**The Official Harvard University 2013 Decisions Thread**

[senioritis09]

Decision: Accepted
I am soooooo happy...
Thank you God..

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 780 Reading 800 Math 800 Writing
• ACT:
• SAT II: 800 Math IIC 800 Chemistry 800 Korean w/ List
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 English Lang 5 AP Calc BC 5 APUSH 5 Bio 5 Music Theory 5 Physics B 5 Euro 4 Chem
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load:
  AP Macroecon/Govt
  AP Physics C
  AP Enviro
  AP English Lit
  DE Multivariable Calculus/ Differential Equations
  AP Spanish Lang
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
  USAMO Semi-finalist
  USABO Semi-finalist
  Mu Alpha Theta Competitions
  National Science Bowl
  etc
  
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
• Job/Work Experience:
• Volunteer/Community service:
• Summer Activities:
• Essays: Great
• Teacher Recommendation: One good, one bad
• Counselor Rec: horrible
• Additional Rec: amazing!
• Interview: it went really well. The doctor loved me.

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): FL
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: High Middle Class
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Rock band

Reflection[list][*] Strengths: Rock band, community service, musical talent[*] Weaknesses: typical asian[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Cornell, UPenn, Columbia
Rejected: Yale, Princeton
Waitlisted: Emory

[mattos90]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 800 W 760 CR 770 M
• ACT: Didn't take
• SAT II: 750 Math II 740 Physics 750 Spanish 800 US History
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Don't rank
• AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5s: Euro History, US History, Spanish Lang., Calc BC, Physics B
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, Multivariable Calc, Physics C: Mechanics, AP English Lit, AP Art History, Astronomy
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chief Investment Officer of an options-trading firm, competitive policy debater, various math/science competitions, editor of Spanish newspaper
• Job/Work Experience: Above
• Volunteer/Community service: not very much
• Summer Activities: Debate camp, work
• Essays: Pretty good
• Teacher Recommendation: Didn't see them but expect they were good
• Counselor Rec: Very good; he's quite fond of me
• Additional Rec: Debate coach
• Interview: Went very well; interviewer and I had a lot of mutual interests that we talked about

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): AZ
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: top private
• Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jew
• Gender: M
• Income Bracket: upper
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Work experience

Reflection General Comments: Good Luck!!

[cinnamon9724]

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 800 W, 790 M, 760 CR
• ACT: 35
• SAT II: 750 Chem, 750 World History, 800 Math II
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit finalist

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): newspaper (eic), badminton (#1 singles), class board (secretary)
• Job/Work Experience: marketing survey place for a year
• Volunteer/Community service: a ton, don't feel like going into detail
• Summer Activities: repaired homes for needy
• Essays: ok
• Teacher Recommendation: don't see
• Counselor Rec: ditto
• Additional Rec: very nice
• Interview: didn't go so well

Other[list][*] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes[*] Intended Major: chemical engineering[*] State (if domestic applicant): IL[*] Country (if international applicant):[*] School Type: public[*] Ethnicity: white[*] Gender: female[*] Income Bracket: 150,000[*] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Got into Brown so don't care!!!

[randomnerdz]

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): M: 780; CR: 760; W: 800 (12E)
• ACT: N/A
• SAT II: Lit: 740, US History: 760, Math II: 770
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/570
• AP (place score in parenthesis): APHG (5), CHEMISTRY (4), USHISTORY (4), SPANISH LANGUAGE (4), STATISTICS (4), ENGLISH LANGUAGE (5)
• IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
• Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous.
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Several state, national, and international writing (poetry) awards.

