Harvard C/O 2019 Applicants Forum

[Hildegard15]

We need another wave of JS2s to go out so I can change the poll!

Can the next poll be about the type of school people are from - e.g. Ivy, Top 20, state school, international etc? I'm from a no-name local college, and it's really cool to see that half the people here and on the FB page seem to be from Ivy or Top 20 universities.

Same here!

Y'all are stifling my creativity by requesting boring polls

[tflan19]

I feel like there is a good chance we'll see JS2s tomorrow since it looks like there are a ton of JS1s the following two weeks and they'll be tied up? I'm sure its just my wishful thinking though.

[mdnyc]

I feel like there is a good chance we'll see JS2s tomorrow since it looks like there are a ton of JS1s the following two weeks and they'll be tied up? I'm sure its just my wishful thinking though.

I very much want that to be true (evident by my morning mantra of,"Today is the day I get into Harvard"). The evidence for an early January round: all of that "around the new year" talk we heard in our JS1s.

There's evidence against (they have had an early Jan round in a few years), but I'll just ignore that.

[cantorb]

We need another wave of JS2s to go out so I can change the poll!

Can the next poll be about the type of school people are from - e.g. Ivy, Top 20, state school, international etc? I'm from a no-name local college, and it's really cool to see that half the people here and on the FB page seem to be from Ivy or Top 20 universities.

Same here!

Y'all are stifling my creativity by requesting boring polls

My creative ideas would be instantly removed...

[Schneidersbetter]

Hey, long time lurker here. Just out of curiosity, what happens if you miss the JS2 phone call? Do they leave a message, or email you, or both?

[yes_plz1868]

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[procell]

Hey, long time lurker here. Just out of curiosity, what happens if you miss the JS2 phone call? Do they leave a message, or email you, or both?

Both I'm pretty sure. Email might come one day later, at least that's what happened in the first wave this cycle.

[Schneidersbetter]

Hey, long time lurker here. Just out of curiosity, what happens if you miss the JS2 phone call? Do they leave a message, or email you, or both?

Both I'm pretty sure. Email might come one day later, at least that's what happened in the first wave this cycle.

Thanks! I guess I shouldn't get greedy, but getting in while I'm out of the country next week would be nice

[Schneidersbetter]

Hey, long time lurker here. Just out of curiosity, what happens if you miss the JS2 phone call? Do they leave a message, or email you, or both?

I have no idea what the answer to your question is, but, is your username a NJ Devils reference or am I completely misinterpreting that one?

Perfectly interpreted, though I made it slightly less opaque than Corysbetter

[yes_plz1868]

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[clurrburr]

Hey, long time lurker here. Just out of curiosity, what happens if you miss the JS2 phone call? Do they leave a message, or email you, or both?

I have no idea what the answer to your question is, but, is your username a NJ Devils reference or am I completely misinterpreting that one?

Perfectly interpreted, though I made it slightly less opaque than Corysbetter

Haha. Love those rare moments when you recognize a fellow Devils fan in the wild. Good luck with everything.

+1 Devils fan over here how appropriate we're in the Harvard thread since they're playing Boston tonight!

[coldmonkey13]

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[Schneidersbetter]

I have no idea what the answer to your question is, but, is your username a NJ Devils reference or am I completely misinterpreting that one?

Perfectly interpreted, though I made it slightly less opaque than Corysbetter

Haha. Love those rare moments when you recognize a fellow Devils fan in the wild. Good luck with everything.

+1 Devils fan over here how appropriate we're in the Harvard thread since they're playing Boston tonight!

Just wanted to gloat as the resident Habs fan.

Wow, with gods help looks like we will have quite the Devs fan club is Boston next year! We will have to get to a game at the real (TD) Garden.

Good luck, and LGD!

[newb90]

Hi all - first time poster here, so please excuse the ignorance. I went complete on 10/21 but have yet to see any change in the Status Checker since then. Basically everywhere else I have applied, I have at the very least had one update, or even heard back. Is this abnormal for Harvard, as in I should perhaps consider checking in with admissions, or should I not be surprised by this? Or, (hopefully not), does it mean they took one look at my application, laughed, and put it at the bottom of the pile to look at in March? Any insight would be much appreciated, so thanks in advance.

