On a waitlist? Anything goes!

Parents Forum
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<p>When it comes to waitlisted students’ pleas, colleges have seen it all: letters, piles of additional recs, but promises of… not to pee on the statue? A local girl thinks it would not hurt to try:</p>

<p>[Tacoma</a> girl sings plea to Harvard, promises not to pee on statue - seattlepi.com](<a href=“http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2011/04/13/tacoma-girl-sings-plea-to-harvard-promises-not-to-pee-on-statue/]Tacoma”>http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2011/04/13/tacoma-girl-sings-plea-to-harvard-promises-not-to-pee-on-statue/)</p>

<p>Will she gets accepted off of the waitlist or not? ;)</p>

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<p>Maybe the Seattle Pi should change its name to the Seattle “Pee”. I’d accept her. It might help “relieve” some of the stodgy persona that comes with the Harvard name.</p>

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<p>Haha, this is great. How could they turn her down now?</p>

<p>-Jess</p>

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<p>I love it!! I really hope they admit her.</p>

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<p>You go girl! (Tacoma native)</p>

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<p>My only concern is we will now have an arms (pee) race between students with more outrageous “threats”.</p>

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<p>I think they have to take her now. If they don’t and this story/video becomes viral, Harvard’s admissions people will have a PR nightmare. People love this kind of stuff.</p>

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<p>She belongs at Smith, not Harvard.</p>

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<p>^ Or maybe Reed.</p>

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<p>Now I’m going to be heartbroken if she doesn’t get in. Thanks for posting the link. Fingers crossed for Grace!</p>

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<p>A friend of mine has this story link on her FB wall! It seems to be getting the attention of the country, so as I said, it could be a PR nightmare if they turn her down now.</p>

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<p>I think it is great and I hope the admit her. I have suggested to some students in the past to compose a song about their wait list school and none of them did so, and so I am glad to see someone did. She was wise to put it on YouTube . You go girl!</p>

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<p>My brother knows her!</p>

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<p>I dunno. Maybe the adcoms are thinking: “This is what she’s like when she’s sober? What happens to us once she attends her first big party?”</p>

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<p>If Harvard takes her now, they’d be encouraging more applicants to post silly things online. Is that desirable or not from a PR point of view?</p>

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<p>I don’t think her video is “silly.” This was just for the wait list and not for regular admissions. However, some schools, like Tufts, allow creative videos like this as part of the application process. I think Grace’s video shows some things about herself (she’s creative, a composer, a singer), while demonstrating interest in the wait list school, not to mention that her lyrics show some knowledge of Harvard traditions. What she did is actually something I have recommended to others who are on a wait list (among several other things they can do for a wait list situation). I bet the adcoms take notice. In a sea of people on the wait list, that’s a good thing. Also, at this point, there is nothing to lose.</p>

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<p>Yes, the video is cute and does demonstrate some knowledge of the university (then again, she’s a legacy and it would be more surprising if she hadn’t heard stories of Harvard). I am wondering if it was a good idea to share it with the entire world at this point in the application process. Would accepting her now send the wrong message to future applicants?</p>

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<p>Actually, as I mentioned earlier, Tufts has the option of this kind of video as part of the regular admissions process. I have seen many such Tufts admissions videos on YouTube. In fact, I recall a year or two ago, one such applicant had a HUGE number of views on her admissions video (it was creative and combined her love of math with dance) and she was admitted.</p>

<p>PS…I hadn’t viewed that video I just referred to in a while but see it now has over 157,000 hits. Her video was in the New York Times, the Huffington Post and other publications. Didn’t seem to hurt her in admissions.</p>

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<p>The video also demonstrates wit, good humor after disappointment, and some nice musical ability. Any school would be lucky to have this kid - her academics must be excellent if she made the Harvard WL. I’m sure she has some nice options. The video’s not silly, but Harvard would be, imo, if it bypasses another chance to accept her.</p>