Official Harvard University 2017 RD Results

discombobulate · March 30, 2013, 7:39am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (CR: 720, M: 790, W: 720)
[] ACT: Didn’t take
[] SAT II: Chemistry: 800, Math II: 800
[] Unweighted GPA: 95.4/100
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Not available
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Same
[] Senior Year Course Load: Very very rigorous
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing too prestigious. [/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): This was a strong part in my application. I took part in establishing numerous educational frameworks, working with toddlers, children and youth. I also established an early-childhood-development center in Nepal last year. Other leadership positions, too lazy to write them all out.
[] Job/Work Experience: Other than the ones listed above, served in the Israeli army for three years, and I currently volunteer in an Israeli NGO that raises awareness to AIDS.
[] Volunteer/Community service: See above
[] Summer Activities: I graduated from high school six years ago, so it’s not really relevant
[] Essays (rating 1-10, details): CommonApp was one of the most personal pieces I’ve written, about a personal issue that was resolved during my army service. The supplemental one was about the process of establishing the early-childhood-development center in Nepal.
[] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):[list]
[li] Teacher Rec: Very good. I went to a small public school, so teachers knew me well.[/li][] Counselor Rec: Same.
[li] Additional Rec: From the founding director of the NGO I worked with in Nepal. Stellar.[/ul][/li][li] Interview: Went pretty well, I guess.[/list][/li]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Israel
[] School Type: Small public, where I don’t think anyone ever applied to a school outside of Israel.
[] Ethnicity:
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs, Recommendations, essay.
[] Weaknesses: “Not super high” SAT score.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Authenticity. Didn’t spread out and tried to do a million things. I worked in education because I had found it to be very satisfying and meaningful, not because I had wanted to impress anyone.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted:[list]
[]Harvard
[]Brown
[]Penn (likely)
[]Dartmouth
[]Yale-NUS
[]Brandeis (full ride)[/ul]

Waitlisted:[ul]
[]Duke
[]UChicago[/ul]

Rejected:[ul]
[]Princeton
[]Yale
[li]Stanford[/ul][/li][/list]

General Comments:
I’m older than most applicants, and went into this process completely by chance. No anxious parents, no stressful environment, just a lot of heart and determination. I recommend that you guys appreciate every single acceptance you receive. Some people sat and read your application thoroughly, and decided to fight for you in front of their peers. I could not be more grateful. Congrats to everyone else that got in!

trinidadod1 · March 30, 2013, 9:11am

Has anyone in Illinois heard from Harvard or Georgetown yet?

silverstieff · March 30, 2013, 11:22am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2160 Superscore, 700 Writing 780 Math 680 Reading
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 700 Math II, 780 US History, 580 Chemistry (accidentally submitted… woops)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.3 weighted, which is all my school submits, but I think like 3.85 weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP Calc AB, 4 AP Euro, 4 AP Physics B, 5 AP Lang, 5 AP US, 5 AP Calc BC (5 AB Subscore)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP World, AP Stat, AP Lit, AP Spanish, AP Enviromental, Honors Multivariate
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar (with distinction or something?), a US history award and math and science award from my highschool[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Club (president, participated in Junior Senior debate last year and will this year), Political Discussion Club (founder), Chess Club (founder), Club Badminton (3 years, captain this year), Varsity Cross Country (3 years), Club Lacross (3 years), Editor for the “Lit Mag” at my school (3 years), appeared on It’s Academic this year
[] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarding, Camp Counselor (one summer each)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Swim Across America participant for 3 years
[] Summer Activities: See Job/Work, plus going to the NYLC in DC
[] Essays (rating 1-10, details): Meh, I don’t really know, I honestly thought it was the worst essay I wrote for any of my college apps, but who knows.
[] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):[list]
[li] Teacher Rec #1: My US History Teacher, probably really good[/li][] Teacher Rec #2: My math teacher, probably above average or average
[] Counselor Rec: Probably pretty good, we have a good relationship
[] Additional Rec:[/ul]
[li] Interview: I didn’t think it went that well but I can’t really tell since the Harvard interview was so different from the other schools.[/list][/li]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Smallish Independent
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Not actually sure but I don’t need nor would I get financial aid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Academics, Extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: SAT Scores, that B in AP Euro Sophomore year, essay, no real outstanding characteristics
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, I have no idea, this was the last school I was expecting to get anything other than rejected for
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UVa (accepted early), University of Maryland (Accepted early, Honors College), Brown (Waitlisted), Dartmouth (rejected), UPenn (Wharton, applied ED, got deferred then rejected), Cornell (rejected), Stanford (rejected)[/ul]

