lol hold off on blazer and/or tie until you're meeting SFS person? I still think you don't need a suit to meet someone from SFS who will most likely not be anywhere as dressed up...wtrc wrote:So I think I am going to try and meet with someone from SFS on Monday (special circumstances re finances etc.). For that I'd prefer to dress up a bit. But I also will feel WAY too gunnery wearing a suit to ASW. What to do, what to do.
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paglababa
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TheMostDangerousLG
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Does SFS stand for Student Financial Services? If so, I definitely don't see a point in dressing up. In fact, I'd wear my crappiest clothes, not bathe for a week, and then come with literal hat (scruffy newsboy, natch) in hand. Then just ask, "Please, sir, can I have some more aid?" ..I have years of training from undergrad.
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FTFYTheMostDangerousLG wrote:Does SFS stand for Student Financial Services? If so, I definitely don't see a point in dressing up. In fact, I'd wear my crappiest clothes, not bathe for a week, and then come with literal hat (scruffy newsboy, natch) in hand. Then just ask, "Please, sir, can I have some more aid? Oh and by the way, do you have any food?" ..I have years of training from undergrad.
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TheMostDangerousLG
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Amateur move. They should be able to see the half empty bag of stale Dollar Store bread in the hole-ridden bag in which you are clearly carrying your life's possessions.neprep wrote:FTFYTheMostDangerousLG wrote:Does SFS stand for Student Financial Services? If so, I definitely don't see a point in dressing up. In fact, I'd wear my crappiest clothes, not bathe for a week, and then come with literal hat (scruffy newsboy, natch) in hand. Then just ask, "Please, sir, can I have some more aid? Oh and by the way, do you have any food?" ..I have years of training from undergrad.
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HLS is supposed to be more generous than other need based awards from T14 right? I got a pretty generous need based amount from Penn today (they seperately stated an amount for merit and amt for need based, though I don't know how real this distinction is because they only gave me 5k/year for merit...)
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TCR.paglababa wrote:I still think you don't need a suit to meet someone from SFS who will most likely not be anywhere as dressed up...
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Maybe. If I remember correctly, UMich doesn't take parental resources into consideration, and I think there was a slight difference between how Y and H calculated parental resources. So you might not get as strong of an offer from H depending on how they calculate finaid.paglababa wrote:HLS is supposed to be more generous than other need based awards from T14 right? I got a pretty generous need based amount from Penn today (they seperately stated an amount for merit and amt for need based, though I don't know how real this distinction is because they only gave me 5k/year for merit...)
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paglababa
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Ah, well fingers crossed.HorseThief wrote:Maybe. If I remember correctly, UMich doesn't take parental resources into consideration, and I think there was a slight difference between how Y and H calculated parental resources. So you might not get as strong of an offer from H depending on how they calculate finaid.paglababa wrote:HLS is supposed to be more generous than other need based awards from T14 right? I got a pretty generous need based amount from Penn today (they seperately stated an amount for merit and amt for need based, though I don't know how real this distinction is because they only gave me 5k/year for merit...)
Did others receive emails saying fin aid was complete and under review? decisions within 10 biz days
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I received the email as well!paglababa wrote:Ah, well fingers crossed.HorseThief wrote:Maybe. If I remember correctly, UMich doesn't take parental resources into consideration, and I think there was a slight difference between how Y and H calculated parental resources. So you might not get as strong of an offer from H depending on how they calculate finaid.paglababa wrote:HLS is supposed to be more generous than other need based awards from T14 right? I got a pretty generous need based amount from Penn today (they seperately stated an amount for merit and amt for need based, though I don't know how real this distinction is because they only gave me 5k/year for merit...)
Did others receive emails saying fin aid was complete and under review? decisions within 10 biz days
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t-14orbust
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anxiously awaiting what scraps the generous SFS overlords will leave on the tablejaesonko wrote:I received the email as well!paglababa wrote:Ah, well fingers crossed.HorseThief wrote:Maybe. If I remember correctly, UMich doesn't take parental resources into consideration, and I think there was a slight difference between how Y and H calculated parental resources. So you might not get as strong of an offer from H depending on how they calculate finaid.paglababa wrote:HLS is supposed to be more generous than other need based awards from T14 right? I got a pretty generous need based amount from Penn today (they seperately stated an amount for merit and amt for need based, though I don't know how real this distinction is because they only gave me 5k/year for merit...)
Did others receive emails saying fin aid was complete and under review? decisions within 10 biz days
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Pneumonia
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Anyone know what the best source is for apparel? My wife wants a Harvard hoodie and since I'm gonna buy it anyway I'd prefer it not be just a cheap screen print onto thin material. Yes I realize this is a ridiculous question.
