<p>Choose One:
Decision: Deferred[/color][/size]
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (CR750/M710/W740) - didn’t submit.
[</em>] ACT: 35 (36, 34, 36, 34)
[<em>] SAT II: USH 780, BioM 750, Math2 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.998 (my luck…-__-)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/398
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH 5, Stats 5, Bio 5, Psych 5, APWH 5, PoliSci 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
AP English, AP Calc BC, AP Physics B, AP Environmental Science, AP Spanish, Ceramics (lol)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
NHS - VP
NBHS - P
FBLA - VP
SAT/ACT Tutor
Culture Club - VP
Started a cultural awareness program Freshmen year that is now a tradition
School Paper - Writer
Local Paper - Writer
Tutoring center - Head
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
State Treasury - Intern
Political Campign for Governor - Youth organizer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
Arabic teacher at local mosque
[<em>] Summer Activities:
Attended summer session at Princeton University with undergrads for 12 credits.
[</em>] Essays:
Top notch
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:
Teacher #1 - amazing
Teacher #2 - even better
[</em>] Counselor Rec: generic (she copy and pasted stuff from the CV I sent her)
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: stellar
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian/Pakistani
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: >$500,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: EC’s, GPA, AP’s, Essays, ACT’s.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Counselor Rec, SAT, SATII
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really don’t know… I’m just so depressed. I wasn’t very emotional at first but it’s progressively getting worse. It’s all an enigma. Perhaps my SATII’s, perhaps my counselor’s rec…I just dont know.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: N/A[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who was accepted. You guys are brilliant and I know you will go on to do extraordinary things. I could not be happier for you. I’m just not the type to envy others or be bitter. To those deferred: hang in there. I mean i might sound hypocritical simply because I’m just so devastated but just hang in there. My advice may seem empty since even I can’t seem to actually take it. But it’s okay. To the rejected, do not fear. Don’t lose that fire, that spark, that innate drive to succeed that led you to choose Harvard as your early action school.</p>
<p>@brownseller I’m really happy you got accepted. You obviously must have earned it and the admissions committee saw something in…that I cannot see. But calm down, “amigo.” Please control what you say and dont disgrace the name of the school you are about to attend with such immature and rudimentary post.</p>
<p>@ram0276</p>
<p>…Are you serious man? Do you honestly believe he was accepted? Do you know what a ■■■■■ is? Seriously man…come on.</p>
<p>@starktony</p>
<p>Omg hahahahah eff! I feel like such an idiot. (Probably why I got deferred lol). I’m actually looking right now. My bad!</p>
<p>Loling* oops</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (770 CR, 800 M, 720 W)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Lit, 800 French, 760 M2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st or 2nd (but very small school)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): French Lang (5), Spanish Lang (5) (only APs offered, no courses: only 2 hours of prep by the school for each)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: French system (Tle S OIB sp</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (780 CR, 800 M, 780 W)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: Biology-M 800, Chemistry 800, World History 800, Math II 780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% (school doesn’t rank)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5), World History (5), Calculus BC (5), US History (5), Spanish Language (5), Chemistry (5), Biology (5), English Language and Composition (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Statistics, AP European History, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Music Theory, religion classes (school is Catholic)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, National AP Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction, Chatham University Rachel Carson Book Award, Creative Communications Poetry Contest Finalist, California High School Speech Association State Championships (Expository Speaking 7th), American College of Musicians Awards (High School Diploma in Social Music and Advanced Bach Plaque), Bay Area Music Association Festival Trophy Winner, numerous school General Excellence Undergraduate Awards (top 1% in each subject)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Youth Orchestra (concertmaster), school musical theater pit orchestra (principal violinist or principal violist, depending on what I am playing for that particular show), Speech and Debate Team (Captain), School Music Service Club (Co-Founder/Co-President)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer Internship as a Human Resources Consultant at JDS Uniphase (paid), Recital Piano Accompanist (paid)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: regular service at local homeless shelter, assistant coach for local middle school Academic Junior High Decathlon Team (brought team to runner-up finish in regional championships), participant in a summer immersion service trip to China
[<em>] Summer Activities: Orchestra Tours to Europe (concerts in Salzburg, Vienna, and Prague), Summer Internship (see above), intensive orchestra workshop, immersion service trip to China (see above), Clinical Anatomy Summer Program at the Stanford School of Medicine
[</em>] Essays: I guess they were good! I spent a lot of time on them (all three: Personal Statement, Short Answer, and Harvard Supplement), and my counselor teared up when she was reading my essay…
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Presumably great! I chose teachers who knew me well and cared about me, who had known me for a while (one of them has taught me in three classes)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great! I didn’t get to read any of the teacher/counselor recs though…
[<em>] Additional Rec: From the Performing Arts Director at my school (I sent in an arts supplement for violin and piano)
[</em>] Interview: I thought it went really well! We talked for a little more than an hour and my interviewer was super nice!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Catholic Private (senior class~400 students)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper Middle-Class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none whatsoever…unless my arts supplement could potentially be counted as one? Probably not though…
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Interview went really well (we hit it off; I felt like I was really able to convey my personality); essays (contrasting: one was more serious, one was funny); high test scores/strong academics
[<em>] Weaknesses: Unhooked Asian…need I say more?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I believe I got in as an all-arounder…and miracles really DO happen! 
