***Official Harvard University 2019 SCEA Decisions ONLY***

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<p>I wish all of you the best of luck! It's been incredible getting to know all of you, and whatever our results, I know we're all on the way to wonderful things.</p>

<p>Here we go!</p>

<p><strong><em>Remove spaces in brackets before posting!!</em></strong></p>

<p>Choose One:
[ size=4][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted *[/color][/size]
[ size=4][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred *[/color][/size]
[ size=4][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected **[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II (place score in parentheses):
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parentheses):
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community Service:
Summer Activities:
Essays:
Teacher Recommendations:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:</p>

<p>[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid?
Projected Concentration:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>[ b]Reflection**
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else you are applying or have already applied:
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (800 CR, 800 M, 780 W, 9 Essay)
ACT (breakdown): 36 (36, 36, 36, 36, 10)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 780 World History, 780 Biology M, 800 Math II, 800 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, weighted 4.30 (4.8 weighting for AP Classes)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A, School only ranks by deciles (top decile)
AP (place score in parentheses): Stats (5), World History (5), US Gov (5), Comp. Gov (5), English Language (5), US History (5), Macroecon (5), Microecon (5), Biology (5)
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro History, AP Psychology, AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP Literature, AP Spanish V, Leadership group class taught by principal w/ 6 total students
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing spectacular, National Merit Semifinalist, National AP Scholar, All-State/Conference for skiing? 4-time Junior Championship qualifier for skiing (those familiar with skiing know this is not that hard to do)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Alpine Skiing (junior-senior captain, 4 yr varsity), competed on national circuit, , lightly recruited (see hooks), Tennis (JV Captain), Board member of community education fund, Spanish Club (VP/Treasurer 11th, President 12th), Sports Management Club President and Founder, Cabinet Member of Leadership Group of school that provides service opportunities and helps run school events, as mentioned before get to spend an hour of every school day with principal as result, President and Founder of 501©(3) Nonprofit that provides free ACT/SAT tutoring to students who otherwise couldn’t afford it, has grown to 8 tutors, tutored ~100 students.
Job/Work Experience: Worked minimum wage job at frozen yogurt shop for about a calendar year total between sophomore and junior year. Listed on common app.
Volunteer/Community Service: ~ 400 hr total through multitude of tutoring programs, hospital volunteer program
Summer Activities:Running nonprofit and doing actual tutoring, writing college essays
Essays:Common App 8/10, did not submit supplement
Teacher Recommendations: one was 10/10, other probably 8/10
Counselor Rec: Got a new guidance counselor this year after my previous one left for another job, this new counselor has also never been a guidance counselor before, so not super familiar with writing college LoRs, 7/10
Additional Rec: From HS principal, have very close relationship with him, very good.
Interview: Did an on-campus interview with a very senior admissions office that was very personal, thought it went really well. Also had an alumni interview with an alumnus of my HS, didn’t think that one went as well, still lasted 1 hr 15 min</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? No, parents are convinced “need-blind” admissions does not exist
Projected Concentration: Economics
State (if domestic applicant): MN
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public Magnet (top in MN)
Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Very lightly recruited athlete, not sure how much this helped, especially considering that my sport (alpine skiing) is non-revenue and very small in scale. Did not receive likely letter, but the coach made it seem like he would try to push my app through a little bit.</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Test scores, transcript, academics in general, heavy focus on education based ECs. Coming from a high school that sends 3-4 kids every year to Harvard probably helps to some extent as well.
Weaknesses: Some of my letters of rec (teacher #2, counselor), overrepresented minority, essays (didn’t submit supplement!), very weak 9th grade EC involvement (9th grade is part of middle school here), only slightly better 10th grade. Also my schedule was not very rigorous until junior year.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I have a pretty unique story in that I moved to where I live right before 9th grade and had to catch up academically, tutoring nonprofit that has grown pretty large, skiing (I will never know how much the coach helped me, but just keep in mind I did not receive likely letter like most heavy athletic recruits)
Where else you are applying or have already applied:University of Minnesota (scholarships adding up to full-ride), University of Michigan EA (LSA-Ross), Regular action: Yale, Penn, Dartmouth, USC
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Still a little in disbelief. Knew I had a good shot because of possible support from the skiing coach, but tried to refuse to convince myself I was getting in due to not wanting to face grave disappointment if I didn’t. To future applicants: take a shot at your dreams and don’t let anyone else tell you otherwise. You never want to wonder what could’ve been. I very nearly applied Dartmouth ED, but realized that even if I got in and I would always wonder what could have been had I applied to Harvard. Basically, don’t try to game the ED process, apply to the school that is your true #1. Also: do not obsess over test scores or academics in general. I realize this may sound hypocritical coming from me, but I don’t think my stats had much to do with me getting in. Your grades and test scores really just do need to be “good enough” to convince admissions you would be able to be successful academically at Harvard. Basically, what I’m saying is don’t stress over that extra ACT point when you already have a 33/34. Focus your time on things you truly enjoy and that will serve you a better purpose. Everything is still very surreal at this point</p>