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politics89
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There's a coop in the law school building and it has some great stuff. Especially for woman. (Yes, I already scoped it out). Granted this only helps if you can get to campus. They have some stuff online but it's pretty gender neutral and not as nice.Pneumonia wrote:Anyone know what the best source is for apparel? My wife wants a Harvard hoodie and since I'm gonna buy it anyway I'd prefer it not be just a cheap screen print onto thin material. Yes I realize this is a ridiculous question.
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+1 for the Coop. It's got better apparel (not cheapy) than the most of the other Harvard square shopspolitics89 wrote:There's a coop in the law school building and it has some great stuff. Especially for woman. (Yes, I already scoped it out). Granted this only helps if you can get to campus. They have some stuff online but it's pretty gender neutral and not as nice.Pneumonia wrote:Anyone know what the best source is for apparel? My wife wants a Harvard hoodie and since I'm gonna buy it anyway I'd prefer it not be just a cheap screen print onto thin material. Yes I realize this is a ridiculous question.
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Pneumonia
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So if I'm understanding correctly their in-store selection is bigger/better than online, so I should probably just wait until ASW rather than order online? Thanks btw. At my uni the Coop is universally terrible so I wasn't sure how H's was. Glad to know they have good quality stuff.
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politics89
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Agreed. They had a serious lack of good law school stuff in the Harvard Square one though. Pro tip: save your $ for the one actually in the law buildingnabadgelyo wrote:+1 for the Coop. It's got better apparel (not cheapy) than the most of the other Harvard square shopspolitics89 wrote:There's a coop in the law school building and it has some great stuff. Especially for woman. (Yes, I already scoped it out). Granted this only helps if you can get to campus. They have some stuff online but it's pretty gender neutral and not as nice.Pneumonia wrote:Anyone know what the best source is for apparel? My wife wants a Harvard hoodie and since I'm gonna buy it anyway I'd prefer it not be just a cheap screen print onto thin material. Yes I realize this is a ridiculous question.
ETA: I would definitely wait to be on campus rather than order online.
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What kind of swag are they giving out at ASW?
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Pneumonia
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+1 is it hoodies?t-14orbust wrote:What kind of swag are they giving out at ASW?
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JS, it would be extremely difficult to say no to HLS if I had a Harvard hoodie hanging in my closet.Pneumonia wrote:+1 is it hoodies?t-14orbust wrote:What kind of swag are they giving out at ASW?
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Hey guys, so for reasons I don't care to get into, I ban myself from facebook periodically, which means I haven't even looked at the Harvard 2017 fb group.
SO I was just wondering, on this admitted students weekend that's about two days away... are there, like, sleeping arrangements? I should probably know the answer to this by now.
SO I was just wondering, on this admitted students weekend that's about two days away... are there, like, sleeping arrangements? I should probably know the answer to this by now.
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AJS915
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... and then I read page 1. thanks, page 1!
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Pneumonia
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As if getting an @harvard.edu email address isn't already impossibly difficult to say no to.t-14orbust wrote:JS, it would be extremely difficult to say no to HLS if I had a Harvard hoodie hanging in my closet.Pneumonia wrote:+1 is it hoodies?t-14orbust wrote:What kind of swag are they giving out at ASW?
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+1,000Pneumonia wrote: As if getting an @harvard.edu email address isn't already impossibly difficult to say no to.
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Instinctive
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Has anyone used this for anything not related to admissions yet? Every time I think about it the intelligent voice in my head screams "NO. Do NOT be that guy."The-Specs wrote:+1,000Pneumonia wrote: As if getting an @harvard.edu email address isn't already impossibly difficult to say no to.
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TheMostDangerousLG
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If I'm being honest with myself, a sweatshirt will probably be purchased this weekend. I've always wanted to own a school sweatshirt and just never got around to it..t-14orbust wrote:JS, it would be extremely difficult to say no to HLS if I had a Harvard hoodie hanging in my closet.Pneumonia wrote:+1 is it hoodies?t-14orbust wrote:What kind of swag are they giving out at ASW?
But.. it proooobably won't be worn in public outside of Cambridge. I feel like if you wear Harvard garb anywhere else people are going to think you're a tool (and, likely, not a Harvard student). But maybe this is something I just something I need to get over. Thoughts, my beautiful peers?
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Are you gonna / have you emailed them, or is there a time to meet with them on Monday or are you just gonna walk in and see what happens? I don't have the schedule in front of me right now but I also want to meet with someone from SFSwtrc wrote:So I think I am going to try and meet with someone from SFS on Monday (special circumstances re finances etc.). For that I'd prefer to dress up a bit. But I also will feel WAY too gunnery wearing a suit to ASW. What to do, what to do.
