***Official Harvard 2012 Decisions Thread***

[Narcissa]

Chinese (Is that even URM?)

lol! not even close! congrats tho =P

[webgoudarzi]

I don't remember getting one, I might of been really careless and deleted it. Doesn't matter, the point is I don't have one at my disposal right now

[Reticulum]

Decision: Rejected

Stats:

• SAT: 2000
• SAT IIs: Math II: 710 Chemistry: 670 Literature: 650
• ACT: 33
• GPA: 4.2w/3.9 uw
• Rank: 4/180
• Other stats:

Subjective:

• Essays: I thought they were alright; one about me growing up with my
grandparents on a small ranch, and another on an awkward solo at a concert.
• Teacher Recs: Didn’t see them, but I’m assuming one was fantastic and the other decent.
• Counselor Rec: No Idea.
• Hook (if any): Geography? Income (<30,000)?

Location/Person:

• State or Country: Arkansas
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male

Other Factors:

AP World History – 5
AP Art History – 4
AP Biology – 4
AP Calculus AB – 5
AP Statistics – 5
AP English Language and Composition – 4
AP Human Geography – 5
AP U.S. History - 4
National AP Scholar
Regional Envirothon 1st Place both in Individual Special Topics and Team
State Envirothon – Team 3rd
3rd Place Invitational Bowling Tournament
1st Place 4A-5A Regional Bowling
3rd Place High School Varsity Team
Bowling – Varsity 3 Years (Co-Captain)
3 Youth Leagues – 1st Place Standing – Record for High Team Series
All-State Bowling Team
Arkansas Youth Orchestra
Symphonic Orchestra – All-Region 4 Years in a Row
“Rock” Orchestra
Shakespeare Scene Festival – Played Romeo
Soccer –Varsity
King’s Club – Vice President
National Honor’s Society
Beta Club – President
Student Council Representative 9th and 12th Grade
Freshmen and Senior Cabinet
Arkansas Governor’s School – Mathematics
-Main Library Youth Drama Volunteer – Performed a set of plays for young children.
-Youth Bowling Coach – Bowling Coach on Saturday Mornings to kids 12 and under.

[ctheller]

Will a rejected person please try to log into the admitted students page....I NEED to know if you can or cannot because i haven't been emailed, but can get on the page

[beirut08]

yeah ditto, can a rejected person please try to see if they can log on. i decided that i wanted my decision by snail mail and im debating whether i should have a sneak peak by trying to log into the admitted students page! arghhh.

[sassyohiomom]

I just got an E-mail from IvySport saying something about welcome and celebrate with the class of 2012, including Harvard stuff and I've never ordered from them before or anything...
what does this mean? Did anyone else get something like this?
... I don't like foreshadows.

[Puddly]

Oh yeah. I got rejected from Princeton, Cornell, and Stanford; waitlisted at Columbia, but accepted here, soooooo... xD I hope it's not a cruel joke!

[stupidkid]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 770 C, 780 W, 800 M
• ACT:
• SAT II: 800 M2, 800 Chem, 800 Phys
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 555555444
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: as rigorous as i could find, except astronomy
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAMO, USNCO, Siemens Regional Finalist, Intel STS Semi, state/regional math/sci awards

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): math research, math club, etc
• Job/Work Experience:
• Volunteer/Community service:
• Summer Activities:
• Essays: probably bad, i didn't have anyone but my parents proof read them
• Teacher Recommendation: good
• Counselor Rec: good
• Additional Rec: from research mentor
• Interview: good

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): uh...
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: large public
• Ethnicity: Chinese
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket:
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

• Strengths:
• Weaknesses:
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments: It's between HYPSM now...more realistically HSM

[token89]

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted


Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (750M, 720CR, 730W)
• ACT:
• SAT II: 790MathII, 740 Spanish, 670 USHistory
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 5Spanish, 3 USHistory
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng, Calc AB, Bio, Stat and Spanish Lit.
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ b]Subjective:[/b]

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Football 4 years. Varsity Basketball 4 years. Varsity Track 4 years (recruited athlete). School newspaper. Student council.
• Job/Work Experience: Accounting at a Car Dealership during the summer
• Volunteer/Community service: Not much
• Summer Activities:
• Essays: One was about how I prepare for track meets. The other was about being a black student in a predominantly white school.
• Teacher Recommendation: One was good. Didn't read the other.
• Counselor Rec: Don't know. We have a good relationship though.
• Additional Rec:
• Interview: Went well. I did mine with the person that was going to eventually read my application. We talked for hours.

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): TX
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Competitive private
• Ethnicity: Black
• Gender: XY
• Income Bracket:Alot
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM and recruited athlete

Reflection

• Strengths: See hooks
• Weaknesses: GPA. Maybe SAT. Could have taken more AP's.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Track team needs sprinters

General Comments: Sweeeeet!

