<p>Sunglasses, you're a distance runner? Do you know Ken Cormier at all?</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 740 M / 780 V
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Writing, 760 Math IC, 760 US History, 750 Bio-E, 690 Chem
[<em>] GPA: 4.084
[</em>] Rank: We don't have rank, I estimate around 3 or 4 out of 210
[<em>] Other stats: AP US History - 5, National Merit Semifinalist, Member of State Farm Scholastic Honors Team, Competitor at national level in pairs figure skating, 3-time Class President, Co-President of Drama Club<br>
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: 1 about how I didn't color inside the lines when I was in preschool... turned it into a big old metaphor
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Glowing
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Glowing
[<em>] Hook (if any): Excellence in figure skating
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MA
[<em>] School Type: Suburban public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Major strength/weakness: Great achievements in 2 extracurriculars, skating and drama, rather than being in a bunch of token extracurriculars
[li] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Solid academics and SAT's combined with interesting EC's[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
Supplemental recs from skating coach and Harvard alumnus</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 1550 (790 M, 760 V)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Writing, 800 Math IIC, 790 Chem, 710 US History
[<em>] ACT: PERFECT 36---only 224 last year...i think i was banking on this way too much
[li] GPA: 4.75[/li][</em>] Rank: 1/477
[<em>] Other stats: state lvl paino (2nd place repeatedly)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: good, but nothing creative or out of the box.<br>
[<em>] Teacher Recs: dunno...1 really good, 1 good?
[</em>] Counselor Rec: no idea :\
[<em>] Hook (if any): ...summer research at NIH? nah? not really then.<br>
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: ohio
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: strength---right now i don't really think i have any. weakness--everything?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: lackluster essay, not-so-impressive ECs? not glowing recs?[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors:**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>....how high is the acceptance rate for deferrals in the regular round? i'd assume its about the same...right? i hope?</p>
<p>Ariesdrgn, I think I'm in your camp on the ACT (I got a 35). I thought that would be fairly attractive when combined with all my other EC's, etc, but I guess not. Although I think it will be dead sexy for other non-ivy colleges.</p>
<p>I think we ACTers get no respect.</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I: 1500 (800 M)
[ *] SAT IIs: 800 (2c), 780 (Physics), 780 (Writing)
[ *] ACT
[ *] GPA: 5.31 weighted, 4.000 unweighted
[ *] Rank: 2/945
[ *] APs: 5 on Stat, BC, Physics B, Human Geography
4 on Bio and US History
3 on Spanish Lang (not native speaker) and English Lang
[ *] Other stats: 6 on AIME twice, 150 on AMC 10B, 13 Statewide Mu Alpha Theta (Math) First Places, 1st place overall in Calculus at Mu Alpha Theta National Convention, President of school Math Club and Captain of Florida Association of Mu Alpha Theta, NMSF, Created Florida Math Team to compete at Harvard-MIT Math competition, raised over $1,200 to help cover trip, Captain of Brain Brawl team, run 2 math tutoring programs (one at my high school, one at a neighboring middle school), and coached middle school math team
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: One on a crossdressing pagaent I got 2nd in (along with a picture), everyone I have sent it to has not only cracked up but said that was the best essay they have ever read, and one about losing by a point at Mu Alpha Theta Nationals my freshman year and how I bounced back to win it all last year
[ *] Teacher Recs: English Teacher I had for 3 years and Calc teacher I've had for 2, both very good both in boxes and in the letter
[ *] Counselor Rec: Haven't seen it, but great counselor, should be good
[ *] Hook (if any): Big on math, initiative (starting math team for HMMT), perfect on AMC 10 is pretty big
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: FL
[ *] School Type: Large (4000) Public High School
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Stength: math, humor in essays
Weakness: not exactly "well rounded", good grades all around but don't really excel too much in humanities
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I live in Florida
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] From a school that doesn't have a particularly good matriculation history with Harvard. Other than the 2 football players over the past 2 years, the only 2 kids taken since 2001 were class of 01 and 02, but both of them went elsewhere.
