***Official Harvard University 2015 Decisions Thread***

nchedo11
Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:35:16 +0000

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Accepted-Bowdoin College, Amherst College, Williams College, Swarthmore College, UC Berkeley (IAP and Regents Scholar), UCLA, UC Davis, UC San Diego, Rice University, Dartmouth College, UChicago, Stanford, Princeton, Columbia, Harvard, Xavier (Chancellor Scholar),

Waitlist-Tulane , WashU

no rejections
General Comments: My twin and I are blessed! I definitely have a tough decision to make in the upcoming weeks.

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How did you get Berkeley Regents Scholar, isn’t that a purely academic scholarship? Good job on your acceptances, and I’m not trying to insult you, just wondering as your SAT is below the average for Berkeley…

@bobtheboy
No insult taken. My SATs are below average for Berkeley? They’re also below the average for Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Williams, UChicago, and pretty much all the other colleges I got into but that didn’t stop me from getting in or being named a scholar of some kind for each of these schools.

Berkeley Regents isn’t purely an academic scholarship.

This just shows that test scores are NOT everything. From the Regents website itself, the Faculty Committee selects candidates on the basis of the information available on their UC Application for Undergraduate Admission, including GPA and SAT test scores.

Other factors that may be considered include: the application personal statement, extracurricular activities, academic potential, evidence of overcoming personal hardship, and other academic or personal qualities that would make a distinctive contribution to the campus.

My application as a whole was so strong (straight A’s and 2nd in class among other things) that my test scores didn’t matter as much. What I can bring to the table is much more than my test scores which is why I was chosen to be a Berkeley Regents Scholar. Plus I explained in my application the factors that contributed to my low test scores.