Natasha891

yeh, I believe it . congrats to her.
But, I'd be interested to see stats too, if you're willing to give them out.

broetchen

alchemymom has already posted some of her daughter's amazing stats. She had a 2400 SAT/ 36 ACT/ and 3 800 SAT IIs - incl. Math and I think, Physics. Add on to that extraordinary ecs etc, and perhaps you will feel a little less skeptical...

Natasha891

oh! am sorry if that came out sounding skeptical.....I didn't mean it to be!
I do actually believe alchemymom....and as I said before many congrats to her daughter....she must be truly outstanding!

ewho

alchemymom's daughter must be Chelsea S. Link..

Mathacle Blog: Likely Letters from Harvard on the Rise

mia305

Harvard has sent out 217 of these (Likely) letters so far, and “all but ten” of them have gone to athletes, according to Fitzsimmons. … Fitzsimmons says that for non-athletic likelies, the admissions office is primarily motivated to reach out to applicants who might not otherwise attend. According to Fitzsimmons, academic likely letters are often sent to students “who might not think Harvard was even in the cards.”

Dod

Interesting that they would just now be sending out likelies to non-athletes as article suggests--considering colleges will be giving out formal diecsions in just a copule of weeks anyway. I would imagine then they really did want to look over the entire pool and pick out the "best of the best" if you will.

rgal

alchemy mom, could you post just her ECs please? im pretty sure she must be absolutely phenominal, and id like to see what she does for ECs(:

thanks(:

PumpkinPi

"Still on the phone, Link told her mother she had been accepted. “She lied down, banged on the floor, and tried not to scream,” Link said. —Staff writer Lingbo Li can be reached at lingboli@fas.harvard.edu.

This just proves that they're "lying" about it.

broetchen

@ rgal
If you did some searching, you would have found this in one of alchemymom's posts re ECs. In addition, the article mentions that her daughter is an accomplished harpist.

"My daughter's most important EC was something we created on our own. She is obsessed with Shakespeare, and from sophomore through senior years she taught a couple of weekly classes to home schooled students. She has over 40 students. She also produced a big Shakespeare festival each spring, and directed many of her students in full length productions. She adapted the plays, held auditions, cast the actors, worked with the actors on costumes, scenery, props, sound and lighting effects. She submitted a supplemental group letter of recommendation from the parents of 19 of her students, basically describing the ways her mentoring changed their kids' lives. I think this was an important reason why she's already been admitted to Harvard and Yale."