<p>so lagal, a/s/l?</p>
<p>i filled out something in the "tell us more" section, but it was just the list of books ive read in the past year. I actually wrote 2 other essays for it, but when i looked at the list i decided that they could tell more about me by just what i read (i read a lot), so i didnt include the 2 other essays.</p>
<p>Oh, the additional material page. I may include the list of books, but I don't want to send any of the other essays I've written. I don't feel as good about them as I do the Common App. essay (and the Why Swarthmore? essay, but obviously I can't use that).</p>
<p>ivyleaguechamp...are you asking for age/sex/location?</p>
<p>ya..what else is a/s/l for?</p>
<p>LOL...sorry! this IS the harvard forum...super-smart people can take a/s/l to mean anything! but here goes:
16/m/LA</p>
<p>wow, really? i thought gal meant "gal" as in girl. like los angeles gall</p>
<p>Haha, me too!</p>
<p>yeah, me too...that's why i was wondering what a/s/l meant...:confused:...but to answer your question:
hahaha! this is the internet! you'll never know who (or what!) i am! :D</p>
<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>My daughter got into Harvard EA (then went to Yale). She had 780 780 SATs, good grades, good recommendations, quite a self-starter, played electric guitar, ran cross-country (sort of recreationally), and a funny and not snotty or arrogant essay about ducks swimming in the mudhole on the cross-country track at her high school.</p>
<p>thank you, cedronella! did she do anything incredibly exceptional? like win an olympic medal or go to one of those programs that only like 20 people in the US are chosen to attend? or did she get in b/c of excellent grades and SAT's, stellar recs, and a sterling essay? (in your opinion)</p>
<p>congrats for you and your daughter, cedronella. do you have any more kids applying or are you just hangin' out?</p>
<p>LAgal, i'll figure you out soon enough :D</p>
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>No, no olympic medals. She was (in retrospect) and still is a kind, "normal" (ie not arrogant or obnoxious or narcissistic) very smart hard-working person with a quirky sense of humor and an interesting take on the world. Frankly if I were an admissions person I would be looking for people who were both (a) smart and (b) good to be around. Many who qualify under category (a) are dismal when it comes to category (b). Just my two cents...</p>
<p>why, ivyleaguechamp? :confused:
isn't it more interesting to just wonder?<br>
but, here's a proposition: if we both get into harvard, let's seek each other out...then we'll both know for sure!</p>
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I have one more, a son, applying ED at Wesleyan this year. He seems calm but I am a nervous wreck. THAT is why I am lurking around on CC because I don't want to lay my anxiety on him. (Now, in comparison, when my daughter applied, she did everything herself, lying on her bedroom floor. I would peer in there once in a while and see her surrounded with her folders, just cranking it out on her own. I don't even remember waiting with anxiety - then one day she told me, "well I got into Harvard EA" and I said, "Oh, so Harvard is your safety school now?") kids are so different.</p>
<p>Thanks, cedronella! I'm sure she was an amazing person to get into both Harvard and Yale. I echo ivyleaguechamp in congratulating you and want to thank you very much for helping me realize that "normal" people do get into Harvard. I had a misconception that the school was only for olympic medalists and siemens winners...pretty much all the stuff most people can never even imagine doing</p>
<p>Well, </p>
<p>Before I log off for the night (and thank you for your thanks, LAgal!) I want to reiterate that being a NICE PERSON is very important. Much more so I think than 800s on yr SATs... good luck to all!</p>
<p>good luck with your son! </p>
<p>"That is why I am lurking around on CC"
it's starting to creep me out that everyone just "lurks around" or "floats around" the board...but, i can't say much since i do the same! :)</p>
<p>You should be well-rounded, but have be loop-sided in one area as well (even though that really makes no sense). Harvard looks for well-rounded students, but more improtantly a well rounded class.</p>
<p>basically, be sure you have some <em>hook</em>...</p>