Any success stories with H appeals?

Boondocks
Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:30:17 +0000

As people have said, there is no appeals process at Harvard.

I’ve heard of kids taking a gap year and re-applying to the schools that rejected them the year before, and have never heard of someone getting in the next year at a school that rejected them (Hanna is the first exception I’ve heard of - perhaps he transferred, or did something unbelievable in his years away - be interesting to hear). If you hate all of the schools that have accepted you (and you have some nice options there), take a gap year and apply to some schools that weren’t on this year’s list.

And please bear in mind that it doesn’t begin and end with Harvard or the Ivy League. There are two people who work for one of my clients who went to “average” schools – schools that few people on this board have heard of – and one had earned enough to retire at 48, and the other at age 50. I also know a 34-year-old Rutgers grad who lives in a very low cost of living area who makes $400,000. I can keep citing examples like this, but you get the idea.