Official Harvard University 2017 SCEA Decisions Thread

shadowyams · December 13, 2012, 8:32pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 780 M, 720 W
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Chem, 780 Bio-E
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8-3.9 ish, school doesn’t calculate GPA on a 4.0 scale
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rankings at school at all
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Predicted 44, see below
[] Senior Year Course Load: Biology HL, Chemistry HL, English A Literature HL, Psychology HL, Mathematics SL, Mandarin B SL, TOK et al. IB stuff
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Invited Speaker at Stanford Conference count?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS chapter founder, see below
[] Job/Work Experience: Research at City of Hope
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at hospitals/medical centers, Tutored quite a lot, built babysitting portal
[] Summer Activities: Research!
[] Essays: CommonApp one about interest in nature and science; supplement as a creative self-reflection
[] Teacher Recommendations: Both teachers (one English and one EE adviser) loved me, so I think they were >= good …
[] Counselor Rec: We talk a lot, and my school is small, so hopefully good.
[] Additional Rec: Research mentor; excellent, from what I saw.
[] Interview: No interview (is that a good or a bad thing in China?)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): China
[] School Type: Private/International
[] Ethnicity: Chinese American
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: not sure, assuming 200,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not that I can think of; aside from cancer research, but that’s not really much
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Research experience (could get published, noted by mentor), essays, recommendations (?)
[] Weaknesses: Made a C and a couple of B’s a few years ago, no research/science competitions or publications (although that applies to virtually everyone, but …)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: P(X=1) = 0.08 … I don’t really know, crapshoot admissions is crapshoot. Could be that they’re hoping to see my GPA go up this semester, or that they’re waiting to see if I publish or can get my paper submitted.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UCL, Imperial College, St Andrews, KCL, MSU (safety), interview w/ Oxford (the one in England, not Georgia)[/li][/ul]General Comments: Meh, not too disappointed, but maybe that’s because I already have a few offers from UCAS. Kind of expected this, anyway. Hopefully it doesn’t mean that they were just too polite to turn me down the first round (because I’d prefer it if they just said no). Time to roll out those RD applications. :P

Crimsonandcreme · December 13, 2012, 8:48pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (800 CR, 800 M, 760 W)
[] ACT: 35 (35E, 36M, 33R, 35S)
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 USH, 760 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): BC Calc, Chem, Stats, US Gov, Comparative Gov, Physics C Mechanics, Chinese, APUSH (5s), Biology (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, APES, AP Euro, Calculus IV, Aegis English IV (top 15 writers in grade, both ap tests at end of senior year)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, Published research paper in peer-reviewed journal, National AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swimming (Team Captain, Oklahoma Senior Athlete Representative, Delegate to USAS National Convention, OK Board of Directors, School record holder, 2x State Champion, very committed and very time consuming)
Piano (Church Pianist, 12 years, 2nd place at State Senior Auditions)
Medical Explorers Post (Stretcher team at football games, President, VP, and Secretary)
Youth City Council (City Council for high school students)
Senior Class Officer (Treasurer)
Research (2 papers, published)
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: President’s Service Award Gold, hospital, world changers, research, 400+ hours
[] Summer Activities: World Changers (construction volunteering for low income families), swimming 4 hours a day, biotechnological and biomedical research
[] Essays: Thought provoking and showed multiple sides of me. I would say 10/10 but apparently not
[] Teacher Recommendation: Read one and it was stellar 10/10. Didn’t read other but pretty sure it was at least 9/10
[] Counselor Rec: Don’t know but I’m the best student in the school
[] Additional Rec: Principal
[] Interview: Didn’t get one, maybe that’s why
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Oklahoma
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Uncompetitive Public High School
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $200,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Honestly I thought everything was strong, test scores, GPA, Rigor of Schedule, ECs, Essays, but idk, it’s Harvard
[] Weaknesses: Asian Male; I mean there’s only 194 spots for all the Asians in early action so it’s gonna be tough. Maybe I needed more ECs? Polish up essays more?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea, but I’m disappointed nonetheless
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere yet, but hopefully other top schools will accept me[/li][/ul]General Comments: Well, this sucks. I knew it wasn’t reasonable to expect an acceptance but I thought I had a decent chance. As I’m typing this I’m feeling really down, but I’m sure that’ll fade after a while.
Positive side: We still have a chance! 100 of us who were deferred will make it in come RD results. And it’ll still be tough, because everyone that was deferred was still very good. Good luck to all on other applications and congratulations to the acceptees!