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<p>Posted on behalf of son (who has already moved on):
DEFERRED</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I: CR: 730; W: 780; M: 690 = 2200
ACT: NA
SAT II: History: 730; Math II: 690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank: Top 5%
APs:4s and 5s
Senior Year Course Load: Rigorous – 4 APs
Major Awards: Mostly music, some academic </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Mostly involving music, Mock Trial
Volunteer/Community Service: Environmental Org. and music
Summer Activities: Worked plus summer music programs
Essays: Teachers said they were excellent
Teacher Recommendations: Hope they were good
Counselor Rec: Strong (at least that’s what she told me)
Additional Rec: One from my summer job
Interview: Went perfectly well, but it wasn’t amazing</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Nope
Projected Concentration: Music
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public/Magnet Arts School
Ethnicity/Gender: White boy
Income Bracket: High income
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Deep and abiding passion for music; paid music publications for respected music site
Weaknesses: Scores; possibly too much time on one EC
Why do you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Scores!
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Oberlin, Carnegie Mellon, Vanderbilt, USC, Williams, U. Michigan, Brown, Berkeley, UCLA, UCSB, Yale, Brown, Juilliard, Eastman, Boston U.
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: I knew it was a long shot, but I decided it was worth the effort, since the dual program with NEC sounded perfect. Best of luck to all!!</p>

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<p>**Decision: Deferred **</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2130 (730 CR, 690 M, 710 W, 10 essay)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Literature (670), Math I (680), French with Listening (790), Spanish (790)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
AP (place score in parentheses): N/A
IB (place score in parentheses): 38 (predicted)
Senior Year Course Load: IB Bilingual Diploma Programme: English A Language and Literature HL, Spanish A1 Literature HL, History HL (History of the Americas), Biology SL, Mathematics SL, Visual Arts SL, Theory of Knowledge. AP-level: Chemistry and Physics.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Led the Venezuelan team at the 2014 International Moot Court at The Hague, Netherlands (won 1st place). Outstanding Delegate at the 2013 Harvard Model United Nations, several silver medals in regional Math Olympics, Outstanding Scholarship Award and Outstanding Citizenship Award at school.</p>

<p>[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Student Council (Vice-President, 2yrs), MUN for 7 years (currently Secretary-General of school’s MUN), swimmer, piano player, volunteer, school newspaper writer.
Job/Work Experience:N/A
Volunteer/Community Service: Over 150 hours of community service in local organizations, including over 10 days in a secluded town.
Summer Activities: Global Young Leaders Conference (USA) 2013. Every other year just travel the world (mostly Europe) with my family.
Essays: Common App was great, supplement was funny. Amazing essays overall. (What else would I say of my own essays???)
Teacher Recommendations: 12/10 (I read it - it was AMAZING). The other I don’t know.
Counselor Rec: ?
Additional Rec: Don’t know, expect it to be awesome.
Interview: N/A</p>

<p>[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid? Umm, of course.
Projected Concentration: Government
State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): Venezuela
School Type: Small private
Ethnicity: Latino, with European and Arab descent. Also an American citizen.
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: At current exchange rates, under $20,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): What is URM? Nothing else really except the experience of growing up in the third world and being considered a minority. Got contacted by the UMRP.</p>

<p>[ b]Reflection**
Strengths: The past 17 years of my life. Experience abroad, leadership, perception of self by others.
Weaknesses: You tell me.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I hate to speculate.
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Princeton, Yale, UChicago, WIlliams, Georgetown, London School of Economics, King’s College London
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Don’t wait anxiously for the result.</p>

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<p>**Decision: Deferred **</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Not submitted
ACT (breakdown): 35 composite. 36E, 35M, 34R, 35S
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 760 Physics, 740 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11 (in a competitive school)
AP (place score in parentheses): Human Geo (5), Chem (4), World History (4), Calc AB (5), Environmental Science (4), Lang and Comp (5), Euro (4), and Physics (4). Didn’t submit any scores.
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Calc BC, AP English Literature, AP Psych, AP Gov, AP Micro, post 1865 US history at community college, online gym course, tv production, and yearbook.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I’ve won a couple of awards for my arts (TV production and Yearbook) on a national level. I’ve also gotten other standard stuff like National Merit Commended, National AP Scholar, etc. </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):</p>

