<p>she has already gotten in?</p>
<p>i thought she hasn’t yet.</p>
<p>she doesnt seem very impressive at all. In fact, she seems more obnoxious than anything. Maybe if I meet her in real life in Cambridge in the fall I’ll have a different idea about her. It seems like she has a much too idealized vision of the future. It is important to recognize that most presidents did not start as public servants, they were lawyers, businessmen and were mostly wealthy.</p>
<p>i too think her quite obnoxious…
and am confused about how she got into harvard
ranked 9 in a class of 56?! and only 1360…
doing programs that almost anyone could get into if they had the money</p>
<p>nothing about her really stood out other than she seemed really cocky… but hey i’m sure harvard loves that</p>
<p>just shows what a crapshoot it all is…</p>
<p>I can’t believe just<em>forget</em>me wasn’t nominated as a Presidential Scholar. Also shows what a crapshoot it is.</p>
<p>When I read that article, I, too, had a very unfavorable impression of this girl. But like someone else said before, the article may just have been poorly written. When I was accepted, the Korean newspaper wrote an article about me. A person conducted an interview, and I answered a few questions. When I read the article, so many points were wrong. The writer only mentioned a few extracurricular activities that really had no meaning for me but may have seemed impressive to people who don’t know things. For example, she wrote that I was in National Honor Society but didn’t write anything about yearbook or Amnesty Int’l, two clubs to which I devoted the most time and effort. The same thing may have happened to this girl. The leadership conferences seem impressive to those who don’t know that they’re for anyone with money. She may have done other things that were probably more worthwhile but didn’t have that wow-factor. In addition, the person who wrote the article on me even misquoted me or made stuff up. She said that my acceptance to Harvard was [translated] “a gift for my parents.” I never said such a thing, but now people probably think that I’m a very strange child. If an acceptance to Harvard simply isn’t interesting enough, they might take a little interesting point and balloon it to the point that it gives the wrong impression of the student.</p>
<p>Being Korean (and in NY) as well, I think I may have seen your article. Sometimes, it’s ridiculous the number of articles there are in the newspaper. Anyway, yeah. They do misquote - a lot. That’s why I didn’t put anything in the newspaper.</p>
<p>I don’t quite see whats so great about this girl. If anything, I feel that her achievments pale in comparison to that of most Harvard students. She was turned down by Princeton (which happens to alot of Harvard admits cause HYPSM are just weird) but ALSO by Duke and Georgetown. I find that somewhat indicative of the fact that her Harvard admission had a bit more to do with luck than her wonderful achievements. I wouldn’t move to judge her as being arrogant or anything but her quote was still quite weird (I think the vast majority of sixth graders choose to have fun, as they should, rather than making lists of government programs they want to attend).</p>
<p>Harvard may, possibly, have been the only college to interview her. I would assume she made a strong, positive impression.</p>
<p>I have to agree with Pimp. According to this situation, I have a great chance of being admitted. I mean I am the Southeast Director of Chapter Affairs ( Covering Florida, Tenesee, Georgia, Alabama, etc.) for the JSA. I also got in the JSA summer program at Yale (However, I chose Harvard SSP), and im a poor URM. That is such crap though, because I am also obsessed with Harvard and politics and yes I did go to Wash D.C event (Winter Congress) of the JSA, and this girl si some middle class kid that has not really done anything. Nevertheless, Harvard has always been different from the others, so Ill just have to see what happens next year. I believe the key is showing how much you really want to be there and how hard you are willing to do to get in.</p>
<p>She sounds obnoxious, and I have no idea where Byerly’s getting the vibe that her peers think favorably of her, the article makes no mention of anything of the sort. Obsessing, even just thinking about college at TEN is just sick. Damn, I was still dressing up my Barbies and playing cricket on the streets with the neighborhood brats. </p>
<p>Also, I wonder what her ethnicity is.</p>
<p>another over-confident, not-that-impressive kid. she’s not even in the top 10% of her class. 1360 on the sats. she should’ve been rejected. funny that he considers it pre-ordained.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.snponline.com/NEWS4-13/4-13_bemeritscholar.htm[/url]”>http://www.snponline.com/NEWS4-13/4-13_bemeritscholar.htm</a></p>
<p>I’m pretty sure this guy gets on CC under the handle of just<em>forget</em>me.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I see how you’d think she was stuck up. What I can’t figure out is why she was only ranked 9th out of 56. Hard school maybe?</p>
<p>She might be impressive in her hometown, but wait till she gets to Harvard. Most of us who were admitted did just as much, if not more. </p>
<p>It also seems a little superficial that she wanted specifically to go to Harvard since she was 10. I’ve never looked very highly on career-oriented people who were driven by the name of an institution, but if this kid is genuinely passionate about her goals, I think that she’s on the right track. You can’t completely judge a person until you’ve met him/her…maybe she’s very inspiring. It’s strange that I’ve never thought very highly of Harvard but was admitted anyway (and will be attending it in the fall).</p>
<p>Minority status helps (last name anyone?). Also, you CAN’T discount Harvard’s financial aid initiative/outreach for lower middle class students as a major factor that led to her admission. </p>
<p>My record was nothing special, yet I was recruited by Harvard (many calls, culminating in a private tour w/ admissions staffer) cuz of my “financial situation.” </p>
<p>Ended up not applying cuz I met far too many arrogant people—like this girl—on campus.</p>
<p>Byerly-When I sent you the link to that article, I asked that you not post it on CC… Why?</p>
<p>Anyway, I’m hoping this girl is a little more chill in person than she comes off as in the article. Just shows that there’s more than one path to admission.</p>
<p>It was a a cutting and pasting error for which I sincerely apologise.</p>
<p>By the time I realized it, the time for editing had expired. One of the unfortunate aspects of the site.</p>
<p>Yeah, she definitely seems too small-town. Her current confidence will only lead to a troubling defeat at Harvard, where she will be far from the top.</p>
<p>Ok, maybe she doesn’t sound impressive compare to the vast majority of CCers, but she’s not THAT Bad. Ok, maybe she is. It just shows how much of a crapshot ivys are.</p>
<p>Sorry, but with that SAT score she would be considered borderline ■■■■■■■■ at my high school.</p>