theowlgoeshoot · December 13, 2012, 9:09pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT: 35 (Science 36, Math 35, Reading 35, English 34)
[] SAT II: Bio M 800, Chem 690
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 Unweighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/485
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s (all that could fit)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Show Choir, Choir, Madrigals
[] Job/Work Experience: Dance and Manners teacher
[] Volunteer/Community service: 100 hours more or less
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: Who knows?
[] Teacher Recommendation: They said they were good. Once again, who knows?
[] Counselor Rec: Umm.
[] Additional Rec: Great. A local alumnus requested an additional interview with me.
[] Interview: Seemed good. She traveled over 200 miles to interview me.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Mississippi
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <$75,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My essay seemed good.
[] Weaknesses: I only did one essay due to time constraints.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: That one darn essay I didn’t do.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Ole Miss and Southern Miss are backups. No where else thus far.[/li][/ul]General Comments:

ienjoywordplay · December 13, 2012, 9:23pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (800 CR, 790 M, 790 W)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: US History 800, Chinese 800, Math 2 770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on 7 exams (Calculus AB, English Language, Statistics, European History, US Government, Comparative Government, Environmental Science)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, Newspaper, Health/Gym, AP English Literature, AP Biology, AP Economics
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): TASP participant, national creative writing awards such as Gold Medal from Scholastic; editorial cartoon contest awards; regional and state piano awards; newspaper design/article awards; National Merit Semi-finalist, AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

creative writing (competition recognition; work published; didn’t send supplement)
Model UN (co-founder and co-president, built team from ground up into largest team in the league, led team to national conference; then became co-sec general of regional league and reformatted regional conference)
newspaper (co-editor)
piano (2x state winner, 3rd in eight states, didn’t send supplement)
debate (historian, lots of tournament placings)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: founder and teacher of Chinese program at local library, expanded classes over several year to teach 70+ children; assistant teacher at pre-school ESOL, other miscellaneous; total about 300 hours
[] Summer Activities: Telluride Association Summer Program (TASP), my state’s governor school, travelling and volunteering and just generally dreading school
[] Essays: commonapp pretty personal about my family; Harvard supp more intellectual
[] Teacher Recommendation: both know me very well in and outside school
[] Counselor Rec: generic with a touch of personalization since I gave her notes
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: very good, I had two interviewers and we all connected well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MO
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large public, sends a kid to Ivy every two years
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: no financial aid
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: national recognition in creative writing, depth in Model UN; quirky, sincere personality shown through essays
[] Weaknesses: transcript, also I might have painted myself too broadly/rounded in my application
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essays
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li][/ul]General Comments: Thank you college confidential users for all your help throughout the years! I genuinely wish good luck to everyone!

francesca1996 · December 13, 2012, 9:47pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2270
ACT:
SAT II: World History 800, Math 2 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 something
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/444
AP (place score in parenthesis): 2 5s, 2 4s, 2 3s (everything comes in pairs lol)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Euro, AP Stats, College Bio, French Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing really
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
president of 2 clubs, attorney at teen court, volunteering, soccer,
Summer Activities: LEDA :D, Catalyst academy
Essays: commonapp about my relationship with english and spanish (revised for months) ,Harvard supp about why i want to major in anthropology
Teacher Recommendation: really good
Counselor Rec: generic i think just because i met her this year but also likes me so not that generic i guess
Additional Rec:
Interview: good…he was nice not a perfect interview
Other
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public around 2000 students…rarely sends kids to ivies
Ethnicity: hispanic
Gender: female
Income Bracket: <40,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM and only lived in the us for 5 years
Reflection
Strengths: essays and recs
Weaknesses: GPA and ECs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essays
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments: God is amazing <3 so thankful right now

