Harvard 2012 applicants (class of 2015) Forum

[curiouscat]

No activity today...?

Calm before the storm? We're just about due for the first round of rejections.

[Elendil]

No activity today...?

Calm before the storm? We're just about due for the first round of rejections.

Yeah, I've got my money on rejections tomorrow or Friday and then hopefully another round of KB1s for next week... fingers crossed!

[thelong]

So, up until the score release, I didn't even think an app to Harvard was a hail mary. But, I performed well on the December LSAT and plan to send in my app tomorrow.

So, hey everyone! I'm here to enjoy the neurotic admissions wait with you.

[mickeyD]

Congrats on that 177! Amazing.

[thelong]

Congrats on that 177! Amazing.

I'm so happy! I missed three on games somehow and was sure I aced it. It would have been my 180. But, on the flipside, I only missed three on RC, and that was my make or break section so...

[WhiteGuy5]

Congrats on that 177! Amazing.

I'm so happy! I missed three on games somehow and was sure I aced it. It would have been my 180. But, on the flipside, I only missed three on RC, and that was my make or break section so...

Sounds like you're a failure...how dare you even show your face in this thread?

[Elendil]

So, up until the score release, I didn't even think an app to Harvard was a hail mary. But, I performed well on the December LSAT and plan to send in my app tomorrow.

So, hey everyone! I'm here to enjoy the neurotic admissions wait with you.

Congratulations and good luck!

[thelong]

Congrats on that 177! Amazing.

I'm so happy! I missed three on games somehow and was sure I aced it. It would have been my 180. But, on the flipside, I only missed three on RC, and that was my make or break section so...

Sounds like you're a failure...how dare you even show your face in this thread?

So TTT.

I just submitted my app! I wish I was saying this in September!

!

ETA: Thanks Elendil. I'll take all the luck I can get.

[Take Two]

I just submitted my app! I wish I was saying this in September!

!

If its any consolation we are more or less in the same boat numbers wise (Below 25th gpa and at or in your case above! 75th LSAT) and I was passed over despite applying much earlier. Seems they have been targeting high GPAs the first half of the cycle. My hope hope is that they will go after some splitters once they see how the drop in applicants shakes out. Course I have a vested interest in that being true so take it as you will haha

[crumpledq]

My hope hope is that they will go after some splitters once they see how the drop in applicants shakes out.

Yes, please.

[thelong]

I just submitted my app! I wish I was saying this in September!

!

If its any consolation we are more or less in the same boat numbers wise (Below 25th gpa and at or in your case above! 75th LSAT) and I was passed over despite applying much earlier. Seems they have been targeting high GPAs the first half of the cycle. My hope hope is that they will go after some splitters once they see how the drop in applicants shakes out. Course I have a vested interest in that being true so take it as you will haha

Exactly, haha. I can't help but be a little angry at my younger self. Then again, if I had my eye on law school back then I probably would have had more of a motivation to keep my GPA up. Of course, being awful at French didn't help net 4.0s.

I just have to keep my hopes down as I understand that it's going to be really tough with a 3.5. I don't think I'm special-snowflake enough to really put the odds in my favor so, like you, I'm hoping we get some splitter love due to a decrease in applicants and LSAT takers this cycle.

[mickeyD]

Sadly there has not been a single documented case of this "splitter-love" phenomenon at HLS this cycle. (traditional splitters)

[Take Two]

I just submitted my app! I wish I was saying this in September!

!

If its any consolation we are more or less in the same boat numbers wise (Below 25th gpa and at or in your case above! 75th LSAT) and I was passed over despite applying much earlier. Seems they have been targeting high GPAs the first half of the cycle. My hope hope is that they will go after some splitters once they see how the drop in applicants shakes out. Course I have a vested interest in that being true so take it as you will haha

Exactly, haha. I can't help but be a little angry at my younger self. Then again, if I had my eye on law school back then I probably would have had more of a motivation to keep my GPA up. Of course, being awful at French didn't help net 4.0s.

