<p>[Harvard</a> College Admissions § Applying: International Interviews](<a href=“http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/international/interviews.html]Harvard”>http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/international/interviews.html)</p>
<p>" If the country you are applying from is listed in the following group, you are in an area where we have a limited number of interviewers compared to the number of requests/applications we receive. So, applicants in those countries will only be contacted after their application materials have been received and processed by the Admissions Office"… </p>
<p>This is the diplomatic way to tell that if you come from these countries, you are gonna get interview only if you are good enough… (prescreen scenario)</p>