***Official Harvard 2012 Decisions Thread***

[webgoudarzi]

No Email Either.... But I'm pretty sure I got rejected

I can't log in to the accepted people's page on the site

[brettl]

Grrr, no email here either. Even thought it will probably be a rejection, I'm tired of waiting!

[aznprincess525]

accepted! it was the shock of my life good luck to everyone!

[tlewet22]

Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 780 math, 760 critical reading, 700 writing
• ACT:
• SAT II: 800 span, 800 math II, 800 us history
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/130
• AP (place score in parenthesis): BC cal (5), Spanish Literature (5), US History (5), English Language (5)
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load:
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
• Job/Work Experience:
• Volunteer/Community service:
• Summer Activities:
• Essays:
• Teacher Recommendation:
• Counselor Rec:
• Additional Rec:
• Interview:

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): TX
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Private
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket:
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

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

General Comments: I'm sorry I can't fill out more..too late at night for this! Good luck to all others if you're waiting for an email! Yesterday was a very lucky day for me!

[zzzboy]

Has anyone who couldn't login to the status/admitted students page been accepted (by a surprise email or ability to login)?

[MysticCrusader]

Accepted!

Fantastic. Wow. This is incredible!

[nickybol]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 730 writing, 670 maths, 600 writing
• ACT: did not take
• SAT II: 740 WH, 710 Bio E 660 Latin
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): -
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): probably top 10%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): did not take
• IB (place score in parenthesis): -
• Senior Year Course Load: -
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not any

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): teamleader major development project, coaching tennis, school newspaper, some exchange programs
• Job/Work Experience: tennis coach
• Volunteer/Community service: development projects
• Summer Activities: teaching tennis
• Essays: pretty bad, I am not used to essay writing
• Teacher Recommendation: pretty standard, not anything special
• Counselor Rec: did not read
• Additional Rec: an excellent recommendation letter
• Interview: went superbly

Other

• State (if domestic applicant):
• Country (if international applicant): I'd rather not say, because there are not many applicants from my country (somewhere in Western Europe)
• School Type: public school
• Ethnicity: white
• Gender: male
• Income Bracket: no idea what is meant by this
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not any

Reflection

• Strengths: many leadership positions
• Weaknesses: weak essays, low SATs, standard recommendations
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I wish I knew, I was rejected by all other universities I applied to

General Comments:

[oldtimeyfan]

Has anyone been accepted to Harvard who was rejected at other Ivies?

[fallenxstar]

Decision: Accepted

Reflection

• Strengths: Extracurriculars, course load, school rank
• Weaknesses: SAT score, ACT score (composite was 34)
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I showed my passion for my hobbies and showed how it can turn into something fruitful

General Comments: I was very surprised. I was preparing that I would get waitlisted, so I was already thinking about choosing between Duke and Columbia (I didn't get into Columbia yet, but I thought I stood a very good chance). I received the news from my father since I was at a science competition. I was in shock and denial...I called my dad again to make sure he didn't read wrong. I didn't actually believe my acceptance until I checked the e-mail, myself. And the acceptance didn't sink in until I was trying to sleep, during which time I laid awake for two hours. I was also accepted to Columbia, Duke, and Cornell. I was waitlisted at Tufts.

[sugangel7]

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2180; V: 760/M:660/W: 760
• ACT:
• SAT II: Biology: 690; U.S. history: 790; literature: 780
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/719 --> (midyear) 2/691
• AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5), Biology (5), Calculus BC (5)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): haven't taken any of the tests yet but HL Math, HL English, HL History, HL Spanish, SL Physics, SL Psychology
• Senior Year Course Load: all IB classes
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial (vice-president), Cross Country, Peer Tutoring, Liberty in North Korea, California Scholarship Federation, Academic Decathlon (leader of Honors team)
• Job/Work Experience:
• Volunteer/Community service: Big Brothers/Big Sisters, junior high ministry at local church
• Summer Activities:
• Essays:
• Teacher Recommendation: HL History and English teachers; saw the English teacher's and thought it was fairly good
• Counselor Rec: I.B. coordinator and known me since freshman year, thought it was pretty amazing
• Additional Rec:
• Interview: yes with an alumni, thought it went simply 'okay'

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): CA
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: public
• Ethnicity: Filipino
• Gender: female
• Income Bracket: upper middle-class
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

• Strengths: rigorous course load
• Weaknesses: lack of leadership in extra-currics
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I had fairly good stats and solid essay and recs so that's why they didn't out-right reject me but my decent extra-currics and just the competitiveness of the applicant pool and low admittance rate this year meant I got wait-listed

General Comments: Congratulations to all those accepted! I was surprised to even get wait-listed and actually don't feel too bad about it because I applied to Harvard for my mom and always thought I'd enjoy it more for grad school. For those wait-listed or not accepted, please don't be too hard on yourself.