I just have to keep my hopes down as I understand that it's going to be really tough with a 3.5. I don't think I'm special-snowflake enough to really put the odds in my favor so, like you, I'm hoping we get some splitter love due to a decrease in applicants and LSAT takers this cycle.

Haha we are the same person! two years of required french pretty much shot me in the foot!

Best of luck!

[Take Two]

Sadly there has not been a single documented case of this "splitter-love" phenomenon at HLS this cycle. (traditional splitters)

haha well arent you a ray of sunshine!

[thelong]

I just submitted my app! I wish I was saying this in September!

!

If its any consolation we are more or less in the same boat numbers wise (Below 25th gpa and at or in your case above! 75th LSAT) and I was passed over despite applying much earlier. Seems they have been targeting high GPAs the first half of the cycle. My hope hope is that they will go after some splitters once they see how the drop in applicants shakes out. Course I have a vested interest in that being true so take it as you will haha

Exactly, haha. I can't help but be a little angry at my younger self. Then again, if I had my eye on law school back then I probably would have had more of a motivation to keep my GPA up. Of course, being awful at French didn't help net 4.0s.

I just have to keep my hopes down as I understand that it's going to be really tough with a 3.5. I don't think I'm special-snowflake enough to really put the odds in my favor so, like you, I'm hoping we get some splitter love due to a decrease in applicants and LSAT takers this cycle.

Haha we are the same person! two years of required french pretty much shot me in the foot!

Best of luck!

Oh man. I took it as a cognate requirement (minor) outside of the college or arts and letters. If I stayed for one more semester I would have had a degree in French as well. Ugghhhhh poor choices. A whole six semesters of an average 3.0 in French.

Oh well!

[snehpets]

Sadly there has not been a single documented case of this "splitter-love" phenomenon at HLS this cycle. (traditional splitters)

haha well arent you a ray of sunshine!

Haha. Fortunately for you all, that sort of thing would likely come later in the cycle, no? The fact that it hasn't happened yet isn't necessarily a bad sign.

[caminante]

So, is it just me or is waiting for a possible KB2 after having a KB1 almost as painful as waiting for the LSAT score release? I have been pretty relaxed waiting for decisions up until now... I'm totally distracted at this point.

[mickeyD]

Sadly there has not been a single documented case of this "splitter-love" phenomenon at HLS this cycle. (traditional splitters)

haha well arent you a ray of sunshine!

Haha. Fortunately for you all, that sort of thing would likely come later in the cycle, no? The fact that it hasn't happened yet isn't necessarily a bad sign.

No, you're totally right. Even for URMs it has only been high LSATs. As a URM splitter who has lived on LSN, the data is pretty clear in showing that H takes a handful of URM splitters each year, but not a single one has been admitted on TLS/LSN. So it's a good possibility that they're waiting for the pool to finish shaking out before they let us (or any non-URM) splitters in. To be honest its probably a more encouraging sign that they haven't taken any (that we know of), because it lends a little support to this theory. The most I can hope for is a hold next week and that the LSAT pool shakes out to be weaker than they expected (though thelong surely isn't helping Jk)

[freestallion]

So, is it just me or is waiting for a possible KB2 after having a KB1 almost as painful as waiting for the LSAT score release? I have been pretty relaxed waiting for decisions up until now... I'm totally distracted at this point.

+1 I was completely useless after my KB1. I got passed over and kept looking at all the statistics and past threads for people who got a KB1 but no KB2, kept replaying my interview in my head (and each time it sounded more horrible, lol). But don't worry! I know it's not much consolation right now, but with your numbers, you will get in

[nametaken]

Complete e-mail today. Was UR 12/20. Praying for a KB1.. does anyone have a guess as to how long it would take for me to find out if i'm getting one? Thanks!

[MissElphaba]

Complete e-mail today. Was UR 12/20. Praying for a KB1.. does anyone have a guess as to how long it would take for me to find out if i'm getting one? Thanks!

