Harvard Waitlist 2012 Forum

[Doorkeeper]

Congrats!

On an unrelated note, it looks like the decrease in LSAT takers is really hitting Harvard hard. Looking on LSN, they're dipping below their 170 and 3.8 thresholds a lot more than in recent memory. LSN has a 177/3.4 getting in. Crazy.

Hey now, who are you calling crazy???

hahahahaha. Congrats.

I'm just pointing out that Harvard normally hasn't dipped to a 3.4 GPA to help balance their LSAT median in past years. I'm curious as to what's going on differently up there.

[Wonk]

Congrats!

On an unrelated note, it looks like the decrease in LSAT takers is really hitting Harvard hard. Looking on LSN, they're dipping below their 170 and 3.8 thresholds a lot more than in recent memory. LSN has a 177/3.4 getting in. Crazy.

Hey now, who are you calling crazy???

hahahahaha. Congrats.

I'm just pointing out that Harvard normally hasn't dipped to a 3.4 GPA to help balance their LSAT median in past years. I'm curious as to what's going on differently up there.

Thanks! If it helps confusion, I don't believe my median-boosting LSAT was a factor in my getting off the waitlist.

[poe]

Congrats!

On an unrelated note, it looks like the decrease in LSAT takers is really hitting Harvard hard. Looking on LSN, they're dipping below their 170 and 3.8 thresholds a lot more than in recent memory. LSN has a 177/3.4 getting in. Crazy.

As someone with numbers above both of those thresholds, now I feel even worse. Why do you hate me, Harvard?

[Take Two]

Why do you hate me, Harvard?

a very sad +1

[candycat]

JS2 by email today ^_^, stats 172/3.8x not sure how to react but definitely shocked.

[noggo10]

JS2 by email today ^_^, stats 172/3.8x not sure how to react but definitely shocked.

Email? Interesting!

[candycat]

JS2 by email today ^_^, stats 172/3.8x not sure how to react but definitely shocked.

Email? Interesting!

I'm out of the country so email is easier to reach me at

[marcellus]

Congratulations to all the newly admitted off the waitlist! There are so many of you (13 now in this 2nd wave, 43 overall).

Also, you may be able to leverage your Harvard admission to get even more money from the school you pledged to attend. From the article 06132012 linked to:

Applicants should take advantage of the relaxed admissions standards and unusually deep pot of scholarship money while they can — there simply isn't enough money to keep doling out scholarships at this pace every year, said Sophia Sim, associate dean for admissions and financial aid at George Washington University Law School.

http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNL ... &thepage=1

[JournalismToLaw]

When is/was the wait list accepts deposit deadline? Is it July 1st?

[Mista Bojangles]

When is/was the wait list accepts deposit deadline? Is it July 1st?

July 2nd, at least for the first round of WL admits. There's another round that had a later date; forget what it was exactly.

[gameday12]

Its July 2nd for first wave admits and July 10th for mostly everyone accepted after that.

[masked kavana]

Not letting this thread or my hope die

[Take Two]

Not letting this thread or my hope die

I appreciate and wish I shared your optimism haha

[masked kavana]

Hmm July 2nd just came and went hopefully there will be more movement after deposits are due..

[Doorkeeper]

They're still sifting through the deposits, so don't expect anything for the next week or so.

[hypothalamus]

So I just left the HLS admissions office with the inevitable reply, "we don't know, people have been admitted in the past up to two weeks before the start of classes. It's up to you when you sign a lease agreement in another city."

at least I didn't leave my name!

[Take Two]

So I just left the HLS admissions office with the inevitable reply, "we don't know, people have been admitted in the past up to two weeks before the start of classes. It's up to you when you sign a lease agreement in another city."

at least I didn't leave my name!

haha its the small victories!

[jetissent]

So I just left the HLS admissions office with the inevitable reply, "we don't know, people have been admitted in the past up to two weeks before the start of classes. It's up to you when you sign a lease agreement in another city."

at least I didn't leave my name!

haha its the small victories!

I didn't realize you two were both over here keeping the excitement up for the HLS WLers!

I'm still hanging on the list too--sent a LOCI a bit back. Here's hoping and good luck!

[Take Two]

So I just left the HLS admissions office with the inevitable reply, "we don't know, people have been admitted in the past up to two weeks before the start of classes. It's up to you when you sign a lease agreement in another city."

at least I didn't leave my name!

haha its the small victories!

I didn't realize you two were both over here keeping the excitement up for the HLS WLers!

I'm still hanging on the list too--sent a LOCI a bit back. Here's hoping and good luck!

Haha Harvard, temptress that she/he (gotta be pc haha) is, seems I can't let go, as bad as the longing is for me!

best of luck to you as well! (though I suspect Columbia will be a bit of a darker place without ya!)

[hypothalamus]

Well, on a positive note, I aced the SAT verbal back in the day. Today, this is my source of pride

#dontletthethreaddie

[soj]

Well, on a positive note, I aced the SAT verbal back in the day. Today, this is my source of pride

#dontletthethreaddie

I was all about the new writing section. The only time I was rewarded for being a grammar nazi.

[Doorkeeper]

Well, on a positive note, I aced the SAT verbal back in the day. Today, this is my source of pride

#dontletthethreaddie

I was all about the new writing section. The only time I was rewarded for being a grammar nazi.

I fucking hated that section. Near perfect on the other two, but that section threw my score out of whack (relatively speaking).

[snehpets]

Well, on a positive note, I aced the SAT verbal back in the day. Today, this is my source of pride

#dontletthethreaddie

I was all about the new writing section. The only time I was rewarded for being a grammar nazi.

I fucking hated that section. Near perfect on the other two, but that section threw my score out of whack (relatively speaking).

I kind of sucked at all three (relatively speaking). I kind of wish I'd studied or taken a class or something, but it's also weird to think of going to a different undergrad, so maybe not.

[pupshaw]

I took the SAT before the third section was added. I guess I'm super old.

[potl]

I took the SAT before the third section was added. I guess I'm super old.

Same. My understanding though is that most colleges still primarily focus on the math/verbal sections (and maybe view the writing section in the same way that they would an SAT II writing score). But I'm a bit removed from that stuff now.