General Comments: Gonna try really hard to get off the waitlist, kind of applied thinking may as well. Good thing I did, I was a bit upset I didn’t get into anywhere else until I saw this.

Pfhorrest · March 30, 2013, 9:05pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 total
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 780 (Math I) / 780 (US History)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.85
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/144
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 (Music Theory, US History, ELC) 4 (World History)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics AB, AP English IV, AP Spanish IV, AP Government/Economics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Music Performance and Composition, alumnus of Aspen Music Festival and School and European American Musical Alliance, Performances in Polish Cultural House (Lithuania) and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall (New York), premiered compositions at Cortot Concert Hall (Paris), prizewinner of Schmidbauer, Julia Crane, Seattle, International Slav Competition.
[] Job/Work Experience: Music-related
[] Volunteer/Community service: Music-related
[] Summer Activities: Music-related
[] Essays: It’s hard to have an objective comparison to self-rate
[] Teacher Recommendation: Did not view
[] Counselor Rec: Did not view
[] Additional Rec: Did not view
[] Interview: None offered
[] Supplementary Material: Recording supplied

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): Prefer not to state as admissions are need-blind
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Likely hook was my very active music career. [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: Non-perfect GPA, non-valedic/salutatorian
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted (college): Case Western, University of Michigan, Stanford, Columbia, Princeton
Accepted (conservatory): Peabody Institute, New England Conservatory, Cleveland Institute, Oberlin Conservatory

Rejected: Yale, Juilliard

[/ul]General Comments: I am as thankful as I can be and owe it all to the support of my parents, friends, mentors, my guidance counselor, my wonderful teachers, and music teachers. Nothing could have been possible without them.

Pfhorrest · March 30, 2013, 11:25pm

^ I am very sorry. I had a wonderful interview with a Harvard alum. I had copied and pasted the whole post (because I didn’t want to retype everything) and forgot to change that field.

eniloracw · March 31, 2013, 12:49am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 superscored from 2 sittings - 800 CR, 720 M, 800 W
[] ACT: did not submit
[] SAT II: 780 Literature, 770 Spanish, 770 Math 2, 770 Latin, 730 USH, 680 Math 1
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96, 4.86 weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/131
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Art History (5), Calculus AB (5), English Lang (5), Spanish Lang (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): enrolled in full diploma program with scores pending - Psychology SL, Math HL, Spanish HL, English HL, History SL, Chemistry SL
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB courses above plus IB Theory of Knowledge/Research
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, National Latin Exam Gold Medal, National Spanish Exam Silver Medal[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (Captain, many awards), Sailing Team (Skipper), Dance Marathon charity event (Executive Board), Key Club, Model UN
[] Job/Work Experience: Junior Docent at art museum
[] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club, Dance Marathon, Girl Scouts
[] Summer Activities: Counselor in Training at sailing camp, Duke TIP, debate camp
[] Essays: Very good, wrote common app essays about my two main extracurriculars, sailing and debate.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I haven’t read them but one of them told me I’m one of the best students she’s ever had.
[] Counselor Rec: I don’t know her that well but it’s probably positive.
[] Additional Rec: Debate coach, probably very good
[li] Interview: Solid, with a local alum[/li]
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: International Relations
[] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[] School Type: IB magnet within large public school
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: upper middle
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, scores
[] Weaknesses: no hooks, extracurriculars don’t stand out
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It’s incredibly competitive.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted - UPenn, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Tufts, George Washington, William and Mary, American
Waitlisted - Columbia
Deferred - Georgetown (waiting for RD)
Rejected - Yale, Princeton, Yale-NUS

