Whoever wrote this really knew how to think out of the box =D
http://www.instructables.com/id/Get-into-Harvard-University-Without-Really-Trying/
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Showing posts with label harvard. Show all posts
Friday, April 30, 2010
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Admit rate for the top schools in US this year.
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2009/04/01/23213/
The University has admitted 9.79 percent of the 21,964 applicants who sought admission to the Class of 2013. Only 2,150 members of the largest applicant pool in the University’s history were offered spots in the second admission cycle without Early Decision.
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Getting more and more competitive...
The University has admitted 9.79 percent of the 21,964 applicants who sought admission to the Class of 2013. Only 2,150 members of the largest applicant pool in the University’s history were offered spots in the second admission cycle without Early Decision.
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Getting more and more competitive...
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
What a Harvard rejection letter looks like.
Dear XXXX,
I am very sorry to inform you that it is not possible to offer you admission to the Class of 2013. I wish I were writing to report a different decision, but the competition was so rigorous this year that there were many outstanding young men and women to whom we could not offer places in the class.
Over twenty-nine thousand students, a record number, applied to the entering class. The great majority of the applicants could certainly have been successful here academically, and most candidates presented strong personal and extracurricular credentials as well. The Committee was, therefore, faced with the necessity of choosing a class from a great many more talented and highly qualified students than it had room to admit.
We wish it were possible for us to admit more of our fine applicants, and we understand how difficult the college application process can be for students and their families. While the Committee conducted its deliberations with the utmost care, we know that no one can predict with certainty what an individual will accomplish during college or beyond. Past experience suggests that the particular college a student attends is far less important than what the student does to develop his or her strengths and talents over the next four years.
We very much appreciate the interest you have shown in Harvard College. We hope that you will accept the best wishes of the Committee for success in all your future endeavors.
Sincerely,
William R. Fitzsimmons
Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
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LOL I guess I wasnt good enough, but I think someone from my batch got into Harvard! You can ask her how her application was like. This decision didnt have any bearing on me anyway because I enrolled into Stanford last week! (I decided that even if I got into Harvard I wasnt going to go there anyway) Yup so dont feel bad for me cos I am not sad at all!
I am very sorry to inform you that it is not possible to offer you admission to the Class of 2013. I wish I were writing to report a different decision, but the competition was so rigorous this year that there were many outstanding young men and women to whom we could not offer places in the class.
Over twenty-nine thousand students, a record number, applied to the entering class. The great majority of the applicants could certainly have been successful here academically, and most candidates presented strong personal and extracurricular credentials as well. The Committee was, therefore, faced with the necessity of choosing a class from a great many more talented and highly qualified students than it had room to admit.
We wish it were possible for us to admit more of our fine applicants, and we understand how difficult the college application process can be for students and their families. While the Committee conducted its deliberations with the utmost care, we know that no one can predict with certainty what an individual will accomplish during college or beyond. Past experience suggests that the particular college a student attends is far less important than what the student does to develop his or her strengths and talents over the next four years.
We very much appreciate the interest you have shown in Harvard College. We hope that you will accept the best wishes of the Committee for success in all your future endeavors.
Sincerely,
William R. Fitzsimmons
Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
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LOL I guess I wasnt good enough, but I think someone from my batch got into Harvard! You can ask her how her application was like. This decision didnt have any bearing on me anyway because I enrolled into Stanford last week! (I decided that even if I got into Harvard I wasnt going to go there anyway) Yup so dont feel bad for me cos I am not sad at all!
Monday, January 26, 2009
Harvard admission process.
Anyway, for those who are interested - especially the juniors, I thought I'd post up this post that I found on CollegeConfidential. This is with regards to the way Harvard admits its students, from the son of a previous admit officer:
"First a secretary arranges the applications according to SAT scores and summarizes the info on the apps. (Every app is read by the admissions committee but they do tend to rely on the clerks summary as well remember they are over 20 thousand apps)
Then based on academic standing people who the college thinks cannot handle the academic rigor at Harvard based on Class rank - Rank is King remember that (VERY IMPORTANT especially for URMS) GPA's and very low SAT scores are cut. Teacher Recommendations are also VERY important at this stage and later on in the process.
*Applicants with an extremely moving personal story - ie I survived genocide or something along those lines MAY be moved onto the next stage.
Then with the remaining applicants all of whom could be successful at Harvard when admitted are considered. Normally no less then half of the applicants are in this pile.
From this pile the committee starts to look at ECAs for community involvement, ecas, sports recruitment, leadership and other things like this to distinguish between candidates. Here the secretaries summary is very important because they are the ones that pick up the ones that stand out to them in terms of ECAs etc which makes it more likely for an admission officer to take a closer look at that particular file. Additional cuts are made here whittling it down to candidates with brilliant academic standing and ecas. (This stage is pretty tricky - one year like this year for instance they may want to expand the arts at harvard so people with a strong background in the arts will be admitted in a greater proportion than the rest. They also try to get people who excel in different areas to make a well rounded CLASS not necessarily a well rounded individual. So if you are a debater you compete against other debaters for that position for instance. If you are bland, boring and stereotypical this is where you may get cut despite your awesome academic achievements. It is not uncommon for people with perfect scores to be cut at this stage while people with lower scores go through because they are different and stand out. At this stage AA for URMs and legacy and developmental cases kick in and give you a boost.
