PLEASE CHANCE for Harvard RD. I was deferred during Early action round.

*] SAT I (breakdown): 2140
[ *] ACT: none
[ *] SAT II:780 Math 2 760 Chem
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2.4 percent of class
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Us History 5
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ ] Senior Year Course Load: Ap Chem. Ap statistics, Ap calculus AB, AP Physics 1, English 4-1, Microeconomics
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National achievement scholarship semifinalist- soon to be finalist, National Spanish honor society,National society of High school scholars inductee
[ /list][ b]Subjective:

[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2 years of track( have asthma so made sure to state that), Red Cross club (co-chair), avid program (tutor), Young life club( founding member), National Spanish honor society, Robotics club (design team), greenhouse club ( take care of lizards, snakes, and turtles)
[ *] Job/Work Experience:none
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Student council volunteer( soup kitchens etc)
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: 9-10/10 - Wrote about the process of writing, how it makes me feel,and described the impact of writing my first short story/book. Did not write supplement for EA.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 10/10
[ *] Counselor Rec:10/10
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview:yes
[ /list][ b]Other

[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Black
[ *] Gender: M
[ ]Income Bracket: 120-150K
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, National achievement semifinalist (only 1600 in country)
[ b]Reflection

[ *] Strengths: GPA, Essay, good Extracurricular, I’m applying for engineering so my love for writing shows more dimensions of my personality, minority in Engineering
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT score and could use more ECs

Additions for RD round: Since I never wrote the optional supplement i felt that admissions needed a better picture of who I am. I sent annother essay describing how my name (Eseiwi) means a “gift that is never lost” in my Nigerian Edo language and described the impact of having such an unorthodox name and how Ive drawn a sense of self and cultural identity from it. Also, I became a national achievement finalist two days ago and sent a picture of the certificate.
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To be honest, if I didn’t know you were already deferred, I would have guessed you would be rejected because of the SAT score (around the 25%) combined with seemingly average amount of ECs. Well I could be completely wrong about the ECs, but I wasnt sure how in depth things you did them like with the robotic club. Though I’m sure the Red Cross Co-head looks good as long as you showed that it wasnt an app filler.

Now considering you got deferred, either your ECs were better than I perceived or you’re essays were just beautiful. If both, as it now seems like, I would say you had a decent shot of getting in, especially because you showed interest through ED.

Chance me back? http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1735392-just-another-guy-who-wants-in-to-hypsm-will-chance-back.html#latest