norvasc6 · December 13, 2012, 9:53pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800M 760CR 800W
ACT: 36
SAT II: 800 Math II 790 Physics 800 World Hist 800 BioM
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/100
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 5’s
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 5 ap’s 1 regs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): School Awards; Cover on regional magazine
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Body Prez, Scholar’s Bowl, Science Olympiad, Physics Team, Chess Team, Indoor/Outdoor Track
Job/Work Experience: Research Internships
Volunteer/Community service: >200hours
Summer Activities: Research
Essays: Common App was funny/unusual about weightlifting; should have written more serious topic; Supp was on how research changed my life twice by showing me how competitive the world was, and how later I realized I didn’t like research, and wanted to go into finance
Teacher Recommendation: Counselor said all of them were “glowing” but i take it with a grain of salt!
Counselor Rec: Good
Additional Rec:Good
Interview:Good
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MS, but go to school in AL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Prep School
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Can afford it
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Perfect Scorer, Student Body Prez, graduate high school at 16? not really though
Reflection
Strengths: Everything is good.
Weaknesses: Nothing is great.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Didn’t shine enough.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My hope for a Christmas break has ended :)

ThDKenny · December 13, 2012, 9:59pm

Deferred
Objective
SAT I- Critical Reading= 750 Math=690 Writing=660
SAT II- Math I= 630 Literature= 740
GPA: 3.82
Rank: 9/369
AP: Psychology (5) English lang and composition (4) World History(3)
Courses: English 12AP, Environmental studies, Debate IV, French IV, Stats AP, Gov AP, Bio AP
Subjective
Extracurriculars: Debate (Team Captain for two years), NHS, French Club, Diversity Club, Quiz Bowl, Church Life Group ( lead middle school group and am service project coordinator for High school group)
Job experience: None, I turned 16 about a month before APPS
Service: too many to list, over 100 hours a year, ish
Summer Activities: Mission Trips, College classes, tutoring
Essays: Very strong, about my religious views and walk, one got cut off 750 characters in- it was the 1000 character essay, and I had written using all one thousand. Also sent in an additional paper satirizing the American sense of superiority
Counselor Rec: Not great, weve talked twice since freshman year
Teacher Recs: Both good, know both teacher for four years now
Interview: Went really well, one hour and twenty minutes long, in depth discussion
Other
Nebraska
United States of America
Public Schools
Caucasian
Male
Higher Middle Class
Hooks: Strict Christian that values diversity, first generation, 16 years old
Reflection
Strengths: career goals and view on world issues, community service, essays
Weaknesses: grades and test scores, grades were As and Bs

franklinofwill · December 13, 2012, 11:01pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (Reading 800, Math 720, Writing 800)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Lit 780, U.S. History 770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 295
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 7 5’s, taking 5 more Ap’s this year
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: First Semester: AP Bio, AP Human Geo, AP Macro, Chinese 4
Second Semester: AP Bio, AP LIt, AP Calc BC, Chinese 5
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Governor’s Honors Program, STAAR Student, Valedictorian
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country, Track, Boy Scouts, Student Government, Beta Club, Gay Straight Alliance, Chinese Honors Society, Academic Bowl, Mock Trial (Leadership positions in all, but too lazy to write them out); Volunteer at Homeless Shelter
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Homeless Shelter and Low Income Medical Center
[] Summer Activities: Volunteering, GHP, um… Summer stuff
[] Essays: Pretty swell. Wrote about Malcolm X’s impact on me, a white southern male. Also wrote about a family tragedy. My creative writing supplement compared myself to a starfish.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Fantastic. One from an English teacher and
[] Counselor Rec: I dunno. Probably fye.
[] Additional Rec: An alumnus, a Princeton grad/family friend, and my godfather. All highlighted aspects of myself very well. I also had a very influential rec.
[] Interview: Went spectacularly. In fact, he just called me tonight to congratulate me.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public. I love it, but daggum- has some sketchy aspects.
[] Ethnicity: White (go figure)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): A VERY influencial recommendation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, recommendations, geographic area(I’m from a town with less than 1000 people and lots and lots of cows), fairly solid grades/Ap’s/Extra-currics
[] Weaknesses: Not specialized enough, lot’s of low-A’s (grade just does class rankings based on an “A is an A”)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays, recs, and interviews all were very strong. My geographic region helped a lot as well, I would imagine.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UGA Honors college. Not applying anywhere else![/li][/ul]General Comments: Thanks Allah/Vishnu/God/Jesus/Kwanza-God that I got in.

