one jr1-hold was accepted last week. he retook the lsat in december, and the boost put him into auto-admit numbers.socdep wrote:I HAVE STOPPED looking at the shenanigans on this Forum for some time; but write to ask if any "holds" have been accepted. You get accepted by 8 of 9 top tens (with money) that you apply to; and Harvard sits back and plays games ("holds" ???).
The Harvard "bearishness" sets in....
what the heck is a Harvard "hold" bear?socdep wrote:Thank u......
.....still have become a Harvard "hold" bear in light of how I've seen every other top school deal in a straightforward fashion with admissions.
I just got a JR1 email today.... 
Wow, I think that's the first one on TLS in quite a while!!! Good luck!dream wrote:Hi everyone.
So I'll join this thread.
Wow... Starting from when I saw the email with harvard.edu to now....I feel like crying from shock and joy and he hasn't even called yet!
mind sharing your numbers and dates?dream wrote:Hi everyone.
So I'll join this thread.
Wow... Starting from when I saw the email with harvard.edu to now....I feel like crying from shock and joy and he hasn't even called yet!
They are in their post history. Those numbers look awfully familiar.virginiagirl55 wrote:mind sharing your numbers and dates?dream wrote:Hi everyone.
So I'll join this thread.
Wow... Starting from when I saw the email with harvard.edu to now....I feel like crying from shock and joy and he hasn't even called yet!
Were you held??zbv4 wrote:JR1 e-mail this morning. Had been complete since late November.
Whoa. Congrats, and probably the longest gap on here!zbv4 wrote:JR1 e-mail this morning. Had been complete since late November.
No. Hadn't heard anything since complete e-mail.maggiebre wrote:Were you held??zbv4 wrote:JR1 e-mail this morning. Had been complete since late November.
There goes my security blanket. Oh well, congratulations on getting a JR1! Fingers crossed that I'll get one some day...dream wrote:Thank you^^
my numbers:163, 173, 4.0 (lsdas)
they received my app:1-19-10
under review:2-10-10
complete email: Mia
Good Luck everyone!
Hmm, well congrats on the JR1!zbv4 wrote:No. Hadn't heard anything since complete e-mail.maggiebre wrote:Were you held??zbv4 wrote:JR1 e-mail this morning. Had been complete since late November.
On the other hand, when we've seen applicants get unexpectedly held/rejected with a decent GPA and a high LSAT (175-180), it almost always turns out that the LSAT was a retake. Although it's clear that Harvard is not strict about using the LSAT average, I think it's also clear that they take retakes into account. At a minimum, they seem to count a lower first score as a negative soft factor.crackberry wrote:Harvard definitely does not average LSAT scores.
I got an early JR1 with a 161 and a 169. Then again, I never got a JR2...
