The Harvard Waitlist Waiting Room 2014 Thread

qizixite · May 26, 2010, 12:29am

Nickwasy: I know exactly what you mean about college preference. Also, I received the same form response when I submitted my first update so we should be fine.

Welcome! I’m putting college of matriculation in brackets. Please state your own and I’ll add it!

If your name is in bold PLEASE come out and say hi so we can confirm that you are remaining on the waitlist! Thanks! More people should come out and join us!

152 people so far; 132 for sure–20 unknown
6 Probably Accepted; 77 in Limbo (not including 20 unknown); 49 Rejected;
Of the 77 in limbo, 35 are confirmed and 42 are possibly still waiting
3 Probable ■■■■■■. Posts: [1188, 1189, 1439 (in the waitlist success thread)]

accepted (6):
*Adhbhs [Brown] *
*Collegeahh28 [MIT] *
*Hoomaikai [U. Chicago]<a href=“International”>/I</a> gap year 
Sdedalus [Columbia]
*Soophie [Princeton]<a href=“International”>/I</a>
*Joedirt131 [M.I.T.] *

denied (49):
Acedyou92 [U. Penn] …denied…
Ancalagon4554 [Vanderbilt] …denied…
Astrophy918 (NY) …denied…
Az1506 [Yale] …denied…
Back2ca [Stanford] …denied…
Boggler [TX] math, science, music [U. Penn] …denied…
Cali4me [U.C. Berkeley] …denied…
Chichibi (SoCal) [UCLA] …denied…
Cicero_oratore (MA) physics/math [JHU] …denied…
Collegebound34 [U. Penn] …denied…
DreamHigh91 …denied…
Enoughalready [Northwestern] …denied…
Fuzzyfirebunny [Yale] …denied…
Gcall1090 ¶ [William and Mary] …denied…
Geoindy [U. Penn] …denied…
Goodluck1 [Yale] …denied…
Guitar01 (FL) [Columbia] …denied…
GuitarPlayer6516 [Emory] …denied…
Gunther6456 (NJ) english [WashU] …denied…
Handlebars (SoCal) [U.C. Berkeley] …denied…
Harvard1983 [Boston College] …denied…
Harvardalummom [Notre Dame] …denied…
Harvardwaitlist international asian male …denied…
Hillsongfan [Yale] …denied…
Hobofishead (TX) [WashU] …denied…
Icelands0 [Columbia] …denied…
Iluv11alot (MD) [Princeton] …denied…
ItchyTorso (Switzerland) …denied…
Lincoln12 daughter going to [NYU] w/$$ …denied…
Maxgoettler (Germany) [Oxford] …denied…
Meowmix0669 [Dartmouth] …denied…
Mikezy (Australia) [U. Melbourne] …denied…
Msauce [Yale] …denied…
Pappa1 (NYC Suburbs) [JHU] …denied…
Plumazul hispanic, piano, premed [UMD] …denied…
Pooooh intl., needs F.A. [gap yr/ community col.] …denied…
Reach4thestars45 [Princeton] …denied…
Rubin95 [Dartmouth] …denied…
Sanguinity [Middlebury] …denied…
Semeia [Boston College] …denied…
Senioryralready? …denied…
SeriasB (Florida) [Yale] …denied…
Simplywaiting (GA) [Emory] …denied…
Tibet000000 [Dartmouth] …denied…
Verbosely [Columbia] …denied…
Vicariousparent [Yale] …denied…
Vikroz (MI) cello, science [Hillsdale College] …denied…
Wildcat343 [Duke] …denied…
Ynd1234 [Harvey Mudd] …denied…

Confirmed still waiting (35):
2014Harvard
Bell9079 [U. Penn]
Camomwhere2go [UCSD]
Carolightning [Northwestern]
Catcan
Courteau91 [Williams]
Dan92 [Yale]
DoleWhip [Upenn, Wharton]
Dx1992 [Emory]
Fatstraw [NYU Stern]
Fenwaylover [Duke]
Floridahopeful [Princeton]
Harvardwannabe4 (TX)
Hhopeful2 [U. Penn]
HurtLocker (So. Cal) well-rounded, psych, history
Impossibleisfun (MA)
Jdog34 (NY) [Georgetown]
JenRocket
Karmak
Latida [U. Texas]
Neapolitan
Nickwasy (MI) math/physics [U. Michigan]
Noaflora (NY) [U. Penn]
NYPrepster [Georgetown]
Passiongirl [Wellesley]
Pretzellogic [Williams]
Qizixite (Northeast) mathy subject [U. Chicago]
RedlinetoHarvard [Dartmouth]
Robs561
Serendipityyy [Yale]
Soccerspaz1245 [Yale]
Stressed23 [Northwestern]
Turgond
Whatpencil [Cornell]
Withallmyhearttx [Yale]