[doobleykah]

Hi all - first time poster here, so please excuse the ignorance. I went complete on 10/21 but have yet to see any change in the Status Checker since then. Basically everywhere else I have applied, I have at the very least had one update, or even heard back. Is this abnormal for Harvard, as in I should perhaps consider checking in with admissions, or should I not be surprised by this? Or, (hopefully not), does it mean they took one look at my application, laughed, and put it at the bottom of the pile to look at in March? Any insight would be much appreciated, so thanks in advance.

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[oliverotis]

Hi all - first time poster here, so please excuse the ignorance. I went complete on 10/21 but have yet to see any change in the Status Checker since then. Basically everywhere else I have applied, I have at the very least had one update, or even heard back. Is this abnormal for Harvard, as in I should perhaps consider checking in with admissions, or should I not be surprised by this? Or, (hopefully not), does it mean they took one look at my application, laughed, and put it at the bottom of the pile to look at in March? Any insight would be much appreciated, so thanks in advance.

Status checker only updates when decision is made, the only other movement you'll see is if you get an interview request (which shows up in the mailings section). Good luck!

[oliverotis]

sigh. really thought today could be the day.

[meowmers]

sigh. really thought today could be the day.

i always, and probably erroneously, hold out hope until the very end of the work day. 30 more minutes of tantalizing silence

[Hildegard15]

Clearly the HLS adcoms want to see this poll get to 200 votes before they send out another wave of JS2s. Let's make it happen!!

the upbeat nature of this post is just hiding my utter disappointment

[jetsfan1]

At this point I've woken up every weekday/non-holiday morning since 12/8 thinking the second round of JS2s would come that day. So it's kind of a relief to say that I've now officially given up hope. They are never coming.

But, you know, on second thought it's only when you stop expecting JS2s that they actually come...

So logically, that means the next round will be Monday, right?

right?

please?

[mdnyc]

At this point I've woken up every weekday/non-holiday morning since 12/8 thinking the second round of JS2s would come that day. So it's kind of a relief to say that I've now officially given up hope. They are never coming.

But, you know, on second thought it's only when you stop expecting JS2s that they actually come...

So logically, that means the next round will be Monday, right?

right?

please?

Nope, by suggesting that given that you've lost hope, JS2's will come Monday, you've indicated some expectation that they'll come Monday. Now we have to wait until an unexpected future date.

(Hopefully this nullified your expectation)

[QuentonCassidy]

At this point I've woken up every weekday/non-holiday morning since 12/8 thinking the second round of JS2s would come that day. So it's kind of a relief to say that I've now officially given up hope. They are never coming.

But, you know, on second thought it's only when you stop expecting JS2s that they actually come...

So logically, that means the next round will be Monday, right?

right?

please?

Nope, by suggesting that given that you've lost hope, JS2's will come Monday, you've indicated some expectation that they'll come Monday. Now we have to wait until an unexpected future date.

(Hopefully this nullified your expectation)

This is it. This is officially the post that snapped what little remained of my sanity.

[jetsfan1]

At this point I've woken up every weekday/non-holiday morning since 12/8 thinking the second round of JS2s would come that day. So it's kind of a relief to say that I've now officially given up hope. They are never coming.

But, you know, on second thought it's only when you stop expecting JS2s that they actually come...

So logically, that means the next round will be Monday, right?

right?

please?

Nope, by suggesting that given that you've lost hope, JS2's will come Monday, you've indicated some expectation that they'll come Monday. Now we have to wait until an unexpected future date.

(Hopefully this nullified your expectation)

This is it. This is officially the post that snapped what little remained of my sanity.

Yeah that's sort of the paradoxical point haha. You can only have hope when all hope is gone.

Oh and QC, glad I could help ya get to where I already am...

[Li'l Sebastian]

What percentage of acceptances come from off the waitlist?

[cantorb]

Clearly the HLS adcoms want to see this poll get to 200 votes before they send out another wave of JS2s. Let's make it happen!!

the upbeat nature of this post is just hiding my utter disappointment

More likely they're just waiting for choice 1 to be leading.