing really, valedictorian, being Asian male is probably negative hook
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Class rank, research experience, Good leadership and extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: Essay writing is somewhat average, though content was okay. Average awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Maybe something wasn’t there that they were looking for, w.e
[/ul]General Comments:
I got Accepted to UPenn Vagelos LSM so I’ll be having a great time there instead. I never thought the day would come when I would view a waitlist/rejection so carelessly.

Harvard: Waitlist
Princeton: Waitlist
Stanford: Rejected
UPenn LSM: Accepted
Duke: Rejected
UChicago: Waitlist
WUSTL: Accepted
Cornell: Waitlist
Emory: Still waiting
Penn State: Accepted to Honors College

Congratz to all that got accepted and for those that were rejected or waitlisted, hold your head high! You will all still succeed wherever you are if you put the effort in!

fgsfds · March 31, 2011, 6:08pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 800 CR, 740 M, 760 W
[] ACT: 35 35 E, 36 R, 35 M, 35 S
[] SAT II: 790 Math II, 770 US History, 750 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/764 (7/802 at midyear)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History, Spanish Language, English Lang & Comp, Statistics 5; US History 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB/BC, AP English IV (Lit & Comp), AP Comp Gov & Pol, AP Econ, online US government, AP biology, drumline, band
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): One national essay contest[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Music was my main extracurricular. Drumline and marching band for 4 years, captain my last year about 35 hours a week. Our drumline has done really well at national competitions and is recognized as one of the best in the nation, and I did really well at a national solo competition too. I also compose a film score I wrote won best soundtrack at ASUs campus filmfest. And I play piano (solo, jazz band, accompanying), but I havent done comparatively well there its more for myself. Besides music, I write for the Dallas Morning News, am in Scouts, am president of NHS, am in JWAC and competed in WorldQuest (got 3rd this year, 4th last year out of about 80 teams), and some other stuff that I cant think of right now.
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Scouts, NHS will graduate with 100 hours of service. probably the weakest part of my app.
[] Summer Activities: I went to Europe twice once with friends and once on an expenses-paid trip from an essay contest. I went to a week-long marimba workshop and geeked out about the world cup. The rest of my summers were taken up by drumline and band practice.
[] Essays: If anything got me in, it was these. Common app was about Kerouacs On the Road, studying jazz, and how both combined to create an important part of my worldview. Harvard supplement was about conducting an ensemble for my percussion concert. And my short answer was about being in a successful drumline despite being deaf in one ear.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Havent read either of them. One from AP English 3 teacher who I was really close to, one from AP Stats teacher who I was not as close to.
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty much just echoed my application. Only caught a glimpse of it though.
[] Additional Rec: None.
[li] Interview: Nein.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: mmhmm
[] Intended Major: I just put Humanities. I have no idea what I want to major in
[] State (if domestic applicant): Tejas
[] School Type: Massive, ridiculously competitive public (34 NMSs this year)
[] Ethnicity: White and NA (but no tribal or cultural affiliation)
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 120-150k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Absolutely none unless you count the Native American, but I really dont think it had an influence because Im also white and middle-class.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, definitely. My involvement in music is pretty extensive too.
[] Weaknesses: No massive awards, not a lot of community service.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have 100% no idea. Like, none at all. I was completely floored by all my acceptances.
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Accepted: UT Austin (Plan II), Fordham Lincoln Center with tuition, UChicago, Brown, Princeton, Columbia. Rejected: Yale (deferred SCEA)

[/ul]
General Comments: I DON’T UNDERSTAND. Holy crap. I stared at the screen for a minute or so in complete disbelief. Best day of my life.

To accepted kids: I may or may not be seeing you at Harvard, because I’m in love with UChicago and Columbia too, and am waiting on financial aid. But Harvard’s gonna be hard to turn down. To rejects/waitlists: I am proof that this is an entirely subjective process and is not a reflection of who you are by any stretch. You’re all amazing people and will live wonderful lives, no matter where you go to school. To kids who are reading this applying next year: BE YOURSELF. Find what you love, think about it, and write about it in your essays. That’s what I did in my app more than anything, and I guess it worked. College (and Harvard) truly is not the end-all-be-all of, well, anything.

misterkevinsun · March 31, 2011, 8:57pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 - 800 W, 780 CR, 770 M
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 US History, 790 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.845 (don’t have unweighted)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Microeconomics (5), Language and Composition (5), US History (5), Physics B (5), Calculus BC (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP French Language, AP Literature and Composition, AP Physics C, AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Psychology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist; AP Scholar with Distinction; FBLA Parliamentary Procedures: 3rd regional, 4th state; FBLA Business Calculations: 1st regional, 5th state; FBLA Business Math: 2nd regional, 3rd state; Harvard National Invitational JV Public Forum Quarterfinalist; Borelli Memorial Varsity Public Forum: 6th; SIFE Enterprise Business Presentation: 1st; Le Grand Concours National French Contest: 6th; Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music Grade 8 Piano Certification; Robert F. Lucas Outstanding Lieutenant Governor Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (District Secretary, Lieutenant Governor), FBLA (President [2 years]), Forensics (Captain), Mu Alpha Theta (President), Board of Education (Student Representative), French Honor Society, Science League, Model UN. There were others I didn’t list on my application.
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~250 hours
[] Summer Activities: National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, Congressional Student Leadership Conference - National Leadership Summit, Leadership in the Business World
[] Essays: CommonApp (pretty good), Optional (pretty good)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec: Great
[] Interview: Awesome interview; lasted around 2 hours
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $100,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, recommendations, leadership positions, interview
[] Weaknesses: Awards, though numerous, were okay
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted: Harvard, UPenn Jerome Fisher M&T, Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Northwestern, NYU, UVA Echols Scholars, Rutgers
Waitlisted: Princeton, Yale, Cornell
Rejected: MIT, Stanford
[/ul]General Comments:

Happier than ever!

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