ilovecollege95 · December 13, 2012, 11:05pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1920 (CR:660,M:640,W:620)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: French-730, Spanish-670, Math 1-570
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not sure…maybe 3.5 (I have switched schools quite a bit)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): French (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Spanish, electives
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): UNICEF, Amnesty International, Varsity Cross Country, Varsity Indoor track, Proctor
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Nothing that I mentioned in my app
[] Summer Activities: moving lol
[] Essays: Common App was good…supplement was pretty mediocre
[] Teacher Recommendation: good?
[] Counselor Rec: probably pretty good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: About an hour, went pretty well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY (boarding school)
[] Country (if international applicant): too specific to mention…
[] School Type: boarding
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Too much for financial aid
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: have been through a lot of adversity, unusual high school experience
[] Weaknesses: SAT, supplement essay
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Unusual (so to speak) life experience
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No where so far[/li][/ul]General Comments: Feeling pretty sad :’(

kait444 · December 13, 2012, 11:05pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (CR:800, M:790, W: 760)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Chem: 780, Bio M:800, US History: 800, Math II: 800, Physics: 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0; weighted: 4.833
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/~540
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on Bio, USH, English Lang, Physics B, Spanish
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Chem, AP Calc BC, Spanish at uni., Current Issues (school required)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Semifinalist, USABO Semifinalist, Published in Concord Review, National Merit Semifinalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Research (3 yrs, will be published soon, 3X state sci. fair-2x final round, 1x oral presenter at JSHS), MUN (12-Pres, 11-Treasurer, President of Local Simulation this year), Debate (12-Captain, 11-Treasurer), Sci Bowl (2nd place regional—co-captain), Robotics (went to nationals for BEST,2x 1st in state), Math Team (represented school at district, state, New England levels), JETS (captain, placed in top 10 nationally), Varsity Tennis (11,12), Music (regional, all-state, all-national bands), founder of Bio Olympiad Club, sci dept awards, honors societies, etc., Gold on National Spanish Exam, Princeton Book Award
[] Job/Work Experience:none 
[] Volunteer/Community service: over 500 hours at local hospital
[] Summer Activities: research (see above—over 650 hours total)
[] Essays: ca: good supplement: really personal, good
[] Teacher Recommendation: excellent
[] Counselor Rec: even though large school, my counselor got to know me really well
[] Additional Rec: research mentor
[] Interview: went really well, about 1.5 hrs.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): prefer not to disclose
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public (competitive, usually 6+ to ivies/top schools)
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: high
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: stats, awards, ecs (esp. commitment to research), recs
[] Weaknesses: no hooks, essays weren’t necessarily phenomenal (but still good-I put a lot of time into them), interested in Math/Sci
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I have no idea!
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: full ride at state flagship[/li][/ul]General Comments: So happy right now–Still in shock! I can’t believe I actually got in!

icesummer · December 13, 2012, 11:42pm

Choose One:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (800 CR/ 800 math/ 760 writing)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Bio, 800 Chem, 780 US, 780 Math I
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): not sure? we don’t do out of 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/~800
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 7 5’s (Bio, Chem, USH, English Language, Statistics, BC Calc, Compsci) 2 4’s (World and Studio Art-self studied)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macro/Micro, AP US Govt, AP Spanish, AP English Lit, AP Physics C, Orchestra
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Anything major major? not really… but the usual National Merit semifinalist, National AP Scholar, won several international awards and performed at Carnegie , and won a couple art awards (national + state).[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Blood Drive (President), Yearbook (Editor-in-chief), Varsity Tennis, Math Team (President), and all my community service stuff and such.
[] Job/Work Experience: none (:
[] Volunteer/Community service: almost 600 hours.
[] Summer Activities: volunteering, Harvard SSP, bumming around?
[] Essays: Common app on my summer at Harvard and branching out in outlook. No supplement
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great. One from a science teacher who has taught me for 3 years and the other from an english one.
[] Counselor Rec: Not as great? Our counselor switched twice… but it should be alright.
[] Additional Rec: Kinda short, but included a dimension to my app I guess?
[] Interview: Fantastic. She said I was a perfect fit and that she would write a good rec.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): a fairly populated state.
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large public and a bit sketchy.
[] Ethnicity: ASIAN
[] Gender: GIRL
[] Income Bracket: 180k ish?
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONEEEE…
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Awards? I don’t know even know.
[] Weaknesses: GPA i guess? I had one B+ but don’t think it was a big deal? I don’t know…
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Prayer + God’s grace. nothing else explains anything. don’t know… falling asleep right now.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: didn’t even start another app
[/ul]General Comments: It feels like a dream. Still in shock… I don’t even know. To everyone out there, work hard and don’t give up! Also, thanks so much to other CC members. I’ve actually learned a lot over the past year despite what anyone says.

