Held By Harvard Club - 2010 Forum

[of Benito Cereno]

adasd

[Havaianas]

what do u guys think the difference is between JR1-hold and NOJR1-hold?

This is total conjecture but I would think that JR1-holds are in a better position overall, but that a hold-JR1 means you're very likely in.

what makes you say that?...

[georgina]

also, anybody think JR will care that letting me in would let me be with my harvard phd student (next year) fiance?

yea i was going to respond in the other thread. i do think they'd care, but i think they'd care more if you were already married. get married, for the sake of your apps! but in more seriousness, there was this LSN profile i saw once where some guy tried to transfer to HLS because his spouse was there, and he got in easily, or something like that.

[JollyGreenGiant]

what do u guys think the difference is between JR1-hold and NOJR1-hold?

hard to say as most JR1-hold people come from very early in the cycle when JR had fewer files and was more likely to call borderline candidates. The same people might very well not have gotten a call a month later and vice versa for the no JR1s.

+1

[PoorOrpheus]

also, anybody think JR will care that letting me in would let me be with my harvard phd student (next year) fiance?

yea i was going to respond in the other thread. i do think they'd care, but i think they'd care more if you were already married. get married, for the sake of your apps! but in more seriousness, there was this LSN profile i saw once where some guy tried to transfer to HLS because his spouse was there, and he got in easily, or something like that.

I remembered seeing that profile too and found it: http://lawschoolnumbers.com/diabede

[georgina]

also, anybody think JR will care that letting me in would let me be with my harvard phd student (next year) fiance?

yea i was going to respond in the other thread. i do think they'd care, but i think they'd care more if you were already married. get married, for the sake of your apps! but in more seriousness, there was this LSN profile i saw once where some guy tried to transfer to HLS because his spouse was there, and he got in easily, or something like that.

I remembered seeing that profile too and found it: http://lawschoolnumbers.com/diabede

good find. do you think if i went and found someone in boston to marry right now it would change my hold situation? hmm...

[of Benito Cereno]

afsd

[lz06]

what do u guys think the difference is between JR1-hold and NOJR1-hold?

This is total conjecture but I would think that JR1-holds are in a better position overall, but that a hold-JR1 means you're very likely in.

Agreed. Not because of any reasoning behind it, just because I want you to be right lol

[Havaianas]

what do u guys think the difference is between JR1-hold and NOJR1-hold?

This is total conjecture but I would think that JR1-holds are in a better position overall, but that a hold-JR1 means you're very likely in.

Agreed. Not because of any reasoning behind it, just because I want you to be right lol

+1000

[aad]

Has anybody tried to send in an addressed and stamped postcard with materials mailed to their office? And, if so, how long did it take for that to get back to you?

[crackberry]

Has anybody tried to send in an addressed and stamped postcard with materials mailed to their office? And, if so, how long did it take for that to get back to you?

I did this and while my LOR has posted to my status checker (on 2/1), I have yet to receive the postcard (I live in SF).

[aad]

Has anybody tried to send in an addressed and stamped postcard with materials mailed to their office? And, if so, how long did it take for that to get back to you?

I did this and while my LOR has posted to my status checker (on 2/1), I have yet to receive the postcard (I live in SF).

Thanks for the tip.

Unfortunately no such luck for my status checker. Though that could be due to the fact that there is no distinct spot there for an LOCI whereas there is a place for LORs.

[sundevil77]

Crackberry, how many business days did it take for the LOR to post to your status checker after sending it?

[crackberry]

Crackberry, how many business days did it take for the LOR to post to your status checker after sending it?

Sent 1/29, posted 2/1. I sent it Priority Mail though.

And @aad: I sent my LOCI and LOR in the same big envelope so I just assume they've gotten the LOCI since the LOR is posted to my status checker.

[Reinhardt]

JR or Harvard admissions staff, if you're reading this, you are wonderful people and I love you. (You never know, right? Especially in light of the Testmasters fiasco)

[Core]

JR or Harvard admissions staff, if you're reading this, you are wonderful people and I love you. (You never know, right? Especially in light of the Testmasters fiasco)

Que?

[georgina]

JR or Harvard admissions staff, if you're reading this, you are wonderful people and I love you. (You never know, right? Especially in light of the Testmasters fiasco)

Que?

you missed it?! well, it seems the thread was deleted (thank goodness for that poster).

recap: poster was granted interview for teaching at TM, poster sought interview help on TLS, TM rescinded interview offer via unprofessional email (using terms like "TTT" and "cool) citing TLS posts, poster notified mods, mods posted email, TLS community was appalled that a poster's ID had somehow been figured out (but i mean, come on, it's not that difficult in many cases), TM program director came on TLS, TM director explained reason for rejection was that seeking to "game the interview process" shows poor character, TM director revealed poster's IRL name and posted poster's likewise unprofessional email response to rejection, TLS community was appalled at unprofessionalism of TM, TM program director banned, TLS swears to boycott TM, someone in the middle of the night got back on TLS and posted more revealing info about the poster, everything got wiped off TLS but is still in google cache.

moral: be careful what you post, TM is extremely unprofessional, and google cache is scary.

[Havaianas]

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Has anybody tried to send in an addressed and stamped postcard with materials mailed to their office? And, if so, how long did it take for that to get back to you?

My postcards were stamped about a week later and took like 10 days to get back to me.

[violaboy]

Extra LOR is almost done. Here's to hope.

[crackberry]

Got my self-addressed, stamped postcard back in the mail from HLS today. And now I wait (again).

[aad]

Got my self-addressed, stamped postcard back in the mail from HLS today. And now I wait (again).

Got mine back today! I'm hoping the next thing coming from their office to my home is much larger.

[amputatedbrain]

Do they keep doing the JR1--->JR2 thing even for the late acceptances into March/April/May that any hold-->accepts would probably get. Or at some point do they just say F*** it and just mail the packet . . . or is this just another big unknown of the hold process this year?

[Kretzy]

Another week, looking for action. Stop treating us like we're cheap hookers, Harvard, and let us in

[amputatedbrain]

Another week, looking for action. Stop treating us like we're cheap hookers, Harvard, and let us in

We're not even cheap hookers for Harvard. In fact, we're paying them

I don't know what that makes us.

[of Benito Cereno]

so I'm sending new LOR directly to the harvard office (not using lsac because its coming from Europe and I want the letter to arrive asap; its a great letter and at this point time really is an issue). However, not sure exactly how to do it. Has anyone else successfully sent a new LOR directly to Harvard and if so did you send a signed lsac contract with the letter or did you just send the letter alone.