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b] Congrats to all you who made it, hopefully RD will be kinder than EA for me</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I: 1500 (800 M)
[ *] SAT IIs: 800 (2c), 780 (Physics), 780 (Writing)
[ *] ACT
[ *] GPA: 5.31 weighted, 4.000 unweighted
[ *] Rank: 2/945
[ *] APs: 5 on Stat, BC, Physics B, Human Geography
4 on Bio and US History
3 on Spanish Lang (not native speaker) and English Lang
[ *] Other stats: 6 on AIME twice, 150 on AMC 10B, 13 Statewide Mu Alpha Theta (Math) First Places, 1st place overall in Calculus at Mu Alpha Theta National Convention, President of school Math Club and Captain of Florida Association of Mu Alpha Theta, NMSF, Created Florida Math Team to compete at Harvard-MIT Math competition, raised over $1,200 to help cover trip, Captain of Brain Brawl team, run 2 math tutoring programs (one at my high school, one at a neighboring middle school), and coached middle school math team
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: One on a crossdressing pagaent I got 2nd in (along with a picture), everyone I have sent it to has not only cracked up but said that was the best essay they have ever read, and one about losing by a point at Mu Alpha Theta Nationals my freshman year and how I bounced back to win it all last year
[ *] Teacher Recs: English Teacher I had for 3 years and Calc teacher I've had for 2, both very good both in boxes and in the letter
[ *] Counselor Rec: Haven't seen it, but great counselor, should be good
[ *] Hook (if any): Big on math, initiative (starting math team for HMMT), perfect on AMC 10 is pretty big
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: FL
[ *] School Type: Large (4000) Public High School
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Stength: math, humor in essays
Weakness: not exactly "well rounded", good grades all around but don't really excel too much in humanities
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I live in Florida
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] From a school that doesn't have a particularly good matriculation history with Harvard. Other than the 2 football players over the past 2 years, the only 2 kids taken since 2001 were class of 01 and 02, but both of them went elsewhere.
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b] Congrats to all you who made it, hopefully RD will be kinder than EA for me</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
___________</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1540 (800 M 740 V)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 IIc; 800 Physics; 780 Biology E; 770 Writing; 750 US History
[<em>] GPA: 3.80 unweighted
[</em>] Rank: no ranking, top 5-10 percent
[<em>] Other stats: AP Calculus BC 5; AP Physics C Mechanics 5; US History 5;
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Okay?
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't see them
[</em>] Counselor Rec: How am I supposed to know?
[<em>] Hook (if any): Whats a hook?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Taiwanese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Math (PROMYS 2yrs, failed the AIME once..., AHSIMC top performer, but thats because I was with rsi kids, and didn't really do anything)
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
Academic Teams (NOSB; NSB; Math Captain 11+12)
Music (12 years violin, 12 years piano, GBYSO, [LONGY], district concertmaster in 11, allstate, concertmaster for school, but thats pointless; small work as piano accompanist)
Rensselaer Math and Science Award
Harvard College Book Prize
Had a really nice interviewer...</p>
<p>Congrats, Sunglasses and all the rest of you. Run well for Harvard.</p>
<p>sorry for the double post and formatting problems, new to this whole thing...</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1450 (740M, 710V)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Writing - 760, Chem - 750, MathIC - 720
[<em>] GPA: 98ishUW, 100.9W
[</em>] Rank: 1/348
[<em>] Other stats: Music - State & National Awards, check prstats under jazz05 for complete list
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty Good, very personal
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Really, really good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing
[<em>] Hook (if any): Music
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Music and EC's / Middle-of-the-road SAT's
[*] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Music, Recs, & Essays</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=Blue][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 760 V, 800 M
[ *] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 790 Writing, 740 Spanish
[ *] GPA: 3.99 UW, 4.35 W
[ *] Rank: 10/1251
[ *] Other stats: AP English 5, US History 5, World History 4, IB Econ 7, National Merit Semifinalist
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: pretty good, but also pretty safe. totally wacky supplementary essay, but it's one of those absolutely hate or absolutely love essays, ya know, the quirky kind.
[ *] Teacher Recs: glowing
[ *] Counselor Rec: glowing as well
[ *] Hook (if any): music
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: TX
[ *] School Type: large competitve public school
[ *] Ethnicity: asian
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] major strength/weakness: strengths: music (clarinet, percussion, piano, vocal, composition), teaching (peer tutoring, elementary school mentoring, one-on-one tutoring with elementary/middle school kids); weakness: could have better stats, no national awards (i guess state-level awards aren't good enough)
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: i guess i'm no needle in a haystack. does that make me hay?
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] speak/read/write korean fluently, immigrated in kindergarten, state awards in spanish, sent clarinet cd & additional rec from private lesson teacher (she talked about my improvement from being the worst player in the school band to all-state), just an okay interview
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b] congrats to everyone who made it! hmmm i'm starting to think maybe harvard isn't for me... (<- only a desperate attempt to make myself feel less pathetic)</p>
<p>Those who are having trouble with the format, please follow Davidrune's suggestion on page 1. You may repost and I'll see if the moderator can delete your original messed up post. You may also use Newt's link on the Yale board:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ubermeese.com/format.txt%5B/url%5D">http://www.ubermeese.com/format.txt</a></p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 800m 750v
SAT IIs: 800 IIC, 800 Writing, 780 Chem, 750 Bio(m)
GPA: 3.97uw
Rank: 7%
Other stats: BC, Euro, Bio 5s, nat merit (218)
Subjective:
Essays: Weak
Teacher Recs: Strong
Counselor Rec: Strong
Hook (if any): two research internships, plus a multitude of ECs thats rounds everything out
Location/Person: Why does this matter?