<p>Key Club International-(International Trustee, District Treasurer, Lieutenant Governor, Class Director, International Education and Development Committee member, International Executive Committee member, the list goes on for quite a while…
Chair of a committee that disbursed $20k in grants to service projects across the state.
Class Council (co-VP all 4 years)
NHS (President)
St. Baldrick’s Day Chairperson (raised $75k with four other schools involved)
TV Production (Script supervisor, political correspondent)
Yearbook (Academics and Theme editor of a nationally recognized yearbook)
Camp volunteer (head counselor)
Math Honor Society (treasurer)</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:
Worked at a CPA’s office.</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community Service: 900 hours total
Summer Activities: Camp counselor, traveling for Key Club a lot.
Essays: All were good. I’d say 8-9/10
Teacher Recommendations: I read one and it was the amazing. I’d imagine that the other was at least adequate.
Counselor Rec: Counselor was new to school this year and barely knows me. I’m sure he didn’t say anything bad about me, but he definitely doesn’t have much insight into what’s going on in my life.
Additional Rec: Rec from the adult advisor for my state’s Key Clubs. Amazing. he’s known me for four years and wrote a lot about what I’ve done in the positions that I’ve held.
Interview: Went well. Lady was very old and cute haha. She might have focused too much on my resume and not enough on my personality. </p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
Projected Concentration: Economics
State (if domestic applicant): I’d rather not say.
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None. </p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: ACT score(?), extra curricular activities, additional rec
Weaknesses: Possibly essays. Maybe GPA, but I’ve gotten one B in all of High School. The grades I got while I was taking high school credit classes in middle school really weighed me down.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably because of the number of other qualified applicants. I thought I had a decent shot based on my extra curricular activities and test scores. I’m still a little annoyed that Harvard never looked at my art supplement. I can tell from the view count on Vimeo. How could they defer me without watching it? That just doesn’t seem fair. I guess that’s what you have to do when you’re reviewing this many apps!
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Vanderbilt, Duke, Georgetown, UPenn, a state school, probably adding a few schools to the list after having my self confidence decreased :confused:
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: I thought I would be a lot more upset when I got the result. I didn’t cry or anything. I’m glad that I attempted to get in to Harvard. I don’t regret anything about high school or my application process for this school. I tried my hardest and I guess that’s all you can do sometimes :)</p>

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<p>**Decision: Deferred **</p>

<p>Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 33C (32E, 35R, 30M, 33S, 8W)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): BioE (690), Math 2 (650)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.522 (low, I know.)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not available
AP (place score in parentheses): 1 AP, but 2 years in PSEO at the U of M (on campus, full time college student stuff)
Senior Year Course Load: Most Rigorous - All classes taken at the U of M (Full time PSEO)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Speech State Champion, Robotics State Champion and World Championship Qualifier</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Speech (Senior Member 4 years), Robotics (Captain), Band (Section leader 2 years)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community Service: None
Essays: Very Strong
Teacher Recommendations: I would say 9/10 and 8/10
Counselor Rec: Good, knows me well
Additional Rec: Physician that I shadowed, knows me well
Interview: Offered, but interviewer had scheduling conflicts</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
Projected Concentration: Bio
State (if domestic applicant): MN
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100-150k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: EC achievements, ACT is ok
Weaknesses: Low GPA, Lowish SAT 2s
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m competitive enough to be considered again?
Where else you are applying or have already applied: UMN (Accepted), Penn, Berkeley, UMiami, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Good luck to all that read this in the future! Don’t stress too hard.</p>

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<p>**Decision: Deferred **</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown): (n/a)
ACT (breakdown): 35C (34E 33M 35R 36S)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 770 Physics 710 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a but top 10%
AP (place score in parentheses): 3 5’s 1 4
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, multivariable calc at local college, etc.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Harvard Book Award, Commended Merit, some AP one, nothin special…</p>

<p>[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Founded debate team (president), Science club (treasurer), Internship at non profit over summer (helped draft proposal to state senate), full others
Job/Work Experience: 100s of hours babysitting
Volunteer/Community Service: 100s hours volunteering on farm/volunteer tutoring
Summer Activities: Intership, Program at biotech company, some other stuff (don’t really feel like going into too much detail)
Essays: I liked my common app, really like my supplement one
Teacher Recommendations: Never read, but good I assume
Counselor Rec: We have a very good relationship, so good I assume
Additional Rec:
Interview: Great. Talked for over an hour and was relaxed and fun.</p>

<p>[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid? yup
Projected Concentration: some sort of natural science
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity:white
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: upper middle?
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope</p>

<p>[ b]Reflection**
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Usual suspects + a few NESCAC schools (amherst, williams, etc.)
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Less disappointed then I expected. Given all the news in recent years about how overly competitive and somewhat unfriendly Harvard is, there was a decent chance I wouldn’t have gone even if accepted. I applied because I didn’t know were I wanted to go and Harvard was at least non-binding, but I think I could be much happier at a small LAC rather than the backstabby mess that Harvard has become. </p>

