Slaved for months over my essays, was brutally honest, and shared my outlook on the world. Multiple AOs told me they loved them, which was incredible. Letter of Recs: (I didn't read any of mine, so these are speculations to the best of my ability) English teacher, 10/10. I mean that truly, I have not loved any teacher more in my life, and I talked to her almost everyday. She told me it was a privilege to teach me, and she was honored to write it. Science teacher, 7/10. I was one of the best students, just he never really let any of his students get to know him. I don't know what his writing skills are like either. Principal, 8.5/10. As I mentioned, we worked together, she told me I would go on to do great things, and to make sure I came back to visit her. Runs a huge school though, so I'm sure she's had many stellar students over her career. Neuroscience mentor, 8/10. We worked extremely well together, and he said I made lots of meaningful contributions to the lab, and that he was glad to have had me intern. Very objective person, doesn't get sentimental, so hard to connect. (I think this is all of them, I may have had some others, not sure lol) Interviews: Overall I think they went wonderfully! I really connected with almost all my interviewers, and they all said they were impressed with me, and that I would make great addition to their campus. My college list going into senior year didn't look like this, PLEASE PLAN TO APPLY TO SCHOOLS WITH A VARIETY OF ACCEPTANCES (I had multiple state schools and other schools with over 60% acceptance rates), but after I was accepted to harvard early, I only applied to schools I would consider over harvard, as my family and I did have pay all the application costs (so it kind of seemed like a waste of money as I knew I would turn them down) Best of luck everyone and stay safe!

I was able to go to the overnight program for accepted students. I fell in love with the campus and the school itself.

got deferred then rejected. bombed the interview lol it was awful 0/10 would not ever want to do that again even I'd reject me