<p>I borrowed the following template from another school's forum from last year. As soon as you get your decision, delete the spaces inside the brackets and fill out your information for the benefit of prospective students. Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>sexicani - I’m sorry to hear that you were rejected. Did you get a letter today? An e-mail? Are you international or local? You are the first person that I have heard of who has gotten anything from Haverford RD.</p>
<p>lol thanks guys. i got a letter today in the mail and i live in the United States. I didn’t expect to hear back this soon either. Good luck to everyone else!!</p>
<p>Though I got an ED acceptance, I’ll post this to bring comfort to anyone who might need it.</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1830; 550M, 590CR, 690W
[</em>]SAT II: 590M1, 640Lit
[<em>]ACT: 28; 26S, 27R, 28M, 29W
[</em>]GPA: 3.98 unweighted
[<em>]Rank: 1 of 110
[</em>]Other Tests (AP): Language: 4, BC Calc: 1, U.S. History: 4
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays:
common app - significant event: meeting my grandma in Ethiopia
supplement - suggestion to strengthen the honor code through survey
[</em>]Counselor Rec: fantastic principal recommendation and two excellent AP teacher letters
[<em>]Supplementary Material: none
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): geographic location? greater Seattle area
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Federal Way, WA
[</em>]High School Type: public; 1,700 students
[<em>]Ethnicity: Norweigan/Ethiopian
[</em>]Gender: male
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid: yes
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars:
-4 years of student government (academy and campus)
-3 years of math tutoring
-2 years of city youth leadership
[<em>]Awards: academic/school/city
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
Everyone who applies to Haverford has a wonderful shot at being accepted. If you were honest about who you are in your application and showed an interest, there cannot be anything in your way of getting in other than there being too many fantastic applicants and Haverford needing to maintain its small size. I was a bit worried beforehand that standardized test scores would hold me back, but they’re just one factor in a pool of many, and I think Haverford cares more about the character of the person than their capabilities on a saturday morning.
Best of luck to all of you RDers! Honestly, these last few days are the killer. My suggestion: pass the time by watching rented movies.
[/ul]</p>
<p>Hey. Good luck to everybody in Regular Decision. I can’t wait to hear from you guys.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2200 (CR700, M800, W700)
[</em>]SAT II: Math II-800, Physics-750
[<em>]GPA: 3.50
[</em>]Rank: School doesn’t rank.
[li]Other Tests: AP Psych-5, AP Stat-4</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Main essay – Pretty good. I wrote about the connection I feel between academic/intellectual success and creative expression (eg. music, guitar, poetry), and discussed how these were related to my late diagnosis of ADD.
Supplemental – Good as well, probably better than my main essay. I wrote about my fairly clique-y town, and growing up with one foot in the sports crowd and one foot in the “artsy” crowd, and how I grew to be confident, making both sides of me into one identity. I also related it to how comfortable I felt at Haverford during the Student-Athlete weekend.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: One from social studies and one from Physics. I’ve had the same Physics teacher for three classes over two years, so we have a strong relationship.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Okay. He’s a really good guy, but he’s new this year and didn’t know me as well as most counselors would.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Poem that was selected to be in the online newsletter of a writing website.
[li]Hook: Recruited athlete. Also, I geared everything in my application to what I plan on studying, physics and astronomy. I took the Physics SATII, took two years of Physics and had the teacher write my rec, did an Independent Study in astronomy, and personally met with a professor at Haverford about it. I think that sort of thing may help.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Central NJ
[</em>]High School Type: Very competitive, known for academic strength.
[<em>]Ethnicity: Sun-fearing.
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid: N
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Baseball, guitar, Slam Poetry – writing and performing (as well as normal poetry.) I also mentioned that I’ve been a home A/V installations assistant the last three summers.
