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<p>In CC, we would have said: HYPSM are super reaches, and don’t even think about applying to Ivies with those stats.</p>
<p>The user said: 78% chances of getting in. Haha.</p>
<p>So if that guy’s got a 78% chance, then the majority of CC applicants are in… right?</p>
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<p>No, I would say 100% of CC-ers are in.</p>
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<p>In that case, the thing to regret is not applying but telling everyone you applied. A better approach when when asked where you are applying is to name 3 or 4 match or safety schools and then add “…plus maybe a few more colleges back east.” That way you can take your shot without having to explain anything or even later tell all the results.</p>
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<p>To which I usually get, “Like Harvard?”</p>
<p>^^Tried that. Didn’t work. Silverturtle’s problem happens to me too. Joy.
Come decision day, people are going to be in such disbelief that I was rejected, that I really have to wonder if schools publicize affirmative action enough.</p>
<p>I know the feeling:S</p>
<p>I second that’s the response i get (what silverturtle gets)
i think it sucks more that I have an older bro that goes to harvard
makes expectations higher ): (and i completely doubt ill get in)</p>
<p>From what I’ve seen, I don’t think Harvard is reserved for geniuses. Its a very diverse place with a mixture of science/math genius, humanity kids, URM, 1st generation students, poor kids who have encountered adversities and succeed, political activists, ppl who founded their own firms/non profit corporations that operate on worldwide scale, scholar athletes, rich kids etc
So if u perceived an typical Harvard student as a genius, ur wrong. The university’s diversity in undergrad pop. makes it very difficult to make a generalization.</p>
<p>I don’t regret applying…but I’m dreading the inevitable shame that will result from my rejection letter. After being deferred from my EA school, I don’t want to think of another rejection. > _ < But it’s Harvard, so one’s probably (definitely) coming my way. At least I can say I applied! :P</p>
<p>“A few colleges back east” sounds more pretentious than just saying “Harvard.” It’s better to be matter-of-fact than to anticipate that people care you’re applying to Harvard before they actually express that they do.</p>
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True that. I am afraid of mentioning the name.
I just call it the Big H or H-town.</p>
<p>Usually people think I am applying to Hamilton or Haverford.</p>
<p>By the way, DwightEisenhower, you had some pretty sick stats.
Just checked your old posts.</p>
<p>When I applied and people asked I just flat out told 'em.</p>
<p>I got a few: “Oh YOU’RE applying to Harvard?” and I was just like “You guys, seriously? You’re judging me based on ONE college I applied to? It’s definitely a reach. Hell, it’s a reach for anyone. But, really?”</p>
<p>I think sometimes people are put off because they didn’t apply/mindsets about people at Harvard. I don’t know. But hey! We totally get props for putting ourselves out there. </p>
<p>We’ll all find out come March. Eeps!</p>
<p>Considering how easy the supplement was, there isn’t really a reason to regret it. And it won’t be so embarrassing when I get rejected because only one of my friends knows I applied hehe ;)</p>
<p>I don’t regret applying to Harvard - yet. I am the only one applying to the Ivies this year (only a handful have in the past five years), so naturally the counselor told everybody where I was applying. After weeks of, “Oh, YOU’LL get in for sure” during the Yale SCEA round, it was tearfully shameful when I had to go to all of my teacher (who had been joyfully rooting for me), my counselors and parents and tell them I was deferred. Especially since the rest of the top ten percent at my school was accepted ED to Rice, I was the only one not to be picked up in the early round.</p>
<p>It would really suck to have to do it all over again for Harvard. I come from a family of Crimsons and I really don’t want to have regrets about what I wrote in my application, what I could have done better, what about me they didn’t like, etc…</p>
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<p>Exactly. This is the strategy I was trying (and apparently failing) to express back in post #24. If you don’t want to have to face a lot of people and tell them your Harvard admissions results, don’t tell a lot of people you are applying there. You don’t have to be pretentious about it - just don’t tell them. Simple.</p>
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Oh. I go around telling that people that I got rejected. No biggie.</p>
<p>My daughter is very proud that she has applied to Harvard.</p>
<p>She’s well aware that she is competing with the most capable on the planet.</p>
<p>Narrowing THAT down to just 35,000 applicants is not that bad at all.</p>
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<p>I’ve never really understood this common sentiment. Sure, the applicant pool is strong on average, but that’s due to self-selectionmeaning that the act of applying validates nothing. Accomplishing the things that characterize typical Harvard applicants, however, seems to be a worthy source of pride. Maybe that’s what you meant, though.</p>