A mixture of unconfirmed extended waitlist OR rejection (42):
1337pi [JHU]
141113
AliceMunro [U. Penn]
Beefinbj (US citizen abroad) trilingual [Mcgill]
CalPeg [U.C. Berkeley]
Carolyssme [Dartmouth]
ClamzoniofRI Well-rounded, Biochem. Tenor Voice
Code h – probably will stick with his other college
Daffodils
Derivate [Cambridge or Princeton] {Pton for tally}
Douglasc66 [Vanderbilt]
Dsalazar6608 [Upenn, Wharton]
Dukeatreides (Northeast) [U. Chicago]
Fluffysheep (IN) well-rounded, science [Dartmouth]
Fraudulence
Goodenough (CA) [Princeton]
Goyankees1219 ¶ history
Jaylay [JHU]
JBK151 [Stanford]
Jihyuni09
Jlederluis [Caltech]
Journeverte (Texas)
KRNpro (WA) well-rounded, humanities [Cornell CAS]
Lawyer101
Macarenaps (Peru) well rounded
MorganSimone (NJ) [Princeton]
Mrbopalop1 (WI)
Nathanct (Connecticut) [U. Conn]
Navanna [U. Penn]
Orkinman [Caltech med. Scholar to USCD med. School]
Otsuns [U.C. Berkeley]
Quince
Raving (SC) [Princeton]
Soi56starz [Cornell]
SouthKP
Tharp993 (Western NY) [Stanford]
Titan10 – interested in engineering [Notre Dame]
Tracyxxx [U. Chicago]
U59slf [Amherst]
Wanderer101
Wick123 [Notre Dame]
Zachboy

Unknown (assumed to not be a part of the data set) (20):
2014ss
999999
**Ayeeeconnie **
BigBalla
Blissfulting
Dee1000
Djokovik
FightTheTide11
ForHarvard
grouptheory
HongLong86
Idiosyncra3y
KWWBoarder
NCDanceMom
Rtgrove123
Scull
Status123
**TheYankInLondon **
Tony1337
xxLAJxx

Colleges Attending (96 responses / 126 active waitlistees):
1 Amherst
2 Boston College
2 Caltech
4 Columbia
3 Cornell
6 Dartmouth
2 Duke
3 Emory
2 Georgetown
1 Harvey Mudd
1 Hillsdale College
4 JHU
1 Mcgill
1 Middlebury
2 MIT
3 Northwestern
3 Notre Dame
2 NYU
1 Oxford
11 Penn
7 Princeton
3 Stanford
4 U.C. Berkeley
1 U.C.S.D
1 U.C.L.A.
4 U. Chicago
1 U. Conn
1 U. Melbourne
1 U. Michigan
1 UMD
2 Vanderbilt
2 Wash U
1 Wellesley
1 William and Mary
2 Williams
10 Yale

Last Year:
16 reported being accepted by 05-26-2009, post #1053. Everyone who was accepted from the thread heard on the 19th, 20th, and 21st which was a Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. This was probably the first wave.

Next wave seemed to happen on the 12th of June with about 6-10 more students from the thread accepted from the 14th to the 29th of June.

In last year’s thread the Z-list acceptances were scattered and seemingly random (although probably based on hooks which are impossible to confirm).

HurtLocker · May 26, 2010, 12:55am

As always, we are in Qizixite’s debt.

JenRocket is right. We need a new subtopic. Summer plans is a good one. Or how about Summer Haikus! Better yet, explain the Lost Finale. That will keep us busy for weeks.

qizixite · May 26, 2010, 1:17am

NOOOOOOOOO Don’t talk about the Lost finale. A few years ago I got stuck on season 3 and I plan on finishing it sometime soon… Hopefully…

And guys, you can stop complimenting me. I appreciate it but am doing it for my sake just as much as I am doing it for yours.