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<p>**Decision: Deferred **</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (don’t remember breakdown)
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II (place score in parentheses): US History (800), Lit (730)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17th
AP (place score in parentheses): Human Geography (3), World History (4), US History (5), US Gov (5), Lang (5)
IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Art (2D design), AP Lit, AP Euro, AP Comp Gov, AP Art History, AP Microecon, AP Art History (literally the only one in the class), Literature of Film, Craft Arts,<br>
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit finalist</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Karate (second degree black belt, junior instructor, performance team leader), film making (won school film fest two years in a row), color war (blue team general this year!), improv theater, film club (president), SADD (president), Amnesty International (president of club at school)
Job/Work Experience: Counselor in training at Franklin Institute Discovery Camp for two years
Volunteer/Community Service: Karate job is volunteer,
Summer Activities: Karate, CIT, art shows,
Essays: my English teacher went to Harvard and taught there for a while and said my essay alone should get me in but…
Teacher Recommendations: APUSH teacher, US Gov teacher, Art teacher, all should be glowing
Counselor Rec: probably okay
Additional Rec: Shihan/Sensei
Interview: Went okay??? </p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?
Projected Concentration: Political science or art history
State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity: I’m not white I’m Jewish <em>beat drop</em>
Gender: lady
Income Bracket: $50,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: I honestly thought my ten years of karate and my essay would get me through. I’m a very strong writer with works published in zines and young lit magazines.
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Honestly, my grades. They’re great but they’re not excellent. Also maybe my portfolio wasn’t what they were looking for?
Where else you are applying or have already applied: I was thinking about applying to Brown but my mother might kill me
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: </p>

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<p>**Decision: Deferred **</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2400 one sitting (77 mc on writing with 11 essay)
ACT (breakdown): 36 one sitting (34 reading with an 8 essay)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 800 math2 800 chem 770 world history
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parentheses): seven 5s and two 4s
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Comp Sci, AP Physics 1, Multivariable Calc, AP Spanish, AP Lit, Chinese IV
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USNCO finalist, Natl Spanish Exam gold, NMSF, Natl AP Scholar, CLASS Chinese Essay Contest Gold (submitted late Nov so likely not considered)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Tae Kwon Do 9-12 with black belt, Natl Chinese Honor Society 10-12 (Vice-President), marching band 9-11, made $1200 investing in a unique hobby 9-12
Job/Work Experience: interned unpaid at a cardiology clinic and learned how to perform electrocardiograms
Volunteer/Community Service: ~180 hours, all in 11th or 12th
Summer Activities: took courses at community college
Essays: poured my soul into them, were very very good
Teacher Recommendations: probably tanked my app, one was probably solid but the other likely mediocre
Counselor Rec: assuming very good
Additional Rec: band teacher, probably good
Interview: had a nice conversation and she wanted to get me in</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Nope
Projected Concentration: Comp Sci
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: medium highly ranked public
Ethnicity: Asian (Pakistani)
Gender: male
Income Bracket: relatively high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nonexistent</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: scores, essays
Weaknesses: lack of activities or major awards, recs
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: applied from a very very competitive region and only people with international or major national accomplishments have ever been taken from my school
Where else you are applying or have already applied: will be applying to top schools and will hope for the best
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: i am actually really relieved–a huge burden is off my back. sure, i would’ve been feeling much better if i were accepted, but i’m ok with this, especially seeing as how very good applicants were deferred. anyone reading this, I am the perfect stat to cite for “Harvard rejects many 2400 4.0s every year.” I regret spending so much time procrastinating and I regret not being heavily involved in some activity to a great enough extent to have a tangible impact. those who were accepted in this year’s early round genuinely deserve it–I’ve never seen this many excellent applicants deferred. Best of luck to all of us who weren’t accepted today, and a huge congrats to those who were.</p>