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: nowhere else yet…I applied SCEA to Harvard[/li] [/ul]General Comments: Never be afraid to apply just because you feel you are “not good enough” or don’t have any hooks…anything can happen! Seriously! Good luck to all those who were deferred and to those who are applying for Regular Decision! I can’t wait to meet you all during Visitas!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 800, M 780, W 770
[</em>] SAT II: Maths II 800, German 760
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unranked
[li] Senior Year Course Load: A-level German, History, Economics and Further Maths</p>[/li]
<p>Can’t be bothered to do the rest. Sorry, chaps.</p>
<p>Going to be general here</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2310
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: 800,800,780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 7 5’s, 4, 3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP’s
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Semifinalist on some U.S.A. Sci Oly Competitions
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): One national, several unique, research, community service, a lot of focus on science
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked due to low income
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: A lot, 1000+. My main E.C. was this.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Research, Internships
[</em>] Essays: Personal statement was very good, supplementary was pretty good but not as good.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was terrific, other unsure of
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I think good
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: Good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender:
[</em>] Income Bracket: Lowest
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Gen
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:
[<em>] Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>i am pretty suprised about some ppl that got in and others that didn’t get in, like some of the apps were pretty impressive but others were like “you are applying to harvard? for reals?”, i thought harvard would only take 2350ish sat I kids. but for those that are deferred, i think the chances of getting in are even less, since your apps are reviewed after all the rd apps are read, but it’s mostly the affirmative actions that ****es me off the most, like favoring less qualified minorities over people who have put in more hard work and dedication over the years and who have been working towards this goal for a long time</p>
<p>@SeeYou: You are the epitome of what’s wrong in college applications and CC. Harvard and other top universities select those they feel will best represent their college and create a diverse class. SAT scores are just a number. You’re admitted by your total package.</p>
<p>And how dare you insinuate that minorities are somehow inferior or have worked less hard at getting into college? That’s pure stupidity. Bottom line, top tier admissions want passionate, driven, interesting people, and saying someone doesn’t deserve to be admitted because they don’t have perfect scores is just wrong.</p>
<p>@SeeYou</p>
<p>you know what the funniest thing is?</p>
<p>these “less qualified minorities” will make much more of an impact on the world than you ever would</p>
<p>good luck to you in your college admissions</p>
<p>sincerely</p>
<p>a “less qualified minority” that got into a school across the river from Harvard</p>
<p>Deferred! Let’s go one more time, SAT!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (790 M, 770 CR, 790 W)
ACT: Did not take
SAT II: 750 Biology M, 760 World History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.66 weighted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3 / 404
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (4), Chem (5), Calc BC (5; AB subscore-5), US History (5), World History (5), Psychology (5), Biology (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature and Composition, AP Econ, AP Gov, Adv Scientific Internship/Research, Georgia Tech Calc II, GT Calc III, Post-AP Robotics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar with Distinction, 2nd Place Georgia Brain Bee, 1st Place Cobb EMC WYT Scholarship & Competition, other small school awards</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chess Club, Leadership Club (Vice President), Magnet Advisory Board (secretary; president), Math Team, Helping Hands, Habitat for Humanity, Interact Club (founder & president), Student Government (student body vice president, sophomore class president); started a non-profit organization and raised over $5,000 for medical research for a neurological disorder
Job/Work Experience: Internships–Emory University Cardio Lab, Kaleidoscope (school for autistic children), Congressman Price’s office
Volunteer/Community service: 200+
Summer Activities: a bunch of summer camps and internships
Essays: I thought my common app and supplement were both really good. Very honest and real. Especially the suppliment–did the letter to a roommate and it was about my passion for writing
Teacher Recommendation: thought they were pretty good, one of the teacher’s had written me recs for three other programs, all of which I ended up getting into. Read the other one and it seemed pretty cut and dry but it wasn’t bad
Counselor Rec: Probably pretty great because we were working on a one-on-one level and she only had one other student to right
Additional Rec: didn’t have one