[/ul]**General Comments: **
I don’t care, I’m probably going to be a Quaker! YAY!

dynamo729 · March 31, 2013, 2:30am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400/10 essay (single sitting, second try)
[] ACT: 33, 35, 35
[] SAT II: 800s on Math II and US History; 780 on Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/430ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on BC Calculus (and AB subscore), Physics B, APUSH, English Lang, Stats, and Psych.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Physics C, AP Lit, AP Compsci (independent study), AP US Gov/AP Macro, Math Team, and required computer class.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, except I guess 5-time AIME qualifier? [/ul] [/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math team (captain), academic team (captain), mu alpha theta (president)
[] Job/Work Experience: Barista last summer, lawn care worker (just for neighbors) the year before that.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Peer tutoring and volunteering at church.
[] Summer Activities: working, reading, socializing, traveling (mostly for math team)
[] Essays (rating 1-10, details): Main common app – maybe an 8? About how being gay in Alabama shaped me. Secondary common app – about running math team competitions, I guess maybe a 6-7
[] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):[list]
[] Teacher Rec #1: didn’t read
[] Teacher Rec #2: didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t read
[] Additional Rec: N/A [/ul]
[li] Interview: N/A [/list][/li]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): AL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Gay? From Alabama? Not sure. [/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT score, rank? But these aren’t unusual.
[] Weaknesses: Nothing outstanding, no research or big awards, etc.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think they just didn’t like me.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at MIT, Stanford, Dartmouth, Vandy (Cornelius Vanderbilt scholarship) and safeties; Waitlisted at Columbia, Caltech, and WashU. [/ul]

**General Comments: Congrats to all accepted and best wishes to everyone. Make what happens to you work out! Hopefully aid from Stanford or MIT will be good but otherwise it’s probably Vandy for me. **

CBits1224 · March 31, 2013, 11:26am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2170 (740M, 720CR, 710W; superscore over 2 sittings)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 690 Physics, 700 Bio-E, 710 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not reported (95% Grade, would be 4.0)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not reported
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Math/Science heavy, as rigorous as offered at my school
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Loran National Finalist (Canadian Scholarship)[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 years concert band, 4 years volleyball, basketball and badminton, 3 years municipal youth advisory committee (2-term chair), 1 year provincial youth advisory committee, 3 years “Reach for the Top” trivia team, 3 years student council (Vice-President)
[] Job/Work Experience: Hot Dog Vendor (no, really) for a couple summers.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Coached youth basketball for 4 years
[] Summer Activities: Working!
[] Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App essay (I’d give it a 9) was allegorical to my unique living situation, and showed insight on how I thought my life was going to keep progressing. Harvard Supplement was a detailed outline as to what my living situation is (I live on my own).
[] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):[list]
[] Teacher Rec #1: 9 - computer science teacher loved me. Didn’t get to read the letter but the other rec who did said it was outstanding.
[] Teacher Rec #2: 10+++ - this teacher isn’t just a teacher, but a mentor and a friend.
[] Counselor Rec: 7 - I don’t really spend much time with my guidance department and had to ask a random person to fill it out…
[] Additional Rec:[/ul]
[li] Interview:10 - this is what got me in. The guy really thought I showed promise and clearly vouched for me well. He sent me an email on admissions day telling me that he convinced a lot of people to fight for me at admissions. We talked about my life a bit, but more about what I want to do and why I want to do it. We also talked about random things like his kids, the University of Toronto (his almamatter for undergrad and my top choice in Canada), and science education.[/list][/li]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Ontario
[] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <20,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I live on my own? Parents also did not go to uni, but grandparents did, so not really first gen.[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Interview, Recommendations, Essays, GPA
[] Weaknesses: Mediocre SAT scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I made a great impression on the interviewer, and the human aspect of my application was superb. It seems the objective stuff only gets a foot in the door.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: MIT - Accepted, University of Toronto - Early Acceptance, University of Waterloo - Early Acceptance (safety), McMaster University - Early Acceptance (safety)[/ul]

