2008-2009 Harvard Secondary Application Thread

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Seeing this thread bumped kinda gives me a heart attack, not going to lie.
 
snowflake2 said:
For the LOE requirement, it says they require "a letter of evaluation from the supervisor of each research laboratory experience." Does anyone know if this means specifically wet lab experience or research experience in general?
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i think research lab in general
 
has anyone heard ANYTHING since submitting everything?
 
is anyone else having problems with the HST essay? i paste my essay in from microsoft word, but when i press next, and then go back to check the essay, all the spaces between my paragraphs and indentations are gone.
 
harvards deadline is nov. 1st. they do not have rolling admissions -- that would explain the no response. i think it says this in the word doc they emailed out with the secondaries.

This is wrong.
 
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ThePioneer said:
is anyone else having problems with the HST essay? i paste my essay in from microsoft word, but when i press next, and then go back to check the essay, all the spaces between my paragraphs and indentations are gone.
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Maybe try using a different program like notepad instead?
 
My application looks so empty!
 
does anyone know when harvard starts inviting ppl for interviews? I need to book a flight to boston, but I'm wondering if I should hold off on it in the case of an invite from harvard (a long shot, i know)
 
Dulcina said:
does anyone know when harvard starts inviting ppl for interviews? I need to book a flight to boston, but I'm wondering if I should hold off on it in the case of an invite from harvard (a long shot, i know)
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iirc Harvard has non-rolling admissions and doesn't give out any acceptances till February, but I can't remember when they start interviews. US News doesn't have the info either...
 
anyone think their chances at harvard are shot because they dont have LORs from all their research advisors? I only have 2/4 bc the other two are no longer at my school (one in boston - worked with her summer after freshman yr, and the other i worked with postdoc who is in japan). I am kinda giving up on harvard...
 
Raryn said:
iirc Harvard has non-rolling admissions and doesn't give out any acceptances till February, but I can't remember when they start interviews. US News doesn't have the info either...
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hmm i wonder if anyone is complete yet. I havent gotten my email, and i submitted on 7/28
 
I just (like ten minutes ago) received email notification that I am complete.
 
(I submitted on 7/18 by the way)
 
same here! and i dont have all my research letters ... but i have a committee letter.. maybe they will let it slide?
 
Did all y'all apply to one or both programs? I submitted on July 19th =/ No word yet.
 
How would they even know whether or not you've sent in all your research letters? I mean, if you've worked in like 4 labs and you only send in 3 letters (maybe you're unable to contact the 4th PI or you just know it's not gonna be a good letter), how would they know that you've actually worked in 4 labs?
 
StayingSteady said:
How would they even know whether or not you've sent in all your research letters? I mean, if you've worked in like 4 labs and you only send in 3 letters (maybe you're unable to contact the 4th PI or you just know it's not gonna be a good letter), how would they know that you've actually worked in 4 labs?
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amph119 said:
Did all y'all apply to one or both programs? I submitted on July 19th =/ No word yet.
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jgberken said:
I haven't heard anything from them either.
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thats odd, i submitted july 28th, and my LORs were uploaded july 31st. I'm sure you submitted before me too jgberk =P

(woohoo 1000th post :banana:)
 
Oh man, do you really think they go for your throat if you don't have all your PIs recs?
 
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tabletop, i really freaking hope not....
 
Anyone else just get that email? =D
 
tabletop said:
Oh man, do you really think they go for your throat if you don't have all your PIs recs?
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I wouldn't worry about it too much. I got the email saying I was complete and I definitely didn't have LORs from everyone I worked for....of course I was a physics major and if I did, including my grad school stuff and all...it would have ended up being like 8+ letters..and some of them would have been from people I only knew for 8 weeks or so maybe 7 years ago (good thing I didn't send them because they probably would have consisted of "no, I have no idea who this person is")
 
So I just called the admissions office to check the status of my application, and the person I spoke to said that the committee has already begun extending interview invitations ?!?

let the neurotic e-mail/mailbox checking begin!
 
Mishka17 said:
So I just called the admissions office to check the status of my application, and the person I spoke to said that the committee has already begun extending interview invitations ?!?

let the neurotic e-mail/mailbox checking begin!
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Bleh....I'm positive I won't be in the first (or 5th) round of invites, but that won't stop the neurosis.

Did they say it would be via email or what? And also, were they friendly/nice about the inquiry?
 
breeak said:
Bleh....I'm positive I won't be in the first (or 5th) round of invites, but that won't stop the neurosis.

Did they say it would be via email or what? And also, were they friendly/nice about the inquiry?
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Well, me neither in regards to interviews, but I can hope all the same.

I was so shocked by the admission that they had begun handing out invites that I completely forgot to ask about the method. I'm assuming mail, since no one has posted on this forum thus far? They were very nice about it, though. Maybe you can call and inquire, then get back to us? 😳
 
Mishka17 said:
Well, me neither in regards to interviews, but I can hope all the same.

I was so shocked by the admission that they had begun handing out invites that I completely forgot to ask about the method. I'm assuming mail, since no one has posted on this forum thus far? They were very nice about it, though. Maybe you can call and inquire, then get back to us? 😳
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I would, but honestly they've been kind of prickish every time I've called (about other questions) so I'm not eager to call again. Or rather, it's always the same guy, so I should say "he". 🙁
 
I submitted all my materials before the end of July and never received any complete e-mail. But I called them a few weeks ago and they said they received everything just fine, and told me I was complete over the phone.
 
bluesnowbunny said:
I submitted all my materials before the end of July and never received any complete e-mail. But I called them a few weeks ago and they said they received everything just fine, and told me I was complete over the phone.
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I just called, and they told me I was complete. Strange that some people got a complete email, and not others. 😕
 
Yeah I thought that was weird too. Same thing happened to me with Johns Hopkins. The lady was like,"and you never heard anything from us since then" 😕, and I just said no...lol :laugh:. Regardless, as long as they have everything, I'm content. Good luck to everyone:luck:
 
whoo!! interview! 🙂 im sure you guys will hear soon too!!
 
just NP.. altho i shouldve done HST but too late now. lol
 
copingmethods said:
I just called, and they told me I was complete. Strange that some people got a complete email, and not others. 😕
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I emailed and they told me I was complete. Yea, weird that we didn't all get the same e-mail last week, but oh well, we're complete!
 
Has anybody had any trouble pasting their essays into the boxes and keeping the returns between paragraphs? I have tried notepad, word, etc and nothing will keep the formatting of my essays. It all ends up looking like one block of text.
 
shemarty said:
I emailed and they told me I was complete. Yea, weird that we didn't all get the same e-mail last week, but oh well, we're complete!
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Aren't you invited to interview at Wash U too? Better update your mdapps 😀

I called Harvard last week and they told me they received my materials, although I've never gotten an email from them and they never responded to my emails inquiring about my status
 
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