<p>[li] SAT I (breakdown):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP (place score in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] IB (place score in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[li] State (if domestic applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Country (if international applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Income Bracket:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>
<p>[li] Strengths:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:[/noparse]
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<p>Emails will be sent at 5pm Harvard time on Thursday, December 13th. Mail is on December 15th, although I’m not sure if that is the send date or the receive date. There is a possibility that you will know if you are deferred by 12 midnight tonight if you check the online portal and your status has been changed to Regular Decision.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (800 M, 750 Cr, 730 W), super score
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 800 World History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a but in top 3%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s in world, chem, us, macro, micro. 4s in comp sci, lang.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 4th place at Intel ISEF in 2011 and 2012, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (president), TSA (president), MUN, Econ Challenge, NHS, other honors societies
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Park volunteering, hospital volunteering, tutoring
[<em>] Summer Activities: Gov School, research at top 25 school, travel
[</em>] Essays: Common app about why I want to go to college in general (8/10), activities essay about research (9/10), supplement about random things (8/10). Not bad, but didn’t get the job done obviously.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: AP Chem and AP Econ teachers. Knew me outside of class but no idea what the recs were actually like.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: knows me decently, prob generic
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: 40 mins, informal, thought it was okay. Nothing spectacular.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: major awards, subject test scores, gpa, essays?
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT for Harvard, I really don’t know.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It’s harvard. It’s a crap shoot. I thought I had a chance but it is what it is.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments: Getting deferred wasn’t as bad as I expected. Have no regrets about my application. Congrats to all accepted! I am sure you are all amazing and deserving of your acceptance. Time to go do 13 more college apps :).</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): na
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 780 chem 800 mathII
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95 unweighted, 4.7 weighted (about)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): na
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 BC calc 5 chem 4 lang 5 physics B
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): na
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: only a couple of aps. school only offers 6 or 7
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none (nothing major except commended on the PSAT
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): good. math summer programs. other good looking things
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: tutoring
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: religious school teaching
[<em>] Summer Activities: summer programs in math (2) summer internship (1)
[</em>] Essays: Both really good.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t read them, but I think they were probably amazing. They are good teachers and one of them is proud of her letters.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably good. he knows me pretty well
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: I think it went well. It was my first one, and I was nervous.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private (50 kids in my class)
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: grades, act, summer programs, legacy
[<em>] Weaknesses: I got 3 *</em> and 1 B- during 9th and 10th grade
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments: I’m really excited about it. It’s probably my first choice. I’m still too confused to know though</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800M 800CR 730W
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II 800 Physics 800 World Hist
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/450
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5’s on World Hist, Physics C, Chemistry, Calc BC, English Lang, US Hist
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, Statistics, Biology, English Lit, Chinese, Gov Pol, and Normal Orchestra
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME Qualifier, US Physics Olympiad Semifinalist, US Chem Olympiad Semifinalist, ARML State Team A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Captain of Math and Debate Teams, VP of Interact Club, Piano, Violin
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 50 hours, measly.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Irrelevant since Harvard doesn’t ask for them
[</em>] Essays: Decent. Could be better, could be worse. I don’t think they broke me.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Have no idea. Could be amazing, could suck. Very likely broke me. Or at least, didn’t make me.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Mediocre
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large Public and Gold Rated
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 250k+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Everything is decent
[<em>] Weaknesses: Nothing is good
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: How do I know
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Sending out applications now[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I didn’t try in high school. Even this year, I slacked off. And I also had a bad type A mentality. I did everything for the grade and the resume. While I did enjoy my activities genuinely, I didn’t pursue them out of enjoyment or passion. That’s the only reason everything on my application is decent and not glaringly bad.
Going forward, I’ve learned my lesson. For the rest of this year and college, I will step it up a notch. I matured a lot in high school and still can mature some more. I’m going to enjoy my life more and really start doing things that I want to do. Because that’s the only way I will get somewhere :)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 - 800 CR, 760 M, 790 W in one sitting
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 750 Math II, 760 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): BC Calc (5), Physics (5 on both)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Economics, English Elective, Biology Research Course, AP Russian, US History
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): published co-author on an academic paper
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Community Service Program (chair), academic enrichment nonprofit I’ve worked with for three years (student chair), student alumni rep, environmental activism (sustainability proctor)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: a ton of community service with meal kitchens, alternative spring breaks/summer trips, and an enrichment program for middle-school kids
[<em>] Summer Activities: computer science intern, extended travel and service-learning in India
[</em>] Essays: kinda cliched summer service-learning trip, but I thought I did it in an original way… about how I’ve changed over the past years and how I hope to change and be changed in the future. For the supplement I sent in a book/film/event/publication list…
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Russian teacher (my mentor for 3 years now, offered unsolicited) and Physics teacher (who went on an alternative spring break trip with me).
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I go to a prep school, so pretty darn good. (like, they take teacher and dorm counselor input from the past three years and really put in some effort)
[<em>] Additional Rec: Former head of community service program. Knowing he was writing for me gave me the confidence to apply early.
[</em>] Interview: I don’t know how well it went, but it was my favorite out of every interview I’ve ever done. I was genuinely really interested in talking to the guy and came out of it really, really excited about college in general.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Prep School (boarding)
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: middle class (didn’t apply for FA… dad’s a professor so I get automatic half scholarship everywhere… whooo academia)
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): a </em>* ton of legacy
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: genuine community service involvement. strong writing voice. really great people going to bat for me. girl with strong grades in high level STEM. Also very strong legacy, but harvard has a ton of that already.
[</em>] Weaknesses: not much outside extracurricular involvement. competition with other prep school kids. no major awards, undecided about future major, didn’t take math senior year
[<em>] Why you think you were deferred: I probably just wasn’t stand out enough.<br>
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no where yet!
[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2360 (780 CR, 780 M, 800 W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:800 M2, 780 French, 750 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):French (5) Chem (4) USH (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs (Bio, Euro, English, Calc BC, Stats) 1 Elective
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Achievement, National Merit Commended, French awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Student tutor, underclassmen mentor, club and school varsity team in my sport (don’t wanna be too specific sorry), piano for 10 years
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:Lifeguarding since 9th grade, founded a program coaching kids from my town in the sport I play
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Teach my sport to mentally disabled kids, organized a couple of food drives at school
[<em>] Summer Activities: Work and athletics
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good I thought
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:Both were probably solid
[</em>] Counselor Rec:Should be good
[<em>] Additional Rec: Should have been amazing
[</em>] Interview:Went smoothly, the lady was really nice! I wouldn’t say we bonded completely or anything, but I thought it went well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):CT
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:Big public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Half African-American/Half white
[<em>] Gender:F
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~70,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:Grades, standardized testing
[<em>] Weaknesses:Lack of leadership
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:My lack of EC’s? Ugh…
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:This was the only place I wanted to go…[/li][/ul]General Comments: This effing SUCKS. Literally, I have never wanted anything more in my life than to go to this school. I’m just gonna take this as the rejection that it is and move on. Yale, here I come…? Ha.</p>
