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.