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<p>**Decision: Deferred **</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Did not take
ACT (breakdown): 34C (35E, 35M, 34R, 32S, 10 Essay) I also self reported that I have gotten a 35 in each subsection and 11 on the essay on the other two time I took the ACT.
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 790 Math 2, 770 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW, 4.5 W (8 semesters of AP and 2 Dual Enrollment classes, which are classes at nearby colleges)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parentheses): 5’s: Computer Science, BC Calculus, Psychology, US History, Statistics
4’s: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, European History, Biology
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Physics C, AP Lang, also four dual enrollment classes at nearby universities in Computer Science.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State Champion in Debate, Top 32 and 48 at two main national debate tournaments, Fellow at the Harvard Innovation Lab, Featured as New and Noteworthy App on Apple App Store, National AP Scholar, I guess that’s it</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Debate Club (12-President, 11-VP), Forensics (Captain), iOS Developer (CEO, have my own company), Harvard Innovation Lab (Founder of a Startup incubated there)
Job/Work Experience: Nothing important
Volunteer/Community Service: Done some volunteer work for forensics and debate. Also have tutored multiple students.
Summer Activities: National debate tournaments, creating startups, developing iOS apps
Essays: I thought they were pretty good, really showed my personal development. But I guess Harvard didn’t like them as much as I did. Common App (8/10) and Supplement (9/10)
Teacher Recommendations: I read them both, both were absolutely incredible. Teacher #1 (9/10) Teacher #2 (10/10)
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, couldn’t have been bad.
Additional Rec: Didn’t send one
Interview: It went well, we had a great discussion. I enjoyed it and I felt he did too.</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Projected Concentration: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant): WI
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Academics were good enough. I thought my essays and recommendation would get me in.
Weaknesses: No national awards or major recognition?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I honestly thought I had a good chance. I am not going to blame being Asian. I just think I didn’t get the admissions committee excited, didn’t have the X-factor they wanted.
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Wisconsin (Accepted), Stanford, Carnegie Mellon SCS, Cornell, Princeton, Yale, MIT, and Columbia.
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Even if you are confident that you will get in, don’t let that turn into arrogance. Always assume the worst case scenario. I got way too confident and Harvard punished me for it. Good luck to all those reading this, I hope you won’t have a stressful December.</p>

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<p>**Decision: Deferred **
Not surprised haha, I applied on a whim and my stats suck. Thought it was gonna be a forsure rejection</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t submit
ACT (breakdown): 29 (34 writing 36 English 26 math 24 science 8 essay)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): didn’t take lol…
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 13%
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Psych (3) APUSH (3)
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: Ap literature …
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Girl Scout bronze and silver awards, working on gold</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): UNICEF club (president), National Honor Society (VP), School’s broadcast journalism (tres./anchor), Youth Media and Broadcast Asso. (founder/president), Key Club (Activities director), Varsity track and field
Job/Work Experience: Published author, stroke patient caretaker
Volunteer/Community Service: LOTS from NHS but like National Public Lands Day and Respite night are consistent ones
Summer Activities: caretaker for stroke patient, having fun actually living life</p>

<p>Essays:I’m a pretty good writer so 10/10
Teacher Recommendations: 9/10
Counselor Rec:10/10
Additional Rec: 8/10
Interview: 11/10 ( it went so well I wish I could’ve been accepted on that alone)</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? yes
Projected Concentration: Humanities, hoping to be the next Soledad O’Brien
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: suburban mid sized public
Ethnicity: Black
Gender:Female
Income Bracket: Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, born with cleft lip (topic of essay)</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Great in person not so great on paper
Weaknesses: TEST SCORES and the fact that I only took one AP class this year :confused:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: test scores not high enough, but I’m great in personal so that was reflected in my interview and recs so maybe they were like oh you might be kinda good but I dont wanna accept you yet IDK
Where else you are applying or have already applied: USC, NYU, Columbia, Dartmouth, UCLA, UC berkeley, UCSB, Sac State (home safety), Cal poly, Pepperdine, Howard, University of San Francisco, Chapman, ASU (accepted), University of Nevada-Reno (accepted), Tulane, The King’s College (accepted)
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:
going to Harvard would have been cool and all but I don’t think it was truly the school for me. I applied for absolute f u c k’s sake and I am even surprised that I got deferred, I seriously should have been straight up rejected lol. Dont let deferral get you guys down!!!</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (800 W 780 CR 740 M)
ACT (breakdown): didn’t take
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math II (800) World History (800) Lit (770) Latin (740)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): idk top 2 or 3
AP (place score in parentheses): Psych (self-study, 5) World History (5) Lang and Comp (5) US History (5)
IB (place score in parentheses): Math SL 6
Senior Year Course Load: IB English HL, IB Philosophy HL, IB Latin HL, IB Physics HL, IB Classical Greek SL, Theory of Knowledge, AP Calc AB
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Carson Scholar, </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): MUN (lots of awards, planned my school’s conference, travelled to UK), JSA (President), Key Club (Co-pres), NHS (VP), piano, Boy Scouts (eagle scout), ASB, World Affairs Council
Job/Work Experience: Did two internships at a local university, one in linguistics the other in ethics.
Volunteer/Community Service: Tutor a boys and girls club and for another program, some volunteering at my church and local elderly care centers
Summer Activities: Harvard Summer School, other summer classes previously, planning school MUN conferences, internships mentioned above
Essays: I submitted three. First was about my passion for linguistics which I tied to my own life growing up in a very conservative area, second was about my Filipino and White ethnicities, third was about piano
Teacher Recommendations: Probably pretty good. One from classics teacher other from junior english teacher.
Counselor Rec: Probably great. she loves me lol
Additional Rec: From my two harvard profs
Interview: I had two. Both went pretty well, the second better than the first.</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yup
Projected Concentration: Gov or Linguistics
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity: Filipino/White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): idk</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: essays probably, idk what else
Weaknesses: i definitely feel like i sent too much supplementary info.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I feel like I stood out with my essays and my story. Definitely spend a ton of time on your essays.
Where else you are applying or have already applied: I’ve applied to Berkeley, University of Washington, and BU this far. UW and BU are safeties.
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Holy crap. This is so surreal. Hopefully this will help somebody. Deferrees and rejectees stay strong youre amazing and I know you’ll go far, congrats to all my fellow admits!</p>