Subjective:

• Extra Curriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
  Interact Community Service Club (President)
  Model Organization of American States (President)
  Student Council (Student Body Executive)
  Literary Magazine (Editor-in-Chief)
  Business Professionals of America
  UIL Literary Criticism & Ready Writing
  Varsity Orchestra
  Interfaith Club (Secretary)
• Job/Work Experience: I worked at a calling center last summer
• Volunteer/Community service: I volunteered as a Research Assistant for two Psychology Professors last summer. I have hundreds of service hours and organize many youth and community action/activist projects.
• Summer Activities: Calling Center, Research Assistant
• Essays: How I promote human rights/activism with Interact; My beard -- and how it's taught me that no stereotype can constrain me; Why creativity is fundamental to my life.
• Teacher Recommendation: 1st- It was good. Not as good as it should have been.
  2nd- It was positive, but my teacher obviously didn't edit it. It was replete with grammar and factual mistakes.
• Counselor Rec: Wonderful
• Additional Rec: Interact Club Sponsor-Glowing; I'm one of her favorite students from the past 21 years
• Interview Off Campus: My interviewer and I really bonded, even though he was majorly conservative. We talked about the feminist movement.

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: Gender Studies
• State (if domestic applicant): TX
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Large Public
• Ethnicity: South Asian
• Gender:Male
• Income Bracket: Middle Class
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.

Reflection

• Strengths:My essays were very, very creative. I spent a lot of time on them. I am ridiculously active in my school. I dream big. I write poetry pretty well, I suppose.
• Weaknesses: Teacher Recommendations, Ethnicity..
• Why you think you were rejected: I was deferred early and now this. Harvard just hates me, I suppose...even though I CLEARLY expressed my love for it.
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Columbia, Amherst, Williams, Grinnell, Tufts, UT; Waitlisted: Stanford, Princeton, Brown; Rejected: Harvard, Yale

General Comments: I figured this would happen

[Mine Is Different]

My bro got rejected

760 CR 750 M 710 W
4.2 W 3.95 UW
11/600
Lots of awards in music
Black Male

sorry didnt use the format but too lazy...im utterly shocked...i thought he was a shoo-in

looks like hes headed to UMD like his older bro!

[southeasttitan]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (780 CR, 620 M, 780 W)
• SAT II: 780 Lit, 750 M, 650 CR
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/450
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish 4, USH 5
• Senior Year Course Load: 3 courses at Macalester College, AP Calc, AP Human Geography, independent projects in English, Newspaper
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2008 Davidson Fellow for Literature

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
  - Award-winning newspaper, Editor-in-Chief
  - Varsity soccer (not recruited)
  - State-ranked Quiz Bowl team
• Job/Work Experience: Loft Literary Center teen council
• Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours, Head Start literacy program
• Summer Activities: Soccer, volunteering, writing
• Essays: I'm a writer, so probably my strongest suit. Wrote about my favorite passage from my book and my dog.
• Teacher Recommendation: Best in my career, etc.
• Counselor Rec: Great
• Additional Rec: N/A
• Interview: Dull and nondescript, but good, I guess.

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: Literature
• State (if domestic applicant): MN
• School Type: Inner-city public
• Ethnicity: White. I know, what?
• Gender: F
• Income Bracket: $40,000/year
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Davidson Fellowship?

Reflection

• Strengths: Davidson Fellowship, essays, being from the city.
• Weaknesses: Math!
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea!
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Yale, Northwestern, Macalester College, waitlisted Princeton, WashU, Boston College (lawl), denied Brwon

General Comments: ***??? I can't believe this!!!!!!!! Harvard or Yale?????

[kasiiaaa]

Decision: WAITLISTED

Stats:

• SAT I (by section): 2090 (770 M, 690 W, 630 CR)
• SAT IIs: 780 Bio, 720 Chem, 710 Math II
• ACT: 35 (35E, 35M, 36R, 34S, 31W)
• APs: Bio 5, Chem 4, Eng Lang 4. This year: Physics B + C Mechanics, Eng Lit, Calc AB, Psych
• IBs:
• GPA: 101% Weighted, around 97-98% unweighted
• Rank: 2/607
• Other stats: a few awards, national merit commended, public speaking awards

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: mostly dance/community service related. Really not super extensive.
• Job/Work Experience: Bakery cashier and tutor
• Essays (subject and responses): common app was about overcoming the need to be perfect, also an additional essay on my dance experience
• Teacher Recs: excellent
• Counselor Rec: excellent
• Applied on: like a few days before?
• Hook (if any): Polish immigrant

Location/Person:

• State or Country:
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
• Ethnicity: Polish
• Gender: Female

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to those accepted. That's all I really have to say lol.