Interview: It went really well, and he seemed extremely impressed. Now I think back on it and just keep picking a bunch of things that must have been wrong, but overall he seemed to really like me and I got to say everything I hadn’t put on my app</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): GA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public Magnet
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Academics
Weaknesses: No hooks.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I dont really know… not well-rounded enough?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to UGA (Honors Program as well) and Georgia Tech</p>
<p>General Comments: I was extremely upset at first–well, I guess I still am. I mean, I’ve been staying pretty pessimistic, but I did have that glimmer of hope when I was waiting for the email. I’ve been aiming for this my whole life, and failure just makes it feel like everything I’ve done is a waste. I know it sounds very whiny and ridiculous, but I think only a few people can really understand what it means. But congratulations to those of you who got in, and good luck to everyone on this next round.</p>
<p>Deferred</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2270 Total, 770 Math, 770 Writing, 730 Read
SAT II: 780 Physics, 770 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.3): 4.2 but all classes are honors or AP
Rank: 1st or 2nd in class of 80
AP: Physics (5), Chem (5), Stats (5), Calc (5), English (4)
Senior Year Course Load:Hard, 3 APs (max allowed at school) and all honors
Major Awards:National merit semi, national hispanic scholar
Extracurriculars:Soccer (captain), track, musicals, and theatre
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at library, construction, public schools, settlement homes and in latin america
Summer Activities: Community College classes, volunteer work
Essays: Excellent
Teacher Recommendation:Excellent, both teachers love me
Counselor Rec: Excellent, she knows me well
Interview:Ok but not amazing
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender:Male
Hooks:1st generation hispanic
Strengths: Good scores, hispanic, good extracu.
Weaknesses: one B+ in english, no job experience
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Idk, ea applicants were too strong
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No where yet</p>
<p>This is what I feel when I’m reading this thread.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (800,800,800)
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT II: 800 (Math I), 800 (Chemistry), 800 (Lit)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 420000000
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 34 (too lazy to write them all out) all 5s
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): perfect score on all of them
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP French, AP German, AP Calculus BC, AP Calculus AB, AP Physics C (E&M), AP Physics C (Mech), AP Physics B, AP English Lit, AP English Lang, AP Gym
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1st at IMO, 1st at ISEF (Bioengineering), 1st at International Dodge Poetry Festival, 1st Mandelbrot Individual, 1st ARML individual, 1st IChO, 1st IBO, 1st ICO, 1st IAO, won 10,000$ on Jeopardy, 1st in international violin competition @ Russia
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Curing Cancer at Sloan-Kettering, Science Olympiad, Math Team, English Team, Spanish Team, Football Team, Quizbowl, Model U.N., Forensics (captain of all of the above), Chamber Orchestra, Elite Orchestra
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Works as researcher at Sloan-Kettering, interned at Goldman Sachs (manager said I was the most impressive intern that ever existed)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteered >10000000000008.3 hours building houses for African children, volunteered >13828238724.11 hours tutoring in complex calculus and life, volunteered >138230243 EE 99 seving food at local soup kitchen
[<em>] Summer Activities: Researched in curing cancer (and discovered cure!), TASP, Simons Program, RSI, Math Camp, Physics Camp, Chem Camp, Bio Camp, and FBLA nationals (1st in Economics)
[</em>] Essays: 10/10: everyone who read it burst into tears. I talked about overcoming homelessness and racism - I think my humility also shone through
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 10/10: teacher literally groveled at my feet to write it for me
[</em>] Counselor Rec: 10/10: amazing
[<em>] Additional Rec: 10/10: also amazing. see “teacher recommendation” except for research mentor
[</em>] Interview: 10/10: interviewer started bursting into tears in the middle
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: huge and very competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: $4000 (from my part time job)
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation college, poverty, recruited for football
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: awards, extracurriculars, scores, humility and personality, outer appearance
[<em>] Weaknesses: a little too nice of a person
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not good enough
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: nowhere :([/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>chingstah. I think Harvard made a big mistake in not accepting you.</p>
<p>does anybody know the facebook group name ?</p>
<p>Harvard Class of 2017. It has a graduation cap thingimajig.</p>
<p>Yeah, you can also find the link under “useful links” on the admitted students portal.</p>