What was heavily emphasized at my interview day was that HMS picks a class in which no two people have the same story. They really look to curate a class that will mesh well together and enhance each others best traits. I think of it this way, obviously HMS could have a class with a median of 524+ and 4.0, but they don't. That's for a reason!
they don’t do rolling admissions so I don’t think having a later interview makes a difference like it would at a school with rolling admissions
Historically week before Christmas has been last IIs and they only interview until 2nd week of Jan so guessing all the invites have already been sent out since someone said they were scheduling for 2nd week of Jan. Given this, it’s very likely over
March.
Sorry, but I think they stopped sending II already for MSTP 🙁
I think they have stopped sending any IIs for that matter
ahhh! The one time I’m absolutely happy to be proven wrong! Congratulations!
+1 Congrats!
Maybe it’s a different program? HMS has masters and other graduate degrees IIRC
They explicitly said it was for the MD program… I dunno, it’s not a big deal but I’m definitely curious if they were BS’ing or if there’s some sort of special early acceptance program?
Maybe they differed their acceptance last year?
That’s what I thought at first too, but this person is currently a senior in undergrad so I don’t think they could have applied last cycle
I wouldn't get too excited. Anyone can post anything they want on the internet. Harvard doesn't release decisions until March. Period.
Current student here. Admissions decision wont be released until March, as stated already. I know for a fact that final decision meetings will be held in the next coming weeks as our last interview date is next week.
Thanks for letting us know! Do you know if they work sequentially through each date? I interviewed in January and am wondering when I should post an update/interest letter such that it would be before a final decision is made. In any case, thank you!
So anyone who hasn't heard about an interview invite can safely assume that they're a soft-R if the last interview date is next week?
Congrats!! How far out were the interview slots?
Next Friday is the last day of interviews at Harvard.
nope. Canvas page indicates Tuesday 1/18 was the last day.
No. They’re definitely not going to match your merit aid offer. I doubt they match need based aid offers most of the time either.
They have 0 merit scholarships
Yea same ... I know I would get a substantial amount of need based aid from Harvard , but I’m not sure if paying an extra 50k for the name over another T10 is worth it.
Better late than never, just proceed with the idea that they might not see it/ read it at this point
yes, unfortunately. I’m sorry 😓😓. Last interview date was mid Jan according to the Canvas site. HMS typically does just one decision dump at the end of their cycle.
+1
Everyone gets an email i'm pretty sure
E-mails around 9 AM. I received mine at 9:28 AM EST (just double checked).
