How to get into Harvard

Amwidkle
Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:54:54 +0000

I’m the valedictorian of my class of 500, with a 4.0 UW/35/7 AP 5’s and 2 AP 4’s/great essay and okay extracurriculars (including top 100 in the US for 18 year old chess players), and got waitlisted at Harvard. I sent back their postcard and opted out of their waitlist, however, since I got a full scholarship to Vandy.

It is kind of annoying that Harvard (and Stanford, Columbia, and Princeton) accepted the one black applicant from my school, however, while they all turned down me and all the other smart people from my school with good stats. I wouldn’t have attended, but my friends would have. I think it’s time that colleges move away from racist affirmative action policies.