[Pevee]

Decision: Accepted


Objective:

* SAT I (breakdown): 760CR, 790M, 700W
* ACT: -
* SAT II: 750USH 750Chem 800Math
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00, 4.85 weighted
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): becoming 1 of 556
* AP (place score in parenthesis): HumanGeog, Chem, Stats, Euro Hist, USHist, Psych, Calc BC (all 5), Eng Lang (4)
* IB (place score in parenthesis): -
* Senior Year Course Load: Macro and microecon, comparative and US gov. Eng Lit. Multivariable Calc, Linear Alg. Diff. Equation
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): -

Subjective:

* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Interact Club (school club president 3 years, president of district), math club (president), CSF (vp and presd), V XC, JV Swim, Model UN, Academic league (3 years)
* Job/Work Experience: tutor
* Volunteer/Community service: lots of hours
* Summer Activities: AIDS hospice/orphanage
* Essays: i really liked them
* Teacher Recommendation: awesome
* Counselor Rec: good
* Additional Rec: none
* Interview: great

Other

* State (if domestic applicant): California!!
* Country (if international applicant):
* School Type: Charter
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Female
* Income Bracket: not that much
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): moved here alone from Thailand at the beginning of freshman year. Parents live in Thailand. I live here with my mom's friend.

Reflection

* Strengths: My hook story. leadership.
* Weaknesses: sat scores. not that great at sports
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i don't want to think about it.
* Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UCI, UCSD,UCLA, UCB (regents), Williams, UChicago, MIT, Columbia
Rejected: Princeton, Yale
Waitlisted: Cornell, Stanford, UPenn


General Comments: This has all been a roller coaster ride. You'll never know what's waiting for you at the next turn. Best of luck to you all!

[23hevfalub23]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): N/A
• ACT: 30
• SAT II: 760, 720, 550!
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 of 460
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,5,4,3,3,3
• IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
  Senior, Sophomore, and Freshman Class President
  Beta President (10,11,12)
  Spanish National Honor Society Vice President (11,12)
  etc...
• Job/Work Experience: Yep. Just at a pediatric office and at an ice cream shop
• Volunteer/Community service: A good bit
• Summer Activities: work, chillin
• Essays: on growing up black in a society that measures intelligence on a scale of whiteness
• Teacher Recommendation: good
• Counselor Rec: good
• Additional Rec: principal-good
• Interview: went very well

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): GA
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: public (semi-competitive)
• Ethnicity: Black
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: 250k
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy, URM

Reflection

• Strengths: hooks
• Weaknesses: probably ACT??
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: who wants to upset alumni?
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Duke, Tech; Waitlisted: Yale

General Comments: Can't wait to meet everyone who got in! I extend my commiserations to those who did not.

[TheWerg]

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800 CR, 740 M, 800 W)
• SAT II: 2400 (Math 2, Lit, USH)
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/540
• AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (5), Environmental Science (5)
• Senior Year Course Load: Six APs.
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF?

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate, Academic Decathlon, Model UN, SciFi Club. Leadership/success in all.
• Job/Work Experience: Worked on a house with my dad one summer.
• Volunteer/Community service: Didn't put any down.
• Summer Activities: AcaDec summer school/aforementioned work.
• Essays: Excellent Common App, dunno about supplemental.
• Teacher Recommendation: One great, one generic.
• Counselor Rec: Pretty good.
• Additional Rec: None.
• Interview: Meh.