14

<p>**Decision: Deferred **</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2130 one sitting, no prep (720 R, 660 M, 750 W, 8 on the essay)
ACT (breakdown): 31 both sittings, no prep (Highest scores: 35 E, 28 M, 36 R, 29 S)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): NOT REPORTED bc I took the November tests… Math 1 (730), Literature (730)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.74 (no chance, I know)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a but I would guesstimate top 15% (out of class of 309)
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Language (4), AP World but didn’t take the test, 4 others I am currently taking
IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, Essay Writing, Novels, AP Microeconomics, Honors/IB Dance, AP Calc AB, Intro to Art (lol), AP Macroeconomics, Statistics, Madrigal Choir, Astronomy
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
National Achievement Scholarship Semi-finalist (finalist results aren’t until January, I think)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): dance (choreographer, teacher, 18+hours a week), Northern Lites (a Capella group, soloist), Student Gov’t, DECA
Job/Work Experience: private tutor, Assistant/secretary for ACT/SAT/general tutoring company, babysitting service (5 families)
Volunteer/Community Service: teaching dance classes (3 hours/week), various NHS volunteer events
Summer Activities: 3 summers @ Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp (one for choir, two in the dance ensemble), one summer in NYC as member of the pre-professional dance program through LÉON Dance Arts NY
Essays: pretty stellar, I had about ten readers and they all loved them. Not “deep” or tragic but definitely personal.
Teacher Recommendations: one was amazing, the other I never read
Counselor Rec: don’t know but she seems to like me
Additional Rec: good, showed activism in the arts and seeking out any opportunities
Interview: went well! Lasted an hour, good conversation, interviewer was very friendly and positive</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Didn’t list it on the common app but will be
Projected Concentration: listed Econ or psych but really have no idea
State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: mid-size public
Ethnicity: black
Gender: female
Income Bracket: upper-middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: essays and art supplement (choreography experience)
Weaknesses: GPA GPA GPA. I was a lazy underclassman and I regret that so much.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: GPA. Maybe scores? Mostly GPA. Also weak community service.
Where else you are applying or have already applied: University of Michigan, Michigan State University, University of Wisconsin, University of Minnesota (accepted w/ almost full ride), University of Alabama (full ride), Loyola University - Chicago (full ride), NYU, Tulane, Yale, Columbia, UPenn, University of Miami
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:
Don’t apply to so many schools lol. Well, really, don’t apply to schools you don’t know much about! I basically picked names out of a hat or submitted ones that offered me a free application because I was a “preferred applicant”. The process wasn’t bad because I had four or five essays at my disposal that tended to be easily adjustable for different supplements, but sending all your scores and transcript and everything takes MONEY. I prob spent at least $600 or $700 on applications. Never realized it was so expensive lol. Also, go with your gut. If you can’t see yourself at a school, don’t apply. And another note… Don’t judge all schools by their rankings, you elitist pricks! (Joking joking you’re not pricks…) I happened to visit Wisconsin and fell absolutely in love. Still not sure if I’ll go there if I get accepted at “better” institutions, but at least I know that’s one experience that I would really enjoy. I never would’ve considered it before my happenstance visit.</p>

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<p>For those who may view this thread next year, I want to clarify my earlier post. My son got 2200 superscore, but only 2170 on a single sitting. Not sure if that matters, but I figured someone might want to know this at some point. Only one of his friends – with a 2400 – got accepted. The rest (all of whom scored over 2300 with fabulous ECs) got deferred.</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 35 composite, English: 35, Math: 33, Reading: 36, Science: 35, Writing: 6
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Literature (780), Spanish (670), Math II (690)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parentheses): Music Theory (5), Spanish Language (4)
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish Literature, AP Art History, 12th grade English, AP AB Calc, 12th grade History
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Many music awards, National Merit Commended Scholar</p>

<p>[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Extensive music extracurriculars showing long time commitment. Held every leadership position possible in one organization that I’ve been a part of since 2nd grade.</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Tutoring, Teaching Assistant, Camp counselor
Volunteer/Community Service: not much beyond school’s graduation requirement
Summer Activities: music every summer, international tours every summer
Essays: very strong
Teacher Recommendations: very strong
Counselor Rec: probably very strong
Additional Rec: I had two additional recs from 2 different music teachers. I’m sure both were very strong and were a great addition to my application!
Interview: Interviewed with an alum who majored in a field I am interested in at Harvard. Pretty strong interview.</p>

