***Official Harvard 2012 Decisions Thread***

Colleges & Universities Harvard University
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<p>State: TX
School Type: public
Ethnicity: African american ( nigerian)
Gender: female
Income Bracket: under $30,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, income bracket, debate awards, Operation Mentor</p>

<p>SAT I: Lets not talk about this… 2100
ACT: 34 ( 32E 36 M 34R 34S)
SAT II: 740 Biology E , 750 Math 2, 710 Physics
U GPA: 3.94
W GPA: 4.63
Rank : ( 2/740)
AP: 4’s and 5’s
Biology
English Language
US history
Psychology</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load:
AP Physics C
AP English Lit
AP Government
AP Macroeconomics
AP Calc AB ( self study BC to take test… couldnt take physics and BC)
German 2 /3
PE
Indvidual Study Debate ( Debate V )</p>

<p>Clubs: Debate- Secretary , SNHS- President , German- President, HOPE , Operation Mentor- Creator , NHS </p>

<p>Lots of volunteer hours: Presidential Freedom Volunteer Award, scholarships… horatio alger, comcast, gates, school, district awards, sodexho</p>

<p>Debate: 3 time NFL National Qualifier/4 time TFA state qualifier/ 2 time TFA State semi finalsit in extemp ( international and OO) and scholarship winner</p>

<p>National finalist in some speech competitions… state champion in 2 speech competitions</p>

<p>State history fair honoree</p>

<p>UIL state participant for debate and lit crit.
Essays: </p>

<p>A risky essay about the obstacles I had to overcome : prejudice, death, drugs, & gang violence</p>

<p>An essay on why I want to become an endocrinologist.</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: Really good
Counselor Rec: Really good</p>

<p>Interview: It went really well. I was pleased. It wasn’t as scarry as I had imagined…</p>

<p>Strengths: Essays, School Report, Ec’s, Perserverence
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
I was truly myself and put alot of effort in my application. (which I know isn’t that helpful) :)</p>

<p>General Comments: Congrats everyone. I am thankful for all the support I received from CC and want to say good luck to everyone on the board…</p>

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<p>owlie, were you recently accepted? Congratulations!!</p>

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<p>No. I just never put my stuff on the board… :)</p>

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<p>She had that ill WUSTL v. Rice v. Harvard battle.</p>

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<p>Owlie! I think we’re facebook friends. :)</p>

<p>Decision & School: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 750
[</em>] SAT Math: 800
[<em>] SAT Writing: 770
[</em>] SAT Total: 2320
[<em>] SAT II: M2: 800, Bio: 770, Lit: 730 *Took all 3 in one day, so I was a little tired :(</em>
[<em>] ACT: E:36, S:36, M:35, R:35<br>
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Many APs. School doesn’t offer IB. 5 on all of them, but that will change this year. AP Gov =/
[<em>] GPA weighted: 4.95
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.98
[<em>] Rank or % estimate: 2 *I was 1 when I applied</em></p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Amazing
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): URM (?), Big National Awards, People in High Places (lol)</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: FL
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Black
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Many Leadership positions, unique volunteer service.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Although I kind of <em>knew</em> I was going to get in, it was still a bit surprising! .</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!! (Srry im late! )</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2240
[</em>] ACT:33
[<em>] SAT II: 740 French, 760 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): a lot
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: hardest
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Black belt, singer, golfer, president of 3 clubs
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteered in library
[</em>] Essays: AMAZING, best ive EVER Written!! (and i am going to be an english major)
[li] Teacher Recommendation: very good, from jr and soph english teachers</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Other[ul]
[li] State (if domestic applicant): California</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] School Type: Sort of competetive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Highest
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li][/ul]Reflection[list]</p>

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<p>Decision & School: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT Verbal: 630

  • SAT Math: 720
  • SAT Writing: 550
  • SAT Total: 1900
  • SAT II: M2: 700 Bio: 610, Lit: 570
  • GPA weighted: 4.3/6.2
  • GPA unweighted: 3.1/4.2
  • Rank or % estimate: top 40%
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: ight

  • Teacher Recs: ight
  • Counselor Rec: ight
  • Hook (if any): Soccer (National Level)- MVP In district, all area, and state (NJ)
    </code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: NJ

  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: Indian
  • Gender: M
  • Legacy Yes/No: Nawski
  • Recruited Yes/No: Nawski
  • Important ECs: soccerrrr
    </code></pre>

<p>Other Factors:</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Recruited for soccer - free ride to Harvard </p>

<p>MAD EXCITED !!!</p>

<p>wish me luck fellow valedictorians and cc cronies/poothers</p>

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<p>^Are you going to enroll for the fall of 2009? What is your position?</p>