Official Harvard 2012 Decisions Thread

Dandemom · March 31, 2008, 5:55pm

D was waitlisted but will not be taking a spot - she’s going to Yale. We found it very interesting that all of her friends were accepted to only their top choice ivy and rejected/waitlisted by all others.

fauve · March 31, 2008, 5:57pm

For red remote: You have a great profile, and will be successful in life with your business skills–sometimes academia does not value financial acumen. You’ll find a great school!!

tor-dazzle · March 31, 2008, 5:57pm

And…rejected. Totally expecting it. Those Harvard guys can sure spot someone just ‘wondering’ if they can get in really easily.

Whatever, I got into USC Film which is 10x more competitive than Harvard so I wasn’t planning on going anyway. :)

tickytock14 · March 31, 2008, 5:58pm

rejected, not surprised, not too upset.

proteanme · March 31, 2008, 5:58pm

Decision: Accepted

[li] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (800M,750CR,730W)[/li]
[li] ACT:[/li]
[li] SAT II: MII 800, USHIST 740, CHEM 740[/li]
[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 95%/ 100%[/li]
[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/142[/li]
[li] AP (place score in parenthesis): Can’t recall, but all 4s and 5s[/li]
[li] IB (place score in parenthesis):[/li]
[li] Senior Year Course Load: All APs, incl. Multivariable Calc/Diff’l Equations, Spansh Lit, Physics, ???[/li]
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Only the usual (NMSF, AP Scholar…)[/li]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Volunteer teaching URMs in science, Senior Class Pres, Junior Activities Dir., Sophomore Class Pres, Dorm Proctor, Officer on Schooner, etc…[/li]
[li] Job/Work Experience: summers teaching science to URMs[/li]
[li] Volunteer/Community service: above[/li]
[li] Summer Activities: above[/li]
[li] Essays: Creative, excellent[/li]
[li] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent (i.e., you’d be crazy not to accept her…)[/li]
[li] Counselor Rec: same…[/li]
[li] Additional Rec: Director of program teaching science…[/li]
[li] Interview: ??[/li]
[li] State (if domestic applicant): CA[/li]
[li] Country (if international applicant):[/li]
[li] School Type: Private[/li]
[li] Ethnicity: Cauc.[/li]
[li] Gender: F[/li]
[li] Income Bracket: No finan aid requested[/li]
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[li] Strengths: Pres of Senior Class after one year at school[/li]
[li] Weaknesses: No national awards, no major sport[/li]
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Hard to tell- love to learn???[/li]
[/list]General Comments: Good Luck!!

queen_irene · March 31, 2008, 5:59pm

Rrrrrrejected. I’d post my stats, but I can hardly see through the tears…just kidding.

I’m not surprised in the least.

4.0 UW GPA, Ranked 1/530, 2320 SAT, 8 APs, National Merit Scholar, Drum Captain of a competitive marching band, helping all the little children, blah blah blah wasted youth blah blah.

This admissions stuff is just ridiculous. So my advice: be amazing, work impossibly hard for four years, and then make a deal with the Devil or something.

munchkin3590 · March 31, 2008, 5:59pm

Decision: Accepted!!!

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 CR 730 M 730 W 720
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: Lit 800 Spanish w/ Listening 770 USH 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 uw, 4.32 w, grade 12 all 7’s
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): #1 for 3 years, 12th grade not ranked
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (4) Spanish language (4) AB Calc (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): only hs diploma, not real ib, but all 7’s.
[] Senior Year Course Load: HL: Math, English, Economics SL: Geography, History, German ab initio
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): many and varied… see essays
[] Job/Work Experience: none listed on app
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours at English immersion camp for Spanish teens; 360+ completed for school (too meet 150 hr grad requirement)
[] Summer Activities: mostly moving. Also mentioned houseboating with church, volunteering at camp (^) and cross-country camping with family.
[] Essays: about moving and how it has affected ecs, and me on a broader scale, other one about my musical interests and how they reflect my experiences
[] Teacher Recommendation: 5, all VERY strong… one teacher calls me her “soul sister”, one offered to adopt me so I didn’t need to move.
[] Counselor Rec: Not quite as personal, but very supportive.
[] Additional Rec: my school’s director wrote me a letter after his visit to Harvard and meeting with admissions folks
[li] Interview: 4 hours long, very intense, with head of Munich’s Harvard club. He was very impressed and wrote a letter in addition to the standard interview report form.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]

[] Country (if international applicant): American citizen in Germany
[] School Type: small, private international school
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: ~100k
[] Hooks : 3 high schools in 3 countries in 4 years

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: unique situation, good essays, lots of people gunning for me
[] Weaknesses: scores, ec’s not “deep” enough
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My director inquired a few weeks ago, got a personalized email back from my admissions officer who said that I have “made the best of everything”, so I’m going to guess it’s the moving and still carrying a 4.0, etc.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good luck to everyone else!

