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Chance me for Harvard RD please?

Hey guys. I am applying RD to Harvard this year and it seemed like a nice time to do a chance me thread! Just got deferred from Princeton, feeling low :/ Objective: SAT I (breakdown): Not reporting ACT...

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Pre Calc Dual Enrollment to Increase Ivy League Chances?

I'm looking at taking Pre-Calc over the summer in order to take AP Calc AB and AP Calc BC my Junior year to help prepare for AP Physics Senior Year- I've heard that a lot of Physics concepts are based...

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UK Applicant: SAT Scores

Hi, just going to quickly dump my academics real quick. My extracurriculars are currently shaping up quite nicely but I want to focus on my academics quickly: GCSEs (Year 10-11/Grade 9-10 Terminal...

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Visiting Undergraduate Student to Transfer

Can being a Visiting Undergraduate Student help chances of applying for transfer later (aside from the obvious benefits the learning experience and academic resources provide)?

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Arts Supplement

I've read several threads from previous years, but I haven't seen any specific evidence of the conditions under which Harvard evaluates arts supplements. "At the discretion of the admissions committee,...

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Chance me for Harvard 2022

Hey guys! I am a junior interested in applying SCEA for the Harvard class of 2022. Do you think I have a chance? If I do not, I will not bother applying. :)) Thanks everyone! Objective: SAT I...

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Has there ever been a likely letter rejection or mistake?

I was just wondering. Has anyone gotten a likely letter by mistake? Or been rejected after receiving one without any significant drop?

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Malia Obama going to Harvard

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3567773/Malia-Obama-wears-Harvard-shirt-high-school-s-college-signing-day.html Looks like she's going to Harvard. Go Crimson!

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Leadership Programs

What are some leadership programs in California that look good to colleges and help me develop as a leader? Some examples I know of so far are CASL and CASC, but are there any others?

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Interview Question

I've seen a couple questions on here about if not getting an interview means that they already rejected you, but I haven't seen my question so far. At my school, I know three other people who applied...

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Do the Ivies and Stanford/MIT share applicant lists (NOT acceptance lists)?

If somebody applied to, say MIT and Stanford, would those two schools share their applicant lists before making an admissions decision? This question goes for both EA and RD.

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Moved: AP Capstone?

This discussion has been moved.

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How would you react/celebrate if you got into Harvard University Regular...

Hang in there everyone! Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 5 PM ET Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, UPenn, and Yale will have released admissions decisions for applicants who applied...

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Does Harvard truly consider every aspect of a student's application-including...

Hey guys, so it's pretty well known that the Ivies are pretty holistic in their admissions. However, I was wondering if the adcoms are aware of the student's income as they review the application. I'm...

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Harvard called one of my recommenders?

One of my teachers told me that a harvard admissions officer called and had a brief interview with them about me. What does this mean?

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Harvard EA & Lack of Portal Update

Anyone else apply EA and get deferred and then not have their mid year report show up as updated? This happened to my daughter. The GC uploaded it to the Common Application and also mailed the midyear...

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How difficult is Harvard?

Stole these questions from a Yale thread because I couldn't find one from a Harvard one (so full credit to whoever came up with these questions). I received a likely letter from Harvard about 2 weeks...

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What are my chances of getting into Harvard?

Ok so my situation is complicated because I've received a couple of D's but made them up. My overalls unweighted gpa is a 3.73 while my weighted is a 4.23. My sat score is a 1580/1600. My gpa is pretty...

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Summer course?

When Harvard recommends taking four years of a science, does taking a science course over the summer count as fulfilling one of those years? I currently don't have room in my Junior Year schedule for a...

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Schedule for 10th Grade Year

Hey Guys! What would you recommend for a schedule for sophomore year? I am in a STEM program at my school so I am required to be in a STEM technology class, STEM math course, and a STEM science course....

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