posting some EA status from collegeconfidential

来源: 古典 2006-12-18 12:01:32 [] [旧帖] [给我悄悄话] 本文已被阅读: 次 (6339 bytes)
and you can find out who get in who is not to Harvard. You can see the detail stats and help you to think for your S or D.

Deferred!
Stats:
* SAT I: 2360 780M 800CR 780W
* SAT IIs: 800 x 5, Math II, Chem, Lit, Bio, Phys
* ACT:
* GPA: 97%
* Rank: 5%
* Other stats:
Subjective:
* Essays: Great
* Teacher Recs: Lots of best in career
* Counselor Rec: Same applies
* Hook (if any): Indian Debater
Location/Person:
* State or Country: Indian Citizen in the UAE
* School Type: private
* Ethnicity: Indian
* Gender: Male
* Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Asian(Indian), International male
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Asian, International male.

Decision: Deferred
Stats:
· SAT I: 2320
· SAT IIs: 760, 720, 690
· ACT
· GPA: 4uw
· Rank: 1
· Other stats:
Subjective:
· Essays: i thought good
· Teacher Recs: ehhh..
· Counselor Rec: repeated ecs
· Hook (if any): none
[ b]Location/Person:[/b]
· State or Country: pa
· School Type: rural
· Ethnicity: white
· Gender: male
· Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: e-commerce site, well-rounded, no hooks
· Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
Decision: Deferred
Stats:
· SAT I: CR750, M780, W780
· SAT IIs: Math II 800, US History 790, Chem 770
· Rank: 6 / 10,000
· Other stats:
Subjective:
· Essays: one about service project, one about music, one about my family
· Teacher Recs: One very good, one way too short
· Counselor Rec: Excellent i think
· Hook (if any): Sent CD in, Started service project, track/cc captain, lots of work experience, pro writer
Location/Person:
· State or Country: FL, USA
· School Type: Public (10000 in my county)
· Ethnicity: Asian/White
· Gender: M
· Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths - well rounded Weaknesses - not particularly good at anything
· Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I'm Asian, not very talented at any particular thing, like I described

Decision: ACCEPTED

Stats:
· SAT I: V800/W800/M770
· SAT IIs: US His, Math II, Lit 800; Chem 770
· ACT: None
· GPA: UW 4.00, W 4.57ish
· Rank: 1/407 but school does not rank
· Other stats: 9 AP tests; eight 5's and one 4
Subjective:
· Essays: Should have been decent; I went through 8 drafts xP
· Teacher Recs: I have no idea.
· Counselor Rec: She likes me, I think? Decent.
· Hook (if any): Maybe awards? I won a national essay contest... "well-roundedness" maybe.
Location/Person:
· State or Country: PA
· School Type: Suburban public
· Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
· Gender: Female
· Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Academics, a few awards/ ECs not all very convincing
Decision: Deferred

Stats:
· SAT I: 800 V, 800 W, 790 M
· SAT IIs: 800 Physics, 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry
· ACT
· GPA: 3.95 unweighted
· Rank: school doesn't rank, but i'm pretty sure i'm in the top three or four out of 91
· Other stats: seven AP's, all 5's
Subjective:
· Essays: i thought they were good
· Teacher Recs: how should i know? but i was good friends with the teachers i chose
· Counselor Rec: i don't know, but my counselor seemed to like me
· Hook (if any): US Physics Team member, district champion in Lincoln-Douglas debate, editor of school newspaper, winner of a bunch of local math contests, good AMC/AIME scores, et al
Location/Person:
· State or Country: OH
· School Type: private
· Ethnicity: asian/middle eastern
· Gender: male
· Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: strong stats/ec's. i thought my essays represented me well.
Decision: Deferred

