<p>I love you guys all Iām on the wait-list too hehe.
So please donāt think of me as a traitor or anything but it looks like Iām going to Yale.
Donāt get me wrong, my heart is definitely at Harvard, but I donāt think my application was good enough to be Harvard material. I sent it in too early so my essay was slightly embarrassing and I didnāt have very great test scores either. (screw test scores I got into Yale lol) </p>
<p>A smart black kid at my school got into Harvard but he is going to MIT so maybe heāll create some room :)) haha </p>
<p>Anyways, just want to let you lucky ones knowā¦ That even though iāll probably be in New Haven, my heart is with you guys (sshh donāt tell anyone). And who knows, maybe Iāll see you guys at the Harvard-Yale game- thatād be fun! But in all seriousness, in the long run, it probably doesnāt matter all that much. Harvardās just another school like the rest of 'emā¦ They have toilets at their school too ROFL. </p>
<p>I agree Cicero. My bet is still a 75% yield with around 75 people accepted off the waitlist! Hope! I am amazed that 100 waitlistees are on CC. That must be at least 15% of the active waitlistees to Harvard. </p>
<p>That sounds about right, but we can always be optimistic and hope for longer. Why does Harvard insist on keeping us waiting though? If Princeton and Yale can get their acts together and start taking people off of the waitlist, why does Harvard have to wait so long, then start deliberating, then finally tell us over halfway through the month? Itās agonizing. And it could go on for so much longer.</p>
<p>I think part of the reason Harvard is one of the last to go to its waitlist is because they avoid the summer melt entirely. Think about it this way; the people who got off of Princeton and Yaleās waitlists and withdrew from Harvard just gave Harvard a larger number of people to accept off of its own waitlist. There is less of a back-and-forth between Harvard and the other top colleges because Harvard just waits for everything to settle down.</p>
<p>Stay strong; weāve already made it through april and almost a third of may. And now, with ap tests almost over, schoolās winding down (or for some people itās already out). The wait wonāt be much longer, and the suspense will all be over.</p>
<p>Yup, weāve made it so far already. Iām a little down about not getting a call from Yale (wait listed there, as well), but what can you do? It keeps hitting me that my chances of getting off Harvardās WL are slim, but itās hard not to fixate on it. Itās always been a dream of mine to go there. But weāve just gotta hang in there for a little while longer. Weāre almost there, I can feel it! I agree with Gunther, whether itās an acceptance or a rejection, Iād really like an answer already so I can find some closure.</p>
<p>Yeah, Iām done with school, looking for a job between now and when camp starts. I just want to either fall more in love with Wash U or know about Harvard. Iām not incredibly anxious or stressed. I guess the right emotion is annoyance. Itās mild, but just enough to peeve me.</p>
<p>Colleges Attending (48 responses / 79 active waitlistees):</p>
<p>1 Caltech
2 Columbia
1 Cornell
4 Dartmouth
1 Duke
1 Emory
3 JHU
1 Mcgill
1 Middlebury
1 Northwestern
1 Notre Dame
1 NYU
1 Oxford
5 Penn
3 Princeton
2 Stanford
2 U.C. Berkley
1 UCLA
2 U. Chicago
1 UNC-CH
1 U. Michigan
2 UMD
1 Vanderbilt
2 Wash U
1 William and Mary
6 Yale</p>
<p>Also, I am not positive if this has been referenced in the general discussion, but waitlist admittance figures may also be subdued a bit due to the matriculation of deferred acceptees who were initially admitted as members of the Class of 2013.</p>
<p>Harvard always comes last in admitting off their waitlists. I agree with the poster who says that they are most likely trying to avoid the summer melt.</p>
<p>@mifune, there are deferred acceptees every year. I am not sure how they factor into the equation precisely. They might be included in the accepted students or factored into the waitlist, I am unsure.</p>
<p>Hey guys, sorry for coming in so late, i hadnāt realized this thread existed. I am currently committed to Johns Hopkins, but certainly keeping my fingers crossed for the big H haha</p>
Iām on the wait-list too hehe.
Weāll show Harvard whatās up! jk</p>