I think we'll all end up going where we're meant to be and I don't plan on staying on the waiting list but have decided to attend University of Pittsburgh.

[misschikki225]

Accepted! Will post stats later. The excitement has still not worn off...

[oesastriker91]

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (CR: 800, M: 800, W: 770)
• ACT: N/A
• SAT II: 800 Math Level 2, 800 Chemistry, 750 US History
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, Weighted: 5.01
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/673
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Sci AB, Calc BC, Chem, Physics C: Mech, Physics C: E&M, Stats, Psych, US History, Latin Lit (All 5s)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): Not offered
• Senior Year Course Load: 5 more APs, 2 gym classes required for graduation
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist/Scholarship Recipient, National AP Scholar...nothing great

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mu Alpha Theta (Pres, VP, Soph. Rep), Chess Team (Capt), Academic Quiz Team (Capt), Peer Counseling (Group Leader), Ultimate Frisbee, SciOly (Co-Pres), Club Soccer for 8 years until surgery (Team Capt, ODP State Team, selected as one of the top 100 players in the nation)
• Job/Work Experience: Kumon Tutor, Research Internship
• Volunteer/Community service: A ton of tutoring and other stuff
• Summer Activities: Research Intern, Work, Volunteer, Ultimate league
• Essays: I thought they were really good...
• Teacher Recommendation: One pretty good, the other not great
• Counselor Rec: He knows me really well, but 700 students per class...
• Additional Rec: None
• Interview: Thought it went well

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): OH
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Large Public, never sends anyone to good schools. Last two #1s went to Case Western and Michigan...
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: Need financial aid
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

• Strengths: Test scores, perfect on 9 AP tests, ECs were alright, my GPA was amazing--the next highest are all around 4.7, highest ever was only 4.8 (hopefully my counselor talked about that), great essays
• Weaknesses: ASIAN MALE, Large crappy public school, maybe I don't have enough volunteering or ECs, lack of research, not so good recs?
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: When I first applied, I wasn't really expecting to get in at all, considering my school's record and my Asian maleness. But then I made Yale early, made Stanford, receiving one of only 100 likely letters, and made MIT. So I was pretty confident, but got waitlisted by Harvard and Princeton. I don't know what happened. Anyone have any explanation? Looking at some of the other profiles of those who made it, I don't understand why I got waitlisted by both....sigh.

General Comments: Good Luck to everyone who got in!!

[easonh89]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2120, 670V, 750M, 700W
• ACT: Did not send (31 though)
• SAT II: 780 Chem, 760 Math IIC, 740 US History
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/208
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), Bio (5), US Hist (5), Psych (5) English Lang (4), World Hist (4)
• Senior Year Course Load: Physics B, Calc AB, Micro and Macro Economics, English Lit, Gov & Politics (ALL AP)
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel STS Semifinalist

[ b]Subjective:[ /b]

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (Drum Major), Key Club (Treasurer), REPS (Founder), Thespians Pit Orchestra (Student Conductor) -these are the main ones
• Job/Work Experience: Worked in my dad's clothing store for 3 years until it closed down.
• Volunteer/Community service: Ambulance Corps. Youth Squad (4 years, Captain), Volunteer EMS
• Summer Activities: Research, EMS Volunteer, Figure Skating
• Essays: Main one about EMS
• Teacher Recommendation: Good
• Counselor Rec: Amazing (Told)
• Additional Rec: Research Mentors Rec (Very good)
• Interview: Decent

[ b]Other[/b]

• State (if domestic applicant): NY
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Korean
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: Approx. $100k/year
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

[ b]Reflection[/b]

• Strengths: Intel Winner, and Courseload?
• Weaknesses: Asian, and below average SAT Verbal scores
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No clue - I was waitlisted at Columbia, Dartmouth, Princeton, and Stanford too. Didn't think I would get in.

[socal57]

Dear Mr. @#$%%,

I am delighted to inform you that the Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid has voted to offer you a place in the Harvard Class of 2012. Following an old Harvard tradition, a certificate of admission is enclosed. Please accept my personal congratulations for your outstanding achievements
(rest of letter)...

Sincerely,


William R. Fitzsimmons
Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid


By the way... April Fools



is this a fake or is it just Harvard's sense of humor by scaring us?

[spiffystars]

It's fake--there was a thread about it somewhere.