***Official Harvard 2012 Decisions Thread***

[cjjc419]

webgoudarzi, think of it this way, as long as you're still waiting, there's still hope! mine got squashed when the email came on the dot at 5:04


wait-listed by the way

[yuying]

I can't log in to the admissions website...it's not loading for me. Busy servers? Can anyone else log on?

Anyway, doesn't matter, got the beautiful email telling me that I got accepted. Can't believe it. I couldn't stop screaming, haha.

[affle]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 800 800 800
• ACT: N/A
• SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 US History, 770 Physics, 720 Math 1
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/500
• AP (place score in parenthesis): World History, US History, Physics B (all 5s), taking Gov, Calc BC, Computer Science, English Literature, Italian, and Physics C this year
• IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
• Senior Year Course Load: APs listed above + Chorus
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing amazing. Some Harvard Model UN awards, National Italian Exam, National Merit Finalist, etc.

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN, Mathletes (VP), World Language Honor Society (Prez), National Honor Society (Treasurer), Key Club in 10-11, county math team
• Job/Work Experience: Assistant camp counselor, tutoring.
• Volunteer/Community service: Practically nothing...just a few hours from Key Club over the years and a little from NHS/mentoring program this year
• Summer Activities: Just a regular old assistant day camp counselor
• Essays: Both were solid, though not amazing. One was about my MUN experiences (humorously starting with me walking into a pole...), the other about my lifelong love for math. Short response was about World Language Honor Society
• Teacher Recommendation: Fabulous, as far as I know
• Counselor Rec: Good I guess?
• Additional Rec: Sent 3 teacher recs, all were good.
• Interview: Went surprisingly wonderfully. Just a very laid-back coversation about myself; the woman lived in my town and said she'd never interviewed someone that good from my town. (Although...I did lock my keys in my car prior to the interview and not realize it...)

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): NY
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: OK public. About 4-5 to Cornell, maybe 1 or 2 to Dartmouth/Brown in a given year out of 500.
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: Upper middle
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing

Reflection

• Strengths: Numbers, teacher recs
• Weaknesses: No "above and beyond" ECs or awards. Practically no research/community service
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Sometimes, just a 4.0 and a 2400 will do it. And I suppose I came across as a "real person" in my mildly humorous essays, as well.

General Comments: Congrats to all who were accepted, and if not, don't be discouraged! I was also accepted to Yale EA and Cornell, but I was waitlisted at Princeton and Upenn.

[hopelesslylost]

I cannot believe I got in.

2120 SATs
Female Asian.

I thought it would be impossible. Especcially after getting waitlisted at Columbia and Dartmouth (both which I thought would be easier).

[starbucksaddict]

[][][]Decision: Accepted[][][]

[]Objective:[][]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2180: 800 W, 690 CR, 690 M
[] SAT II: 780 US History, 740 Bio M, 690 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA 99.09/100
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/174
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology: 5, US History: 5, English Language: 5
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP English Literature, AP Latin: Vergil, AP World History, Honors Physics, 2 courses at Bates College (Psychology and a course in British History)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Nordic Skiing (Captain), Varsity Cross Country (Captain), Varsity Track, Student Council (Executive Board Member), Odyssey of the Mind, Maine Junior Classical League (2nd VP), NHS (Executive Board Member)
[] Job/Work Experience: Employed at a strawberry farm
[] Volunteer/Community service: Running/Skiing mentoring program for elementary school aged kids. Some other random volunteering.
[] Summer Activities: Work, Training for XC/Skiing, Neuroscience Program at Bowdoin College, Book Group
[] Essays: I was extremely pleased with them. All of my friends loved them.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Amazing
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec: I had my XC coach write me a letter. It almost made me cry
[] Interview: Lasted about an hour and a half, the conversation flowed extremely well, and my interviewer said he was optimistic.
[][]Other[][]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Maine
[] School Type: Medium Sized Public (~700 students)
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~75,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None. I had talked to the ski coach, but I was by no means recruited.
[][]Reflection[][]
[] Strengths: Extracurriculars, Recommendation Letters, Essays
[] Weaknesses: SATs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I can't even guess.
[][]General Comments:[]Congrats to everyone!! I can't wait for the accepted students weekend!

And I got rejected at Columbia...I don't even care though. Luckily I checked Harvard before Columbia!