General Comments: Feel free to message me, I’m happy to help prospective students. I’m still choosing between MIT and Harvard. To those applying next year: Don’t let your objective scores scare you away. Congrats to all of those who get in, and to those who don’t, don’t be too hard on yourselves. There is a better match for you out there, and you’re going to do just fine wherever you end up.

RandomPigeon · March 31, 2013, 2:33pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2140 (670 M, 670 CR, 800 W 10 essay)
ACT:
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 780 US, 720 Math 1
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94 (3.8)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang 4, US 4
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Calc II, Lit, AP Macroeconomics, Bio, Gov
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Soccer Captain, Club soccer captain, NHS President, MUN (Best delegate once, honorable mention twice), Amnesty Int’l., Debate, Outside Program (5-year commitment), Movie Club, and others
Job/Work Experience: Soccer Ref
Volunteer/Community service: About 100 hrs (NYT article written about me)
Summer Activities: Abroad homestay, Travel Soccer, Outside program
Essays: CA - Superb.
Teacher Recommendation: Both were “best in career”
Counselor Rec: She loves me and my family
Additional Rec:
Interview: Good
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY(C)
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Small Public
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: M
Income Bracket: $100,000 (bad…)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: Essays, Personality
Weaknesses: Horrid midyear grades.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not good enough.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Duke (Likely), Vanderbilt (early-write), Macalester (early-write), WUSTL, Northwestern, Carnegie Mellon, Syracuse, a lot of SUNYs and CUNYs. Waitlisted: UChicago, Penn (Wharton) Rejected: Harvard, Princeton, Cornell
General Comments: Not surprised.

JackYeChan · March 31, 2013, 2:42pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (800 Math, 750 Critical Reading, 740 Writing)
ACT:
SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.911 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/371
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (1 lol), AP Calculus AB (5), AP Physics B (5), AP English Language (4), AP Chem (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Calculus BC, AP Gov, AP Macroeconomics, AP Biology, AP Spanish V
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Varsity Basketball (3 years)
Varsity Track & Field Long Jumper (4 years)
Marching Band 1st Alto Saxophone (2 years)
NJ All-State Chorus (3 years)
All-Eastern Honor Choir (1 year)
Theater Performance (3 years)
National Honor Society (Vice-President)
Spanish Honor Society (President)
Job/Work Experience:
Private Tutoring
Volunteer/Community service:
K-2 Hoops Counselor
Church Praise Leader
Youth Ministry Assistant
Summer Activities: None
Essays: Common App was nice. Others were rough and not revised.
Teacher Recommendations:
Hopefully well-written and were from diverse areas (Physics, Track Coach/Philosophy, Choir Director/Art History)
Counselor Rec: Hopefully good as well!
Additional Rec: None

Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Course load, Unique ECs.
Weaknesses: Grades, Ethnicity.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I mentioned Jeremy Lin in my common app essay? Maybe it made them chuckle. I don’t know.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted-
Rutgers
Stevens (Full Ride)
Villanova
Carnegie Mellon’s CIT

