Suprising Rejection of URM who attended MOP and USAMO by harvard

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>I was looking at the Harvard rejection/acception thread and I was surprised that this candidate go rejected, and not even wait listed. not me!!! </p>

<p>here:</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 680 CR, 800 M, 680 W
ACT: 34
SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Physics, 700 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/272
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Toughest
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAMO, MOP, USAMTS Silver</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Every single choir, Jazz Band, NRHS (treasurer), piano
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: random church stuff
Summer Activities: MOP, Essex
Essays: lame
Teacher Recommendation: probably good
Counselor Rec: dunno
Additional Rec:
Interview: I thought it was amazing.</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): OH
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: crappy public
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 60-80k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: math awards, one of two URM MOPpers in the past 10 years.
Weaknesses: essays
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: cause it’s Harvard.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to MIT, Williams, Oberlin, rejected from Yale.
General Comments: Damn, not even waitlisted. Well good luck/job everyone else!</p>

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<p>what do you guys think?? guess Harvard isn’t into mathematical geniuses?</p>

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<p>It shows it’s more than stats. We have no idea who this kid is and what his school had to say about him.</p>

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<p>This user is a friend of mine and apparently he wrote a rather crude, “experimental” essay for his Harvard app resulting in a rejection. (At least that’s what he told me)</p>

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<p>I’d like to hear his definition of an experimental essay.</p>

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<p>He’s going to Williams…</p>

<p>Life sucks, right?</p>

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<p>Harvard regularly rejects people who are more than well qualified. It is the worst college to predict chances for, especially since so many apply just for the household name.</p>

<p>Never gets your hopes high for Harvard. Most people who get in didn’t think they had a chance anyways</p>

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<p>Harvard rejects this type of ppl simply because that the school wants to say something like this: “hey look even this great kid was rejected so dont be too sad if you didnt get in.”</p>

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<p>Harvard doesn’t just look at scores. They receive thousands and thousands of applications with students with very, very high scores. It’s the way you stand out that makes them choose you.</p>

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<p>I guess wharton master summed up why he was rejected. I guess he really meant “lame” when describing his essay…</p>

<p>It’s not his scores that are amazing, he was chosen to go to MOP, which only 50 kids go to each year… and he got awards in other national (USAMO) math competitions.</p>