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

Shaggy007
Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:43:12 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2400
ACT: 36
SAT II: 800 American History, 800 Math 2, 800 Bio E, 800 Chem, 800 Lit, 800 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/760
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), Calc BC (5), Physics B (5), Physics C (5), Bio (5), Lang (5), Lit (5), Gov (5), Geo (5), Comp Sci (5), Euro (5), World (5), Stat (5), US History (5), Psychology (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Not offered
Senior Year Course Load: (All taken at Community college) Topics in Advanced Mathematics, Microbiology, Organic Chemistry, Genetics, Data Structures, Cell Biology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Placed top 4 Nationally in Mandelbrot, Placed top 5 at ARML for three years, Placed first in Calc division in HMMT in 10th and 11th grade, Top 12 scorer in USAMO, Led team to State Soccer championship, State DECA winner in 10th & 11th grade, National AP Scholar, State AP Scholar, Won a gold medal in the IBO as well as at the IChO, NMSF
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of NHS, Varsity Captain of Soccer team since 11th grade, Captain of Math team, President of YAC.
Job/Work Experience: Started a tutoring business at school, taught at local mosque
Volunteer/Community service: Helped build a Mosque in India, Started a fundraiser for underprivileged kids in India, Volunteered at NIH, Volunteered at Hospitals for 250+ hours.
Summer Activities: Nothing really.
Essays: I thought they were great.
Teacher Recommendation: One from my Calc BC teacher and he wrote a great one, and one from my Ap Bio teacher.
Counselor Rec: Great.
Additional Rec:
Interview: Went Amazing
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None
Reflection
Strengths: Incredible test scores, Set a record at my school for most AP courses taken and most 5’s. Also my placing in National Competitions and Passion for Soccer.
Weaknesses: I didn’t have any really outstanding Volunteer services. At least compared to people on this website lol. Also I didn’t take any foreign Languages in High school, other than the three years of required Spanish (took AP Spanish, but not the test) I can speak three other languages, but none are offered as classes (Hindi, Urdu, and Arabic)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My test scores and my
well-roundedness. I achieved national recognition.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Stanford, Duke, Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown, and John Hopkins.
Wait listed: None
Rejected: NYU. Apparently I haven’t taken any foreign language Subject tests, a requirement for them.

General Comments: Sorry for the late post, but these are not my stats, these are my cousins. He doesn’t have an account, but asked me to post his stats. Congratulations to everyone who got in!