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04-09-2008, 03:46 PM
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#31 | | New Member
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| Me, too (son). How do you deal with the deadline to respond to an admit and yet be able to take advantage of getting in off a waitlist? Can you do both - say yes to an admit and then if Harvard says yes to you, tell the admit you changed your mind? | 
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04-09-2008, 06:19 PM
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#32 | | Junior Member
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| yes, you're supposed to put your deposit down and enroll at another institution by may 1, and if the waitlist offers you a spot then you can accept it. you'd just lose your deposit | |
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04-09-2008, 08:07 PM
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#33 | | Junior Member
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| Duke for now!! I'm really excited about it though.
Just curious, if you call Harvard admissions and ask them about the waiting list size, will they just refuse to tell you? | |
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04-10-2008, 02:32 PM
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#34 | | Junior Member
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| i think we can be pretty sure that the size of the waitlist is at least 1000, possibly as many as 1500 | |
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04-10-2008, 04:26 PM
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#35 | | New Member
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| The waitlist is supposedly big this year (according to the sheer number of kids I know who are waitlisted and the assurance of my guidance counselor), but it is also probably going to be a decent year to be getting off because of the economy and students enrolling elsewhere for better fin aid. And I am going to Dartmouth! | |
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04-10-2008, 04:38 PM
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#36 | | Member
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| ^ I'd still expect the yield to be around 70-75%. There really aren't many schools with better financial aid programs than Harvard's. | |
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04-11-2008, 06:27 AM
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#37 | | Junior Member
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| I'm hoping for a yield of no more than 80%. At 80%, (if I'm doing my math correctly), they may take 100 students. At least it wouldn't feel totally futile. | |
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04-11-2008, 11:02 AM
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#38 | | Junior Member
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| Well whatever happens will be a surprise for all of us.
I plan on going to UCLA or Cal, both of which I am very fortunate to be accepted into =]. My eyes are already set for both schools and I am having difficulties choosing between them.
But if I get off the waitlist and into Harvard, it will be an extra super rush of ecstasy for me.  | |
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04-11-2008, 02:31 PM
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#39 | | Member
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| Gadli
Emmabelle (son)
didgeridoo08
Christopher546
CollegeMom08 (daughter)
ppruks
mayday
braaap
ohioguy218
dwindlelights
blueberri89
alohasam89
Remi10001
mj<3
CNI
Moonofdeath
kat41911
APLinke
aristotle1990
Does anyone know whether Harvard checks third quarter/second semester grades of those waitlisted? | |
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04-11-2008, 03:16 PM
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#40 | | Member
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| They wouldn't be able to. Usually students would finish near June, and by that time, apparently most of the waitlist decisions will be made, and people will be notified if they got off the waitlist. | |
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04-11-2008, 09:34 PM
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#41 | | Junior Member
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Emmabelle (son)
didgeridoo08
Christopher546
CollegeMom08 (daughter)
ppruks
mayday
braaap
ohioguy218
dwindlelights
blueberri89
alohasam89
Remi10001
mj<3
CNI
Moonofdeath
kat41911
APLinke
aristotle1990
drnoeyedea | |
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04-12-2008, 02:53 PM
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#42 | | Junior Member
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| Concerning 2nd semester grades-- even if you are accepted off the waitlist, you must have your gc send the Final Report - which includes a final transcript with end of the year grades, and final comments from your g.c. | |
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04-12-2008, 03:57 PM
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#43 | | New Member
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| Are you all sending in new material to Harvard in hopes of getting off the waitlist? and if so, what kinds of materials are you sending? | |
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04-18-2008, 03:42 AM
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#44 | | Junior Member
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| after harvard waitlisted me, i was really upset for a few days...but then i visited princeton and stanford and fell in love with their campuses and undergrad programs. i definitely like pton and stanford's campus a LOT better than harvard's. i think harvard will be better for me as graduate school.
so i officially declined my waitlist yesterday.
harvard isn't everything. | |
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04-18-2008, 06:33 AM
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#45 | | Junior Member
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| that's great perpetualmotion, congratulations! | |
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