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Re: URMs at Harvard this cycle

Post by operagrl71 » Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:36 pm

JS1 e-mail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Flipping out! Definitely the week for URMs, hopefully we'll have some more good news in here soon! :)

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Post by Mitterrand » Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:39 pm

operagrl71 wrote:JS1 e-mail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Flipping out! Definitely the week for URMs, hopefully we'll have some more good news in here soon! :)
CONGRATS!

Another day of lost productivity for me though :(

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Re: URMs at Harvard this cycle

Post by amc987 » Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:25 pm

thelawschoolproject wrote:I feel like one day soon there's going to be a mass of URM JS1s...and on that day if I don't receive such positive news...I'll probably give up.
I hope that day is not today because I am losing hope quickly...

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Re: URMs at Harvard this cycle

Post by thelawschoolproject » Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:36 pm

amc987 wrote:
thelawschoolproject wrote:I feel like one day soon there's going to be a mass of URM JS1s...and on that day if I don't receive such positive news...I'll probably give up.
I hope that day is not today because I am losing hope quickly...
Yeah...it seems like this week has been fairly URM centered...losing faith guys...

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Re: URMs at Harvard this cycle

Post by Geneva » Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:43 pm

congrats to everyone in! good luck to everyone still waiting!

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Post by chickenalfredo » Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:34 pm

operagrl71 wrote:JS1 e-mail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Flipping out! Definitely the week for URMs, hopefully we'll have some more good news in here soon! :)

keep us updated

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Re: URMs at Harvard this cycle

Post by thelawschoolproject » Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:04 pm

Yeah...feeling like it was URM update time...fail.

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Re: URMs at Harvard this cycle

Post by Geneva » Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:08 pm

thelawschoolproject wrote:Yeah...feeling like it was URM update time...fail.
its not over till u r dinged. dont lose hope!!!

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Post by Mitterrand » Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:48 pm

I'm not to worried yet. Opera seems to have been one of the first into Columbia and SEO, so hopefully that trend holds for harvard

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Re: URM's at Harvard this cycle

Post by MormonChristian » Fri Mar 09, 2012 11:00 pm

operagrl71 wrote: My theory is either that they've held all URMs below 25th percentile to review collectively once they've secured their medians;
I think this is the case with most schools. Plus they usually give out scholarships to the top URM and they won't know who they are until all applications are in and reviewed.

my 2 cents

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Re: URM's at Harvard this cycle

Post by Geneva » Fri Mar 09, 2012 11:05 pm

MormonChristian wrote:
operagrl71 wrote: My theory is either that they've held all URMs below 25th percentile to review collectively once they've secured their medians;
I think this is the case with most schools. Plus they usually give out scholarships to the top URM and they won't know who they are until all applications are in and reviewed.

my 2 cents
really? that is so reassuring! that would explain a lot about my cycle so far (in everywhere besides BC that im equal to or above median and on soft or real hold everywhere else). any idea when we'll start to hear back? i guess this means we'll hear about stanford (which seems to be running uberlate this year) even later than everyone else..

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Post by amc987 » Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:33 am

Mitterrand wrote:I'm not to worried yet. Opera seems to have been one of the first into Columbia and SEO, so hopefully that trend holds for harvard
+1. Hopefully Harvard shows us some love soon! Also, I am confused about the bolded. Have people started to hear back from SEO already??

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Post by FryBreadPower » Sat Mar 10, 2012 3:05 am

thelawschoolproject wrote:I feel like one day soon there's going to be a mass of URM JS1s...and on that day if I don't receive such positive news...I'll probably give up.
I hope today wasn't that day because I had silence on my end (High LSAT Splitter).

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Post by thelawschoolproject » Sat Mar 10, 2012 3:16 am

FryBreadPower wrote:
thelawschoolproject wrote:I feel like one day soon there's going to be a mass of URM JS1s...and on that day if I don't receive such positive news...I'll probably give up.
I hope today wasn't that day because I had silence on my end (High LSAT Splitter).

I hope it wasn't today either....High GPA splitter...

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Re: URMs at Harvard this cycle

Post by Geneva » Sat Mar 10, 2012 3:55 am

thelawschoolproject wrote:
FryBreadPower wrote:
thelawschoolproject wrote:I feel like one day soon there's going to be a mass of URM JS1s...and on that day if I don't receive such positive news...I'll probably give up.
I hope today wasn't that day because I had silence on my end (High LSAT Splitter).

I hope it wasn't today either....High GPA splitter...
if it was, there'll be another day:)
<---foolishly optimistic? i have a good feeling about harvard/stanford URM outcomes.

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Re: URMs at Harvard this cycle

Post by operagrl71 » Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:53 am

amc987 wrote:
Mitterrand wrote:I'm not to worried yet. Opera seems to have been one of the first into Columbia and SEO, so hopefully that trend holds for harvard
+1. Hopefully Harvard shows us some love soon! Also, I am confused about the bolded. Have people started to hear back from SEO already??
Since the URM wave seems to have started on a Friday [unless I missed something earlier in the week?], I'd put good money down on the fact that more URM JS1s are coming out next week...and for the record I haven't heard from SEO, unless Mitterrand was referencing the interview invite?? But even so, I feel like most of the people who were invited for an interview and submitted their app in the second round heard back around the same time [i.e. mid/late December].

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Re: URMs at Harvard this cycle

Post by chickenalfredo » Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:13 pm

to those with JS1's what are you doing to prepare?

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Re: URMs at Harvard this cycle

Post by amc987 » Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:31 pm

No new JS1s guys??? I know they haven't really sent many new ones but I just wanted to check whether JS had shown any more love to URMs this week?

Good luck all! Fingers crossed that lots of us hear good news soon.

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Re: URMs at Harvard this cycle

Post by lutcf2021 » Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:44 pm

Can you all post your numbers?

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Re: URMs at Harvard this cycle

Post by Barca10 » Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:47 pm

I forgot to post on here, but I had a JS1 this past Friday. On the overall Harvard thread I only saw 1 more JS1 scheduled for the same day as mine and none since then. It seems somewhat off, as there is usually a bigger batch of JS1s scheduled. Anyhow, I will keep you guys posted if there is any progress.

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Re: URMs at Harvard this cycle

Post by Barca10 » Mon Mar 19, 2012 2:59 pm

Update.

Just got a JS2 about 15 minutes ago. Freaking out. Seriously, freaking out.

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Re: URMs at Harvard this cycle

Post by Geneva » Mon Mar 19, 2012 4:30 pm

Barca10 wrote:Update.

Just got a JS2 about 15 minutes ago. Freaking out. Seriously, freaking out.
CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:) :) :)

*deep breath*

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Re: URMs at Harvard this cycle

Post by Geneva » Fri Mar 30, 2012 2:20 am

hm, i wonder what the standard lsat/gpa floors are for URMs that have already received JS/KB1s at Harvard. I feel like there have to be more URM acceptances/interview coming...or maybe they already happened and i totally missed the memo?

congrats to everyone in and GOOD LUCK to those still waiting:)

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Re: URMs at Harvard this cycle

Post by Geneva » Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:17 pm

Any movement here? Good luck to all!

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Re: URMs at Harvard this cycle

Post by cidergirl » Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:04 pm

Hi friends I'm in the hold club too

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