<p>[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid? No
Projected Concentration: History/Political Science (also applying to dual degree with NEC)
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: N/A
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>[ b]Reflection**
Strengths: Strong academics, recommendations, music supplement, essays
Weaknesses: SAT subject test scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Well rounded student and I show a strong passion for music, as well as a commitment to academic excellence. I’m also regarded as a leader within my community, and I’m sure my recommendation letters addressed that.
Where else you are applying or have already applied: music schools
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Be yourself on the application. Take classes that you’re very interested in throughout high school. I had only taken 2 AP classes up until senior year, and instead took other classes I was genuinely interested in, even if they weren’t AP or honors. (I go to a small school, so granted, not many APs are offered.)</p>

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<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (800 M, 800 CR, 790 W)-one sitting
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math II (800), Physics (790), biology (780)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.79 :frowning: (weighted is 4.23)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank, top decile
AP (place score in parentheses): 5s- Calc BC, Euro History, APUSH, English lang
4s – Biology, Physics C-Electricity, Statistics, Spanish lang
3 – Physics C-Mechanics
IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Bio-research, two English seminars, math class at a local college, AP Chemistry, AP Psychology, AP Spanish lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, National Merit Semifinalist, President’s volunteer award</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Writing center (leader), internship with local business since 8th grade, competitive piano since 8 years old, Newspaper, teacher/founder of an English class, volunteering at Jill’s House (a local respite for mentally disabled children), Cross Country
Job/Work Experience: spent the past summer doing research at a top cancer center
Volunteer/Community Service: volunteering at Jill’s House
Summer Activities: Nerd camp until past summer
Essays: They were really personal and I spent tons of time on them. I think they’re great
Teacher Recommendations: Haven’t read but both teachers really like me and know me well
Counselor Rec: Good as well, I think!
Additional Rec: My boss from my internship. We’ve known each other for 5 years
Interview: I wouldn’t even think of it as an interview, to be honest. My interview and I just chatted for 1.5 hours. It was great.</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
Projected Concentration: Biology (maybe double major w/ East Asian studies)
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Essays and test scores
Weaknesses: Subpar grades and no major awards
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I honestly don’t know because a lot of the applicants are way more talented than I am
Where else you are applying or have already applied: UVA (Jefferson scholar), UPitt (guaranteed medical program), Wash U (Danforth scholar), BU (Trustees scholar)
Will apply: Stanford, Columbia, Yale
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Honestly, apply to Harvard. Just do it. You don’t know until you try.</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 34 (33 35 33 36 E 10)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math II (780) US History (780)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t do GPA, but I think my grades would be a 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
AP (place score in parentheses): US History (5), Calculus BC (5)
IB (place score in parentheses): School doesn’t offer
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP English, AP Statistics, AP Spanish, Theater, Model UN (it technically counts as a class for my school), Art XII, Chorus.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Harrison Moore Scholar (school award, won a full scholarship for all of high school), history department prize, spanish department prize, Bausch&Lomb Honorary Math/Science Prize, Yale Book Prize (ironic) </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Varsity Swim Team (Captain), Varsity Tennis (Captain), swimming outside of school, Model UN, tenor in Upper School Chorus, play piano for 13 years, 2nd degree black belt in jujutsu and competed in various tournaments and teach children, actor in all musical theater and theater productions, have been in Off Broadway show once as extra.
Job/Work Experience: Have tutored for money in math and spanish.
Volunteer/Community Service: Time swim meets, help out with girls’ volleyball as scorekeeper, been on various walks in community.
Summer Activities: Calc 3 at Columbia University last summer
Essays: I think they were good
Teacher Recommendations: I will never know if these were good.
Counselor Rec: Same with this, I’ll never know.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: I think it went well.</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? No
Projected Concentration: Something math or science, unsure.
State (if domestic applicant):NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: I don’t know
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Sent in an acting portfolio to Harvard, lots of extracurriculars</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Many extracurriculars, great recs, great interview, acting portfolio, grades
Weaknesses: Not enough volunteer work and job opportunities, maybe essays
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Lack of job opportunities and volunteer work.
Where else you are applying or have already applied: University of Michigan, Yale, Penn, Columbia, Princeton, Georgetown, UChicago, Northeastern, Tufts, Notre Dame, Carnegie Mellon and maybe Cornell (still deciding on that)
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: I thought I had great stats to get into Harvard and I am still kind of in shock I was deferred. Having said that, I was expecting this to be a deferral. Statistically I had no chance of getting in. But sometimes you have to take what life throws at you and learn from it. Maybe by some miracle I will get in regular. Or maybe I’ll go to Yale and burn the Harvard T-shirt I have. Who knows. Now I just have to get my other apps done and wait three more months (fun).</p>

