<p>They said…“Do not worry that you have not been contacted for an
interview; interviews abroad are only conducted in cases where we need more
information, and not having an interview will not adversely affect a student’s
application.”</p>
<p>Could it possibly be true?</p>
<p>What does “more information” mean?</p>
<p>I live in a country not in the list.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>no interview=rejection sorry :(</p>
<p>jk dont worry if u dont get one</p>
<p>I got disappointed</p>
<p>Just keep waiting…</p>
<p>Here’re my stats:</p>
<p>Chinese Male
Not live in Beijing or Shanghai, just a small and unadvanced city.
GPA: Don’t use this system
Rank: 10/700 (We’re super competitive… We must study at least 14 hrs per day)
SAT: No SAT(Doomed to be rejected? They said SATs are not required…and no disadvantages…)</p>
<p>Main ECs:</p>
<p>Journalism for 12 years:</p>
<p>Journalist of national newspaper.
National top 10 best student journalist laurelled at the Great Hall of People (A place like the Capitol Hill).</p>
<p>Research:</p>
<p>Self-studied college-level courses e.g. Partial Differential Equation, Field Theory, Finite Element Analysis, Navier-Stokes Equation.</p>
<p>1 research in computational fluid dynamics
1 research in Mars (Presented at a peer-reviewed international conference, held at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Published abstract)</p>
<p>I did them without a professor.</p>
<p>Model UN:</p>
<p>Founder and President of the club
Delegation head at Harvard and Princeton MUN</p>
<p>Various Computer awards</p>
<p>Recommendation:</p>
<p>2 From teachers
1 From counselor
1 From a leading scientist of the NASA Genesis Mission</p>
<p>1 gap year due to illness, I did volunteer work during the leave of absence</p>
<p>My Princeton interviewer commented :“You’re amazing”</p>
<p>Family income is 3000$ per year</p>
<p>If I could have 2200+ on SAT (I’m sure I can because I have 15000+ vocabularies) Could my life be changed?</p>
<p>I tested my intelligence quotient and the result fell within the Mensa level range. </p>
<p>My school haven’t sent the mid-year report yet… Do they arrange interviews only after received all forms?</p>
<p>It’s not that surprising since you live in a small city in China. They probably just weren’t able to set up an interview with you. They definitely won’t hold that against you.</p>
<p>They can set an interview in a city which is nearby.</p>
<p>Just because I didn’t take the SATs…</p>
<p>“In our competitive applicant pool, students lacking these test results are usually denied admission.” :(</p>
<p>I will take them in June and hope for miracle.</p>
<p>There are 4 kids applying to Harvard from our HS that I know of, and to my knowledge only one of them has been contacted for an interview. While all are good candidates to varying degrees, the one who was contacted happened to be the one with the least impressive stats. I have no idea why, and I have no idea whether it will matter for the other 3. I hope not, since it would be grossly unfair. But of course, that seems to be the story of college admissions…</p>
<p>Umm SATs (or ACTs) are a requirement. I’m sure you read it wrong. Harvard REQUIRES that applicants take the SAT or ACT AS WELL AS three SAT IIs. So i dunno where you read that Harvard didn’t require SATs and that students who didn’t take them wouldn’t be disadvantaged.</p>
<p>However your story is compelling :-D. When are you applying?</p>
<p>Story? Did you mean my stats?</p>
<p>I’m applying for 2012.</p>
<p>akybaky, he’s from China. SAT isn’t offered there, or something like this. That’s why he didn’t need to take them.</p>
<p>I’m Chinese, too. I’m from Shanghai and currently studying in Vancouver.
And OMG, you are a genius… i applaud you and if Harvard doesn’t accept you simply because you didn’t take SAT, I highly doubt Princeton is going to make the same mistake.
I applied to Harvard too and didn’t get an interview either, though I live in Vancouver.
What’s your name and where is your hometown? Type Chinese if needed… It’s nice to meet Chinese people here on CC</p>
<p>btw, how did you research on Mars??
is that nearly possible?</p>
<p>ahh i see…</p>
<p>Snowylyn: Vancouverite applying to Harvard. No interview for me either. Maybe they didn’t have someone here…? Seems unlikely because Van is a major city :/</p>
<p>Waaaaaa applying to Harvard is so depressing… you always find some über-amazing applicants!! Now I feel so… so… despicable…</p>
<p>if u r applying for class of 2012, isn’t june sat a little too late?</p>
<p>Snowlyn, he didn’t do research ON Mars (as in standing on it), he did research ABOUT it.</p>
<p>agldro, definitely don’t feel despicable! First of all, you don’t know whether you’ll get in- a lot of people I know here at Harvard didn’t expect to get in because they thought everyone else had better stats. And secondly, some people get in and some people don’t, but there’s nothing despicable about anyone.</p>
<p>The OP appears to be a more appropriate candidate for MIT, possibly CalTech, than for Harvard.</p>
<p>I heard that there are small amount of people may be admitted without an interview because the adcom picked them just from their application…Interviews are offered for people who adcom are interested in but want more information. Perhaps I should really not worry :D</p>