Paper Application

Colleges & Universities Harvard University
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<p>Does Harvard discourage paper applications?</p>

<p>I am doing EA elsewhere and according to weird new Common Application rules, NO changes can be made to the application once I submit it somewhere. That means for us EA applicants, our applications are set in stone in October 15. </p>

<p>I find this quite restricting. I’d like to be able to improve my essay, and other parts of my application by January, plus who knows if I get a new award or something, or something special that I should add?</p>

<p>Therefore it seems the only option is paper application… is this highly discouraged? I don’t want to annoy the adcoms by using it…</p>

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<p>Unless the common application has totally changed in the past two years, you should be able to delete all schools but one and send, and then follow that process by sending to one school at a time.</p>

<p>This worked for my kid. That being said, my kid sent in a paper application two years ago and they certainly did not care.</p>

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<p>I would hope you are right, though I believe they changed the policy this year and decided that the application itself will be locked once you send it to any one partner institution. :-/ This isn’t really a good situation for EA/ED students.</p>

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<p>You might want to call the admissions office.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/utilities/electronic_resources/apply_online/index.html[/url]”>http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/utilities/electronic_resources/apply_online/index.html&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>So at the cost of filling out a different form, you could keep your Harvard application separate from the applications you file with the Common Application.</p>

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<p>The “different” form being Universal Application?? Or paper?</p>

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<p>i think he meant the Universal App.</p>

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<p>Yes, the new Universal Application.</p>

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<p>Celita: Call the admissions office and ask if they accept the paper application. Many kids feel more comfortable actually holding it in their hands and then sending it off. However, some schools, like Columbia, are adamant that they want online applications.</p>

<p>The Universal Application is a good alternative if you don’t mind applying online.</p>

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<p>I applied to Harvard via paper application and was accepted. (Class of 2010)</p>