<p>This may seem borderline crazy, but I’ve been checking the Google Analytics on some of the YouTube videos I gave to Harvard through one of my websites, and none of them have views from Massachusetts; also, in checking my website stats, no views from Cambridge, MA (or anywhere in MA for that matter) from either 11/2013 or 12/2013. Does Harvard do a good job of masking this or was the website (or me) just never considered at the full committee level?</p>
<p>Wow you guys have around the same number of pages as the Stanford SCEA 2018 thread</p>
<p>@ckfy63a, I doubt they’d try to mask it. When I submitted my supplement I think I recall that Harvard doesn’t accept video so if you sent it, they probably just didn’t bother watching it. I wouldn’t jump to conclusions and assert that it has anything to do with your application.</p>
<p>What I’m referring to is a website that I linked them to in the activities section that so happens to have embedded YouTube content. According to IP searches, no views/website hits from MA this or last month. They would’ve at least looked at the website (again I gave the link in the activities section of the Common App), right?</p>
<p>@hurricane658, How about physical CD? I sent them a CD couple weeks ago as a supplement. Do they review it?</p>
<p>viphan and ckfy63a: <a href=“https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/application-process/application-requirements/supplemental-application-materials[/url]”>https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/application-process/application-requirements/supplemental-application-materials</a></p>
<p>@Thebeatlestoday: Yes, I reviewed the guidelines before sending the supplement. But I’m quite uneased to hear that the admission committee did not review another applicant’s (ckfy63a’s) supplement.</p>
<p>I think you guys are misinterpreting what my URL leads to. It’s the website for a non-profit informational organization I started. Would that have to be submitted as a supplement? It just shows some of the work we’ve done, which I of course personally discussed in my essay supplements. It just has statistics and whatnot…couldn’t that just be listed as a URL in the activities section??</p>
<p>Let’s put it this way: My application on its own covers everything on the websites I would want admissions to see. But I would think admissions would take a peak to make sure I’m truthful, no (some of the stuff is fairly elaborate)? Enlighten me…</p>
<p>How else would they fact check all the other business and non-profits that pour in?</p>
<p>@ckfy63a: Good guess, but I would think that the admission committee does not have that additional time on its hand to “verify” your information. The fairly dry-cut warning “If you provide false credentials, your admission will be rescinded” serves as a deterrence.</p>
<p>Ah, okay, that makes perfect sense, viphan. I’m relieved now with the IP address/analytics thing. As long as admissions take my essays and activities at face value, then the websites would only be redundant and unnecessary; but I feel good that I placed them in my application for good measure. Thank you!!</p>
<p>Hahaha, I don’t think the admission committee would download IP faker and use it to navigate the URLs its applicants provide. That would be hilarious though.</p>
<p>Well, it’s not even that. At the City Hall where I sit on meetings occasionally, I’ve looked up the IP location and it changes occasionally since it’s corporate WiFi based in the mid-West (I’m on in the West Coast of the United States). So maybe, as a University that inevitably has a ton of devices connected to WiFi, Harvard would have a similar geographically deceptive IP address? Eh, I don’t know, but you’ve put my fears to rest!</p>
<p>@ckfy63a keep in mind that the admissions committee has about 20 minutes maximum to read your application and make a decision. They just don’t have the time to follow links, and definitely won’t watch any videos on any sites. Like viphan said, you’re on your word for everything and they trust you.</p>
<p>Also, admissions officers often print the forms and read them in physical form. If they read them on a computer, it’s still a pdf produced by Common App (known to have many glitches on the receiving end) and the links may not be clickable. Either way, you can’t expect them to have the time to peruse every single thing you send them and to be frank, the amount of information they need to know about your commitment level and leadership to make a decision is very minimal and they really do not care beyond that point. In applications, conciseness is the key.</p>
<p>@viphan, yes they reviewed it. They only don’t accept video supplements (they don’t explicitly say they don’t but DVD is not listed as a format and they ask for audio recordings). So long as it was in strictly audio format, they definitely reviewed it - don’t worry.</p>
<p>Good luck to both of you guys!</p>
<p>@hurricane658: Actually my video supplement was a short film, which met their requirements. Look at the very bottom of the link you posted.</p>
<p>Hello!
Is there anyone who has taken IELTS and sent the scores to Harvard? I just cannot see my IELTS score on the portal and thought of self reporting but there is no space for IELTS, only for TOEFL.
Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>"@ckfy63a keep in mind that the admissions committee has about 20 minutes maximum to read your application and make a decision."</p>
<p>This is just plain untrue. They certainly take longer than 20 minutes to look at an application. Each applications goes through at least a couple officers, then to committee, then to a higher committee.</p>
<p>I can attest to this because I keep running into people at admissions that know a LOT about me just by my name. Kinda flattering, kinda creepy.</p>
<p>ckfy63a:
My friend applied to 20 colleges last year and none of them clicked on his website except for MIT. MIT opens the links you provide and looks at ALL the pages. But it’s not true about other universities. MIT is a winner here.</p>
<p>I have a website for my artworks. I’ve had it for two years and I provided the link in the activities section but no one from MA looked at it. Oh well…</p>
<p>Hi guys! Can’t stand the waiting but it’s almost over. Did anybody see this? It’s a video filmed inside an actual admissions office as they make their decisions. <a href=“College Admissions: Inside the Decision Room - YouTube”>College Admissions: Inside the Decision Room - YouTube;
<p>I think that video reflects terribly on Amherst. Is anyone able to comment on whether the procedure depicted in the video is similar to that used at Harvard or other academically select schools?</p>
<p>I think they’re pretty much similar.
It was kind of scary to watch that video</p>