[<em>]Awards: I won’t be going down in any history books…
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]
Aie… I had myself stressed and psyched out to an almost unhealthy point. Parting words: if you get in, come! Seriously. The speed limit on most of campus is 13 miles per hour. The signs look awesome.</p>
<p>for you guys that got in already was the financial aid good (if you already heard about it) cause if i get in that will pretty much be the only factor keeping me from going there :)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 780 CR 750 M 800 W
[</em>]SAT II: 730 Lit 720 Math Level II
[<em>]GPA: 94.5/100
[</em>]Rank: Top 25%
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Euro 5 US 4 Chem 4
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: CommonApp: Good, about my chess coach. People that read it liked it. Supplement: From what I recall not very good. I wrote it in about 45 minutes, so the quality was not great.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: One was great, the other one I didn’t see
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Maine
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Chess, theater, tennis
[</em>]Awards: Winner of some national chess tournaments.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:I guess I’m kind of annoyed I got waitlisted, but most people are.[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 720cr 730m 700w
[</em>]SAT II: 800 History 730 Biology 690 Math II
[<em>]GPA: UW ~ 3.6 (but over 3.8 junior and senior year - was a slow starter)
[</em>]Rank: School doesn’t rank
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought his Haverford essay was excellent.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Likely excellent
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Likely excellent
[</em>]Hook none
[<em>]Location: CT
[</em>]High School Type: small private
[<em>]Ethnicity: W
[</em>]Gender M
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid: N
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Theater, Newspaper, Forensic Union, X-country
[<em>]Awards: Rensselaer Medalist for his school
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations?[/ul]
Well now he’s 3-0-1. He’s in at his state honors college with merit money which would make it just ~$2,800/year tuition. However he really liked Haverford so he’ll stay on the WL.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 670 CR // 640 Math // 690 Writing // 12 Essay
[</em>]SAT II: 760 US History // 740 Biology
[<em>]GPA: 3.95 UW // 4.8 W
[</em>]Rank: 1/175
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): US History: 5 // Human Geography: 5 // English Language: 3
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Awesome
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Spectacular (Chemistry/Physics teacher & English teacher)
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Grand
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Low Income, First Gen[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: The South!
[<em>]High School Type: Public, Inner-City
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Yes[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Quiz Bowl, Wrestling, Leo Club, etc.
[</em>]Awards: Questbridge College Match Scholar, Questbridge College Prep Recipient, local stuff …
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:Be awesome.[/ul]</p>
<p>waitlisted…oh well it was definitely not one of my top picks and I did not care for the man who interviewed me at all…there’s still plenty more places to hear from…congrats to everyone!!!</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 2080; 700 CR, 670 M, 710 W
[ *]SAT II: 720 Math I, 660 WH, 670 MII
[ *]ACT: 32; 35E, 34M, 33R, 25S
[ *]GPA: i don’t know about conversions – 3.8?
[ *]Rank: 17/177
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP World 5, Lang 4, Lit 3, Art History 3
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: epic
[ *]Teacher Recs: mediocre, but one was like “he’s the best i’ve ever seen” types. nice.
[ *]Counselor Rec: 7/10
[ *]Supplementary Material: newspaper clippings from the local paper i wrote for.
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): [ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: Pennsylvania
[ *]High School Type: Magnet Public
[ *]Ethnicity: Asian/Arab – that fits as Asian then lol.
[ *]Gender: Male
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: Class President, Student Council President, Track Captain, Basketball State Champion/Captain, Volunteer Firefighter (they handwrote about that, so volunteer)
[ *]Awards: AP Scholar with Honor, Penn Gov. School of HC and International Studies; not much actually
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list] not really bragging but i feel better now. i was bummed out about college and considering it had a 9 percent acceptance rate i feel baller. but for all who got waitlisted – have hope. rejected, screw haverford and be baller wherever you go. next year people, scores and all don’t mean everything. while my ranks and everything went up, i never updated haverford and got in. make sure your story is awesome when you present it in the essays and do something in your community. a college wants a good person, not just a good student.</p>
<p>Waitlisted. Kind of annoyed because it was a sort of “backup that is also a good school” but whatever. I think I screwed myself…I didn’t call for an interview and I told the soccer and track coaches that I was looking at Bowdoin, Amherst, and Pomona as my top choices. Dammm</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 740 math 670 reading 650 writing 7 essay
[</em>]SAT II: 800 math 2 770 physics 670 spanish/listening
[<em>]ACT: 36 math 35 writing 33 science 31 reading 7 essay
[</em>]GPA: 3.93
[<em>]Rank: top 3%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): SL visual arts (3), HL history/english/physics, SL math/spanish
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: wrote about my passion in an art class
[</em>]Teacher Recs: didn’t read
[<em>]Counselor Rec: didn’t read
[</em>]Supplementary Material: athletic supplement lol
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: washington
[<em>]High School Type: large public school
[</em>]Ethnicity: white
[<em>]Gender: male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: 1 varsity sport 1 club sport every year
[</em>]Awards: minor school awards and NMS commended
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: it sucks but I’ll be fine[/ul]</p>