State or Country: CA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: m
major strength/weakness: I don't know anymore/essay and lack of recognition on state and national scale
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: above</p>
<p>why...why...why...
any hope for RD?</p>
<p>Decision: deferred </p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1530 800V 730M
[</em>]SAT IIs: 790W 800WH 740lit
[<em>]GPA: a-levels A2gp 3As 2Ms
[</em>]Rank: doesnt but near the top
[<em>]Other stats: school awards, research progs
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: 1 about conservatism, 1 about polisci
[<em>]Teacher Recs: didnt see em but should be great
[</em>]Counselor Rec: same. supposedly top candidate
[<em>]Hook (if any): int. and domestic civil soc/NGO experience. libertarian activist. conscript.
[/ul]
Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>]State or Country: a teeny island in SE asia
[<em>]School Type: public
[</em>]Ethnicity: chinese
[<em>]Gender: male
[</em>] Weakness: math. and apparently everything else too.
[li] why you think you were deferred: sent mine in on deadline day? who knows. maybe it was the libertarian slant.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments:
i suppose my sn is now a sad joke. morituri te salutant.
didn't think i'd let myself care so much about this.
normally i would feel great that so many people called to find out how i did, but i don't really want their sympathy.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 800v/780m
[</em>] SAT IIs:800 writing/800 math iic/ 760 molec bio
[<em>] GPA:4.4
[</em>] Rank:1 or 2 of 800
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:great
[<em>] Teacher Recs:
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
[li] Hook (if any): Academic Decathlon nationally ranked 6th, tour guide at Zoo-300 hrs, piano CM Level X,Science Bowl </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:
[</em>] School Type:public
[<em>] Ethnicity:taiwanese
[</em>] Gender:female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: carbon copy
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[/ul]Other Factors: 15 people with identical stats but varying academic competitions applied harvard early action; all got deferred
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:life goes on. congrats to all who made it!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1590 790V 800M
SAT IIs: 780W 800Physics 800Math IIC
GPA: 4.0UW 4.5W
Class Rank: 3/375</p>
<p>Other stats: </p>
<p>Student Body Pres., Class Pres., Soph. Rep., Pres. National Honor Society, Captain of the Debate Team, Physics Awards, Leadership Awards, 5 Varsity Letters (broke 3 records in XC), Track Captain, Many Community Service Hours, Black Belt in Karate, Karate Coach</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Essays: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Hook (if any): track record/music </p>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<p>State or Country: USA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Excellent math scores/grades, track records, recs & essays</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1480 (780M 700V)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Maths IIC; 780 Physics; 650 Writing
[<em>] GPA: -
[</em>] Rank: 2/410
[<em>] Other stats: several national and international awards, Duke of Edinburgh Award recipient, great ECAs with one or two distinctions
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Excellent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 1 on a scale of 1-10
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No chance to read
[<em>] Hook (if any): Partial disability (not sure if this is called a hook)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MALAYSIA
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Malaysian Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: been ranked 1st, 2nd or 3rd for 5 consecutive years (has never happened in my school before), lack of athletic distinctions due to disability.
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: The most sensible reason would be that every year only slightly more than 10 applicants come from Malaysia. So the adcom probably wants to see the whole malaysian pool before deciding. or it could be a false hope.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Reading all of this, I find it harder and harder to understand how I got accepted. There are some pretty dang impressive r</p>
<p>hey congrats to those who got accepted!</p>
<p>just out of curiousity, is it true that nearly all who got accepted EA are Americans? All (and i mean all) my friends got deferred too...</p>
<p>[size=+1][color=Red]**Decision: deferred___________[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>**Stats:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] SAT:780 Math, 750 Verbal
[</em>] SAT IIs:800 Math 2, 780 American History, 740 Physics
[<em>] GPA:3.96
[</em>] Rank:top 5%(our school doesn't have official rankings)
[<em>] Other stats:8 AP's, taking 3 this year plus two college courses beyond the AP curriculum
[/list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[</em>] Essays:I thought they conveyed who I was as a person, but I guess the adcom didn't think so
<em>] Teacher Recs:glowing
[ *] Counselor Rec:glowing
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] State or Country:NY
[</em>] School Type:Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:
[</em>] Gender:Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness:My ability to be successful despite setbacks. If anyone wants more specific information, I'd be happy to share some things.<br>
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:The admissions process is unfair and random. It is very difficult to get in to Harvard without money, connections, or some other uncontrollable advantage. I believe that I was unjustly denied admission to my top choice as were many other people who posted on this board
[/list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>