I recently saw a game called hit/miss. If the statement applies to you, write “hit.” Otherwise write “miss.” Either way, add a new statement.

For example, “I have been to over twenty states.”
“Hit”
Now its your turn;
My favorite ice cream store/place is not a major brand (like ben & jerrys)

simplywaiting · May 26, 2010, 3:15am

I keep checking on everyone, it seems I have gotten addicted even after my daughter’s turn down. Good luck again to all of you. My daughter is finally looking for a room mate and planning shopping at the Container Store and Ikea. I hope all of you have a great year where ever you end up!

plumazul · May 26, 2010, 1:24pm

qizixite,

Turns out the salutatorian at my high school is still on the (extended) waitlist. She does not wish to post here but if you want to list her we could call her “plumasfriend”. She currently plans to attend the UMd Clark School on a full scholarship … hang in there everyone.

qizixite · May 26, 2010, 4:13pm

Thanks for saying high Plumazul. I’ll add your friend to the list.

Random question: does anyone know how many actual days of high school one is required to have? I’m sure it varies by state, but I just realized that I spend less than half of my year actually in school. Strange!

gunther6456 · May 26, 2010, 4:46pm

It’s supposed to be 180 in New Jersey, but my private school manages with about 160. And less for seniors.

impossibleisfun · May 26, 2010, 9:00pm

haha, i love that the more we pay for school the less we have to go.
do they require a certian number of “school” days for home schooled kids too? i always wondered how that worked…

as for the rest of us 180 is the national average, and states all have requirements ranging either above or below, except for minnesota, which doesnt feel inclined to set silly requirements and therefore has none for the number of days per year or hours per day. go minnesota!

and qizixite “My favorite ice cream store/place is not a major brand (like ben & jerrys)” is a hit, local places are so much better than tubs you by at stop and shop.

qizixite · May 26, 2010, 9:45pm

impossibleisfun, if you say hit/miss you need to say another statement.

isn’t it strange that going to school is our job yet we only have to be there for half of the year? What a great job.

iluv11alot · May 26, 2010, 11:52pm

At least for me, school is more than a 9-5 job (I don’t get out until 5:30), and with homework and studying it’s probably more than 8 hours a day for many people. Also, one key difference: you get paid for going to your job, so it makes sense to go there often :)

qizixite · May 27, 2010, 12:50am

Sorry for my typo two posts back!

Another update:

Welcome! I’m putting college of matriculation in brackets. Please state your own and I’ll add it!

If your name is in bold PLEASE come out and say hi so we can confirm that you are remaining on the waitlist! Thanks! More people should come out and join us!

153 people so far; 133 for sure–20 unknown
6 Probably Accepted; 78 in Limbo (not including 20 unknown); 49 Rejected;
Of the 78 in limbo, 36 are confirmed and 42 are possibly still waiting
3 Probable ■■■■■■. Posts: [1188, 1189, 1439 (in the waitlist success thread)]

accepted (6):
*Adhbhs [Brown] *
*Collegeahh28 [MIT] *
*Hoomaikai [U. Chicago]<a href=“International”>/I</a> gap year 
Sdedalus [Columbia]
*Soophie [Princeton]<a href=“International”>/I</a>
*Joedirt131 [M.I.T.] *