Waitlisted-
Rice
Washington and Lee
Duke

Rejected-
MIT
UPenn
Cornell
Princeton
Columbia

elitenoob · March 31, 2013, 6:06pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (didn’t send)
[] ACT: 35 (34,36,33,35 W8)
[] SAT II:800 Math II 790 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.13/4.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):unofficially top 3 of 300, should be 1
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on Stats (self-study), Chem (self-Study), Psychology, Biology, Calc BC, Computer Science, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, 4 on US Hisotry
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calc, Organic Chemistry, Linear Algebra at University, AP Lit
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, National AP Scholar, Top 1% of WI math contest, State Science Olympiad Medals [/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): High School Science Olympiad (President and Founder), Middle School Science Olympiad Coach (Outstanding coach for 2nd at State) Math Team (Co-Captain), Soccer, Table Tennis Club, some other small stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: 400 hours internship at a lab
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200 at hospital
[] Summer Activities: Internship
[] Essays (rating 1-10, details):8, about seeking my true potential
[] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
[] Teacher Rec #1: 7, good but could be better
[] Teacher Rec #2: 7, good but a bit of a list
[] Counselor Rec: 8, new counselor so doesn’t know me as well
[] Additional Rec: From the lab I interned at, short but good
[] Interview: 2 hour interview, went well [/ul]

Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):WI
[] Country (if international applicant):USA
[] School Type:Suburban (rarely sends students to Ivy League)
[] Ethnicity:Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 120k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Independent, Push myself
[] Weaknesses: Essays?, no hooks
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not sure
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted UW-Madison,
Waitlisted Rice
Rejected Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown PLME, Northwestern HPME[/ul]
General Comments: I am not sure what to say. My school isn’t that great but I hoped that I could still shine through my own efforts. I guess I will graduate in 3 years and go to medical school. Still a bit mad but I hope medical school acceptances will be better.

admit2017 · April 1, 2013, 3:20am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2390
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 710 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/250
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 8 fives so far
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs + 2 Ind. Study APs, + 2 comm. college math
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, AP w/ Distinction, NM Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity sport, robotics team, volunteering, ind. science research
[] Job/Work Experience: lab assistant at state university
[] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours
[] Summer Activities: living…you know…
[] Essays: good, thoughtful, my voice came through
[] Teacher Recommendation: 8/10 and 10+/10
[] Counselor Rec: 9.5/10
[] Additional Rec: 10/10 (boss at work)
[] Interview: 8.5/10

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender:
[] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: scores, essays
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ACCEPTED–Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth, Stanford, Hopkins, Duke, safeties… WAITLISTED–wustl, Northwestern… REJECTED–Yale-NUS

[/ul]General Comments: Super excited.

eduard97 · April 1, 2013, 7:20pm

REJECTED

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2150
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 4 SAT II’s with 750+ score
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): about 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): graduating with 11 AP’s, 5 AP’s with a score of 5, one with score of 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Started business
MUN
Captain of Knowledge Bowl Team
Piano
Tennis

[li] Job/Work Experience: Bank internship[/li]
[li] Summer Activities: Harvard SSP[/li]
[] Essays (rating 1-10, details): Personal essay was great! I would give it a 8 or 9 out of 10. The supplement was INCREDIBLE. ***, people literally cried when they read it (and it wasn’t even sad, it was humorous!) because it was so well written. My counselor said it was the BEST essay she had read in years!!

[li] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):[list] [/li]My counselor said they were great, although I don’t think “best in career”

[li] Interview:[/ul] No interview[/li]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): South America
[] School Type: Bilingual
[] Ethnicity:
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] None![/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: EC’s, ESSAYS,
[] Weaknesses: My senior grades were mostly B’s, so maybe that killed me. Also, I wasn’t class valedictorian or salutatorian (only te top 2 of my school’s classes have gotten accepted to HYP). Maybe also too diverse EC’s, and not much specialziation.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My academics were not THE BEST, they were great although I don’t think Ivy caliber.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]

Rejected: all Ivy’s, stanford, Uchicago
Accepted: Amherst!, Colgate, Uva

General Comments:
I glad the process is over! I expected at least a HYP offer since I sent my best essay to those three-but nothing happened. I learned that the academics are the MOST important part of your application- no EC’s or essyas can make up for it (well, maybe if you have a wonderful life story or won the Noble Prize). But hey, Im going to Amherst!! :D

baddriver · April 3, 2013, 12:00am

I’m gonna post just to say i’m the 14th person on this particular thread waitisted. But here’s my stats:

