Stuff from Harvard

Applying to College
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<p>I know everybody gets letters from colleges, but I think its really good to get letters from top-tier colleges...because I doubt they would waste time and money sending it to people who had no chance</p>

<p>anyways, about a month ago I got a letter from Harvard, basically like every other college letter, saying how good the college is and the academic prestige... and so on</p>

<p>today I recieved a college admissions book from Harvard...like one of those you get on college tours. This had all the color pics of diversity/sports and what not...anyways I have never recieved an admissions book from a college in the mail before. I was totally shocked when I saw that there was an application in the back to apply to the Fall 2007 class. Did anybody else get this mailed out to them? I think this mailing really means you have a shot at getting into some ivies.</p>

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<p>did u sign up for it on the internet or give you r email on your PSAT...not that ur not worthy of the H information...but many think that it's a personal invitation...but it's not...unless ur being recruited for a sport or somethin...</p>

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<p>yea, I have a 3.3 GPA but because I did good on my test scores, i got letter from VERY nice schools. It doesn't really mean anything.</p>

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<p>Everyone who scored well on the PSATs got the Harvard packet.</p>

<p>It really means nothing. They just want your attention.</p>

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<p>yea...thats what i thought..</p>

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<p>nah i only got 1950 on PSATS and am taking SATs in October</p>

<p>I think its cuz I'm near the top of my class...I might be valedictorian</p>

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<p>it isn't an honor, a lot of people get them. they want your 60$ app fee =P</p>

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<p>I got it too. And something about financial aid a week or two before that. The financial aid thing was pretty cool, my family is apparently poor enough that they wouldn't hafta contribute at all for me to go there.</p>

<p>I can't decide if I should apply or not. That's only the third application I've ever gotten from a school, but it's more interesting tahn the other two (U of Miami thought I was a senior last year, and Florida Institute of Technology sent me one too)</p>

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<p>It means nothing. Look...Harvard just wants to make their acceptance rate even LOWER.</p>

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<p>If I don't get stuff from HYP or Cornell, but am only a sophomore anyway and took PSAT (but did really well) do I still have a chance of getting in (not necessarily HYP, but I REALLY LOVE cornell)</p>

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<p>They just want your application & your money to keep their acceptance rate down & their prestige high. I got one, too.</p>

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<p>Many valedictorians get rejected by Harvard so I seriously doubt it.</p>

<p>They just want to increase their applicant pool. </p>

<p>U Chicago and Wash U give out tons of stuff because they want to be more recognized by students and want their attention.</p>

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<p>Something like 80% of valedictorians and 70% of perfect 1600 SAT's get rejected by Harvard every year.</p>

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<p>My daughter, who has never indicated an interest in Harvard anywhere because she has no intention of applying to that school, received the Harvard packet. I think it's meaningless.</p>