Harvard 2012 Forum

[lockiller]

Any decision would be nice to reduce anxiety, but perhaps a few more acceptances before ding-ageddon?

Given how many calls and emails have gone out, I don't see how there can be more than a few spots left. But, if that's the case, why wouldn't they have just packed those in with the email wave? I'm not optimistic there will be any more acceptances, except possibly after the deposit deadline.

Maybe because everyone else was a clear, or at least fairly clear admit. Now, they have a few spots left and will compare some of the people for those few spots and look for some quality they would like to have. Then, they'll deny the rest. That's my hypothesis.

I don't want to turn this into a credential competition. But some of them are not that "wtf" admits as you say.

[mileslibertatis]

I have a friend who transferred from a schools on the T1-TT border a few years ago and he was rejected from everywhere accept Yale. I just thought I'd throw that out there.

[canesfan1986]

Any decision would be nice to reduce anxiety, but perhaps a few more acceptances before ding-ageddon?

Given how many calls and emails have gone out, I don't see how there can be more than a few spots left. But, if that's the case, why wouldn't they have just packed those in with the email wave? I'm not optimistic there will be any more acceptances, except possibly after the deposit deadline.

Maybe because everyone else was a clear, or at least fairly clear admit. Now, they have a few spots left and will compare some of the people for those few spots and look for some quality they would like to have. Then, they'll deny the rest. That's my hypothesis.

I don't want to turn this into a credential competition. But some of them are not that "wtf" admits as you say.

Yeah, I agree. The lower-ranked school students may have some outstanding achievements that we just don't know about. Good for them. I'm hoping to get lucky.

[lockiller]

Maybe because everyone else was a clear, or at least fairly clear admit. Now, they have a few spots left and will compare some of the people for those few spots and look for some quality they would like to have. Then, they'll deny the rest. That's my hypothesis.

There were a couple "WTF?" admits (I'm sure there all nice people, and I congratulate them, but the numbers are what they are), but you're probably right. As I said yesterday, if there really were no spots left, they'd just ding everybody now. I suppose another possibility is that they are winnowing down a list of people to wait for after the seat deposit, and once they have that figured out, they'll ding everybody. But either way, it's not quite over yet.

Yeah, hopefully Y and S admit plenty of the H admits. I'm sure some of the "wtf" admits have some kind of connection or have done something extraordinary. We'll be considered at some point and maybe it'll be a tossup, but there's some chance.

If you feel that you will be perfectly okay with any Top 3 school, it doesn't matter whether there is cross-admission. After all, everyone can only attend one school, and YHS will always have about 60 transfers in total. In fact, if you consider that Y and S might not care that much about optimizing the number of transfers, we might expect that there are no cross-admits.

[FlanSolo]

Yeah, I agree. The lower-ranked school students may have some outstanding achievements that we just don't know about. Good for them. I'm hoping to get lucky.

Yeah to be very clear, I didn't mean to suggest that they were undeserving of admission, just that - as I am sure they would admit - their raw numbers did not make them obvious front runners.

[lockiller]

Yeah, I agree. The lower-ranked school students may have some outstanding achievements that we just don't know about. Good for them. I'm hoping to get lucky.

Yeah to be very clear, I didn't mean to suggest that they were undeserving of admission, just that - as I am sure they would admit - their raw numbers did not make them obvious front runners.

Agree.

[TatteredDignity]

If you feel that you will be perfectly okay with any Top 3 school, it doesn't matter whether there is cross-admission. After all, everyone can only attend one school, and YHS will always have about 60 transfers in total. In fact, if you consider that Y and S might not care that much about optimizing the number of transfers, we might expect that there are no cross-admits.

huh?

[pballer]

If you feel that you will be perfectly okay with any Top 3 school, it doesn't matter whether there is cross-admission. After all, everyone can only attend one school, and YHS will always have about 60 transfers in total. In fact, if you consider that Y and S might not care that much about optimizing the number of transfers, we might expect that there are no cross-admits.

huh?

+1

[mileslibertatis]

If you feel that you will be perfectly okay with any Top 3 school, it doesn't matter whether there is cross-admission. After all, everyone can only attend one school, and YHS will always have about 60 transfers in total. In fact, if you consider that Y and S might not care that much about optimizing the number of transfers, we might expect that there are no cross-admits.

huh?

Yeah this was some kind of continental philosophy that is either overly sane or just plain silly.

[lockiller]

If you feel that you will be perfectly okay with any Top 3 school, it doesn't matter whether there is cross-admission. After all, everyone can only attend one school, and YHS will always have about 60 transfers in total. In fact, if you consider that Y and S might not care that much about optimizing the number of transfers, we might expect that there are no cross-admits.

huh?

Yeah this was some kind of continental philosophy that is either overly sane or just plain silly.

Neither. Simple logic. Wrong choice of word, "expect" -- "hope".

[Lyonsoccer87]

If you feel that you will be perfectly okay with any Top 3 school, it doesn't matter whether there is cross-admission. After all, everyone can only attend one school, and YHS will always have about 60 transfers in total. In fact, if you consider that Y and S might not care that much about optimizing the number of transfers, we might expect that there are no cross-admits.

huh?

Yeah this was some kind of continental philosophy that is either overly sane or just plain silly.

Neither. Simple logic.

I didn't apply to harvard because I can't understand any of the above shit.

[mileslibertatis]

It's clearly beyond the rest of us, as well.

[TatteredDignity]

I guess I get what you're saying -- it's better if they admit 60 unique applicants because it increases our chances of getting one of them -- but I don't get why you think this would actually happen. The anecdote above aside, I'm pretty sure the 95% of the Y admits will also be in at H.

[mileslibertatis]

I've seen it said on these here boards that most Y admits are other T10s who either got in to Yale the first time or would have?

[lockiller]

I guess I get what you're saying -- it's better if they admit 60 unique applicants because it increases our chances of getting one of them -- but I don't get why you think this would actually happen. The anecdote above aside, I'm pretty sure the 95% of the Y admits will also be in at H.

That's what I meant. Wrong choice of words in certain places. I do not think this would actually happen. I am just responding to the guy who hopes to have plenty cross-admits.

[nadopretz]

For those who have been accepted elsewhere but are still waiting on Harvard, have you notified them of your other acceptances and their deadlines? I have a week and a half left on my ticker for NYU, and figure it is probably pretty stupid/useless to tell them about it, but wanted to see if anyone else had. I imagine they only care if you are accepted at Yale or Stanford, and may not actually even care then.

[in_reverie]

Because it got us movement last time...

Five O'clock in Cambridge and all is well.

[mileslibertatis]

A "leaving the office but wanted to call and congratulate you" call would be nice!

[Skyblaze]

Because it got us movement last time...

Five O'clock in Cambridge and all is well.

Shh! Don't tempt fate, you'll hasten the dingpocolypse!

Also, I don't think I ever listed my stats on this thread. Top 5% at T30.

[lockiller]

In your eyes, for Harvard transfer purposes and putting softs aside, which set of stats is better:
Top 2.5% at T18-20, or Top 15% at T8-10?

[ksense]

Seems like the first group is better. Top 5-10% at a T8-10 would be a much closer call.

[pballer]

I'd agree with that assessment

[TatteredDignity]

Are you guys paying attention? The second group is dominating so far this cycle.

[mileslibertatis]

... why?

[TatteredDignity]

They believe it's more impressive to beat 90% of T10 kids than to beat 99% of T20 kids.