[Remi10001]

Decision: Waitlisted


Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2400
• ACT: 35
• SAT II: 800 Math2, 800 Bio-M, 790 USH
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 of 791
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Bio, 4 Spanish Lang, 5 USH
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP WorldH, AP Chem, AP Phys, AP English, AP Gov
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, USABO semifinalist (this year not on app), USChO taking national exam (not on app), science olympiad event medals winner, other regional and some state awards

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A Team Captain, Science Olympiad President, Chess Team President, Hospital Volunteering, Boy Scouts, lots of church leadership including regional youth committee member
• Job/Work Experience: none
• Volunteer/Community service: hospital, boy scout eagle scout project, several others
• Summer Activities: too lazy now to post
• Essays: i thought good enough, really had my voice
• Teacher Recommendation: Best possible anyone could have hoped for
• Counselor Rec: 800 students, 'nough said
• Additional Rec: no
• Interview: good

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): OH
  
• School Type: largest public in state
• Ethnicity: white
• Gender: male
• Income Bracket: 90k-100k
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation

Reflection

• Strengths: near Perfect stats, good EC's, best i could on essays/recs
• Weaknesses: 1 of 27,000
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: maybe all my accomplishments this year could have put me over the edge, idk. Last year with less applicants i could have probably gotten in.

General Comments: Good Luck!! Didn't really want to go to Harvard; i just wanted leverage with their financial aid since it caters to my family's situation, but Harvard definitely could have smuggled me in (and still might) had they accepted me. Oh well, still disappointed though. No one at my school has ever gotten in, hopefully the one other applicant had slightly better luck. I guess it's Yale, Princeton, or Brown for me Au revoir les rouge comme la sangre.

[cheerchen]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I: 730 CR, 800 M, 750 W, 11 Essay
• SAT II: 720 Chem, 760 French, 800 Math Level 2
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank: 1/130
• AP: Calculus AB (5), Microecon (4), Macroecon (5)
• Senior Year Course Load: All APs, one college math class
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist and scholarship recipient, AP Scholar, State Scholarship winner.

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars: FBLA (President), newspaper (Editor), yearbook (Editor), NHS, tennis.
• Job/Work Experience: English tutor
• Volunteer/Community service: A lot.
• Summer Activities: Travel and relaxing, nothing academic or competitive.
• Essays: About art and personal quirks.
• Teacher Recommendation: One was great and about how I would be applying to the best graduate schools in four years, the others were OK.
• Counselor Rec: Standard.
• Additional Rec: My newspaper advisor wrote a great one.
• Interview: Average.

Other

• School Type: Small public, noncompetitive.
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: Under $100K
• Hooks: Artist, sent in a portfolio.

Reflection

• Strengths: My writing style.
• Weaknesses: My SAT scores (which I actually don't think play that big of a role once you're past the 700 mark for each subject).
• Why you think you were accepted: Superstition.

General Comments: I'm dying to discuss with some fellow acceptees about who's choosing where to attend and how. I'm interested in finding out others' opinions on Harvard and why they will be attending. I'll be the first to admit that I don't know Harvard undergraduate program terribly well, and I want to know every single aspect of Harvard undergrad life before I make such a huge decision. Feel free to message me or debate on the forum with me!

[mammall]

DD1 accepted at Harvard tonight with a single sitting 2400, 36, 4*800 on SAT II subjects, 9 APs all 5's, 4.0 unweighted, pretty good ECS, not earthshaking. Will be heading up north to visit later this week.

[lobgent]

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted


Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2400
• ACT: Didn't submit
• SAT II: 800 800 790
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of ~500
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 5 5 5 5 5 - Chem, Euro, Stats, Calc BC, Physics B, Physics C
• IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
• Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs and regular courses
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presidential Scholars Candidate, National Merit Scholarship Winner (too late anyway), AP Scholar w/Distinction, USNCO qualifier, state and regional awards in theater and speech, SciOly state medals, awards in state math competition, national french exam national laureate

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council, Theatre, Forensics, Science Olympiad, Quiz Bowl, regional youth orchestra, NHS, boys state, business owner
• Job/Work Experience: Teach kids SAT/ACT/PSAT
• Volunteer/Community service: Various kinds of volunteer work at a local community center
• Summer Activities: Math/Science activities -- nothing prestigious like RSI or Mathcamp though; running a business; Boys State; chilling
• Essays: One of them about a theatre experience; the supplement about my perspective on scientific advancement -- both word for word from the Yale application
• Teacher Recommendation: Didn't see, but probably really really good
• Counselor Rec: Great!
• Additional Rec: From a school administrator who knows me really well -- extremely laudatory and overall amazing
• Interview: Just...weird...haha, don't really feel like explaining

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): Midwest, USA
• Country (if international applicant): USA
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket:
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Well-rounded -- not a hook, you say? I think, for me, it was.

Reflection

• Strengths: Well-roundedness
• Weaknesses: No exceptional achievements in one particular area
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Ask Harvard.

General Comments: Great job to all who got in! For those who didn't, you will all go somewhere great and achieve great things. A successful life doesn't at all need to include getting into Harvard or another Ivy League school. Whether you got in or not, the very fact that you care about your education means that you will lead very successful lives. In fact, congratulations and felicitations to everyone here -- you are all amazing people!

[token89]

some of the people that get rejected/waitlisted have been AMAZING! wow. i feel so lucky.

[jarnizzl]

If you can't log in on the main status website with your PIN, that probably means you weren't accepted. Sorry to burst any bubbles.