Harvard c/o 2016 Applicants (2012-2013) Forum

[masked kavana]

Reapplying. Was Waitlisted last time

[Rahviveh]

Checking in! Won't get in but will apply anyways.

[Shooter]

Just checking in to say good luck to everyone! I was a re-taker, a re-applicant and a waitlist rider so there is hope for all of you! Feel free to PM me if you have any questions about what to expect during the application cycle.

[spicyyoda17]

Just checking in to say good luck to everyone! I was a re-taker, a re-applicant and a waitlist rider so there is hope for all of you! Feel free to PM me if you have any questions about what to expect during the application cycle.

Did you write an LSAT addendum and/or did this come up in your interview?

[Eichörnchen]

Checking in, but yeah I think this is out of my reach... my 3.75/175 is good, but perhaps not Harvard good!! If I get in, I bet it will reeeeeaaaaaal late in the game.

Anything is possible this cycle. But yeah, I predict many of us with above-median LSAT and below-median GPA will get held until after the February deadline when they can evaluate the entire applicant pool. They probably wouldn't want to dip below their traditional 3.8 GPA floor unless they have to in order to maintain their LSAT median. But since it appears they did it last cycle, I'm pretty sure they'll do it again. So there's definitely hope.

I think you guys have a good shot! I'm at 25th percentile LSAT and a bit above 50th for GPA...not so good.

Word thanks for the hope... and Eich, with your farm experience, the sky is the limit.

Haha true! I imagine this in the admissions office: "OK, we have two nobel laureates, someone who cured cancer, and a guy who saved orphans from a burning building the same day he scored his 180 - but what we really need is a woman who can carry a full crate of squash by herself and is a very fast kale picker. These are the essential skills we seek.

[honeybadger12]

Haha true! I imagine this in the admissions office: "OK, we have two nobel laureates, someone who cured cancer, and a guy who saved orphans from a burning building the same day he scored his 180 - but what we really need is a woman who can carry a full crate of squash by herself and is a very fast kale picker. These are the essential skills we seek.

Kale - that tastes like chicken right? Heard someone say this today haha

[Eichörnchen]

Haha true! I imagine this in the admissions office: "OK, we have two nobel laureates, someone who cured cancer, and a guy who saved orphans from a burning building the same day he scored his 180 - but what we really need is a woman who can carry a full crate of squash by herself and is a very fast kale picker. These are the essential skills we seek.

Kale - that tastes like chicken right? Heard someone say this today haha

I mean it kinda - wait, no. Not at all. It tastes like a stronger, slightly more bitter spinach.

[Shooter]

Just checking in to say good luck to everyone! I was a re-taker, a re-applicant and a waitlist rider so there is hope for all of you! Feel free to PM me if you have any questions about what to expect during the application cycle.

Did you write an LSAT addendum and/or did this come up in your interview?

I wrote an LSAT addendum the first time, but not the second time. It did not come up in my interview.

Feel free to follow up via PM because I don't want to clutter up the thread too much.

[BuckeyeGirl]

Checking in for the ride. Pretty much zero chance, but hey...it's just $85 to MAKE SURE I'm not Harvard material...

[deluxe]

Checking in for the ride. Pretty much zero chance, but hey...it's just $85 to MAKE SURE I'm not Harvard material...

You can try asking for a fee waiver then.

[filmoreslice]

I'm checking in as well, but my October retake will determine everything. At least it's motivation to study. I doubt I have any chance at all, but you never know the way things have been going lately. Better to know for sure instead of wondering forever.

[bernaldiaz]

The only place I want to be.

[Lavitz]

The only place I want to be.

Convenient since I'm sure you'll have no problem getting in.

[Doorkeeper]

Checking in, but yeah I think this is out of my reach... my 3.75/175 is good, but perhaps not Harvard good!! If I get in, I bet it will reeeeeaaaaaal late in the game.

From personal experience, I can tell you that you're in the ballpark. You just have to have very good softs to get over the hump. Expect at least a WL.

If anyone has questions, I'm attending HLS in the fall and I got in with sub-25% GPA and above median LSAT. Harvard definitely looks at your softs if you're on the borderline.

[outlookingin]

Checking in, but yeah I think this is out of my reach... my 3.75/175 is good, but perhaps not Harvard good!! If I get in, I bet it will reeeeeaaaaaal late in the game.

From personal experience, I can tell you that you're in the ballpark. You just have to have very good softs to get over the hump. Expect at least a WL.

If anyone has questions, I'm attending HLS in the fall and I got in with sub-25% GPA and above median LSAT. Harvard definitely looks at your softs if you're on the borderline.

Yeah I'm gonna send you a PM.

[outlookingin]

The only place I want to be.

Convenient since I'm sure you'll have no problem getting in.

Yeah come on man, you're in! I remember seeing you in the Dec or February LSAT forums... we've been at this a long time, haha

[bernaldiaz]

The only place I want to be.

Convenient since I'm sure you'll have no problem getting in.

Yeah come on man, you're in! I remember seeing you in the Dec or February LSAT forums... we've been at this a long time, haha

Fingers crossed. It's always easier to tell someone else they will get in than to actually believe that you will, though, if you know what I mean.

[honeybadger12]

The only place I want to be.

Convenient since I'm sure you'll have no problem getting in.

Yeah come on man, you're in! I remember seeing you in the Dec or February LSAT forums... we've been at this a long time, haha

Fingers crossed. It's always easier to tell someone else they will get in than to actually believe that you will, though, if you know what I mean.

+1, numbers twin. Knowing our chances are good actually makes me more nervous cuz I'll be so pissed if I screw it up..

[Emmie]

Checking in! Scared but fingers crossed and praying

[fingerscrossedxx]

Checking in! Scared but fingers crossed and praying

This was me this time last year haha. After a long cycle of hold - waitlist - accept though it happened! Good luck to all of you and I will throw my name in there for anyone who has any questions, esp as a URM applicant

[Wonk]

Checking in, but yeah I think this is out of my reach... my 3.75/175 is good, but perhaps not Harvard good!! If I get in, I bet it will reeeeeaaaaaal late in the game.

From personal experience, I can tell you that you're in the ballpark. You just have to have very good softs to get over the hump. Expect at least a WL.

If anyone has questions, I'm attending HLS in the fall and I got in with sub-25% GPA and above median LSAT. Harvard definitely looks at your softs if you're on the borderline.

+1 on this, happy to answer any questions in a PM as well.

[snehpets]

The only place I want to be.

Are you not interested in YS?

[bernaldiaz]

The only place I want to be.

Are you not interested in YS?

A bit, obviously, but I have my sights zeroed in on Harvard. Whether that's because I think they're the one that I have the best shot at is hard to say.

[Spritzpiggy]

I'll post this again as this thread develops but to begin - any other retakers out there?

Retaker here. Fourteen point increase. Still debating whether to write an addendum. Hoping for the best - (and not to be hot by Hurricane Isaac!) edit: *hit

[honeybadger12]

The only place I want to be.

Are you not interested in YS?

A bit, obviously, but I have my sights zeroed in on Harvard. Whether that's because I think they're the one that I have the best shot at is hard to say.

+1. hard to be set on a school that has no problem denying 180/4.0s