<p>Oh, isn’t it old stuff? :p</p>
<p>@harvard00, I tried but it didn’t work. What should I put in “Please enter your access code:”?</p>
<p>@nomatterwhat You need to set your access code on the site :)</p>
<p>Thank you @calliemoon11. I got a code! All it shows is if your SATs are there, right?</p>
<p>@nomatterwhat And contact information, but yes, that’s it for me.</p>
<p>Anyway so far I’ve applied to several schools. I have to say Harvard application system and the way they notify the applicants is the best organized. </p>
<p>@nomatterwhat This is probably an unpopular opinion, but I actually dislike the notification process. I’d much rather get a mailed decision than an emailed one. I just feel like it’s so much more memorable tearing open the envelope than it is seeing the email notification pop up on my iPhone screen. I remember my sister opened one of hers and they had a beautiful acceptance package thing.
But then again, this way is quicker…</p>
<p>@calliemoon11 Is there anything on the other status portal that is not on the other? I am confused by the fact that there are two.</p>
<p>@Melissawilliams I believe if you are accepted then Harvard will send you a nice letter with all the brochures and papers congratulating you and persuading you to matriculate.</p>
<p>@nomatterwhat I have to agree—Harvard’s portal is by far the best. </p>
<p>@youngster9 I’m confused, too! It doesn’t seem to be any different. O.o</p>
<p>@Melissawilliams I agree that it’s wonderful to have the tangible letter in your hands, but I can’t imagine the agony of standing by my mailbox every day in anxiety and uncertainty while other people are already receiving their decisions across the world! (I live quite far from Massachusetts!)</p>
<p>@calliemoon11 if you have submitted sat scores multiple times it shows all of them instead of just the first one you submitted </p>
<p>I feel so anxious for you all lol</p>
<p>@emenya Where are you applying? Best of luck to you!</p>
<p>@Melissawilliams Accepted applicants receive notification by mail in addition to the email.</p>
<p>For people applying to other places (everyone, I hope), what colleges have difficult supplement essays/ questions? Has anyone applied to MIT or Yale?</p>
<p>Also 100 pages by December may be a CC Harvard SCEA thread record.</p>
<p>ALSO this video is hilarious (Andy Samberg Harvard Class Day speech) <a href=“Andy Samberg Class Day || Harvard Commencement 2012 - YouTube”>Andy Samberg Class Day || Harvard Commencement 2012 - YouTube;
<p>I’m so nervous for the decisions only one person in my school’s history got accepted to Harvard</p>
<p>You guys are writing about such amazing things! (Sorry, this topic was a few pages back and I haven’t checked this thread in awhile.) 
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<p>@calliemoon11, I wrote about something pretty non-quirky/ordinary, just my experiences last summer as a SIMR intern, and tying that into my extracurricular interests. </p>
<p>@Karabekian, Stanford has some pretty tough ones! Princeton too, but haven’t looked at them too thoroughly yet. I’m also applying to both MIT and Yale, both of which have some tricky questions. </p>
<p>@Karabekian The Yale application is quite lengthy compared to the Harvard supplement, and with some pretty thought-provoking questions, but nowhere near as long as the Stanford supplement (11 questions total). The UChicago supplement is also pretty long and involved, and it’s also quite out-of-the-box. And looking at EA threads for other colleges, I think it may be an EA thread record anywhere on CC!</p>