<p>Regional refers to where you go to school. I would say that there is no unclassified, because you would be in a particular region when you applied.</p>
<p>@skieurope Thank you! But because the purpose of the regional reading, I suppose, is to apply a specific point of view to applicants from that region - what if their regions are just not definite enough to fit into that point of view?
For ex, I went to 4 different schools during high school – the first two years basically in a country in Southeast Asia where I’m from, the last two years in two different states (Mid-west then South), and now I’m living in none of those regions above. Which region would I be then?</p>
<p>SO is the december 11th date confirmed for Early action notification!?</p>
<p>Does anyone have a breakdown of the regions? </p>
<p>@mimosa26 The purpose of regions is so the AO’s can be familiar with the schools in that particular region. In your case, the region would be where you attended your senior year.</p>
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Harvard admissions. Otherwise, it’s not publicly available, although your GC would/should know who your regional AO is. Admitted students do receive the list of regional AO’s.</p>
<p>All I do now it seems is to just watch Harvard videos on YouTube. Ahh… two more weeks!</p>
<p>^^ After my daughter was admitted, Harvard Admissions sent a handy list of Admissions Officers, their regions and email addresses, in case a student or parent had any questions. Before anyone asks, NO, I won’t PM anyone the list, or let them know their Admissions Director or email address, as: (1) Harvard only releases that information to admitted students and I don’t want to breach protocol, and (2) the list is five years old and I know that several of the AO’s have retired or changed regions. </p>
<p>That said, regions are split up geographically depending upon the number of applications that have been received in the past. So for example: One Admissions Officer covers all of New Mexico, another covers all of Colorado or Wyoming. However, states like California, Texas and New York State are split up into multiple regions: For example, NY State is split up into six regions: (1) Albany, Mid-Hudson & Utica, (2) Buffalo & Rochester, (3) Binghamton, Ithaca & Syracuse, (4) Long Island, (5) New York City, (6) Rockland & Westchester Counties — and each of those regions is then covered by two or more Admissions Directors. </p>
<p>@gibby Just curious but isn’t that information accessible online? There is a Harvard staff directory. Correct me if I’m wrong. I mean you wouldn’t know who it is but it’s there no?</p>
<p>^^ As far as I know, Harvard does not give out that information on-line, as they don’t want prospective applicants to inundate Admissions Officers with questions. (On the other hand, Yale does give out that info on-line.) Unless things have changed, Harvard just has a general contact link, but applicants cannot directly connect with their regional AO. See: <a href=“Contact Us | Harvard”>https://college.harvard.edu/contact-us</a></p>
<p>^Gibby is correct</p>
<p>This is depressing, reading through their process there’s no way an average kid like me will get in. </p>
<p>@entrebusecon don’t say that !! we need to be optimistic and hopeful until the very last moment 
and I’m sure you’re not ‘average’. Actually I believe no one is ‘average’, because it means being “usual and ordinary in kind or character”, but ordinary in comparision with what ? your neighboor ? the president of Venezuela ? The ‘norms’ of society ? Ha ! You’re not ‘average’, you’re not a mathematical entity, you’re a human being and can not be ‘compared’- of course that’s an idealistic point of view (although, I think that the admission process would be slightly more, let’s say, complicated if the harvard admission officers viewed things similarly), but do you get the idea ? You’re unique, my imaginary hamster is unique, everyone is unique. (sounds cliché but it’s true, otherwise life would be quite dull). </p>
<p>@HobbitTon Same here, have you watched On Harvard Time videos? They’re so funny</p>
<p>Yeah, some of them are very funny, although others aren’t really my kind of humor. It’s cool to see a comedy trope at Harvard though.</p>
<p>@Gibby do you know how it works in Latin America? </p>
<p>Guys! If you like historical drama films (or good movies in general), you should see The Imitation Game. I just saw it and it was so incredibly moving. I can’t stop thinking about it. And it’s set in Britain, so it’ll take your mind off of Harvard for two hours. 
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<p>Hello everyone! Just wondering, what did you guys write about for your additional Harvard supplement? I feel like it’s so open-ended… and I had no idea how I could include all that I wanted to inside it. 
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<p>@graceunderfire I wrote an essay about my acting I did in Movies and TV and how it has helped me to be a psychology major in college</p>
<p>I wrote about my research expedition to Greenland and how it shaped my views on science.</p>