A very strong teacher recommendation and an interview recommendation can save you at this point from getting cut.
Finally the essays come into play to whittle down the playing field even more. For instance if they are two individuals who are equally distinguished academically and ECA wise the essay will be the deciding factor between the two. Here Harvard looks for unique experiences that will enrich student life on campus. Individuality is key here. If you get rejected from Harvard with a perfect 2400 look no further than your weak essay followed or alternatively superbly weak ecas.
And then the remaining apps are put to a vote in the committee a majority is necessary for admission ! Though everyone denies it my father believes there is some luck involved depending on where in the pile you fall. For instance you may come right after some amazing kid and that is what costs you the one vote you needed its human nature. But they claim this does not happen but i am pretty sure it does matter.
And if you get the majority then you will get a letter in the mail with the familiar line:
" I am delighted to inform you that the committee on admission and financial aid has voted to offer you a place in Harvard Class of 2014. Please accept my personal congratulations for your outstanding achievements" with a certificate of admission to Harvard enclosed.
Well I hope this helps reduce stress and all that. Like I said my dad was there AGES ago so this info is out of date and possibly not correct but I did my best to get as close to reality as possible. Good luck everybody hopefully God willing I'll meet you at Harvard College. I hope I get in, hopefully god has got my back.
Well later people, I hope this helps ! Good luck again!
VERITAS !"
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/629750-please-only-answer-if-you-know-what-you-talking-about-2.html
"First a secretary arranges the applications according to SAT scores and summarizes the info on the apps. (Every app is read by the admissions committee but they do tend to rely on the clerks summary as well remember they are over 20 thousand apps)
Then based on academic standing people who the college thinks cannot handle the academic rigor at Harvard based on Class rank - Rank is King remember that (VERY IMPORTANT especially for URMS) GPA's and very low SAT scores are cut. Teacher Recommendations are also VERY important at this stage and later on in the process.
*Applicants with an extremely moving personal story - ie I survived genocide or something along those lines MAY be moved onto the next stage.
Then with the remaining applicants all of whom could be successful at Harvard when admitted are considered. Normally no less then half of the applicants are in this pile.
From this pile the committee starts to look at ECAs for community involvement, ecas, sports recruitment, leadership and other things like this to distinguish between candidates. Here the secretaries summary is very important because they are the ones that pick up the ones that stand out to them in terms of ECAs etc which makes it more likely for an admission officer to take a closer look at that particular file. Additional cuts are made here whittling it down to candidates with brilliant academic standing and ecas. (This stage is pretty tricky - one year like this year for instance they may want to expand the arts at harvard so people with a strong background in the arts will be admitted in a greater proportion than the rest. They also try to get people who excel in different areas to make a well rounded CLASS not necessarily a well rounded individual. So if you are a debater you compete against other debaters for that position for instance. If you are bland, boring and stereotypical this is where you may get cut despite your awesome academic achievements. It is not uncommon for people with perfect scores to be cut at this stage while people with lower scores go through because they are different and stand out. At this stage AA for URMs and legacy and developmental cases kick in and give you a boost.
A very strong teacher recommendation and an interview recommendation can save you at this point from getting cut.
Finally the essays come into play to whittle down the playing field even more. For instance if they are two individuals who are equally distinguished academically and ECA wise the essay will be the deciding factor between the two. Here Harvard looks for unique experiences that will enrich student life on campus. Individuality is key here. If you get rejected from Harvard with a perfect 2400 look no further than your weak essay followed or alternatively superbly weak ecas.
And then the remaining apps are put to a vote in the committee a majority is necessary for admission ! Though everyone denies it my father believes there is some luck involved depending on where in the pile you fall. For instance you may come right after some amazing kid and that is what costs you the one vote you needed its human nature. But they claim this does not happen but i am pretty sure it does matter.
And if you get the majority then you will get a letter in the mail with the familiar line:
" I am delighted to inform you that the committee on admission and financial aid has voted to offer you a place in Harvard Class of 2014. Please accept my personal congratulations for your outstanding achievements" with a certificate of admission to Harvard enclosed.
Well I hope this helps reduce stress and all that. Like I said my dad was there AGES ago so this info is out of date and possibly not correct but I did my best to get as close to reality as possible. Good luck everybody hopefully God willing I'll meet you at Harvard College. I hope I get in, hopefully god has got my back.
Well later people, I hope this helps ! Good luck again!
VERITAS !"
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/629750-please-only-answer-if-you-know-what-you-talking-about-2.html
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