Harvard C/O 2019 Applicants Forum

[reyn5603]

Also WL'ed earlier today.
177 / 3.9 (K-JD)
Submitted mid-Dec. no JS1
Figured I should check in since I've pretty much decided it's Harvard or bust for me this cycle and it looks like I'll be riding this one out for awhile. Good luck everybody!

[LifeGoals]

Waitlisted today, no JS1. Hoping for some Waitlist JS1s during april.

[bezmialem]

Anyone else with no waitlist today?

[SpikeSeagull]

Anyone else with no waitlist today?

Me me me

[CerealMilk]

Anyone else with no waitlist today?

Me me me

Same here...at least in 24 hours we'll know either way!

[bezmialem]

Anyone else with no waitlist today?

Me me me

Same here...at least in 24 hours we'll know either way!

Just one more day. Did either of you have interviews?

[obxt]

i'm taking the WL decision a lot harder than I expected. I always knew H was a long shot but getting the JS1 got my hopes up way way high, and now it feels like wow, i was one of the worst candidates they interviewed, and that's really killing me.

Don't take it too hard! I too JS1'd only to get WL'd, and it stings, but I think it happens to a lot of people and doesn't mean they just hated your face...

sigh thanks everyone. going to go drown my sorrows in tequila and ice cream now.

[williamtell]

how do you know definitely in 24 hours. Do they guarantee something by April 1???

[CerealMilk]

how do you know definitely in 24 hours. Do they guarantee something by April 1???

No guarantee but during my interview they said they would tell us by April 1st (at least for those interviewed in February)

[berek]

Me waiting for my waitlist/rejection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IddP8AAIGTQ

[itookthelsat]

Does this mean that if we don't get waitlisted today without a JS1, we'll get rejected?

Interested in this as well....

[thestruggle]

Does this mean that if we don't get waitlisted today without a JS1, we'll get rejected?

Interested in this as well....

Me too... Been complete since November. No js1 and huge reverse splitter

[robertwabisabi]

Checking in to the thread. Waitlist via email, no interview.

Submitted: 1/15/2016
Received: 1/15/2016
Complete: 1/28/2016
Decision: 3/30/2016

[kr2]

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[justakicker]

Waitlisted today, no JS1. Hoping for some Waitlist JS1s during april.

Does anyone know when waitlist JS1s start going out? And generally how many waitlisted applicants get JS1s/how many of these turn into acceptances?

[birdstheword]

"and then they came for me"

Waitlisted without an interview.

this is art

[Hildegard15]

New poll!

[SpikeSeagull]

Does this mean that if we don't get waitlisted today without a JS1, we'll get rejected?

Interested in this as well....

Me too... Been complete since November. No js1 and huge reverse splitter

No JS1, still waiting since early Dec., mild splitter. If it's a rejection tomorrow I'm gonna be pissed. Like seriously? Why wouldn't you do it earlier?!?

EDIT: woke up to a waitlist, as expected.

[lawkward]

Waitlist offer just came in. 3.7/179 with no JS1.

[puppy]

Waitlisted a little after 7 this morning. 174/3.9x, applied 1/31, ready 2/17, no JS1.

Best of luck to everyone still holding on!

[HugsNotDrugs]

Good morning everyone, just got my WL email. 172/ 3.86 but I got a 171 on the Dec test so that might be the only score they're considering (retook in Feb after their deadline). Went complete on 1/23, no JS1. Does anybody have a good idea of what percentage of WL recipients ultimately get JS1s/ JS2s?

[frasier]

174/3.6
Went complete 2/17, and nothing since.

Given all the wait list action, is it most likely that I'm rejected?

[berek]

Checking in with the WL squad. <25th GPA, >75th LSAT - pleased as punch to still keep a toe in the arena. My Hamilton ding verse will have to sit on the shelf for at least a few months.

As for folks wondering about odds off the waitlist/timing, the waitlist thread from last year is a good read. Vast majority of WL movement historically occurs by around May 15 -> May 22, then sometimes another "wave" in June, and after that the odds are slim (in late summer you're just counting on someone getting pulled off the Y/S waitlists, or getting a crazy job or fellowship and deferring, or, like, dying).

Someone crunched the numbers, and last year it roughly 20% of TLS folks on the waitlist received an eventual offer, skewed very slightly in favor of folks with pre-WL JS1s. People are also occasionally dinged from the waitlist, both before and after JS1s, in June, July, and early August.

[HugsNotDrugs]

Checking in with the WL squad. <25th GPA, >75th LSAT - pleased as punch to still keep a toe in the arena. My Hamilton ding verse will have to sit on the shelf for at least a few months.

As for folks wondering about odds off the waitlist/timing, the waitlist thread from last year is a good read. Vast majority of WL movement historically occurs by around May 15 -> May 22, then sometimes another "wave" in June, and after that the odds are slim (in late summer you're just counting on someone getting pulled off the Y/S waitlists, or getting a crazy job or fellowship and deferring, or, like, dying).

Someone crunched the numbers, and last year it roughly 20% of TLS folks on the waitlist received an eventual offer, skewed very slightly in favor of folks with pre-WL JS1s. People are also occasionally dinged from the waitlist, both before and after JS1s, in June, July, and early August.

Thanks! I'll check out the waitlist thread. Still waiting on Y/S as well as Penn and Chicago, got accepted to NYU and UT, interviewed with Columbia last week and interviewing with Georgetown today. Fingers crossed.

Also, a special shout-out to my boyfriend; he reminded me this morning that even getting waitlisted at Harvard is pretty cool.

[markaneota]

It seems that there's an unusually high number of splitters waitlisted this cycle. Not sure what that means.