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:• SAT I (breakdown): did not send
• ACT: 36
• SAT II: 800 Math II and 800 Chem
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1%, 2/315ish
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5), Chem (5), English Language (5), USH (4)
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics B, AP English Literature, AP Spanish, AP US/Comp Gov, honors religion class
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, NMSF, state science fair awards.
Subjective:• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross-Country and Track (eventually varsity), 4 years, VP of a service club, Chair of a school fundraiser, Girl Scout (with Silver), independent piano study. Nothing too fabulous.
• Job/Work Experience: Work at ice cream/coffee store ~35 hr/week summer and 7 hr/week school year. Received a significant award here and tried to stress this asset.
• Volunteer/Community service: Some with GS, the fundraiser, and the service club.
• Summer Activities: lots of work and running (but injured an on crutches this year-which I mentioned because I was unable to run XC all season)
• Essays: All interesting ideas/thinking outside the box, but had no specific big experience to talk about in any of them.
• Teacher Recommendation:One very descriptioney of my personality (maybe weak-sounding) and one more stats-based
• Counselor Rec: not sure
• Additional Rec:
• Interview: went really well!
Other• State (if domestic applicant):VA
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: large private
• Ethnicity: white
• Gender: female
• Income Bracket: 150k+
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection• Strengths: Scores, grades, classes taken. Academically sound.
• Weaknesses: Nothing too special ec-wise or awards-wise. No hook
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m trying to get in as basically an academics-only admit, and I don’t think that happens that often. Most acceptees seem very focused on one passion, whereas I’m more “well-rounded” (which seems out of vogue in college admissions nowadays)

aracelytenthings · April 3, 2013, 9:47am

Decision: Accepted

I’m not going through all the stats but here’s the basic stuff:
ACT: 31
GPA: 4.2
Rank: It’s either 1 or 3 out of 82. I come from a tiny school
AP: English Lit + Comp (4), taking Calculus AB and English Lang+Comp…taking the only APs my school could offer.
Extracurriculars: FBLA (President for two years), Yearbook (Co-Editor), Student Council VP, Class President (3 consecutive years), Tennis, Track and field, Key Club, NHS, and French club
Work/Volunteer Experience: My family lives on a farm, I’ve done some private tutoring, and I volunteer at the public library.
Summer Activities: MITES 2012, trip to Europe that I saved up for.
Essays: I wrote about my experiences on my family’s chicken farm for Common App and I sent them a letter to my future roomate.
Reccomendations: I didn’t read any of them but I thought they should be all good.
Interview: First was a phone interview and it went great, second was a Skype meeting with an admissions officer, that one was good too
State: Arkansas
School Type: Rural, public, and tiny
Ethnicity: Mexican
Gender: Female
Hooks: I’m not sure.
Strengths: Always have tried to push myself and take the most difficult courses offered. Not afraid of a challenge.
Weaknesses: Not so great test scores, not an insane amount of APs
Why was I accepted?: I think I stood out, especially with my essay about chicken farming.
Acceptances: Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, Lafayette, and Hendrix
Waitlisted: Washington and Lee, Vanderbilt
Rejected: Stanford and Yale

AustroHungarian · April 5, 2013, 2:33am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (740 CR, 670 M, 710 W)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 800 USH, 800 World
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5) World (5) USH (5) English Lang (5) Stats (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: ap latin, ap lit, ap calc ab, ap us govt, ap envi sci, ap physics c
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): silver medal national latin exam, ap scholar w/ distinction[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): latin club (treasurer), NHS (VP), band (section leader)
[] Volunteer/Community service: summer fellow for Obama campaign
[] Summer Activities: foreign exchange student, also read above
[] Essays (rating 1-10, details): I think it would be biased for me to rate, but these essays were the first I did, and in hindsight consequentially not my best work
[] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):[list] again, can’t really rate?
[] Teacher Rec #1: very very good according to GC
[] Teacher Rec #2: average
[] Counselor Rec: I do not know
[li] Interview: I thought it went well, ~55 min @ starbucks[/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[] School Type: small, highly ranked public
[] Ethnicity: asian and white
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: <50,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] none that I am aware of