Cerulean · March 31, 2008, 6:01pm

Accepted! But I’m pretty sure I’ll be going to Yale (or MIT? but probably Yale).

okaygogodoll · March 31, 2008, 6:04pm

ACCEPTED! So excited, stats later.

la_montagne · March 31, 2008, 6:06pm

Waitlisted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2350 (800W, 780M, 770CR)
[]SAT II: 780 Math 2, 800 Chem, 770 French
[]ACT: 36
[]GPA: 4.72W, 4.0UW
[]Rank: 3/316
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AIME 2 years, 5s on 5 AP tests, 4 on 1.
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Decent.
[]Teacher Recs: Glowing
[]Counselor Rec: Great
[]Supplementary Material: None
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none [/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: NJ
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: F
[]Applied for Financial Aid: N[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: A bunch. Leadership, community service.
[]Awards: Lots, some fairly prestigious
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] =] Im not staying on it. MIT HERE I COME!

Kamera · March 31, 2008, 6:15pm

Accepted. Not sure if I’m going or not. (My parents want me to.)

skimmedmilk · March 31, 2008, 6:15pm

“We found it very interesting that all of her friends were accepted to only their top choice ivy and rejected/waitlisted by all others.”

i found that too! strange.
maybe they all had a meeting todgether :)

tintin220 · March 31, 2008, 6:17pm

@la montagne: me too!! :D

ohlollipop · March 31, 2008, 6:21pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 TOTAL 760 M, 730, CR, 790 W
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 760 Bio E, 690 Lang, 690 Math I
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a, 4.4 w
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): (4) Physics
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP= English, Calc AB, Art History, Chemistry. Honors= US History II, Christian Morality
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): -skip-
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Art Editor of Literary Magazine), (Girl Scout Gold Award in progress), (Sec/Tres of Polish Club), NHS, Latin Honor Society, Tri-M Honor Society, 12+ year of piano, Guild Piano Award, etc
[] Job/Work Experience: Denist’s Office assistant since 06/2007
[] Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours in various areas through school, Math Peer Tutor
[] Summer Activities: Bible camp helper and library volunteer. Probably not enough.
[] Essays: Pretty darn good. English is my greatest strength. But I didn’t write an optional essay. ):
[] Teacher Recommendation: ++
[] Counselor Rec: Eh, she only met me this year because my old counselor retired.
[] Additional Rec: None.
[] Interview: Bombed it. I was totally honest, but I’m an extremely shy and sensitive individual, so there wasn’t a whole lotta eye contact, even though my interviewer seemed very nice.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Catholic Private College Preperatory High School
[] Ethnicity: White (Born in Poland? xDD I used to put other on all my stuff when I was little. xD)
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: Lower middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Creative, bright, openminded, foreign born? Maybe not, haha.
[] Weaknesses: Modest, shy, could probably have tried harder, but who doesn’t think that?
[] Why you think you were rejected: I think it just wasn’t meant for me. I’m sick of crying over this stuff so I’m trying to feed myself with the idea that God wanted me on a different path.
[/ul]General Comments: I really hope none of you get too down about this stuff and I’m sorry both for myself and you guys. ): -hugs!!!- Hang in there all!! And GOOD LUCK wherever you end up going!! (:

RhapsodyinPink · March 31, 2008, 6:23pm

Decision: Rejected

Stats:
SAT I: Composite: 2160, CR: 740, M: 700, W: 720
SAT IIs: 700 (Math I), 710 (Literature), 750 (US History)
ACT: 34
GPA: 3.93 UW, 4.5 W
Rank: 7/514
Other stats: 5 on English Lang/Comp, US History AP Tests, National Merit Finalist

Subjective:
Essays: Kickass, seriously, it was awesome.
Teacher Recs: Awesome- both are also really good friends of mine
Counselor Rec: Awesome- also a really good friend of mine
Hook (if any): I’m not sure, perhaps my essays?

Location/Person:
State or Country: IL
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: F
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: ACT score, and I think I definitely showed my passion through it, my leadership positions in Scholastic Bowl, Speech Team, NHS, and Lit Magazine- also, I’ve been committed to three of those activities for over four years, and I’ve also qualified in several regional/national writing competitions. Weakneses? Indian maybe, rank, scores?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: N/A
Other Factors: not too sure
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: It’s okay! I’m going to NU!! Congratulations to all those who were accepted, that is awesome. <3