[aznnincompoop]

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

* SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (760/770/760)
* ACT: 32 (did not send, I don't think)
* SAT II: 630 (math II) 760 (english literature) 730 (us history)
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83 (4.85 W)
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 21/451
* AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 AP's (all four's); taking 5 more this year; two of these AP's will have been self-studies
* IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
* Senior Year Course Load: AP Macro, AP Literature, AP Bio, AP Micro, AP Calc BC, Yearbook
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, some minor regional/local science fair/research recognition
Subjective:

* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): yearbook (editor-in-chief this year; design editor last year), involved in youth group&church (in/have been on worship team for both, play on the church coed softball team in a club league, taught Sunday School for past two years), gymnastics (only one year in high school),
* Job/Work Experience: None
* Volunteer/Community service: Mainly church work and mission trips
* Summer Activities: Summers of junior and senior year were spent in a graduate biochemistry lab (one year was required for my Magnet program and the second for fun)
* Essays: Well...I thought they were pretty good?
* Teacher Recommendation: One from AP Bio teacher who's taught me all four years and was my research advisor last year - should have been amazing, esp. because she pretty much said I'm the best kid she's had in terms of how I do on tests/grasp the material; one from US History teacher...who didn't really want me at Harvard, so I think his rec. was pretty generic (he wrote diff. ones for diff. schools); optional one from my research professor of two years, should have been pretty good as well
* Counselor Rec: Solid
* Additional Rec: described earlier
* Interview: Guy was genial enough; I think he was rather impressed with my familiarity with Harvard/its programs, etc. and how I could talk about different subjects...but I don't think I really stood out that much simply b/c there are other people more amazing

Other

* State (if domestic applicant): SC
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
* Gender: F
* Income Bracket: over $200K
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): urh...nope, i got nothing


* Strengths: Solid SAT scores...pretty well-rounded, female doing research
* Weaknesses: Math II SAT was REALLY low; I was pretty much a typical Asian candidate (sciency...high SAT score, etc.) and a little too well-rounded, I think...if I'd had one strong suit that really stood out, I might've had a better chance
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: (shrugs) Who knows? I wasn't expecting it...in the minutes in between when I got my letter and others posted acceptance/rejectance/waitlisting, I almost thought I had a chance.

General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who got in and will go there! I hope you have loads of fun...and who knows, I may apply to Harvard for grad school/med school in four years.

[Jen98]

Decision: Accepted!!!

Because I'm lazy, see this page for a breakdown of stats: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/...user_id=110144

[webgoudarzi]

I'd rather just know

Its ridiculous 2.5 hours later and still nothing

[Narcissa]

lol ! hey good job to all of u even if u didn't get in. and some peopel don't know how to work the [ *] things haha :P

[Jen98]

Try to log in this site with your application number: Harvard College Admissions Office: Admitted Students

If you can log in, you're in.

[app2008]

gen98, is the access code from CommonApplication form? or assigned by Harvard?

[Puddly]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR, 740 M, 730 W
• ACT: Didn't take
• SAT II: 770 Chinese, 700something US
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Doesn't rank; top 5%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), US History (4), Chinese Language (5), English Language (5), Psychology (5), Calculus AB (taking now), English Lit (taking now), Economics (taking now), US Pol/Comp Govt (taking now)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): No IB
• Senior Year Course Load: Those APs and Journalism
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NONE!

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ...I don't want to type it all out, but rest assured that I do have them. lol
• Job/Work Experience: No real jobs. Mostly internships.
• Volunteer/Community service: In ECs, which I'm too happy to type out right now. You probably could find them in my other posts.
• Summer Activities: UC Berkeley ATDP, volunteer
• Essays: I don't judge my essays, but they weren't bad.
• Teacher Recommendation: I only read one of them, and it was so uplifting. Made me red in the face. Haha!
• Counselor Rec: Fraught with grammar errors. <_< It was a normal rec.
• Additional Rec: None
• Interview: I thought it went well, but it felt very short. It was my first college interview, so... xD

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): CA
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Public, sends 5 or 6 students to Harvard each year
• Ethnicity: Chinese
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: Really po'
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Chinese (Is that even URM?), First Gen.

Reflection

• Strengths: I'm normal.
• Weaknesses: I'm normal.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The first thing I told my mom, through my blubbering tears, was "Harvard must be crazy!"

General Comments: xDD I'm still grinning two hours later!

[webgoudarzi]

I don't know my access number

[Jen98]

It's the access number that they gave you in the email you got from them right after you applied.

[jerrylaurie]

Got code confirmed by IT department, still can't log in.

No email.

Does anyone know when they're mailing the letters?