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: tried to display passion for a niche area
[] Weaknesses: nothing spectacular about me, essays weren’t my best
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not hooked
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]

Accepted: Stanford, Notre Dame, OSU, University of Cincinnati
Waitlisted: UChicago, Johns Hopkins, University of Michigan (lolwut)
Rejected: Yale, Princeton, Brown, Amherst, Northwestern

General Comments:

Stanford & Yale were my top choices… so I definitely can’t say that I am disappointed!

Besides, Harvard is just the Stanford of the East Coast anyways. :p

Congrats to all those who were accepted!

shredsauce · April 7, 2013, 2:29pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2230 (760CR, 750M, 720W)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II:1550 (Math and Physics)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.97
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):5s on 4 exams
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:IB econ, physics, english, and chemistry. College math & jazz band
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] NMSF
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Soccer, skiing, bass, and politcs.
[] Job/Work Experience:2 internships. Learned a lot! Private company then a university lab.
[] Volunteer/Community service:Like 40 hours haha
[] Summer Activities:work and relxation
[] Essays (rating 1-10, details):CA 8/10: Wrote about childhood books, Sup: 10/10 wrote about my mom.
[] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):[list] I am sure they were all great. This was a surprise so they must’ve been.

[] Additional Rec:[/ul] none
[] Interview:[/list] amazing. Got the captain of the ski team and I love skiing so yeah!

Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):Utah
[] Country (if international applicant):USA
[] School Type:private
[] Ethnicity:hispanic/white
[] Gender:M
[] Income Bracket:100+ K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]URM[/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:Put in so much time into my essays and editing everything. URM, recs. 
[] Weaknesses:SAT scores less than perfect.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Just do what you love and enjoy high school. If doing the things that are considered good for these schools is simply too much, just don’t do it. Everyone I know who forced themselves through life got a lot of rejections, although a few did get into some good schools. Just have fun. You’re only young for so long and these schools are so insane that it’s really not worth killing yourself for what should be an amazing 4 years. I loved basically every moment of high school. Kids who didn’t but looked the same on paper (or better) got rejected. Maybe it was URM that made the difference, but I like to think that if you are passionate and happy about life, thats way more important and comes through. Plus, then even if you do get rejected, you wont care. I checked cc for these a few times to see if I had a real chance after a subpar SAT performance & I believe you should check to see if you’re in the ballpark, but seriously, get off the computer and into the world once that’s done. We live in a beautiful moment, dont spend all of it online!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]
Accepted: Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Dartmouth, Cornell, Penn, Berkeley, University of Utah, UCs.
Waitlisted: MIT
Rejected: Yale & Brown