art_star · March 31, 2008, 6:23pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective: [ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 690R 730M 730W = 2150 (Superscored from 3 sittings)
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II: 730 Math I, 720 Math II (did worse 2nd time), 720 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~95 (school is out of 100)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: APs: Calc AB, Psych, and Language
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Hah, nothing
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Editor in Chief of Lit Mag, VP of Red Cross Youth Council, SADD Board Committee, Art for 10 years.
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering at American Red Cross, Central Park Summerstage and Queens Library
[] Summer Activities: Summerstage volunteering
[] Essays: Common app was SUPER. Optional harvard one was pretty solid
[] Teacher Recommendation: One was, in his words, “beautiful.” but i took a peek and it was quite short. The other i suspect to be above average
[] Counselor Rec: Not sure because I hardly know her.
[] Interview: decent.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NYC, NY
[] School Type: Catholic
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: Quite high.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): personal experiences.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Common app essay and I wasn’t the stereotypical asian.
[] Weaknesses: everything else haha.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I also got waitlisted at Columbia but rejected at Brown and Cornell. I’m hugely surprised that I’m even waitlisted because my stats pale in comparison to the majority of Harvard applicants. I’m putting my name on the waitlist, but for now I’m attending NYU Stern.
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to those accepted, and maybe I’ll see you in the Fall ;D

spiffystars · March 31, 2008, 6:24pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 710M 700CR 800W
[] ACT: Did not take
[] SAT II: 740 Lit / 680 US History / 660 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/320
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), English Language (5), Chemistry (3) Haha chemistry is not my thing.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP European History, AP Environmental Science, Student Government, AP English Literature, AP Calculus AB, Humanities Honors
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really I can think of. Some Science Olympiad regional and state awards, DAR Good Citizenship award, Toyota Community Scholars semifinalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government (Student Body VP), Asia Club (President), Environmental Club (Vice President - founder of county-wide recycling program), Traditional Korean Fan Dance (Instructor, performer), Science Olympiad (Varsity Captain, but quit in senior year…science is not my thing), Inter-Club Council (Founder, Chairman), I sit on a state-wide Youth Advisory Board, Local Youth Council (Vice-Chair). I do a hefty amount in my community and I love every bit of it! I honestly think it is because of my EC’s that I was accepted.
[] Job/Work Experience: SAT prep tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: Too many to list. Mostly with our local Arts Council, Youth Council, Student Government, library, etc…
[] Summer Activities: Harvard SSP 2007, the best summer of my life. I encourage any rising senior to do it this summer! In past summers I self studied Russian, taught English in Korea, etc.
[] Essays: These were very good, I think. Writing is my strong point. One was very lighthearted and funny, the other was very insightful and about a little girl I met on a bus.
[] Teacher Recommendation: AMAZING. Truly amazing. One made my teacher cry when he read it out loud (against my will, haha) to my entire Student Govt class. The other was very eloquently written but somewhat generic.
[] Counselor Rec: She said “I have never written so many good things about a person ever before!”
[] Additional Rec: Did not have one.
[] Interview: The guy was a little off, but it was a good interview. It could have been better though.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian-Hispanic
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: > $100K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college, and 1/2 URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I honestly think my interesting extracurriculars, leadership, and essays did the trick.
[] Weaknesses: My SAT scores were TERRIBLE.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No Idea, but I truly am so grateful.[/li][/ul]General Comments: It is not the end of the world if you did not get accepted. You all are truly truly amazing people and will go far in life! I am so humbled to have been accepted out of all of these TRULY amazing applicants. You guys simply amaze me!

emmabelle · March 31, 2008, 6:25pm

still no email!

Hamman · March 31, 2008, 6:34pm

OMG Congratulations to all those who are accepted!!! I’m so happy right now lol. It’s a battle between Stanford and Harvard for me!! EEEEEEEEE

pommery · March 31, 2008, 6:36pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 710M, 790CR, 800W
[] SAT II: 770 Lit, 760 Math 2, 580 Spanish w/ Listening
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/250
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lit (5), Macroecon (5) – wasn’t able to take many APs due to alternative school, etc. It was explained.
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Comp, AP Gov, Spanish 4, Anatomy
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Club Crew for all 4 years, various clubs at school
[] Job/Work Experience: tutoring
[] Volunteer/Community service: Poverty fighting club, relay for life
[] Summer Activities: travel back east, went to El Salvador to build schools for 2 weeks
[] Essays: I didn’t do the optional essay… probably a mistake. But my common app essay rocked.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent, best in career, etc.
[] Additional Rec: From my crew coach, great.
[] Interview: went really well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
[] School Type: Public, top 500
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: >100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): RECRUITED ATHLETE
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SATs, gpa, main EC
[] Weaknesses: extra essay? SAT IIs?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: it’s a crapshoot.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
To be honest, I’m surprised. I’ve been in contact with the coach since november, they felt very positive about my chances, I was flown out to visit, etc. I had hoped that being recruited, along with great stats, would do the trick. All the same, I’m getting pretty excited about going to Stanford. Best of luck to everyone.

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