<p>wait…what is this school report part ii??</p>
<p>If you go to Harvard’s website, there is a second part to the school report that must be sent by your counselor and is not on common app</p>
<p>jgraider, thanks a billion! good thing i found this out now!</p>
<p>@ via: No, I don’t live on Long Island. In fact, I don’t live anywhere close to New York. I’m on the West Coast (California), and in close proximity to Los Angeles, so I’m not sure if I should be worried…</p>
<p>Will I see the SSR II after I apply to Harvard? How does this work?</p>
<p>I have an urgent question about AP’s:</p>
<p>I’m a senior this year in Canada and my school does not offer any APs at all. I haven’t taken any and I’m considering self-studying AP Bio and Chem to improve my chances. Problem is the results won’t come out until long after the decisions are released so I’m not sure if my mentioning that I’m self-studying these two will give my application a boost. Thoughts?</p>
<p>Mentioning that will not be of much use IMO.</p>
<p>Guys, I’m in a big dilemma…</p>
<p>Okay, so I attended Harvard SSP in summer of my junior year, and I really fell in love with the school during that time. However, I socialized and enjoyed it too much and didn’t really focus on my studies, “graduated” with two B-'s (Neurbiology and Calc II), I’m like kicking myself everyday that I didn’t take full advantage of that great opportunity gah, especially when I know that I could have easily gotten two A’s if I put the effort in…</p>
<p>So…on the Harvard Supp, I did not circle the “attended Harvard SSP” because I’m pretty much trying to “erase” that summer from my life, and am trying hard as I can to avoid Harvard ever considering those two scores in my application, because I know that they aren’t representative of my intelligence or academic capabilities in any way. </p>
<p>However… I have my interview this coming Tuesday…And what happens if the Alum asks me “Have you ever attended Harvard SSP?”, and what if she already knows the answer…and catches me lying…oh dang, I’m shivering already :(</p>
<p>Pianodude – "So…on the Harvard Supp, I did not circle the “attended Harvard SSP” because I’m pretty much trying to “erase” that summer from my life, and am trying hard as I can to avoid Harvard ever considering those two scores in my application, because I know that they aren’t representative of my intelligence or academic capabilities in any way. " </p>
<p>You are lying and being dishonest by not circling “attended Harvard SSP”. When Harvard finds out that you deliberately left it unchecked, they will disqualify you right there. </p>
<p>Making the best possible presentation of yourself through Essays etc. is one thing, but being not honest on questions directly asked is totally another. Know that academic dishonesty is one of the highest ‘crimes’ in higher education.</p>
<p>@ Pianodude: Believe it or not, even if you had told the truth, Harvard would not have held two B-'s against you. In fact, if I were an admissions officer, I would likely be much more sympathetic to an applicant who earned two B-'s but reported them than someone who just pretended that they never happened at all.</p>
<p>I have a similar question (though I have not submitted my app yet). I registered for an Extension School online course but withdrew from the class mid-semester. Do I still have to circle “Extension School” on my app? Because they ask for your transcripts, and because I dropped the course I don’t have grades to forward…</p>
<p>Hello I am applying to Harvard this year.</p>
<p>Wow, I can’t believe why does H ask for SAT scores during interview, weird…</p>
<p>^So they can make preconceived opinions about you.</p>
<p>I saw that mifune said that the acceptance rate for competitive applicants is around 20%… what is “competitive” for Harvard anyway?</p>
<p>@ hahalolk: An unweighted GPA of above 3.75 and an SAT score over 2200? I’m not sure. Perhaps mifune can enlighten us… :p</p>
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<p>It was sort of awkward, but I didn’t think much of it.</p>
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<p>My interviewer asked at the end, so I suppose he wanted to make a …postconceived opinion of me</p>
<p>^I was joking about that. In seriousness, Harvard already has the official scores, so the only reasons I can think of:
-Harvard wants to keep the effect of an interview report per applicant without sizable bias by making it standard for all interviewers to be aware of test scores. Without this policy, some applicants would voluntarily tell their scores anyways (especially those with perfect scores). And let’s face it, test scores influence people’s opinions about someone’s intellect, etc.
-Harvard wants to validate your scores by cross referencing with what you tell the interviewer. This reason is less likely, IMO.</p>
<p>This thread has been enlightening.</p>
<p>Good luck to the 2015 hopefuls!</p>
<p>Anyone else not done with applications? $%^&*(^&&%$</p>