I applied for Harvard SCEA, and I'll try to explain my situation. I believe it could either be completely inane or an indisputable rejection.
I currently attended a public high school and have aspired to graduate early to do some travelling. I have spoken to my counselor and we have both agreed that the best way to do this was to enroll part time at a private school. I have taken courses from this private school as a part-time student since sophomore year (along with courses at my day school) and have gotten to know the teachers quite well, both personally and in a classroom setting. Anyways, come admissions time I asked two teachers from this private school (I perused through the Harvard site, which, as I had expected, did not divulge into particulars of my "situation") since I took two vital courses there (Math & English). A few days back my counselor received an email from Harvard admissions asking why these teachers weren't on my public school list, and that's when I found out that the two teachers I had asked recommendation from had put down my home school as their listed school, as they had wanted ironically wanted to avoid confusion.
My counselor said she was completely candid in explaining my situation, but admissions hasn't responded back yet. I realize that this is technically misrepresentation, albeit not on my part. I just figured that the school I completed a course from should appear on my transcript.
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