Harvard 2010! Forum

[soullesswonder]

Harvard has my money now, and I'm already preparing to be rejected after TS1. After all, what's the point of failing if you can't do it in as heartbreaking a fashion as possible?

[DoubleChecks]

Not to freak anyone out, but on this date last year, someone on LSN got the email scheduling the TS1.

way to freak me out! maybe JR is taking a bit longer to get them out; besides, it seems like every yr its a few days later haha

no one's gotten a JR1 email yet right?

[triplecats]

No JR1 here. Not that I was very likely to get one, but nonetheless...

[Lmao Zedong]

Not to freak anyone out, but on this date last year, someone on LSN got the email scheduling the TS1.

i'd be curious to know what the acceptance rate is for people who get the TS1 this early in the cycle. i'd speculate that it's extremely high. i'm guessing that if you're already getting one, you are more or less a lock and the interview is mostly a formality at that point

(maybe the interview is mostly a formality for everyone who gets it, who knows. but i'd guess it's more so for people who get them this early)

[DoubleChecks]

Not to freak anyone out, but on this date last year, someone on LSN got the email scheduling the TS1.

i'd be curious to know what the acceptance rate is for people who get the TS1 this early in the cycle. i'd speculate that it's extremely high. i'm guessing that if you're already getting one, you are more or less a lock and the interview is mostly a formality at that point

(maybe the interview is mostly a formality for everyone who gets it, who knows. but i'd guess it's more so for people who get them this early)

no idea about the early part. it would suck to get a JS1 in the first batch and NO JS2...for months. i mean, even if you did get in, that is like half a yr of torment! lol

roughly 800/1100 interviewees get accepted. dont know about this yr as KB said she expected applications to be anywhere between 7400-8000 (7400 was past cycle's total app #...or did she say 7200?).

[triplecats]

Getting a first phone interview but not a second would be very sad, especially if Harvard was your first choice, but on the plus side if you got the call you probably got in somewhere else amazing.

[DoubleChecks]

Getting a first phone interview but not a second would be very sad, especially if Harvard was your first choice, but on the plus side if you got the call you probably got in somewhere else amazing.

shudders at the uncertainty haha

[Kronk]

Just to clarify, that was the email that comes prior to a JR1. I think the person's actual TS1 was two weeks later, and his/her TS2 was a few weeks after that.

[lz06]

What do they usually ask in the phone interviews?

[T14]

What do they usually ask in the phone interviews?

I read through the thread from last year and it seemed like the questions people reported were pretty basic. They were asked to expand on parts of their application or resume, give reasons for choosing Harvard, ask questions about the school etc.

They all seemed to last between 4 and 10 minutes.

[Kronk]

They are informal from the people I've talked to. One person said he and TS just chatted about his senior thesis. I think that they just find interesting things on your resume and ask you to elaborate on them.

[DoubleChecks]

What do they usually ask in the phone interviews?

I read through the thread from last year and it seemed like the questions people reported were pretty basic. They were asked to expand on parts of their application or resume, give reasons for choosing Harvard, ask questions about the school etc.

They all seemed to last between 4 and 10 minutes.

which specific thread was this, if you dont mind me asking

[DoubleChecks]

also curious, do you guys know when the first TS1 emails were sent out last yr? or was there an earlier post in this thread about that?

[Kronk]

Yeah. I mentioned it on the last page of this thread. The earliest one last year was 10/16/2008.

[T14]

What do they usually ask in the phone interviews?

I read through the thread from last year and it seemed like the questions people reported were pretty basic. They were asked to expand on parts of their application or resume, give reasons for choosing Harvard, ask questions about the school etc.

They all seemed to last between 4 and 10 minutes.

which specific thread was this, if you dont mind me asking

Not at all. It was this thread: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... arvard+ts1

[Lmao Zedong]

What do they usually ask in the phone interviews?

I read through the thread from last year and it seemed like the questions people reported were pretty basic. They were asked to expand on parts of their application or resume, give reasons for choosing Harvard, ask questions about the school etc.

