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skynet · Post by **skynet** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:51 am

lz06 wrote:I don't have access to the admitted students site yet, would someone mind telling me how travel reimbursements work for ASD? Do you need to show receipts, and how much $ do they give? Thanks everyone.

yup. you show receipts. they give you money depending on how far you travel. <500 miles =$75, etc.

c0rpusdelicti · Post by **c0rpusdelicti** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:07 am

IN!!!

Got the call approx. 15 minutes ago, at 6:50 AM on the West Coast. It woke me up and I could not care less.

psychomohel · Post by **psychomohel** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:09 am

c0rpusdelicti wrote:IN!!!

Got the call approx. 15 minutes ago, at 6:50 AM on the West Coast. It woke me up and I could not care less.

Congrats!

booby87 · Post by **booby87** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:23 am

lawyering · Post by **lawyering** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:42 am

[quote="BLi] although i don't know where lawyering was coming from regarding "cultural competency (your "point two", fill us in, lawyering?), your "point one" is wrong.

the fact she is of the female persuasian is already evident in the suffix "a" in "latina". this is the point lawyering is making.

[/quote]

Right. A latina might take offense to being called a "latina woman", just like a lesbian might not want to be called a "lesbian girl". The former shows ignorance about hispanic culture, the latter about lgbt culture. I'm sorry to say but when classifying a human being, it almost never remains solely a linguistic question. (In fact, unless she's specifically labeled herself as lesbian, it's best not to assume/label her yourself).

lz06 · Post by **lz06** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:54 am

c0rpusdelicti wrote:IN!!!

Got the call approx. 15 minutes ago, at 6:50 AM on the West Coast. It woke me up and I could not care less.

Congrats! JR is calling people on a Wednesday??? let the chaos begin.

and thanks booby

very happy to be here

APimpNamedSlickback · Post by **APimpNamedSlickback** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:22 pm

congrats everyone. i hope that you all celebrate in a manner consistent with this achievement's awesomeness (read: get really drunk tonight!!!) and i hope to hang out with everyone next year.

Core · Post by **Core** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:22 pm

lz06 wrote:
c0rpusdelicti wrote:IN!!!

Got the call approx. 15 minutes ago, at 6:50 AM on the West Coast. It woke me up and I could not care less.
Congrats! JR is calling people on a Wednesday??? let the chaos begin.

and thanks booby very happy to be here

Looks like it was only Corpus

(Congrats again Corpus.)

DoubleChecks · Post by **DoubleChecks** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:36 pm

lawyering wrote:
BLi wrote: although i don't know where lawyering was coming from regarding "cultural competency (your "point two", fill us in, lawyering?), your "point one" is wrong.

the fact she is of the female persuasian is already evident in the suffix "a" in "latina". this is the point lawyering is making.

Right. A latina might take offense to being called a "latina woman", just like a lesbian might not want to be called a "lesbian girl". The former shows ignorance about hispanic culture, the latter about lgbt culture. I'm sorry to say but when classifying a human being, it almost never remains solely a linguistic question. (In fact, unless she's specifically labeled herself as lesbian, it's best not to assume/label her yourself).

while i agree on most counts (even the parenthetical statement, though i think context may play an important role here -- none of us were actually IN that room at the time when the woman was speaking), im skeptical that gasja's use of "lesbian girl" was a sign of lgbt cultural ignorance...in fact, i doubt anyone would even view that comment in such a manner (yourself excluded). it seems clear (to me at least) that the phrase was just a slip. nothing more...and im somewhat surprised that you would think otherwise.

agathon360 · Post by **agathon360** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:10 pm

gasja_tearo · Post by **gasja_tearo** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:47 pm

skynet · Post by **skynet** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:49 am

Finaid package via email 7:25 this morning.

Zara · Post by **Zara** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:26 am

skynet wrote:Finaid package via email 7:25 this morning.

wow that's awesome how long ago did you submit all of your documents?

hey stupid question, but i have selective service registration under my list of required documents. I'm a girl so I didn't think I had to do this and there is no link to anything for it. I emailed the financial aid department but they haven't written me back. does anyone know what i'm supposed to do about that document?

skynet · Post by **skynet** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:39 am

Zara wrote:
skynet wrote:Finaid package via email 7:25 this morning.
wow that's awesome how long ago did you submit all of your documents?

admitted pre-thanksgiving; aid doc's in like early/mid feb

FWIW it is a really good package. HLS is awesome.

zbv4 · Post by **zbv4** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 7:06 pm

Does anyone have a general idea of what the schedule is like for the April ASW (perhaps based on the March schedule)? I'd like to go ahead and book flights. Do most people fly up Friday evening or Saturday? What activities are on Monday (I might have to fly back Sunday night)? Any help would be great.

adameus · Post by **adameus** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 12:38 am

zbv4 wrote:Does anyone have a general idea of what the schedule is like for the April ASW (perhaps based on the March schedule)? I'd like to go ahead and book flights. Do most people fly up Friday evening or Saturday? What activities are on Monday (I might have to fly back Sunday night)? Any help would be great.

