<p>anyone in the same situation here? Does that mean harvard is not considering us?</p>
<p>I’m in the same situation… I’m an international from Romania… I have no idea what it means…</p>
<p>from Jakarta, want an interview, but not so worried about it… when have you guys applied?</p>
<p>last day…</p>
<p>you?</p>
<p>I don’t think it means anything. I thought that I wasn’t going to be able to be interviewed because I live in such a remote place. But I was contacted for an interview just last week. So don’t lose hope! It probably doesn’t mean anything.</p>
<p>lol silversuz! I thought I live in the middle of nowhere! I am from a very small mining town in a crappy county in Romania. So I’m lucky if people don’t ask me if my country is in Africa! lol :))
thanks, silversuz!</p>
<p>hey silversuz1…i am praying it does mean something, more so because my interviewer said some sort of sorting is done before interviewing international applicants…fingers crossed…</p>
<p>are you serious?</p>
<p>^ absolutely serious…that’s what my interviewer said…let’s just pray for the best…</p>
<p>yeah… well, my country is not on the list… so that might be an explanation… who knows…</p>
<p>It does not matter that romania is not on the list. </p>
<p>If you did not get an interview, you were most likely rejected, so I suggest you get used to the idea :P</p>
<p>p.s: this goes for romania only, i don’t know the procedures for other countries.</p>
<p>lol jules13. are you from “Romania” BTW?</p>
<p>I didn’t get an interview yet either, and I’m from the US, near a big city too.</p>
<p>On their site, Harvard specifically states that they try to interview every applicant but, if they an unable to do so, it will not be held against you.</p>
<p>I’ve read that too… I don’t know why Jules13 is so mean…</p>
<p>chopin - </p>
<p>There are people like jules that enjoy putting up posts like that. </p>
<p>I know I saw your profile in the past few days and I recall it being strong. Given that, your main difficulty is just going to be applying as an international. There is a lot of strong competition. With that in mind, relax because you have done everything that you can. If an interview comes it comes and if it does not don’t stress about it. There are over 29,000 applicants this year. A portion will be accepted but an even greater number of equally qualified applicants will have to be rejected.</p>
<p>Yes, I DO get some sort of sadistic pleasure from telling people what I think on the Internet…</p>
<p>Romanian Harvard interviewers have stated several times that interviews (in Romania, once again) are selective and that the people who are offered one are on the admission shortlist. Ergo, no interview, no Harvard :D</p>
<p>hm… and when you post your situation on websites like this waiting for some sort of empathy from people, you can’t always expect a positive reaction. i told you what i think, so you can either believe me or not. after all, it’s your choice.</p>
<p>P.S: it’s not polite to call all the people who disagree with you ‘mean’… just an idea…</p>
<p>It’s not polite to be arrogant and full of yourself either. And it appears to me you DO NOT get the idea of this website… I did not post here to get empathy from people… I live in a small town and therefore have little access to information regarding the U.S. college admision process( except for the Internet, of course), and there are many people on this website who have valuable hands-on information about it… I’m merely trying to paint a better picture of how this process is run by universities…</p>
<p>Btw if you are Romanian, then you must be from Bucharest and you must be either mathematician or physicist…( no prejudice here… just my impression)</p>
<p>What’s more, you actually do seem to be deriving some sort of pleasure from this… and that IS mean!</p>
<p>@ smoda61: I will not let his comment affect me… I have more important things on my mind right now… like a regional olympiad coming up… thanks for the input!:)</p>
<p>Unfortunately, Jules13 DOES have a point. In Romania, Harvard has an interview pre-selection process, as the articles in the links I’ve posted below clearly state. So, not getting an interview here means it’s quite certain they are not considering you anymore.</p>
<p>I’m a Romanian Harvard applicant as well and I haven’t received an interview invitation (although I know of other Romanians who have), and I’m already at peace with my future rejection. It was a shot, I took it, I missed, and I’ll probably take it again in four years’ time, for Grad School.</p>
<p>Here are the links to the stated articles:</p>
<p>[Mike</a> Morris: Harvard e mai mult decat o universitate](<a href=“Wall-Street.ro: ultimele stiri online din economie si afaceri”>Mike Morris: Harvard e mai mult decat o universitate)</p>
<p>This one clearly states in the introduction: “Este important de retinut ca tinerii ce isi depun dosarele de candidatura la Harvard trec printr-o prima etapa de evaluare pentru ca mai apoi, o parte din ei sa ajunga la interviu.”</p>
<p>In English translation, this means “It is important to remember that young people applying to Harvard go through an initial evaluation stage, after which a part of them qualify for an (literally: “make it to the”) interview.”</p>
<p>[Alegeri</a> riguroase la Harvard - InfoNews - Revista Presei, Ziare, Reviste, Gazete](<a href=“http://www.infonews.ro/article2312.html]Alegeri”>http://www.infonews.ro/article2312.html)</p>
<p>This article also states the following: “Anul asta, fix 100 de liceeni si-au incercat norocul la universitatea americana. </p>
<p>Pe 18 dintre ei, Comisia de admitere i-a gasit buni si i-a chemat sa dea piept cu Morris, la Bucuresti. Doar trei dintre ei, crede Morris, se vor pune pe treaba in cel mai rivnit campus american.”</p>
<p>English translation: “This year, exactly 100 high school students tried their luck at the American university (Harvard – my note).</p>
<p>18 of them were found suitable by the Admissions committee and were called to meet Morris, in Bucharest. Only three of them, Morris believes, will study in the most desired American campus.”</p>
<p>As the rest of the bodies of these articles state, interview invitations are not biased by region (you are not in any way disadvantaged by your location, so you may be called for an interview whether you live in Bucharest or in a remote village in the Carpathians, as long as you provide the university with contact details).</p>
<p>I only translated the relevant parts of the articles here, whomever is interested will be able to read them in Romanian on the respective sites (by the way, they’re press articles and they both contain interviews with Mr. Mike Morris, one of the Harvard interviewers in Romania, so they’re pretty credible and accurate, even though a good journalist usually finds three information sources… but I don’t intend to study Journalism, so I will limit myself to two :P).</p>
<p>I don’t think Jules13 was arrogant or anything, he/she probably just wanted to give you a heads-up as to what you should expect. The articles to which I have given you links tend to confirm his point, and I believe his remarks shouldn’t be frowned upon.</p>
<p>You might as well call me malicious too, but remember that I am in the same situation as you momentarily (no interview, likely rejection). Harvard is hard to get into, and even very strong candidates can get rejected. However, I’d like any replies to what I have stated here to also be joined by clear documentation and proof, as I have provided, that should, as much as possible, make reference to the interview situation in Romania, and not the global one (as the articles in the links stated above DO refer to the Romanian situation and not the one in other countries). I am more open to clear and mature debate, with proper arguments and points, rather than personal attacks.</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>