**General Comments:**Enjoy living! Really stoked to have this decision.

LinaNick · April 7, 2013, 4:53pm

Decision: Rejected
Objective:[ul]
[]SAT I (breakdown):2280 superscore 800CR 730M 750W
[]ACT: N/A
[]SAT II:760 US History, 770 Math 2, 790 Lit
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9? My school does weighting very strangely, so I’m not entirely sure
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% judging by my counselor’s statements, but we don’t rank
[]AP (place score in parenthesis): Latin: Vergil (5) USH (5) BC Calc (5) AB Subscore (5) Gov (5) English Language (5)
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Comparative Gov, Honors Art 5, Dual Enrollment Math Modeling, AP Latin: Vergil-Caesar (AUDIT), Mentorship (Classroom component of my external mentorship), Greek 1
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]
Member of the VA State Champion We the People team, 2nd place Nationals
Randolph College Classics Book Award
State Awards at Latin Convention (past two years): 2011–4th in Latin Lit, 5th in Latin Vocab, 6th in Mythology, 2nd in RC Prose, 7th in RC Poetry. 2012–2nd in RC Prose, 4th in RC Poetry, 3rd in Mythology, 2nd in Derivatives, 6th in Geography
Maxima Cum Laude National Latin Exam (9,10) Summa Cum Laude (11)
Bronze Medal Medusa Mythology Exam (10)
Honorable Mention Classical Association of VA Test (9,10,11)
Silver Key Regional Scholastic Art Award (10), Gold Key Regional Scholastic Award (11), Gold Medal National Scholastic Award (11), ART.WRITE.NOW.DC exhibitor
Congressional Art Award (painting exhibited in the Capitol)
Subjective:[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/ul]
Latin Tutoring
Debate
Model Congress
Virginia Latin Convention (5 years)
NHS
Latin Summer Governor’s School (2011)
Crew for 2011 Spring Musical
Latin Club
Latin Honor Society
Co-Managed Field Hockey Team (2011)
Classical Guitar
[] Leadership positions:[/list]
Co-manager of Field Hockey Team (11)
Co-president of Latin Club (11)
Co-secretary of Latin Club (10)
Latin Honor Society Officer
Director of Publications for Model Congress (12)
[] Job/Work Experience:[/list]
Teacher at Ascanius Youth Classics Institute LatinSummer Fairfax program
Mentorship with a Magistrate Judge in Federal District Court (8 hr/day during August, 3 hr/day twice a week after school)
[] Volunteer/Community service:[/list]
177 hours, various places
[] Summer Activities:See above stuff
[] Essays:
I was pretty happy with them and one of my teachers told me not to apply to college to “just go write instead” after reading them, so GOOD
[] Teacher Recommendation:Excellent and Excellent, one teacher has had me all four years, the other was my WTP coach last year and my teacher this year
[] Counselor Rec: Good, explained why I am auditing AP Latin this year instead of taking it for credit (it’s a long story)

Other
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public Governor’s School (it’s kind of like a magnet school)
Ethnicity: White as potato bread
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Didn’t Qualify for Need-Based Aid, 'Nuff said
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: passion in a specific area (Classics) with good grades/scores and awards in many areas (WTP, BC Calc, National Art Awards, etc.)
Weaknesses: GPA slightly below the average accepted from my school, slightly fewer AP classes before senior year
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see weaknesses, other than that, I have no clue. I got into my dream school months ago, so I really haven’t analyzed this that much haha
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at Princeton, Swarthmore, William & Mary, UVA, and University of Richmond
General Comments: These things happen for a reason, and I know I’ll be exactly where I want to be for school next year

SiempreAqui · April 9, 2013, 12:46pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (single sitting)
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II: 800, 800, 770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 17 APs taken. All perfect scores.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Not offered
[] Senior Year Course Load: HARD!!!
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] LOTS!!!
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Leader of everything. pretty much.
[] Job/Work Experience: None.
[] Volunteer/Community service: LOTS!!!
[] Summer Activities: Pool, ate ice cream, went on cruises around Europe
[] Essays (rating 1-10, details): 10
[] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):[list]
[li] Teacher Rec #1: idk[/li][] Teacher Rec #2: idk
[] Counselor Rec: idk
[] Additional Rec:[/ul]
[li] Interview:[/list][/li]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): from the east!
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender:
[] Income Bracket: Wealthy.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] none [/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] Accepted to all 7 schools I applied to: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Stanford, MIT, Duke

General Comments:
I am so happy! Can’t wait to meet my future classmates!

ohmmho · April 9, 2013, 1:10pm

@SiempreAqui. Is this a joke? I see that you state you are on financial aid but you claim to be wealthy…I wonder if there is any truth to what you write. I hope your stories don’t trip you up.

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