They all seemed to last between 4 and 10 minutes.

which specific thread was this, if you dont mind me asking

Not at all. It was this thread: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... arvard+ts1

wow, that's one of the more neurotic threads i've ever had the pleasure of skimming through. hope that doesn't happen to us. inevitable, perhaps

[lz06]

wow, that's one of the more neurotic threads i've ever had the pleasure of skimming through. hope that doesn't happen to us. inevitable, perhaps

haha 34 pages.. intense

[DoubleChecks]

is it weird that i feel a bond of camaraderie w/ everyone that posts in this thread?

maybe working on my thesis for 8 hrs non-stop has fried my brain, but i have this nagging feeling within me that just urges me to ask, can we all be friends? lol

[babaghanouj]

is it weird that i feel a bond of camaraderie w/ everyone that posts in this thread?

maybe working on my thesis for 8 hrs non-stop has fried my brain, but i have this nagging feeling within me that just urges me to ask, can we all be friends? lol

I know exactly how you feel (especially about the thesis, lol)

[T14]

is it weird that i feel a bond of camaraderie w/ everyone that posts in this thread?

maybe working on my thesis for 8 hrs non-stop has fried my brain, but i have this nagging feeling within me that just urges me to ask, can we all be friends? lol

I don't think it's just the thesis. I spent the last eight hours being completely lazy, and I feel the same way. Friends it is!

[Lmao Zedong]

is it weird that i feel a bond of camaraderie w/ everyone that posts in this thread?

maybe working on my thesis for 8 hrs non-stop has fried my brain, but i have this nagging feeling within me that just urges me to ask, can we all be friends? lol

I don't think it's just the thesis. I spent the last eight hours being completely lazy, and I feel the same way. Friends it is!

wowie are you a mega-lock good sir. HLS your #1? if so, i hope to be joining you in cambridge next year

edit: and i'm working on one of those thesis things myself

[Kronk]

I just finished my thesis. Although the final section needs quite a bit of proofreading. Defending two weeks from Wednesday. Good luck everyone!

P.S. I did a bit of LSN research, and the first batch of us that are going to get accepted (or at least interviewed) to Harvard should be getting an email soon. It was the 16th last year for quite a few people, with TS1 on 10/27 or after and TS2 on 11/25.

I AM FREAKING OUT. =)

Not really. But sort of. Love you guys.

[DoubleChecks]

is it weird that i feel a bond of camaraderie w/ everyone that posts in this thread?

maybe working on my thesis for 8 hrs non-stop has fried my brain, but i have this nagging feeling within me that just urges me to ask, can we all be friends? lol

I don't think it's just the thesis. I spent the last eight hours being completely lazy, and I feel the same way. Friends it is!

wow yeah, nice numbers that put mine to shame! lol i hope to see you in HLS next yr too, if we're both lucky (not equally lucky of course, i think i need a lot more of it...so if you can spare some, ill certainly take it )

[DoubleChecks]

I just finished my thesis. Although the final section needs quite a bit of proofreading. Defending two weeks from Wednesday. Good luck everyone!

P.S. I did a bit of LSN research, and the first batch of us that are going to get accepted (or at least interviewed) to Harvard should be getting an email soon. It was the 16th last year for quite a few people, with TS1 on 10/27 or after and TS2 on 11/25.

I AM FREAKING OUT. =)

Not really. But sort of. Love you guys.

yeah, that was thursday 2008 i think, and it seems that a lot of the TS stuff went out on thursdays and fridays last yr (or at least the TS1 emails). im guessing/hoping they come out this upcoming thursday/friday.

[T14]

wowie are you a mega-lock good sir. HLS your #1? if so, i hope to be joining you in cambridge next year

edit: and i'm working on one of those thesis things myself

Thanks for the confidence. Harvard is definitely my first choice if I get accepted. Can't wait until the first emails go out!

wow yeah, nice numbers that put mine to shame! lol i hope to see you in HLS next yr too, if we're both lucky (not equally lucky of course, i think i need a lot more of it...so if you can spare some, ill certainly take it )

Hah, hardly to shame! I doubt they care much once you break 4. I'd say we are basically numbers twins. If I have any extra luck, I will be sure to send it over though.

Well, all this talk of thesis work has made me realize that I can't just sit around forever. Off to work on my own thesis