Harvard 2010! Forum

[crackberry]

Wow, today saw a ton of rejections...

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[Core]

Wow, today saw a ton of rejections...

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Lmao my mistake. Wrong thread.
Today saw some acceptances

[chw]

JR1 email on 1/15. I submitted 12/12 and the date on the status checker for 'under review' is 1/12.

174, 4.14

UCSC - I guess there's hope for us banana slugs after all

JR1 1/20, ~8 minutes
app complete 1/21
JR2 today ~11:30 pst

!!!

[Dignan]

JR1 email on 1/15. I submitted 12/12 and the date on the status checker for 'under review' is 1/12.

174, 4.14

UCSC - I guess there's hope for us banana slugs after all

JR1 1/20, ~8 minutes
app complete 1/21
JR2 today ~11:30 pst

!!!

Congratulations! Go slugs!!

[Zara]

i just went under review today (1/25). looking at other people's posts, it seems that most people who get a JR1 get it within a few days of going complete/under review. so if I don't get one in the next week or so should I expect to be rejected?

[chw]

Congratulations! Go slugs!!

Thank you! I'm in shock, flattered, and very excited. Good luck everyone!

http://www.ucsc.edu/about/campus_mascot.asp

[CoaltoNewCastle]

i just went under review today (1/25). looking at other people's posts, it seems that most people who get a JR1 get it within a few days of going complete/under review. so if I don't get one in the next week or so should I expect to be rejected?

Nah, sometimes it takes longer. I went UR 1/6 and haven't gotten a JR1 yet, but I still think my chances are very good. I hope they are at least, oy.

[Kulax22]

Held a week or two back. Applied in November. No JR1 yet.

So... what the hell does this imply? Do I have a shot? What are they doing with held applicants? When do we hear, judging from previous years? I don't want to wait, to be waitlisted, to finally hear in July or something crazy. I am finally realizing ... this sucks.

EDIT: I will go post this in the Held thread

[Sogui]

Did everyone get an email when they went "under review"?

I didn't get an email but I checked on a whim and apparently I went "under review" on the 22nd.


ETA on the JR1, if I should be lucky enough to get one?

[somewhatwayward]

^
i didn't get an e-mail when i went UR. i just saw when i checked a couple days later. i went UR 11/23 with JR1 e-mail 12/1, and i think a lot of people had longer intervals than that, so don't worry.

[rockchalk86]

Why have I not been dinged yet... UR since 11/20 and clearly out of their range. This giving me hope thing is just getting cruel

[socdep]

Has anyone that has been a "hold" been admitted?

Hold vs. Waitlist; what's the difference?

[4910]

nobody seems to know anything about what happens to the held people at harvard, i have tried searching everywhere

[of Benito Cereno]

nobody seems to know anything about what happens to the held people at harvard, i have tried searching everywhere

holding is basically new this year. they did it some in the past but not on this scale.

[CordeliusX]

nobody seems to know anything about what happens to the held people at harvard, i have tried searching everywhere

holding is basically new this year. they did it some in the past but not on this scale.

I was thinking about this before my ding by H. So what happened last year? Were there less rejections and acceptances coming earlier in the year?

Is this merely a delay tactic (its significance being essential neutral to applicants) or really a "heads up - we're gonna waitlist you" message?

[citydweller09]

Just a heads up to those inclined toward panic, some JR2s appear to be going out today. There have been two so far over on the URM board.

[crackberry]

Has anyone that has been a "hold" been admitted?

Hold vs. Waitlist; what's the difference?

Hold means they haven't made a decision on your application yet. After being held, you will still be either waitlisted, accepted, or rejected by April. Being waitlisted, on the other hand, IS a decision, and means you could be left waiting to hear news until as late as August once the school finds out how many students have decided to matriculate.

Are you sure? The hold email reads:

"These decisions may be made at any time between now and late spring. Unfortunately, it is not possible to predict the next decision on your application or the timing of that decision. If you are facing a deadline with another school, you may want to inform us, but we still may not be able to provide you with definitive information."