Things start around 4:30 on Saturday so depending how close you are you can fly in on either friday or saturday. On monday there are some panels about things like clerkships, financial aid, jobs, public service and housing and also a chance to attend a real class. I was pretty worn out by monday and I think you would be fine to miss it and is it wasn't terribly informative.

lz06 · Post by **lz06** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 3:11 pm

To those of you that were admitted a while back what else have you recieved from Harvard other than the admit packet? I'm wondering what I've missed lol. I read a couple pages back and saw people were given the option to be contacted by current students, anything else interesting??

GeePee · Post by **GeePee** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 3:33 pm

Most of those things come through your email account, LZ, not snail mail. Have you set up your email yet, and do you check it?

citydweller09 · Post by **citydweller09** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 4:05 pm

Does anyone know if we have to enroll before we can apply for housing? I keep trying to log in to the application and none of the username/password combinations I've tried seem to work.

Zara · Post by **Zara** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:25 pm

citydweller09 wrote:Does anyone know if we have to enroll before we can apply for housing? I keep trying to log in to the application and none of the username/password combinations I've tried seem to work.

yeah mine don't work either. I think they want your seat deposit first. Where are you planning to live? I'm looking at Gropius or North Hall or perhaps a studio off campus if I can find an affordable one.

by the way is anyone else STILL working on the financial aid package? My mother is taking FOREVER to get me her information. I'm abroad so I can't go to her house and hassle her and there is a 15 hour time difference which makes it hard to call her when I inevitably realize there's yet another piece of missing information that I need from her.

oh well. It doesn't matter when we turn it in as long as it is before the term starts right? Like it won't adversely affect the amount of potential grants or anything will it?

sayan · Post by **sayan** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 3:14 am

Zara wrote:
citydweller09 wrote:Does anyone know if we have to enroll before we can apply for housing? I keep trying to log in to the application and none of the username/password combinations I've tried seem to work.
yeah mine don't work either. I think they want your seat deposit first. Where are you planning to live? I'm looking at Gropius or North Hall or perhaps a studio off campus if I can find an affordable one.

by the way is anyone else STILL working on the financial aid package? My mother is taking FOREVER to get me her information. I'm abroad so I can't go to her house and hassle her and there is a 15 hour time difference which makes it hard to call her when I inevitably realize there's yet another piece of missing information that I need from her.

oh well. It doesn't matter when we turn it in as long as it is before the term starts right? Like it won't adversely affect the amount of potential grants or anything will it?

My parents still haven't had their tax returns done so I'm waiting as well. I hope there isn't decreased funding chances for later applicants

goreman · Post by **goreman** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 6:26 am

Just dropping in to say it feels good to be able to post in this thread. I haven't sent in a deposit yet, but more and more, it's looking like I'll be joining all of you in Cambridge this fall. Look forward to talking more in the future.

clyde_barrow · Post by **clyde_barrow** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:10 am

goreman wrote:Just dropping in to say it feels good to be able to post in this thread. I haven't sent in a deposit yet, but more and more, it's looking like I'll be joining all of you in Cambridge this fall. Look forward to talking more in the future.

congrats!

adameus · Post by **adameus** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:53 am

goreman wrote:Just dropping in to say it feels good to be able to post in this thread. I haven't sent in a deposit yet, but more and more, it's looking like I'll be joining all of you in Cambridge this fall. Look forward to talking more in the future.

congrats! I am also leaning more and more towards Harvard.

DoubleChecks · Post by **DoubleChecks** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 2:30 pm

adameus wrote:
goreman wrote:Just dropping in to say it feels good to be able to post in this thread. I haven't sent in a deposit yet, but more and more, it's looking like I'll be joining all of you in Cambridge this fall. Look forward to talking more in the future.
congrats! I am also leaning more and more towards Harvard.

aww see now im leaning away from Harvard.

haha jk, ill definitely be in Cambridge this upcoming fall, so see you all there!

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