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): CA
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Poor, crappy public.
• Ethnicity: Hispanic Jew.
• Gender: Male.
• Income Bracket: 100k.
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, pretty much canceled out by Jewishness though.

Reflection

• Strengths: Scores, stuff that doesn't come across on my app.
• Weaknesses: ECs, especially community service.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: There were other people better than I was, of course.
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Duke, Williams, Amherst, USC, Cal, UCLA. Rejected at Yale and Princeton and probably Stanford.

General Comments: Congrats everyone who got in! You guys are amazing. Maybe I'll have the good fortune to join you, if I get lucky and decide to. Those who were rejected, you'll find your way.

[Nocturne]

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 800/800/800/12/80
• ACT: 36
• SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 U.S. History, 800 Mathematics Level II
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of about 200
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5, self-studied), Statistics (5, self-studied), Psychology (5, sort of self-studied), Calculus BC (5), U.S. History (5)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
• Senior Year Course Load: Strongest in school history
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Foundation Award for Advanced Placement

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Major leadership in six, more minor in another six, started or aided in starting three
• Job/Work Experience: Some freelance work, later a position in IT
• Volunteer/Community service: About 400 hours
• Summer Activities: Nothing too expensive
• Essays: I wish Harvard didn't want its app a month earlier than everyone else....
• Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
• Counselor Rec: Excellent
• Additional Rec: Probably great
• Interview: TERRIBLE

Other

• Region (if domestic applicant): Midwest
• School Type: Public, about 1000 students
• Ethnicity: Did not report (Caucasian)
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: Upper middle class
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Likely not

Reflection

• Strengths: Everything but essays (earlier versions than other schools) and interview (interviewer expected me to be some sort of celebrity and kept throwing me off-guard with vaguely demeaning questions -- this was my only college interview that was not great).
• Weaknesses: Essays, interview.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays, interview.
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: MIT, Caltech, Penn, Chicago, Northwestern, Case, Rochester. Waitlisted: Harvard, WashU. Rejected: N/A.

General Comments: I looks like a large number of people were wait-listed, based on the admittedly sporadic responses. Given this year's unpredictability, this is not surprising.

[hopeforcollege]

Decision: Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR, 770 M, 770 W
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 Physics, 740 Chem 710 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98+
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 41/538
AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats 5, Physics B 5, US History 5, Music Theory 4
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Toughest
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Martial arts with many awards, club vp, community service
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: disaster relief, american cancer society shop
Summer Activities: practicing martial arts, volunteering
Essays: pbly lame
Teacher Recommendation: pbly lame
Counselor Rec: pbly lame
Additional Rec: Very Good
Interview: Very Good.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity:
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, relatives attended Harvard
Reflection
Strengths: Passion, URM
Weaknesses: essays, lack of conforming to the system (didnt start a small business just for college or get leadership position in some reputable looking community thing) thus not looking good on paper
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: didnt conform to the system, thus not looking good on paper
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected from Yale, Princeton, Wharton, Stanford, MIT (all bad x_x)
General Comments: Not even waitlisted =(

[churchill1990]

Decision: REJECTED

Objective:

• SAT: 2300 superscored (770 m, 760 CR, 770 w)
• SAT IIs: 760 Math 1, 730 French, 710 Math 2
• ACT: 32 (didn't send)
• GPA: 3.89 unweighted
• Rank: School doesn't rank

Subjective:

• Essays: Overall excellent. I thought it was the highlight of my application - Common App was a synthesis of morality vs. artistic expression during a theatre production I was in, Supplement described my passion for French and an experience I had while studying abroad
• Teacher Rec: Didn't read, but I chose teachers that like me :-)
• Counselor Rec: Same as above
• Hook (if any): None whatsoever

Location/Person:

• State or Country: WA
• School Type: Very small independent private
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male
• major strength/weakness: Strength: Essays, test scores Weakness: G.P.A, my music supplement possibly
• why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Crapshoot to begin with...sort of disappointing but it was rather expected.