denied (49):
Acedyou92 [U. Penn] …denied…
Ancalagon4554 [Vanderbilt] …denied…
Astrophy918 (NY) …denied…
Az1506 [Yale] …denied…
Back2ca [Stanford] …denied…
Boggler [TX] math, science, music [U. Penn] …denied…
Cali4me [U.C. Berkeley] …denied…
Chichibi (SoCal) [UCLA] …denied…
Cicero_oratore (MA) physics/math [JHU] …denied…
Collegebound34 [U. Penn] …denied…
DreamHigh91 …denied…
Enoughalready [Northwestern] …denied…
Fuzzyfirebunny [Yale] …denied…
Gcall1090 ¶ [William and Mary] …denied…
Geoindy [U. Penn] …denied…
Goodluck1 [Yale] …denied…
Guitar01 (FL) [Columbia] …denied…
GuitarPlayer6516 [Emory] …denied…
Gunther6456 (NJ) english [WashU] …denied…
Handlebars (SoCal) [U.C. Berkeley] …denied…
Harvard1983 [Boston College] …denied…
Harvardalummom [Notre Dame] …denied…
Harvardwaitlist international asian male …denied…
Hillsongfan [Yale] …denied…
Hobofishead (TX) [WashU] …denied…
Icelands0 [Columbia] …denied…
Iluv11alot (MD) [Princeton] …denied…
ItchyTorso (Switzerland) …denied…
Lincoln12 daughter going to [NYU] w/$$ …denied…
Maxgoettler (Germany) [Oxford] …denied…
Meowmix0669 [Dartmouth] …denied…
Mikezy (Australia) [U. Melbourne] …denied…
Msauce [Yale] …denied…
Pappa1 (NYC Suburbs) [JHU] …denied…
Plumazul hispanic, piano, premed [UMD] …denied…
Pooooh intl., needs F.A. [gap yr/ community col.] …denied…
Reach4thestars45 [Princeton] …denied…
Rubin95 [Dartmouth] …denied…
Sanguinity [Middlebury] …denied…
Semeia [Boston College] …denied…
Senioryralready? …denied…
SeriasB (Florida) [Yale] …denied…
Simplywaiting (GA) [Emory] …denied…
Tibet000000 [Dartmouth] …denied…
Verbosely [Columbia] …denied…
Vicariousparent [Yale] …denied…
Vikroz (MI) cello, science [Hillsdale College] …denied…
Wildcat343 [Duke] …denied…
Ynd1234 [Harvey Mudd] …denied…

Confirmed still waiting (36):
2014Harvard
Bell9079 [U. Penn]
Camomwhere2go [UCSD]
Carolightning [Northwestern]
Catcan
Courteau91 [Williams]
Dan92 [Yale]
DoleWhip [Upenn, Wharton]
Dx1992 [Emory]
Fatstraw [NYU Stern]
Fenwaylover [Duke]
Floridahopeful [Princeton]
Harvardwannabe4 (TX)
Hhopeful2 [U. Penn]
HurtLocker (So. Cal) well-rounded, psych, history
Impossibleisfun (MA)
Jdog34 (NY) [Georgetown]
JenRocket
Karmak
Latida [U. Texas]
Neapolitan
Nickwasy (MI) math/physics [U. Michigan]
Noaflora (NY) [U. Penn]
NYPrepster [Georgetown]
Passiongirl [Wellesley]
Plumazul’s friend [UMD]
Pretzellogic [Williams]
Qizixite (Northeast) mathy subject [U. Chicago]
RedlinetoHarvard [Dartmouth]
Robs561
Serendipityyy [Yale]
Soccerspaz1245 [Yale]
Stressed23 [Northwestern]
Turgond
Whatpencil [Cornell]
Withallmyhearttx [Yale]

A mixture of unconfirmed extended waitlist OR rejection (42):
1337pi [JHU]
141113
AliceMunro [U. Penn]
Beefinbj (US citizen abroad) trilingual [Mcgill]
CalPeg [U.C. Berkeley]
Carolyssme [Dartmouth]
ClamzoniofRI Well-rounded, Biochem. Tenor Voice
Code h – probably will stick with his other college
Daffodils
Derivate [Cambridge or Princeton] {Pton for tally}
Douglasc66 [Vanderbilt]
Dsalazar6608 [Upenn, Wharton]
Dukeatreides (Northeast) [U. Chicago]
Fluffysheep (IN) well-rounded, science [Dartmouth]
Fraudulence
Goodenough (CA) [Princeton]
Goyankees1219 ¶ history
Jaylay [JHU]
JBK151 [Stanford]
Jihyuni09
Jlederluis [Caltech]
Journeverte (Texas)
KRNpro (WA) well-rounded, humanities [Cornell CAS]
Lawyer101
Macarenaps (Peru) well rounded
MorganSimone (NJ) [Princeton]
Mrbopalop1 (WI)
Nathanct (Connecticut) [U. Conn]
Navanna [U. Penn]
Orkinman [Caltech med. Scholar to USCD med. School]
Otsuns [U.C. Berkeley]
Quince
Raving (SC) [Princeton]
Soi56starz [Cornell]
SouthKP
Tharp993 (Western NY) [Stanford]
Titan10 – interested in engineering [Notre Dame]
Tracyxxx [U. Chicago]
U59slf [Amherst]
Wanderer101
Wick123 [Notre Dame]
Zachboy

