<p>So did she lie about her gender, or did he lie about his gender? :D;)</p>
<p>Argh, today is the last day for likely letters right?</p>
<p>Edit: I just thought about it and I realized that we may get them until the 20th, because of mail policies etc. There still is hope!</p>
<p>@felix: I wasn’t born in the U.S.
@may: Thank you! : ) I thought my supp essay would either be a hit or miss but I’m glad it came through!
@homer: She was actually female.</p>
<p>Congrats youngjustice! Welcome to the club lol. Are you going to attend the visiting weekend?</p>
<p>How many are in this club so far (how many likelies have come out on CC)?</p>
<p>I didn’t do the optional Harvard supplement essay. Am I screwed?</p>
<p>Note: I hate writing. I’m unoriginal and not creative. I can (and like to) write amazing fact-based pieces, like lab reports and research papers, but I can’t write about “an experience with adversity that I’ve faced and how I’ve grown from it” or “my leadership in my community” or any other generic college essays. I decided that writing an additional essay could only hurt my application, since it would be a crappy thrown-together last minute essay, and since the ADCOM has 34,999 other apps to read and the last thing they want to do is read another boring essay of mine, ending my application reading on a bad note.</p>
<p>Note 2: I also sent in an arts supplement for music, which took me a long time to compile. However, it is very good. If a miracle occurs, this supplement might make up for my lack of a writing supplement.</p>
<p>No you’re not screwed… IMO, good call on your part; a thrown together essay would’ve likely pointed an admissions officer in the wrong direction.</p>
<p>Today I found out that 3 people (including me) got likely letters from Harvard! Isn’t that crazy?</p>
<p>stats or it didn’t happen (joking, but i’d like to know more deets!)</p>
<p>Swim, did you get a call?</p>
<p>Btw is today the last day for Harvard likely letters</p>
<p>@jgedwards: Thanks! I will be visiting in April : )</p>
<p>@youngjustice</p>
<p>Awesome! I hope to see you there!</p>
<p>@felixfelicis</p>
<p>I went through and counted 11 academic likelies and 1 athletic likely. I think that’s very impressive! Out of the 100 academic likelies that are given, eleven use this website! Correct me if I’m wrong, but I have:</p>
<p>jgedwards11
aleader
Lizzie01
thewes6
mmichaels
afumagalli
lessthanthree
bks85
emksix
swimHYPW
youngjustice
harvardgirl15 (Athletic)</p>
<p>Omg guys, I have a question. Do any ivies send likely’s in a parcel? My mailman just passed by and I missed him, but he left something saying it was a parcel that needs a signature. I didn’t order anything from any third party websites, no one is sending anything to me, so I know this is definitely weird. Also, I heard a girl once say that Yale sent her a likely, called her, and sent her a sweater (which I assume might be in this parcel). </p>
<p>Opinions? I don’t want to get excited over nothing.</p>
<p>Not parcel. Should be in mailbox</p>
<p>Okay! Thanks for the quick reply lol</p>
<p>I’m not sure if I did this correctly, but here’s an idea of my stats! Enjoy!</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 770 Math, 700 Critical Reading, 680 Writing; (2150) -but did not report</li>
<li>SAT II: Math II 650, US History 750, Spanish 700
*ACT: 34</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/482
*GPA: 4.0
*Weighted GPA: 4.92</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:
Athletics- (swimming)
Qualified and attended summer training at the Olympic Training Center
Qualified and competed in the Southern California Grand Prix
Qualified for Jr National team
2009 and 2010 Scholastic All American
Academic All American (2010)
2009 4th place in Open Water Senior Championship
Co-Captain of HS swim team
Captain of club swim team
Finaled in regional and state meets
I have been swimming competitively since the age of 12 (around 20hours+ of weekly training and morning practices) - hope to walk-on Harvard swim team</p>
<p>Leadership-
Co-Founder and President of Unicef HS Club
Captains of swim team (mentioned above)</p>
<p>Awards-
President’s Volunteer Service Award
Best Algebra II Student
AP Scholar with distinction
and other minor ones…</p>
<p>Community Involvement-
Volunteered in Mexico- School for the Deaf, worked with orphanage and street children
Volunteered in Costa Rica- Schools (ESL)
Volunteered in Malawi, Africa- teaching health education in rural schools
Volunteer at day care for disadvantaged girls- during school year
Volunteer at the homeless shelter- during school year
Volunteer with the UNICEF club- during school year</p>
<p>Music-
Viola player (5 years) in selective county youth orchestra</p>
<p>Classes- IB program
Junior year- PreCalc, AP/IB Psychology, AP US History, AP English, AP/IB Spanish IV, AP/IB Physics B
Senior year- AP/IB Calc AB, AP/IB HL Physics C, IB HL History of the Americas, AP/IB English, IB HL Spanish V, class at the university- study of African women in politics and health education</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Common App Essay: really good, wrote on my experiences in Africa, and how the experience shaped who and what I want to become / Supplement: I described how I have been influenced by the “girl effect”</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Two great recommendations, one from a Psych teacher (also the sponsor for my club) and the other from my PreCalculus teacher. Both really highlighted my personal characteristics and were very well written</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Great! I have grown to know my counselor the last two years, so she had a good idea of who I was as a person</li>
<li>Additional Rec: my swim coach- really showed how much of a committment swimming is, how I have great time management skills, and how I dont give up (in spite of a back fracture)</li>
<li>Interview: Im not sure… I was interviewed by an old couple. It only lasted 45 minutes, but they were very kind and said I was highly qualified. </li>
</ul>
<p>Other</p>
<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): Florida</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): </li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Multiracial (Asian and Caucasian)</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class, will be applying for financial aid</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No idea! Maybe my focus and passion? Swimming?</li>
</ul>
<p>Reflection</p>
<ul>
<li>Strengths: Well-rounded, strong GPA, good essays, strong passion for volunteerism (global health and international development)</li>
<li>Weaknesses: SAT scores, not many academic honors or leadership positions, interview</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Harvard has been my dream since the 5th grade 
luck? prayers? im not sure!</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Likely Letter from Wesleyan, accepted to Wellesley Early Evaluation, and deferred to Yale SECA</li>
</ul>
<p>I am still so amazed. I am so lucky and blessed! Good luck to everyone else And cant wait to meet my fellow Havardians:) </p>
<p>PS- two other people from my school got likely letters! one is a published author and the other is an URM with a perfect SAT and many other qualifications. Both are outstanding!</p>
<p>I also got a call and likely letter several days ago. Two others at my school received the same. None of us are athletes.</p>
<p>Is this the same school as SWIM? She is an athlete…</p>
<p>No, different school. I posted because her post made me think of our school though.</p>
<p>This is definitely unreal - does anyone know how this year compares to last year, in terms of likely letters sent to CCers?</p>