Stats:
· SAT I: 770 CR, 800 M, 720 WR (11 Essay) - 1 attempt only
· SAT IIs: Math IIC - 800, Chem - 800, Physics - 780, Chinese - 790, French - 800
· ACT: none
· GPA: 94% overall average
· Rank: 4 in 1536
· Other stats: IB diploma candidate
Subjective:
· Essays: 2 essays, I enjoyed them, others did too
· Teacher Recs: pretty good
· Counselor Rec: pretty good
· Hook (if any): my school has never sent one to Harvard? (I'm Canadian, though, so I dunno if that counts)
Location/Person:
· State or Country: Canada, Quebec
· School Type: public CEGEP, not the best in my city, but only one with IB diploma programme
· Ethnicity: Chinese (ack)
· Gender: Female
· Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: too well rounded?
· Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I also sent in a piano recording, which may have hurt me instead as it may not have measured up to their standards... overall, maybe they think I lacked the spark? Interview only went OK...
Decision: DEFERRED
Stats:
· SAT I:2310 (800M, 710CR, 800W)
· SAT IIs: 800 USH, 770 Chem, 770 Math II, 670 French
· GPA: 4.91 on a 4.6 scale
· Rank: 3/550
· Other stats: harvard SSP for two years, excellent rec from one professor, pres/founder of school's amnesty int'l, co-captain of debate (state champion in public forum), governor's award in arts education, started nonprofit, editor in chief of literary magazine, treasurer of student council, fed challenge finalist, 2nd in US for FBLA accounting, 3rd in NJ for economics
Subjective:
· Essays: Common app - very good; supplement - excellent (about unique reasons I wanted to attend harvard
· Teacher Recs: one unbelievable, one very good, excellent rec from harvard professor, excellent rec from congressman whom I worked for
· Counselor Rec: pretty good, I'd assume
· Hook (if any): amazing interview, really dedicated to harvard (did a great deal while there), really good debater, nationally recognized human rights leader
Location/Person:
· State or Country: NJ
· School Type: public
· Ethnicity: White
· Gender: M
· Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Strenghts: see hook. Weaknesses: white male from NJ, low French SAT II, nothing really amazing
· Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I guess I just wasn't what they were looking for when they sat down with my application.

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你能帮着分析一下这些数据吗? -果果妈- 给 果果妈 发送悄悄话 果果妈 的博客首页 (40 bytes) () 12/18/2006 postreply 12:12:07

是不是录取的随机性真得很高? I don't know -古典- 给 古典 发送悄悄话 (85 bytes) () 12/18/2006 postreply 12:18:27

didn't make self stand out with other -古典- 给 古典 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 12/18/2006 postreply 12:23:32

甭分析了,当今的录取规则是:我总有完美的理由录取或拒绝你。 -soccermom- 给 soccermom 发送悄悄话 soccermom 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/18/2006 postreply 12:26:11

这有点如相亲: 先要条件差不多;然后................. -nowhere88- 给 nowhere88 发送悄悄话 nowhere88 的博客首页 (57 bytes) () 12/18/2006 postreply 12:38:25

何况本来就有偏见。顺便说一句,现行录取规则是排犹的产物。 -soccermom- 给 soccermom 发送悄悄话 soccermom 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/18/2006 postreply 12:44:53

话说的,相多少也只能留一个。其他的都叫偏房。 -丑得震撼联合国- 给 丑得震撼联合国 发送悄悄话 (45 bytes) () 12/18/2006 postreply 12:52:06

这个比喻不适当吧?偏房好歹也留在房中。 -soccermom- 给 soccermom 发送悄悄话 soccermom 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/18/2006 postreply 12:56:41

一眼叫球妈看出破腚来了。 -丑得震撼联合国- 给 丑得震撼联合国 发送悄悄话 (69 bytes) () 12/18/2006 postreply 13:05:21

“大婆不让”,一针见血! -soccermom- 给 soccermom 发送悄悄话 soccermom 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/18/2006 postreply 13:07:51

别人一针见血! 我皮厚,起码两针!! -丑得震撼联合国- 给 丑得震撼联合国 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 12/18/2006 postreply 13:15:23

∶DD -soccermom- 给 soccermom 发送悄悄话 soccermom 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/18/2006 postreply 13:19:11

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