hellodollie · December 14, 2012, 12:07am

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (CR:750, W: 770, M:790)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: Chemistry 800, Math II 790, US History 790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95ish (weighted is 4.34)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): BC Calc (5) Chemistry (5) APUSH (5) Chinese (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: APCS, AP Gov, AP Lang, Multivariable calc/Linear Algebra, Orchestra, other misc
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, various national science competition finalist/semifinalist, regional athletic awards, schoolwide academic awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (captain, treasurer), Cross Country/Track (Captain), Art Club (treasurer), Orchestra, various science related things
[] Job/Work Experience: Intern at government research lab one summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: Weekly science projects with elem/middle school girls (STEM), cultural preschool camp counselor over the summer
[] Summer Activities: Intern, summer school, volunteering, art classes
[] Essays: Debate and self confidence commonapp (8/10, had potential, but wasn’t able to brush it up in time); synesthesia in science and art (10/10, I really liked this one)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Not quite sure… probably were good, but nothing outstanding.
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t know me at all…
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: I thought it went well. Afterwards, I felt like I neglected some points my interviewer intentionally tried to focus on (I didn’t pick up the cues at the time) and felt dumb.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public magnet–VERY competitive (usually 60+ to Ivies/year)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: 150k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none, really
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: possibly interesting essay topic, diverse interests (i.e. debate, science, and sports)
[] Weaknesses: diverse interests (debate, science, sports)… probably wasn’t well focused enough? Who knows what the admission officers think!!! Also, lack of a very challenging courseload. Also, Asian who intends to go into engineering. Boring.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Boring.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I also included an art supplement, in an attempt to make myself stand out; being a self-taught artist, I really have no major awards/accomplishments, which probably made my supplement fall flat.
I slightly regret making bad course decisions and not challenging myself more.
I will send an update, with awards and accomplishments, but for now, I’m focusing on different schools. I’d be ecstatic to be accepted to Harvard, but I’d rather focus on the realistic choices now (was expecting deferral, to be honest; now I’m questioning why I even bothered applying early).

luv2dance1995 · December 14, 2012, 12:33am

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2390 one sitting (800CR 800M 790W 10 Essay)
[] ACT: 36 one sitting (36E 36M 36 R 35 S) and 8 on essay lolol
[] SAT II: 800 math II, 800 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 32/~900 (top 5%)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych, US History, BC Calc, English Lang/Comp (all 5s)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP Econ, AP Chem, AP Bio, Honors English elective, school newspaper, gym (required)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Honor, Cum Laude, Science/Spanish honors society, selected to attend an Argonne National Laboratory Women in Science conference[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Dance is the main one, 10+ hours/week, mainly ballet/modern, since age 3, perform with local company (past 6 years), went with the company (chosen as 1 of 3 schools in the US) to tour in a dance festival in europe, sent in art supplement
Piano since age 5, finished suzuki repertoire
School newspaper staff writer (11th), news editor (12th)
Founder/co-president of South Asian cultural club this year
Model UN 10-12th grade, attended MUNUC twice (going to NUMUN this year)
JV tennis 9th-11th grade
[] Job/Work Experience: Paid dance teaching assistant (5th-9th grade), research internship at UChicago science lab (last summer), random babysitting that I didn’t include
[] Volunteer/Community service: school service club (10th and 11th grade), 2-3 hours/week at local food pantry since July 2012
[] Summer Activities: dance, tennis, babysitting, dance festival tour summer 2010, research last summer
[] Essays: all edited by parents/English teachers. Loved my common app narrative about my 8th grade spelling bee experience, pretty happy with harvard supp. about my concern since childhood about hunger/related to junior year family trip to India and food pantry volunteering
[] Teacher Recommendation: One from sophomore year English teacher/my newspaper advisor for past two years. She loves me and one from my US History teacher last year. maybe not as personal but I did very well in the class, especially the final project/final test
[] Counselor Rec: huge school so maybe generic but she thinks I’m amazingly smart haha
[] Additional Rec: One from the professor I did research under, and one from the head of my dance studio
[li] Interview: Decent I suppose, ~40 minutes and I was a bit incoherent at times. Also she never responded to my thank-you email :/[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large, decent public (3000+ students), sends maybe 10-15 people to Ivies each year
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: Not sure, probably 200,000ish
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada. Anti-hooks if anything[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: test scores, well-rounded maybe?, essays, recs
[] Weaknesses: ORM, non huge leadership, didn’t save the world or cure cancer
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I suppose I was worth hanging onto because of my test scores but I didn’t do anything huge to be accepted, and have no hooks
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Haven’t applied anywhere else. time for 20 million supplemental essays! although I’ll probably submit the couple w/out supplements this weekend.