Same here!

[PopTorts13]

Complete e-mail today. Was UR 12/20. Praying for a KB1.. does anyone have a guess as to how long it would take for me to find out if i'm getting one? Thanks!

Same here!

Same here as well. Fingers are crossed!

[caminante]

So, is it just me or is waiting for a possible KB2 after having a KB1 almost as painful as waiting for the LSAT score release? I have been pretty relaxed waiting for decisions up until now... I'm totally distracted at this point.

+1 I was completely useless after my KB1. I got passed over and kept looking at all the statistics and past threads for people who got a KB1 but no KB2, kept replaying my interview in my head (and each time it sounded more horrible, lol). But don't worry! I know it's not much consolation right now, but with your numbers, you will get in

Thanks, freestallion! I keep looking at the stats as well, which I realize is pointless and I should just be productive, but that just doesn't seem to be possible!

Complete e-mail today. Was UR 12/20. Praying for a KB1.. does anyone have a guess as to how long it would take for me to find out if i'm getting one? Thanks!

For me it was a little less than 2 weeks from the complete email until the KB1 email... I have no idea what the average timeline is. From glancing at last year's data on LSN it seems like people who submitted mid to late- November (like me) had an average of a 2 month wait between submitting and getting a final decision.

Not that any of this info helps with the waiting! haha

[nametaken]

So, is it just me or is waiting for a possible KB2 after having a KB1 almost as painful as waiting for the LSAT score release? I have been pretty relaxed waiting for decisions up until now... I'm totally distracted at this point.

+1 I was completely useless after my KB1. I got passed over and kept looking at all the statistics and past threads for people who got a KB1 but no KB2, kept replaying my interview in my head (and each time it sounded more horrible, lol). But don't worry! I know it's not much consolation right now, but with your numbers, you will get in

Thanks, freestallion! I keep looking at the stats as well, which I realize is pointless and I should just be productive, but that just doesn't seem to be possible!

Complete e-mail today. Was UR 12/20. Praying for a KB1.. does anyone have a guess as to how long it would take for me to find out if i'm getting one? Thanks!

For me it was a little less than 2 weeks from the complete email until the KB1 email... I have no idea what the average timeline is. From glancing at last year's data on LSN it seems like people who submitted mid to late- November (like me) had an average of a 2 month wait between submitting and getting a final decision.

Not that any of this info helps with the waiting! haha

Haha true, but thank you! Good to know I will continue refreshing my e-mail every 10 minutes and crossing my fingers!

[Tom in Ohio]

So, is it just me or is waiting for a possible KB2 after having a KB1 almost as painful as waiting for the LSAT score release? I have been pretty relaxed waiting for decisions up until now... I'm totally distracted at this point.

+1 I was completely useless after my KB1. I got passed over and kept looking at all the statistics and past threads for people who got a KB1 but no KB2, kept replaying my interview in my head (and each time it sounded more horrible, lol). But don't worry! I know it's not much consolation right now, but with your numbers, you will get in

Thanks, freestallion! I keep looking at the stats as well, which I realize is pointless and I should just be productive, but that just doesn't seem to be possible!

Complete e-mail today. Was UR 12/20. Praying for a KB1.. does anyone have a guess as to how long it would take for me to find out if i'm getting one? Thanks!

For me it was a little less than 2 weeks from the complete email until the KB1 email... I have no idea what the average timeline is. From glancing at last year's data on LSN it seems like people who submitted mid to late- November (like me) had an average of a 2 month wait between submitting and getting a final decision.

Not that any of this info helps with the waiting! haha

My (very limited) personal experience is that there is no typical time frame with HLS admissions. I was complete for well over a month before I received my KB1 yet received my KB2 the following day (best Christmas present ever!). Also, if the data on LSN were 100% predictive, I'd be waiting for a KB1 for eternity.

In other words, I am living proof that HLS is not completely numbers driven, and there is hope for everyone. Hang in there!