General Comments: Meh...who needs Harvard? Congratulations to everyone who got accepted!

[Jessephen]

Decision: Waitlisted

For Daughter
[*] SAT I (breakdown):R 670; W690; M 780[*] ACT:N/A[*] SAT II:MB 800 USH 710 MII710[*] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.99[*] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):3/214[*] AP (place score in parenthesis):5,4[*] IB (place score in parenthesis):[*] Senior Year Course Load:4 AP; 1 honors[*] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list]Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):4 years field hockey, varsity X3 (captain Gr 12); 4 years basketball, 3 varsity (captain X2); 1 year JV softball; 3 years varsity track (captain X2), NHS X2 years pres senior year; class VP X3 years
• Job/Work Experience:winters coach basketball; summer 30 hours/wk receptionist
• Volunteer/Community service:Church youth group, NHS stuff
• Summer Activities:work
• Essays:Excellent
• Teacher Recommendation:great
• Counselor Rec:great
• Additional Rec:
• Interview:great

Other

• Science award X 2 years;
• State (if domestic applicant):MA
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type:small public - very few Ivy admitted (maybe one every couple of years)
• Ethnicity:white
• Gender:F
• Income Bracket:150K
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none

Reflection

• Strengths:GPA/rank
• Weaknesses:SATs, volunteer work
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:accepted Amherst, Providence College (full tuition), RPI, Conn Coll, Stonehill. Waitlist: Harvard, Wesleyan Rejected: Brown, Dartmouth

General Comments: Good Luck to all who applied

[anissa]

Pick one:
Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): M:720 CR:760 W:750
• ACT: n/a
• SAT II: French w/ Listening:800, US History:720, Lit:690
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/~350
• AP (place score in parenthesis): US Gov & Politics (5) from soph year, tons more this year
• IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
• Senior Year Course Load: pretty intense.. have to make up some NC state requirements since I was in France last year though
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): -

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): year abroad in Orléans, France, Junior State (officer and fundraiser / delegate leader to Washington conference), founder/president of Young Democrats, extensive political volunteering with leadership (turned down fulltime internship w/ Barack Obama campaign), piano, French Club president, French Club quiz bowl winner, local math quiz bowl
• Job/Work Experience: customer service job at REI since fall 2008
• Volunteer/Community service: tutoring, conservation, political stuff
• Summer Activities: mostly travel / work
• Essays: common app one was about my political work, optional one was about volunteer on a Catholic mission trip in France (I'm not Catholic)
• Teacher Recommendation: one was mindblowingly amazing and she cried reading it to me, and the other was probably just ok
• Counselor Rec: I'm notunsure… but pretty decent I’m assuming. I don’t think she’s very intelligent and she’s been unsupportive of my reach schools, but I know she respects me a lot and wrote about my personal initiative and passion for learning, which is the most important thing.
• Additional Rec: -
• Interview: was alright. very organic conversation with a graduate from the business school, he was extremely encouraging and we got political. I liked it...

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): NC
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: midsize public, kind of average. most people go to state schools or stay in the south.
• Ethnicity: URM
• Gender: F
• Income Bracket: high
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, moved around a lot

Reflection

• Strengths: extracurricular political work
• Weaknesses: test scores, GPA. essay? not sure.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: probably because I distinguished myself but just didn't get lucky enough to be accepted!
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected at Princeton, waitlisted at Georgetown, accepted at Stanford, WUSTL, UChicago, UPenn, and UNC Chapel Hill (possibly with full scholarship, honors college)

General Comments: I'm content. I wish I'd gotten in, and I'm not sure if I'll stay on the waitlist, but hey. It's an accomplishment on its own. CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO GOT IN. I'm over the moon about Stanford so I really am just happy right now.