[/ul]General Comments:
Was kind of expecting it, but disappointing nonetheless. I read the rest of this thread and tons of similarly qualified or better people were also deferred, so it is what it is I suppose. Stupid Harvard deferring pretty much everyone aghh so many essays to do! Good luck to my fellow deferred people, and rejected people. We’ll all end up someone great :)

12pablo13 · December 14, 2012, 12:36am

Do you guys think there is any chance that the students who got deferred will get in the second round?

Also, I read online that 3,196 students were deferred-- that is so many!

I was as well.

luv2dance1995 · December 14, 2012, 12:42am

well apparently 100 people who were deferred last year got accepted RD. and similarly to this year, 2/3 of EA people were deferred (~2800 I believe). so less chance than the overall acceptance rate :(

12pablo13 · December 14, 2012, 1:23am

So basically… Barely any of us are actually going to get in. Grrrreat

amontobin · December 14, 2012, 2:07am

Man, admissions this year seem to be very erratic.
Not belittling those of you who got in (as you all deserve much adulation), but it’s disheartening to see such qualified people (such as luv2dance1995 for example) get deferred or even rejected.

Princehaley · December 14, 2012, 2:12am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 ( 760 Reading, 740 Math, 730 Writing)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 770 US History, 780 Spanish
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/500ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on AP US History, AP Spanish Lang, AP Span Lit, AP Calc AB, 4’s on AP Biology, AP World, AP English Lang.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Art history, AP government, AP English lit, AP Music Theory, AP Calc BC
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing much, some school awards, community awards and the National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Wind Ensemble/marching band (1st clarinet) since like third grade, jazz band, district honor band, Co-founder of newspaper club which ive been doing for evvver. Class President and MECHA President. CSE Leaership Committee, *** club (treasurer/secretary) [ these are the one more important to me ]
[] Job/Work Experience: Freelance writer for La Prensa
[] Volunteer/Community service: Coronado Community Band, family band plays for Ronald mcdonald house and Alzheimer retirement home, Teen Court, PIQE volunteer
[] Summer Activities: CCNMA Multicultural Worskshop, Sweetwater Summer Arts Academy, summer classes, relaaax
[] Essays: from the heart
[] Teacher Recommendation: great
[] Counselor Rec: wonderful
[] Additional Rec:none
[] Interview: good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Mexicana
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: < 50,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Well-rounded?
[] Weaknesses: nothing special
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really think it was because everything I did was meaningful to me. I was very honest about who I was and what my goals/passions were and I think that was conveyed.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments: I will probably be in shock for the next month or so. For all those reading this, pleaaaaase understand that in order to get into such a wonderful institution, you do not have to have 5000 awards or a 5.0 gpa. Just be YOURSELF and work hard! congrats to all :)

Princehaley · December 14, 2012, 2:14am

sorry for being so vague. im veeeery tired and want to ge this out of the way :P

Philovitist · December 14, 2012, 6:40am

This happens every year, and the same comments are made. It’s not erratic; it’s the status quo.

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