Omg!!! Shisha I’m so happy for you!
Likely letter?
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Congrats!
@oddenigma YES!!! Thank you so much!
@hola1997 thank you!!
Congratulations @shishax !!! Awesome news!
Best wishes for a wonderful future
@ReminiscingDad thank you so much!!!
How do you know so early?
@compmom i’ve received a “Likely Letter” which is a letter that only outstanding applicants get. They’re usually delivered in mid March
^^ Spoken without modesty or humility like a true Harvard man (or woman).
I think your status as a Christian Arab female from Nazareth who also wrote about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict probably helped you, despite your 1900 scores (which may have been higher for one subject than another afterall). You add to diversity on campus, in more than a few ways, including your experiences. I am sure you will be very happy at Harvard. Congratulations and good luck.
That said, I know several students who could not or did not study for SAT’s and did not mention this to admissions, even when there was good reason. It is an aptitude test, in theory, not a test for content. I think a language barrier would be relevant, however.
Harvard students are so humble…
@gibby @potterfan wow guys chill I didn’t mean to sound cocky in anyway geez -.- I just wrote the exact sentence written on my letter. After reading my earlier comment I guess it kinda sounded wrong but I’m way far from that.
@compmom yeah i eventually didn’t send them an email explaining my SAT score! Thank you very much 
Somehow women are always supposed to act like their achievements are nothing. Sigh. Why not let someone be happy for once?
Congrats, OP, that’s amazing!
@Shishax: Yes post #27 did sound braggadocious, especially in response to Compmom, a longtime member of CC with over 5800 posts who knows all too well what a LL is and the significance of an applicant getting one. You could have just stated the fact “I got a likely letter” and omitted the rest. But, I think you realize that now, so let’s move on . . .
@bodangles thank you so much I appreciate it!!
I didn’t take offense at all and didn’t think you were rude. I also knew you were quoting the letter.
But I also wanted to express a concern about excuse-making, and hope you were not offended. This is not personal to you but something I hear a lot, “such and such happened to me and so I couldn’t do such and such” and wanted to get across that often it is better to still try your hardest even in the worst circumstances. Again, don’t mean to spoil the positives here, just explaining.
Congratulations and you have every right to be happy and proud. I think you are courteous and don’t see any of your posts as too braggy at all. Good luck!
@compmom yes i totally understand and that was one of the reason I didn’t send them an email! One should always do his best even in the toughest times.
Glad you weren’t offended, I’d never do that! Thank you very very much !
Somehow I see an Arab-Israeli education strike as a far more serious event than a normal American teen excuse (too many sports or music commitments for example.) I think you @shishax were a bit mistreated here, and am glad all is smooth now. There is plenty of bragging by parents here about how many Ivies their kids were admitted to, often continuing for years and years, so there is no reason to apologize for repeating the adjective on on your likely letter…or celebrating that you received the rare likely. Congrats!