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

karenoona
Sun, 22 May 2011 19:44:44 +0000

Choose One:
Decision: Waitlisted—>Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 800 M:740 W: 770
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Math II: 740 Modern Hebrew: 800 Biology E: 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Heaviest
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Biology Olympiad Finalist? National Volunteer Award? Nothing truly major.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Center for Children of Foreign Workers Volunteer, Film, Student Council
[] Job/Work Experience:Summer job at Department of Neurosurgery
[] Essays: I would say just okay. Was overthinking what THEY would want to hear.
[] Teacher Recommendation: one good but short, the other I didn’t see.
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Interesting conversation. He really challenged me!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Israel (US Dual Citizen)
[] School Type: Arts. Magnet?
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Korean), White (European, Middle Eastern)
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: No Financial Aid
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was a borderline applicant who got lucky!
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Harvard, Princeton, Duke, Dartmouth. Waitlisted (I gave up my spot): Williams, Brown. Rejected: Columbia, Stanford, Yale.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good luck to everyone!!! Especially to those in wait-list hell. Feel free to ask anything.