***Official Harvard Class of 2012 Waitlist Thread*** - Page 67

ewho · 05-18-2008, 03:49 PM

Correct me if I am wrong. Harvard is taking off those who are going to Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT.

JohnC613 · 05-18-2008, 03:51 PM

^^anyone from Ohio?
some one on here mentioned one person getting off from Ohio
but in general, it seems the midwest has been pretty quiet

White_Rabbit · 05-18-2008, 03:51 PM

Not in my case, University of Chicago.

ewho · 05-18-2008, 03:52 PM

Sorry, including Chicago.

1nkbl0tch · 05-18-2008, 03:54 PM

@ewho,

I don't think it matters. Several people were taken off who were going to schools other than the ones you mentioned.

Also, if that were the case, acceptance calls are long overdue for many of us :P

[edit] on a side note, does anyone know how many regional reps FL has?

JohnC613 · 05-18-2008, 03:55 PM

ewho, there also seem to be a lot of Dukies on the Harvard WL. A few Browns as well.
I'm going to Emory. My thought process was, if I don't get into Harvard/Yale, I'm not going to bother shelling out tuition for any other school for undergrad, so I'm just going to someplace where I can get it for free

GenericXD · 05-18-2008, 04:01 PM

I hope that admitting two people from NJ does not mean they will not admit any more from the region.

Central Jersey and still waiting.

art_star · 05-18-2008, 04:03 PM

IvyMom: add that i'm from NYC. again, i don't know anyone who has heard, but it would suck if they decided not to take anyone from this area, though

Remember, this is only the first week they've start to admit people from the WL. My guess is that they've admitted around a 100 kids so far. I know it's hard to watch many people here get admitted while you're still in the dark, but there's still quite a few days until the end of May, where "most of the decisions will be made."

I'm very anxious about this whole situation, as I'm sure all of you are. But it's Harvard, so I don't count on an acceptance, but I don't count it out either.

matador360 · 05-18-2008, 04:10 PM

i hope harvard will release another statement soon about where they are in the process. maybe we'll see something by the beginning of this week. i really hope NOT to receive anything in the mail this week, because it would likely be a rejection letter if they have finished the first wave.

slots777 · 05-18-2008, 04:10 PM

ewho - i know one was going to princeton and the other i believe was going to a top-ranked LAC but im not sure which one

Sequoia · 05-18-2008, 04:11 PM

I would like some feedback on a situation, and which, I believe, has pretty much taken my D out of the running.
H emailed D's GC last week, GC called my D in and wanted her answer regarding a potential decision. D expressed that the family would have to consider any offer very carefully...finaid etc, other issues. GC expressed her stance that if H were to give her a place she'd have to accept otherwise GC would lose her credibility. She wanted answer at that time, response to H would depend on it, and D could not give it. So GC wrote H saying only that D "showed continued interest" nothing more..one sentence email.
This has been on my mind as I think a response could have been more carefully crafted.
Am I making too much of it? D really wants to have the opportunity IF she were indeed to be considered.

Waitingggggggggg · 05-18-2008, 04:21 PM

Can someone add me to the list too. I've been posting, but I never put my name on the list. I'm from Westchester County in New York so that can go on too.

vivzee · 05-18-2008, 04:32 PM

add me on too, southern california

standbyme · 05-18-2008, 04:44 PM

Sequoia,
I find the situation you described very disturbing. Molly also earlier reported a call from a Harvard rep fishing for information about whether she would accept or not BEFORE making the offer. This seems unethical, or at least makes a farce of the "yield" statistics. It is a high stake game for these ivies and Harvard appears to be losing to Stanford this year so far-- are they strategically admitting only those who they think (or they LEARN) will accept?

It seems your daughter is being honest, and being in a "healthy" place--you should be proud of her. May 1 has passed and what is healthy for everyone is to move on psychologically, be thinking about the place they have committed to. Being ambivalent about Harvard at this point is a pretty healthy stance, since all odds are still against folks on the waiting list. It seems as though what Harvard and your guidance counselor were asking your daughter to do is to move to a state of mind which is not in her own best interest UNTIL she has the offer, and that's not fair.

I would definitely talk to your GC about this. Is this the kind of behavior your school expects from Harvard? And the whole idea of your GC having a "relationship" with Harvard, that reeks of bias in the process as well. The old "old boys network" stuff, the privileged stay privileged.

This "fishing" should not be allowed because it artificially inflates yield stats AND it isn't good for the students.

Is there more evidence out there about this pre-admit "fishing" by Harvard reps?

nell_ann · 05-18-2008, 04:52 PM

^^^They might want to strategically admit those who will accept to make the process go faster, but it has nothing to do with yield. Harvard gets to claim a 100% yield from its waitlist admits, because a waitlist offer of admission is CONTINGENT on acceptance. Theoretically, a college could accept its entire class from the waitlist and have 100% yield.