<p>Lowellbelle - As the parent of a Harvard-bound student, I can recognize and second just about everything you wrote. One other observation - the admissions staff and volunteers were exceptionally genuine and personal with my daughter at each step of the visit, information-gathering, and application process - no airs, no pretentiousness, no smokescreens. Clearly, you can assume that they all respond well to the same type of genuineness in return. She asked at one point if they look at SAT subscores from a single sitting or if they’ll consider combined scores from multiple sittings. The response was “we’ll consider everything you provide us” and they absolutely do.</p>