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<p>**Decision: Deferred **</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (800 CR, 790 M, 800 W), I also sent my previous two sittings, 2130 and 2230
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 800 Math level 2, 800 Physics, 790 Bio, 700 World, 690 French w/ listening
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank, but counselor implied no. 1
AP (place score in parentheses): 5 Calc BC, 5 Stats, 5 Macro, 5 Micro, 5 Chinese, 4 Lit, 4 Bio, 3 World, planning to take 5 more in senior year
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: Research project, AP Chem, Physics (school doesn’t offer AP), Tech, USH, AP Lang, P.E., Instrumental Music III
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): haha. </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Student council (secretary 10-11, president 12), Beta Club (10-12, president 12), MUN, Play for Peace, Badminton, Orchestra, Piano, a bunch of little things not worth reading (I live in an area without a lot of these opportunities)
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community Service: not a lot, mainly at a local charity store and orphanage
Summer Activities: reading, travelling, school stuff
Essays:
CA essay - 9/10. I’m really happy how this turned out.
EC essay - 8/10
Optional - 8/10
Teacher Recommendations: Submitted 3, only read 1, but they all love me. 9/10
Counselor Rec: really good 10/10
Additional Rec:
Interview: none, I might be getting my hopes up but maybe the lack of an interview contributed to my inconclusive decision? </p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? yup
Projected Concentration: engineering
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Canadian citizen living in China
School Type: tiny (senior class has 17 kids, I know it’s small), private international, non-competitive (it was difficult for me to really stand out here since the atmosphere is so sleepy)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: XX
Income Bracket: 100k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): female in engineering? I guess. The rest are anti-hooks lol. </p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: stats, recs, essays
Weaknesses: pretty much everything except the strengths
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m a little bit good in everything but not amazing in anything
Where else you are applying or have already applied: UofT, McGill, Stanford, UCB, UCLA, Columbia, Princeton, Cornell, MIT, UPenn, Yale
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Oh well. I pretty much expected a deferral anyways. I guess I’ll just wait until the RD decision round and maybe send in some updates. Congrats to those who got in, good luck to those deferred like me, and don’t worry to those rejected! College apps aren’t the only opportunity in our lives to achieve something awesome! </p>

20

<p>**Decision: Accepted!! **</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t Submit
ACT (breakdown): 36 Composite (36R 36M 36S 35W)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Chinese (790) Math II (800) U.S. History (750)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
AP (place score in parentheses): Chinese (5) Calc BC (5) Statistics (5) U.S. History (5) Biology (5)
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP World History, AP English Lit, Ethnic Studies, Gov/Econ, Finite/Discrete Math, Leadership 2 (Student Gov’t Class)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): DECA International Champion, President’s Volunteer Service Award, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Semi-Finalist</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Student Government (ASB President), State President of a large student business organization, Chair of local Congressman’s Student Advisory Council, Senior Fellow on a Congressional campaign, President of school club dedicating to reducing stress, National Honor Society
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community Service: Umpire-in-Chief at local Little League, started own community service club
Summer Activities: Foreign exchange to Germany, internship at Assemblymember’s office
Essays: Both good, Common App about my love of people and tackling the issues that face society, Supplement about my experiences fighting for equality, 150-word extracurricular about my interest in government/politics
Teacher Recommendations: Both outstanding
Counselor Rec: Written by my principal who I know very well, undoubtedly excellent
Additional Rec: 1 from my Congressman (outstanding as well), 1 from leadership coach through my business organization (saw the letter, almost cried at how great it was)
Interview: Had 2. First one went well, the alumnus seemed to like me. Got asked for a second one a couple weeks before decisions, with a different alumna, had an incredible conversation covering every topic imaginable</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
Projected Concentration: Government/Social Sciences
State (if domestic applicant): West Coast!
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: East Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Leadership in a variety of organizations, clear demonstrated interest and experience in politics, showed ability to juggle a million things at one time (while still doing everything successfully), showed great compassion and motivation in essays, incredible rec letters
Weaknesses: No single outstanding achievement
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Only Harvard Admissions knows…
Where else you are applying or have already applied:
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Ecstatic that I’ve been accepted! Cried for 10 minutes straight when I found out. To future applicants reading this thread hoping to gauge your chances of admission (much like I did with previous threads), I’d say be yourself. The information on College Confidential is helpful just to look at, but can never give you a full picture of a person and why they were accepted. Don’t let threads like these inflate your ego or crush your dreams (i.e. if THAT person didn’t get, I’ll never get in!!!). Figure out what your passions are, and pursue them with all your heart. If you have many, then chase them all. Make the most of every opportunity you get. Be the best person you can, and apply to the schools that you aspire to attend. The admissions committees will decide where you might fit in. Good luck! </p>