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lzyovrachievr wrote:

eaa1537 wrote: Interesting- and what's your assumption for an UR 11/9???

If I were in that position, I'd be thinking- well, I haven't gotten dinged or WLed. Maybe that means they like my application a bit but I'm not an auto-admit. Maybe they're already planning a JR1 at some point. Maybe I'm in the wrong pile and it's just taking a while to get to me.

But the fact that you weren't dinged along with other people in your date range can only be a good thing in my book. I'm not saying you'll get in. But they've gone over your app presumably and they didn't ditch it immediately. I'd be hopeful and constantly on edge when other people get e-mails so that I didn't get one as well (because most will be dings and WLs).

starrydreamz3 wrote:

lzyovrachievr wrote:

eaa1537 wrote: Interesting- and what's your assumption for an UR 11/9???

If I were in that position, I'd be thinking- well, I haven't gotten dinged or WLed. Maybe that means they like my application a bit but I'm not an auto-admit. Maybe they're already planning a JR1 at some point. Maybe I'm in the wrong pile and it's just taking a while to get to me.

But the fact that you weren't dinged along with other people in your date range can only be a good thing in my book. I'm not saying you'll get in. But they've gone over your app presumably and they didn't ditch it immediately. I'd be hopeful and constantly on edge when other people get e-mails so that I didn't get one as well (because most will be dings and WLs).

As an 11/3 UR I appreciate this sentiment. It just sucks that we're such a small sample size we can't really tell what's going on.

Personally, I have a feeling they won't look back at my application until the February deadline. Then they can decide whether they get any apps far better than mine. But I still don't understand why they won't just hold me.

lzyovrachievr wrote:In my mind, from what I've read on the Harvard thread from last year, peoples like me who were complete around 12/3 or so should be getting dings/holds next week.

They've been progressing the last few weeks from early November to late November. I kind of think that if you're UR in late November and haven't heard anything, then you should buckle up for next week because if the pattern holds, you should be hearing something if it's negative..

Sorry to be a downer, but that's the assumption I've been working with, which is why I haven't worried about not getting a hold/ding- it's not time yet!

bistduverrueckt wrote:

lzyovrachievr wrote:In my mind, from what I've read on the Harvard thread from last year, peoples like me who were complete around 12/3 or so should be getting dings/holds next week.

They've been progressing the last few weeks from early November to late November. I kind of think that if you're UR in late November and haven't heard anything, then you should buckle up for next week because if the pattern holds, you should be hearing something if it's negative..

Sorry to be a downer, but that's the assumption I've been working with, which is why I haven't worried about not getting a hold/ding- it's not time yet!

This makes me sad. And gives me another week to live in fear.

eaa1537 wrote: Yeah I appreciate this thought too but am equally as confused as to why they don't just hold us? That seems like the logical pile to put us in if they don't know what to do with us right now (i.e. no ding/JR1). If they want to put us aside until they can assess the whole applicant pool, then I wish they would send out an official email so at least that way I know what's going onnnn...

lzyovrachievr wrote:

eaa1537 wrote: Yeah I appreciate this thought too but am equally as confused as to why they don't just hold us? That seems like the logical pile to put us in if they don't know what to do with us right now (i.e. no ding/JR1). If they want to put us aside until they can assess the whole applicant pool, then I wish they would send out an official email so at least that way I know what's going onnnn...

You're assuming they don't know what to do with you. Maybe they do and they haven't done it.

arkansawyer wrote:So, what's the consensus on the connotations of a hold? Is a hold a positive thing? The thread from last year looked pretty brutal to holds, but its probably not a good sample. I guess what I'm trying to ask is whether our lack of holds at this point is good or bad?

Nulli Secundus wrote:09:33, moar news!

LinzerTorte wrote:

Nulli Secundus wrote:09:33, moar news!

Really? What?

Or are you just being hopeful...

BuckeyeGirl wrote:Hi TLS!

First-time poster, long time lurker. I too am UR since 12/1. On the one hand, my numbers are exceedingly auto-rejectable, so I'm not terribly concerned. On the other hand all this false hope and visions of Harvard-y sugar plums is probably not helping my patience on my other applications (which annoyingly aren't doing a lot of moving either...)

Just reject me and stop the mind games!

Shooter wrote:

BuckeyeGirl wrote:Hi TLS!

First-time poster, long time lurker. I too am UR since 12/1. On the one hand, my numbers are exceedingly auto-rejectable, so I'm not terribly concerned. On the other hand all this false hope and visions of Harvard-y sugar plums is probably not helping my patience on my other applications (which annoyingly aren't doing a lot of moving either...)

Just reject me and stop the mind games!

Ohai. R u from Ohio?

BuckeyeGirl wrote:

Shooter wrote:

BuckeyeGirl wrote:Hi TLS!

First-time poster, long time lurker. I too am UR since 12/1. On the one hand, my numbers are exceedingly auto-rejectable, so I'm not terribly concerned. On the other hand all this false hope and visions of Harvard-y sugar plums is probably not helping my patience on my other applications (which annoyingly aren't doing a lot of moving either...)

Just reject me and stop the mind games!

Ohai. R u from Ohio?

Actually no, but I bet you can figure out my alma mater...and that creativity isn't one of my strengths...

Shooter wrote:

BuckeyeGirl wrote:

Shooter wrote:

BuckeyeGirl wrote:Hi TLS!

First-time poster, long time lurker. I too am UR since 12/1. On the one hand, my numbers are exceedingly auto-rejectable, so I'm not terribly concerned. On the other hand all this false hope and visions of Harvard-y sugar plums is probably not helping my patience on my other applications (which annoyingly aren't doing a lot of moving either...)

Just reject me and stop the mind games!

Ohai. R u from Ohio?

Actually no, but I bet you can figure out my alma mater...and that creativity isn't one of my strengths...

Lol, ok. Just asking 'cause I have a buncha friends who went to OSU.

(sorry to derail)

starrydreamz3 wrote:Last year around this time, a lot of JR2s went out on a Monday and then lots of holds the next day, so maybe some of us will no longer be forgotten this time tomorrow.

arkansawyer wrote:It seems unlikely that we would escape the carnage of this week. I expect holds to fly out tomorrow.