<p>waitlisted- I’ll be back at Columbia in September…</p>
<p>rejected! ya!</p>
<p>rejected - i guess i’ll have to go back to the ol’ school (not too happy about that)</p>
<p>tomahawk, I am sad to hear that you didn’t get in, your posts and your stats show you are a very driven and intelligent man. I truly hope you have better luck in the future if you reapply to schools. If not, a free-ride at Oxy is by no means to be looked down upon. Good luck.</p>
<p>Wow! I should have applied to Harvard out of High School!</p>
<p>I really appreciate the empathy Accepted. Although I knew that my odds of transferring were low, the final decisions still burned a little. I wish you luck as well.</p>
<p>Apparently getting off the waitlist is harder than getting accepted in the first place, most times they’ll only take 1 or 2 off, if any.</p>
<p>Waitlisted / with interview. (Whoever told me about those getting waitlisted will get at least waitlisted is correct.)</p>
<p>I’m surprise by the result. I was 100% sure that I was going to be rejected, but when I learned I was waitlisted I was quite proud of myself. Of course I would like to be admitted, but at least the admissions committee read my application and believes I have the potential to make it there. </p>
<p>I applied to Harvard because I wanted to go to a great school, but through the admission process I had to ask myself why I want to transfer and what about my current school that doesn’t fulfill my need. It turned out that I really like my current school, it has all the factors of a dream school, and next fall, regardless of the Harvard’s decision, I will still be attending my dream school. I wish everyone luck in their WL, rejection or acceptance.</p>
<p>fanaticism, you’re inspirational. : )</p>
<p>About waitlist, I remember last year, I thought- so there was a chance? I was more upset than I would’ve been with an outright rejection, strangely enough.</p>
<p>Well, I got rejected. I mean they 1100 applications, they have to reject a lot of people even if they were otherwise waitlistable just because of the # of applications. So…I wouldn’t read too much into anything.</p>
<p>Does anyone who got rejected want to share some feelings and experiences?
PM me</p>
<p>do you guys think those admissions officers really voted ? I’m wondering</p>
<p>I guess their rejection letter should be terse. Actually, only the first sentence is useful…</p>
<p>I got in. Is there anyone else who was happy with his or her school and just applied to transfer because, hey, it’s Harvard? That’s the boat I’m in.</p>
<p>Did you regret going? I’m torn…</p>
<p>Oh and if anyone wants my stuff…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (by section): 770 v, 760 m (1530 composite)
- SAT IIs: 800 writing, 780 math IIc, 760 US history
- ACT: n/a
- APs: 5s on: Micro, macro, English lang, US History, BC Calc, European History
4s on: Bio, Latin: Vergil - IBs: n/a
- HS GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 92 uw
- College GPA: 3.92
- HS Rank: dnr
- College rank: 50/1378
- Senior Yr. Courseload: super duper hard!
- Number of Apps from Your HS School: sheesh - lots
- School Profile: private, very competitive
- Other stats:
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* HS ECs listed on app: Editor-in-chief of nationally award-winning school newspaper, President of drama club (in 12 shows since freshman year), varsity rock climbing (6 letters and season MVP last year), member of regional runner-up Fed Challenge team, president of Improv comedy club, senior editor of Lit mag, editor-in-chief of film mag
- College ECs: Honor Council, Duke University Improv, Tour Guide
- Job/Work Experience: Interned at professional theater building sets, managed a team of 15 at a small newspaper as circulation and classified ads manager. Also interned at the Cato Institute in DC
- Essays (subject and responses): common app free response: very good about improv. Why transfer essay was also pretty solid
- Teacher Recs: Guessing, but one excellent (from school’s headmaster, who only wrote for two kids). Also two pretty good recs from college
- Counselor Rec: she claimed it was “phenomenal”
- Interview (feel and general location): none
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<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* College? Duke
- State or Country: DC
- HS School Type, Average Stats of School: don’t know stats, but very good
- Ethnicity: white
- Income Bracket: high
- Gender: male
- Hooks: none
- Strengths/Weaknesses: meh
- Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I got waitlisted before, did well at Duke since then. Also won the Presidential Scholar Award, which probably helped some.
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<p>[ b]Other Factors:**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
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<p>I think you deserved admission as well.</p>
<p>tmasta, why did you want to transfer from Duke? Also, do you think you could share your transfer essay?</p>
<p>yeah, it would be great if the transfer essay could be shared.
thanks in advance.</p>
<p>JTloverYorS, did you get in ? other universities ?</p>
<p>tmasta…PM me with questions if you want. </p>
<p>accepted2harvard…I got your PM…I’ll get back to you by tomorrow night. I have a final tomorrow morning. Later!</p>
<p>would be wonderful to read your essays.</p>
<p>duke seems like a great place, i have some friends from high school who go there and love it, why do you want to leave?</p>