Rejected! One last try?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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Hi everyone, I was rejected by Harvard!! But I need more information.
SAT 1: M 680
R 620
W 600
I’m retaking btw. My family was having some issues so i couldn’t afford the blue book at that moment. I’m getting it this week.
Subject SATs : None yet but i’m going to take Maths level 2, Biology and maybe Italian/French.
GPA: 4.0/4.0 According to World Education Services.
Devoted student at Global Freshman Academy I.e Arizona state university × Edx

Activities:
Professional writing - Published Novelist, published short story writer.
National columnist assistant- I work with a columnist and I’m in the process of getting my own column.
Track- 100m 11seconds (tbh I like to understate my self by claiming 13-14 because people look at how small I am and think I’m lying.Last time was 10.9 in my third circuit but there’s no difference. I’m not looking to be recruited because I have asthma and after each race, I have acute body pains. My medals are but my respites.
3 Gold medals, 3 Silver medals and bronzes.
Part of screened youths training for Rio but I can’t clock 10 by May so that’s a dead end. 2016 is here and I’m not fast enough -_-.

I hate following a schedule or pattern (yes Ik, erratic) so I am an irregular volunteer at an NGO. I have been to the North, been an activist against old men that forced females to early marriages. I think it is highly irresponsible of father like figures to force these young females into intercourse, pause their education and predispose them to VVF. My first encounter with a VVF infected 10year old was horrid; she stank so bad I could taste urine. This isn’t what young girls should be subjected to! Sorry, digressed.
I tutor my Friend’s junior siblings and basically everyone who comes to me for free.
Drama for 11 years.
Been in documentaries and a movie plus plays.
Anonymous political analyst- I wrote on a controversial issue on a Saturday and on Monday the President and House of assembly addressed it. But then again, many other writers did the same haha.
Won many online international writing contests. I’m working on my Goi Peace foundation essay. They’re affiliated with UNESCO so I guess winning will be big yes?

Now to the “koko”
I sat at the edge of my bed staring at my phone. The clock struck 11 and I jumped off the edge, my alarms screamed out as if aware of my awaiting bad news. Just above my flat, the cry of my neighbor’s child could be heard. Her cry seemed to signify an impeding doom and so I put off my phone. I walked towards my window and stared at the sky; for the first time since I was born there were no visible stars. I knew then what was going to happen but I pleaded with the heavens to help me. Lightening flashed as if to reply me; the gods it seemed were angry with me.
I put my phone on ignoring the little girls cries. With shaky hands, I went to my email. There was nothing. Whilst login into my application portal, I saw the dreaded words “view update>>” and knew I was rejected. My dream school had rejected me but I wasn’t exactly sad. I just needed to know what my application was lacking asides scores.
Tbh, I don’t think I represented myself well. I belong to a school of thought that believes in keeping things private but it seems to get into my dream school, I need to tell them everything.
What do you think is vital to my application that I’m lacking?
Just for the record, I’m less than 17.
I can speak 5 languages (Not like the Nationals but like well like me and many non-nationals).
I am considering reapplying for the heck of it. Good idea?

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Harvard keeps an electronic file of every rejected applicant for three years in case a student reapplies. So, if you reapply, Admissions will consult your original application with your high school GPA, essays, teacher recommendations and interview report. Whatever impression you made (or didn’t make) the first time around will have to be countered by your more mature and wiser re-application. So, I guess the question comes down to what significantly has changed since you first applied? And it has to be much more than just an increase in test scores. My advice: Harvard did not consider your application to be strong enough to waitlist you, so you should move on.

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Can an Olympic medal help @gibby?
Assuming I actually trained like the rest and ignored my asthma? Although, there is so much a female asthma patient can do.

I’m not hell bent on Harvard university. I guess you’re right. I got into a few colleges I can’t afford so yes, the aid is appealing.
Would any top school e.g Columbia acknowledge an Olympic medal? Which probably would be bronze :smiley: if at all.

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I may be wrong on this – and someone can certainly correct me – but olympic competitors cannot play NCAA athletics, as they would be considered a professional athlete. (All ivy league schools, and most top colleges play in NCAA Athletics: https://www.petersons.com/college-search/amateur-status-sports-college.aspx) So you couldn’t apply as a recruited athlete to any college having competed in the olympics – that’s with or without an olympic medal. Consequently, it wouldn’t matter much to a college about a student’s olympic medal, as Admissions would be looking to admit you based solely upon your academics.

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No, Olympics are for amateurs only. Plenty of NCAA athletes on the Olympic teams.

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Thank you for your help @gibby! You’re too kind.

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Okay, I stand corrected. Then I guess having an olympic medal would help.

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Oh they do?
I’m not hoping to be recruited @gibby
Thank you very much then @MYOS1634
drops phone and runs to stadium

Oh and does anyone know how I can improve to like Flo Jo’s time? The official sports ministry training schedule isn’t asthma-friendly.
The ones on Google haven’t been able to get me to impressive stats and the qualifiers are soon -_-.

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