<p>Since everyone is doing it I guess I will too.</p>
<p>I wrote my supplement about how I drowned under the new pressures of high school during my underclassmen years and lost the excitement of dreaming big. But then I tell the story of how I rediscovered that excitement when I started my first social entrepreneurship tech startup at a startup incubator. I didn’t explain it really well, but it is really about rediscovering my identity.</p>
<p>@DaisyBlue Correlation does not equal causation. I don’t know where you found that stat, it sounds a bit high, but it isn’t that Harvard accepts people because they have a 2400. Instead people who have a 2400 tend to be better applicants. There really is little to no difference academic-wise between a 2400 and a 2300 or even a 2200</p>
<p>@DaisyBlue A 2400 is amazing, congratulations!! As for the raised acceptance rate, I think it reflects the fact that students scoring 2400 tend to be stronger candidates, as a high test score is indicative of a hardworking, dedicated student. So I don’t think the 2400 is the reason these students are getting in, but the score is a manifestation of an underlying quality.</p>
<p>@oxoxhawja3xoxo Sorry about your mother (although, I don’t know much about your situation, and I’m not sure if pity is what you want…)</p>
<p>Anyways, I’m applying to: Stanford, Princeton, Cornell, Dartmouth, Carnegie Mellon, Boston University, and one safety (my state school)…Northeastern, Tufts, and Babson are also on my list, but I’m considering dropping them. </p>
<p>Waiting for decisions has been such a weird cycle of emotions. Has anyone else had the same experience? Some days I feel super confident in my application and I daydream about how I’m going to react to getting good news but then other days I feel like I need to pump the brakes, forget about Harvard, and apply to a million more safety schools. </p>
<p>This uncertainty has been the most emotional part of the admissions process. Not knowing where we’re going to end up in a year is definitely stressful, but it has also allowed for hope, excitement, and freedom that many of us have never experienced before. At the end of this process, I know we’ll be stronger :-bd </p>
<p>And I wrote my supplement as a letter to a roommate. Kind of a common topic but a great way to show personality.</p>
<p>@ninetyneinprobs nah it’s fine. It’s not terminal. It’s just weird that she has a bald head now.
Oh nice! I wouldn’t drop any of them unless you’d rather go to your state school over them. Of course if you get into Harvard, I wouldn’t apply to any of them except the ones who can compete with Harvard for what you’re looking for in a school.
The only school we have in common is Harvard and Tufts. I’m applying to Harvard, Columbia Tufts, Vassar, Pomona, Barnard, NYU, Wellesley, and don’t stab me, but Yale. I’m kind of considering Northwestern, but that’s super cold and I’m from the Deep South. But. We’ll see. Haha.
Out of your schools, I’ve visited Princeton and Dartmouth and while D totally wasn’t my thing, P was absolutely gorgeous and the food was A+. </p>
<p>@thingenthusiast There is so much truth to your post I can barely handle it ;)</p>
<p>But I am wondering whether anyone here would apply to other schools even if they were accepted to Harvard? I will be definitely still be applying to Stanford, UPenn M&T, and MIT. What about you guys?</p>
<p>Also, for my supplement essay, I wrote about a hoodie I used to love and connected it to being a female comspci major (sounds weird, but I think I managed! Well, at least I hope I did!)</p>
<p>@youngster9 yep, I’m still going to apply to all of my schools. I want to have options! In fact I’ve already applied to a few of them I really want, that way they don’t look like they were my second choice after an early application. Haha </p>
<p>@skslxxbjk (wow that was hard to type, lol)</p>
<p>I don’t really know, but it is possible. For example a former Dean of Admissions of Stanford once said that there are scenarios that a certain applicant could apply one year and get rejected and if a similar applicant applied the following year they would be accepted. Why? Yearly institutional priorities.</p>
<p>There is a possibility that with this announcement Harvard has set CS as a institutional priority and will accept more CS frosh. On the other hand, what people say they will concentrate in on applications is never concrete and could change with the seasons.</p>
<p>I don’t want you to get your hope up too much over this, but we will find out soon.</p>
<p>@oxoxhawja3xoxo (also hard to type, )</p>
<p>That is a good point, I think a college would raise an eyebrow if you applied the night of December 11th, lol</p>
<p>@gibby I absolutely agree with you, but I think the idea that CS or STEM is becoming more competitive totally depends on the person. For example at a top CS school like Carnegie Mellon that is starved for females, will definitely give a female applicant a better chance than a male.</p>
<p>On the other hand, I think your point applies heavily at schools like Stanford that are looking to redefine themselves with stronger humanities departments and programs like CS+X. These schools are known for STEM but want to show the rest of the world that they are more than that.</p>
<p>@gibby Thanks for the articles. The NY Times one was actually quite frightening that some universities are eliminating portions of their humanities programs. Sadly I am resorting to Nietzsche’s ideas here, but the humanities are our society and are what allow us to deal with the hardships of life. On a completely unrelated note from college admissions, I believe a solid understanding of the humanities is necessary to be a successful individual and a global citizen. You don’t have to major in it, but everyone needs to be exposed to the humanities. Eliminating the program doesn’t help our human society progress. Just my 2 cents.</p>