Unknown (assumed to not be a part of the data set) (20):
2014ss
999999
**Ayeeeconnie **
BigBalla
Blissfulting
Dee1000
Djokovik
FightTheTide11
ForHarvard
grouptheory
HongLong86
Idiosyncra3y
KWWBoarder
NCDanceMom
Rtgrove123
Scull
Status123
**TheYankInLondon **
Tony1337
xxLAJxx

Colleges Attending (97 responses / 133 active waitlistees):
1 Amherst
2 Boston College
2 Caltech
4 Columbia
3 Cornell
6 Dartmouth
2 Duke
3 Emory
2 Georgetown
1 Harvey Mudd
1 Hillsdale College
4 JHU
1 Mcgill
1 Middlebury
2 MIT
3 Northwestern
3 Notre Dame
2 NYU
1 Oxford
11 Penn
7 Princeton
3 Stanford
4 U.C. Berkeley
1 U.C.S.D
1 U.C.L.A.
4 U. Chicago
1 U. Conn
1 U. Melbourne
1 U. Michigan
2 UMD
2 Vanderbilt
2 Wash U
1 Wellesley
1 William and Mary
2 Williams
10 Yale

Last Year:
16 reported being accepted by 05-26-2009, post #1053. Everyone who was accepted from the thread heard on the 19th, 20th, and 21st which was a Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. This was probably the first wave.

Next wave seemed to happen on the 12th of June with about 6-10 more students from the thread accepted from the 14th to the 29th of June.

In last year’s thread the Z-list acceptances were scattered and seemingly random (although probably based on hooks which are impossible to confirm).

southofdcchillin · May 27, 2010, 12:23pm

I’m a longtime lurker who just now decided to take the plunge and actually post. I was put on the extended waitlist and plan on going to UVA if it doesn’t work out with Harvard. Any news on a timetable for when Admissions might send out the next wave? What about z-list?

JenRocket · May 27, 2010, 6:37pm

Well I’m nannying this summer. I’ll be going to Colorado for the first time, so I’m pretty excited for that.

RedlinetoHarvard · May 27, 2010, 10:07pm

Jenrocket: I hope you’re going somewhere in the Rockies – a beautiful, amazing place to spend a summer.

floridahopeful · May 28, 2010, 8:51am

Anyone hear anything from admissions? When it is over I wonder how long it will take to shake the “I almost got into Harvard” feeling…brings to mind the Great Gatsby. Tee-shirts anyone? LOL We are a special group, all of us resilient if nothing else!

bell9079 · May 28, 2010, 9:14am

No kidding, Floridahopeful! Haha. I really wiseh they’d just tell us already, I’m tired of answering when people ask where I’m going, “Most likely Penn but I’m waiting to hear from Harvard.”
Any news at all? Anyone?

LaTiDa · May 28, 2010, 9:26am

No news at all. My daughter said last night that she is getting so tired of answering the “where are you going to college” question with “University of Texas BUT still waiting to hear back from Harvard.” Closure would be nice…

bell9079 · May 28, 2010, 9:38am

No kidding, Floridahopeful! Haha. I really wiseh they’d just tell us already, I’m tired of answering when people ask where I’m going, “Most likely Penn but I’m waiting to hear from Harvard.”
Any news at all? Anyone?

DoleWhip · May 28, 2010, 11:59am

Hopefully within a week or two we’ll all get some news…even if it’s bad.

verboten · May 28, 2010, 1:57pm

Lurking parents, first time post. Our daughter was contacted this week by her admissions officer so that she could meet the person she was advocating for. They are deliberating next round now and still toeing the line of completion by end of June; our expection is that they’ll be doing more announcements next week as has been indicated earlier in this post. All the adm officer could offer was that this year, there were very few slots available which we all knew.

We’ve been so impressed by the quality of candidates on this thread - good luck to all of you!! You’ll be hugely successful wherever you go.

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