<p>I am on the waitlist… Do I need to email my admission officer>?</p>
<p>Did you try google? [What</a> to do when you’re on the waitlist? - Google Search](<a href="What to do when you're on the waitlist? What to do when you're on the waitlist? - Google Search)</p>
<p>My daughter e-mailed the admission counselors at the schools she was waitlisted at and they all responded. One even invited her to campus and wants to sit and “chat” with her. That can’t be bad. I say never give up and try to make personal contacts with someone at the school.</p>
<p>@gibby: I mean the Harvard waitlist. Admission officers’ names aren’t widely publicized.</p>
<p>If you call the Office and are polite and nice, frequently the receptionist will tell you who your reader is–not always but frequently. The Admissions Office is very understanding about the plight of WL kids and try as best they can (but remember they are dealing with trying to woo the kids they admitted right now as well as distraught and frequently very angry rejected candidates/families/school counsellors so, please cut them some slack–it will go a long way for you) to be helpful.</p>
<p>Writing your regional reader if you can (if not a name, then in the email, note where you are from and ask the Office to forward the email to the appropriate person…) is very important as it will be her or him that has to go to bat for you if you have any chance of making it off the WL. The committee meets whenever they have WL decisions to make and they start afresh looking and analyzing applications. If a reader REALLY likes a candidate it can make a big difference as there will be more great kids (all of you who made the WL are great kids) than slots so having someone passionate about your admission is critical.</p>
<p>The fine line is how much to contact – you want to keep you name fresh in the reader’s mind but you don’t want to come across as a creep-oid who the reader rolls her or his eyes when she, he sees your email in the inbox. (That is the quickest way to doom of all…well, probably not as bad as the kid who handcuffed himself to the office front doors–they probably have an APB to all Harvard professional and graduate schools about him 
).</p>
<p>Has anyone been accepted with no achievements update? I don’t think I have anything news since after submitting app</p>
<p>Even if you don’t have anything new to report per se you can be specific as to both why Harvard and well as what you can distinctly bring to campus (ask not what harvard can do for you, but you can do for Harvard–to paraphrase a famous Harvardian…). The more specific–and not just the usual gush the better. </p>
<p>You want to be remembered by your admissions officer but not in the bad way–tricky business that…</p>
<p>A few years back I knew a kid who called frequently (but not daily), he contacted his reader and local H representative. In conversation it came up that he would be willing to change his original plan to defer a year and attend that fall. When they heard he was planning to defer, they admitted him for the following year!</p>
<p>If you are willing to defer a year, this will potentially boost your chances slightly. Some internationals who need to serve in the military in their home country are often “zlisted”. Never ask directly to be zlisted. </p>
<p>If they office won’t tell you who your officer is (sometimes they’re snarky :)…sorry buds!), your high school counselor will know. Find out ASAP and don’t postpone or guess.</p>
<p>Lastly, remember that if you search for them on Linkedin, they will know this because your name will appear on their user control panel if you’re logged in. Gotta be careful :)</p>
<p>Why does deferral have such an effect?</p>
<p>is it okay if I mailed my update letter to the general office of admissions and financial aid? Will they get it and read it?</p>
<p>Yes-- the office staff is really good and will make sure that the appropriate officer gets your correspondence. That person, from everything that I have heard and read, will read it. </p>
<p>It isn’t too long before the yield numbers will be out and then it is “game on.” BTW the latest weather report is for sun one day and rain the other day of Visitas.</p>