"We will make final decisions as soon as possible. However, if you do not hear from us again before mid-April, you may want to reserve a place at another law school while awaiting Harvard?s final decision. Thank you for your patience and your interest. We will contact you as soon as the next decision on your application has been made."

Seems to me like that means they don't have to tell us anything by April.

[of Benito Cereno]

nobody seems to know anything about what happens to the held people at harvard, i have tried searching everywhere

holding is basically new this year. they did it some in the past but not on this scale.

I was thinking about this before my ding by H. So what happened last year? Were there less rejections and acceptances coming earlier in the year?

Is this merely a delay tactic (its significance being essential neutral to applicants) or really a "heads up - we're gonna waitlist you" message?

last year they did basically the same pace of JR1 to Jr2 on a similar scale. However, wait-lists, rejections, and borderline admits were held until march and april. I think the first rejections went out mid-march.

[citydweller09]

Has anyone that has been a "hold" been admitted?

Hold vs. Waitlist; what's the difference?

Hold means they haven't made a decision on your application yet. After being held, you will still be either waitlisted, accepted, or rejected by April. Being waitlisted, on the other hand, IS a decision, and means you could be left waiting to hear news until as late as August once the school finds out how many students have decided to matriculate.

Are you sure? The hold email reads:

"These decisions may be made at any time between now and late spring. Unfortunately, it is not possible to predict the next decision on your application or the timing of that decision. If you are facing a deadline with another school, you may want to inform us, but we still may not be able to provide you with definitive information."

"We will make final decisions as soon as possible. However, if you do not hear from us again before mid-April, you may want to reserve a place at another law school while awaiting Harvard?s final decision. Thank you for your patience and your interest. We will contact you as soon as the next decision on your application has been made."

Seems to me like that means they don't have to tell us anything by April.

Maybe not by "mid-April," but presumably before May starts and the enrollment deadline passes. It wouldn't make sense to leave people on hold past then because as they indicated, a hold in itself is not a decision. And in previous years, held applicants did get their decisions within the later batches, just like everyone else. I've never seen anything anywhere about someone being held and then left in the dark past the enrollment deadline.

[CordeliusX]

last year they did basically the same pace of JR1 to Jr2 on a similar scale. However, wait-lists, rejections, and borderline admits were held until march and april. I think the first rejections went out mid-march.

So most of the hold group = borderline admits of yesteryear?

What I'm trying to ask is that, assuming they have an equal number of applicants as last year, what applicants last year "equal" the hold-group from this year ? Why bother to hold so much now? what has changed?

[of Benito Cereno]

last year they did basically the same pace of JR1 to Jr2 on a similar scale. However, wait-lists, rejections, and borderline admits were held until march and april. I think the first rejections went out mid-march.

So most of the hold group = borderline admits of yesteryear?

What I'm trying to ask is that, assuming they have an equal number of applicants as last year, what applicants last year "equal" the hold-group from this year ? Why bother to hold so much now? what has changed?

well no. The hold group is likely made up of some borderline admits (people who get admitted but just barely and who don't get express lane treatment) and waitlists.

[georgina]

So most of the hold group = borderline admits of yesteryear?

What I'm trying to ask is that, assuming they have an equal number of applicants as last year, what applicants last year "equal" the hold-group from this year ? Why bother to hold so much now? what has changed?

i don't think there's reason to believe anything has changed. i do believe they've been doing holds for years. that lsd link posted somewhere here or on the hold thread showed many many people held 2 years ago.

[CordeliusX]

So most of the hold group = borderline admits of yesteryear?

What I'm trying to ask is that, assuming they have an equal number of applicants as last year, what applicants last year "equal" the hold-group from this year ? Why bother to hold so much now? what has changed?

i don't think there's reason to believe anything has changed. i do believe they've been doing holds for years. that lsd link posted somewhere here or on the hold thread showed many many people held 2 years ago.

That may be true... but I keep hearing this amount of "holding" is unprecedented.

[mockstar]

Why have I not been dinged yet... UR since 11/20 and clearly out of their range. This giving me hope thing is just getting cruel

+1

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