<p>i was wondering since i got rejected from Harvard, if i coul djust take a year off and reapply next year a a freshman since their transfer program is gone!!!! does anyone have any idea on how that process would work?!?!</p>
<p>ERGGGGGGG I WANT THIS SO BAD!!!
I LIVE IN BOSTON
only a 20 minute train ride to HARVARD!!</p>
<p>SSP student in 06' /07
3.86 GPA
sat's are okayyy
top 10% of my class
hispanic female</p>
<p>5 ap classes 4's on 3 and 3's on 2 of them </p>
<p>HELPP ME STILL CANT BELIEVE I WAS REJECTED<br>
someone who was number 65 in my school got in... ERGGGG</p>
<p>Yikes,
There are lots of great schools! My advise would be to attend another selective college, and I would strongly caution against waiting a year and trying again. The truth is that while your stats are good, Harvard is exceptionally selective; it is unlikely you will be accepted in the future. I have no idea how such a process would work, but I imagine others will back up my advise to you. Look at the schools you were accepted to, find the one you like the best and have a great experience there.</p>
<p>My opinion would be to attend another prestigious college (if you applied) and to put the past behind you. Harvard isn't the only great college out there!</p>
<p>I concur with the previous posters. I'm sure you'll get a great education from another college, don't get hung up on Harvard as it could potentially ruin a very bright future ahead</p>
<p>I don't get why people think Harvard is the end all be all of life.... what school is there for is to prepare you for a career or life work that is ahead of you. Sure, I am not saying Harvard is not one of the best universities in the world, and would definatly help you in the long run, but once you graduate Harvard, it's not guaranteeing success to ANYTHING. You do not deserve anything. There wealth/successful/happy people in life take something they love, run with it, and do their best along the way.</p>
<p>Harvard is only an institution, it's not going to make you a new person, only you can do that :).....</p>
<p>I don't want to put a damper in your hopes. Although you have a good academic record in absolute terms, you are in the bottom 25%ile of Harvard applicants (which means that there are 18,000 applicants with stronger records than you). Don't know your SATs. Ask yourself what makes your application so compelling that they will take you given that your stats are on the lower end of their applicant pool? I seriously doubt you would get admitted unless there was some compelling reason why your record this year was not as strong as it could have been, e.g. illness, death in the family, etc. or you do something extraordinary next year like train for the Olympics, write a best-selling novel, or start a successful business-not your typical teenager activities. Did you go to public school in Boston? I noticed you are an URM. However, both pools are strong and Harvard draws typically from Boston Latin for similar students who have done well in a rigorous environment. I certainly hope you applied elsewhere. I would recommend attending one of those schools. If you are so intent on attending Harvard (I grew up in the Boston area and it was euphemistically called "Harvarditis"), you can go there for graduate/professional school by doing well wherever you go to college. There are so many outstanding schools that offer top notch educations so I would not be fixated on Harvard alone.</p>
<p>Occasionally, students will take a year off-sometimes per recommendation by the admissions committee (conditional acceptance) or sometimes student/athletes will improve their academic records. This latter group will typically be elite athletes who also want to go to Harvard. A number of prep schools in NE groom such student/athletes for ivies and top LACs.</p>
<p>"More than 2,500 of Harvards 27,462 applicants scored a perfect 800 on the SAT critical reading test, and 3,300 had 800 scores on the SAT math exam. More than 3,300 were ranked first in their high school class."</p>
<p>but honestly it's not that big of a deal.... I am sure you can get into MANY other good schools... not to mention, are you sure Harvard is/was for you? Successful people in life don't go "O well I'm just gonna die", everyone fails at a lot of things, but the successful people pick up the pieces and move on, good luck to you :) Karma has its own way of making things turn out the way they are supposed to, after all, Harvard or any other "prestigious" university does not reflect quality of a person.</p>
<p>Melissa,
Where were you accepted? I would suspect you have other good options besides Harvard. You have a bright future in college but it won't be at Harvard. I would urge you to move on and take advantage of whatever programs are available at one of the college which admitted you. Best of luck.</p>
<p>I'm at Harvard now, and something I've noticed is that while almost everyone here is happy with their experience, the people that aren't happy with Harvard are the ones that expected too much out of it. They expected it to solve all their problems and define the rest of their life, and no school can ever do that.</p>
<p>Harvard is just a school. It's a great school. But it's not the only great school. There are dozens of other schools that, depending on your interests, will offer you similar or even better opportunities.</p>
<p>Why would you let one school you didn't get into ruin your experience deciding between other schools? This should be a really exciting month for you!</p>
