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Harvard University

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Your Combined ACT:
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SAT Math + Verbal:
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Your Chances at Harvard
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Your Chances at Harvard
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Men
Women
# Applicants
18,327
16,696
# Admitted
1,092
955
% Admitted
6.0%
5.7%
% Overall
5.8%

Students who got into Harvard:

Tips mention: Interview (4), ACT/SAT (9), Grades (18), Sports/Extracurriculars (13), College Essay (8)
I got hazed in Professor Peter Becker's Expo-25 classJun 23 2023Art & Design Department
I got hazed in Professor Peter Becker's Expo-25 class. I have all A's and A-'s in every other class. Becker's class was a gate keeper class. I got a B-. And this was after he forced me to completely change my thesis on a paper 2 days before the paper was due. He had already approved my thesis. One of the administrators at Harvard told me that I was hazed. I still earned a GPA to be admitted to Alpha Sigma Lambda, and they still declined me. I'm a Conservative. So much for DEI.
Female
I see a lot of butthurt reviews on hereOct 18 2019Economics
I see a lot of butthurt reviews on here. Obviously, they know that BU, BC, Northeastern are becoming more relevant than their beloved Harvard.
Female
Purchased roughly 3-5 buildings, bribed teachers, cajoled administration, ranAug 19 2018Aerospace Engineering
Purchased roughly 3-5 buildings, bribed teachers, cajoled administration, ran for office, contacted conspiracy.
ACT: 36 SAT: 1200 Female
Perfect test scores, perfect grades (4Sep 14 2015Biology
Perfect test scores, perfect grades (4.0 every semester every year). Interned for Senator Barbara Feinstein at her office. Discovered a mutation in the xy-allele for growth hormone somatropin, which explains the degeneration in tissues around the pituitary glands in patients who are unusally short (both parents of patient are at least 3 inches taller). You can find my research online. Otherwise I didn't do much: was school president, editor of an online blog I created for my highschool, and head of the SAHS Think Tank (A club I created for my highschool).
ACT: 36 SAT: 2400 Male
Did very well on my SAT and in HSApr 03 2015Biology
Did very well on my SAT and in HS. Look elsewhere for an undergraduate experience and come back to Harvard for Grad school.
SAT: 1580 Female
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