<p>There are some good reasons to take a year off. Trying a second time to get into Harvard is NOT one of them. If you do this, you'll regret it.</p>
<p>If you like, you could post the schools you were accepted to and people on the forum could help you decide between them. But obsessing over Harvard isn't a good idea.</p>
<p>Thanks again for all your kind words. But i can't refrain from saying that your already at Harvard---Admiral. as for schools i got into Stanford and Brown. Brown gave me not such a good package and Stanford gave me an okay package yet i will not be able to afford paying off the rest even with the help of my parents. </p>
<p>Thus the only thing i can do is deny the schools and i guess just work for the rest of my life!!! </p>
<p>It's really hard trust me! Like life itself and then this downer added on to it!! Geezz who knows! o0o well what can i do now huh?!?!? I dont think i've had a truely good day since my denied letter! </p>
<p>melissa,
You have been accepted at two top schools that will give you an education that is equivalent to Harvard. Trust me. I was on the faculty at Harvard and have immediate family members that have attended there and elsewhere for undergrad. There are quite a few outstanding schools that can give you an equally good education (and you have been admitted to two of them). The only thing missing is the cachet of a Harvard name. However, it's not the degree but what you learn while you are in college that is important. I don't want to be too hard on you but you are making Harvard an unhealthy obsession. You also creating an unhealthy and totally unwarranted sense of disappointment when you really should be delighted by your achievements and the prospects of the next few years. Don't let your Harvard rejection put a damper on it. </p>
<p>As Admiral has said, letting a degree define who you are is the wrong reason to attend Harvard or any other college. If you do well at either Brown and Stanford, you will be able to accomplish you academic and personal goals.</p>
<p>I have been on the admissions committee at one of the professional schools at Harvard. I don't think the undergrad admissions is all that different. They will not reconsider someone who has been rejected unless there are incredibly compelling reasons as I have stated in my earlier posts.</p>
<p>I know the feelings associated with your rejection are real. However, without sounding condescending, this is a VERY SMALL disappointment in life. You will need to prepare yourself to deal better and more maturely with major ones, as they inevitably will come. This is a good place to start.</p>
<p>One more thing. I know college costs can seem daunting. However, someday, your earning power will go up in whatever you do. Depending on the aid package, you most likely will not have to pay back until you start working. I would talk with the finaid people at Brown and Stanford during the next two weeks instead of lamenting your rejection.</p>
<p>I am melissaivyleague's guardian. I am seeking information from anyone who may have contacted her in the past weeks. </p>
<p>Over the weekend, melissaivyleague tried to hurt herself as a result of turning down all her schools and not making it to Harvard. She wrote many letters to the school and continued to get a denial response. She remains in the hospital in critical condition. I am trying to get people to write to Harvard to let them know of the situation. I do not want them [Harvard] to think it is their fault because it is not. I just hope that they are able to sympathize with our family. If anyone has any information on this please post a response. </p>
<p>I am not familiar with these forums but please feel free to contact me anyway you can. Our family will deeply appreciate it. I wish we could have stopped it in all ways possible. Cherish all you have, the good and the bad.</p>
<p>That's unbelievably terrible to hear! I hope she will recover and be able to go on with her life! I hope you as a family can gain the strength to survive this situation!</p>
<p>I am sorry to hear your situation. I think you should contact her schools that admitted her and keep her on the admitted list so that your family has more time to deal with the situation.</p>
<p>Even though she already turned down her schools, the schools normally will give her the opportunity to reconsider it because it is still not pass May 1st yet.</p>
<p>From her earlier emails, she has admitted to two great schools Stanford and Brown which are surely somebody's first choice dream schools. These schools will give her the equally good education as Harvard without a doubt.
Many people on the waiting list eager to get off.</p>
<p>After sending three kids to colleges, I understand one important truth.
It is not important where the kids go to college. It is more important that they are prepared to be successful at college. There are so many avenues to Rome.</p>
<p>Again I hope the happy end for your family!</p>
<p>Uh... wow... I hope she's doing well in the hospital. It's really not the end of the world. Now I feel bad for getting in and still am only considering to go.
It's only four years, and it won't define what you do or what you'll be. She got into great schools from which I was rejected. </p>
<p>Seriously, it's not that big of a deal. No point in hurting yourself over it. There's more to life than one rejection (I can guarantee you that there will be more. Don't worry. ;)). In any case, I hope you feel better because you're a fine and excellent student, and, if Harvard can't see it, Stanford and Brown sure as hell can.</p>