Harvard Acceptances?

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Mateodaspy said:
just fyi, we got an e-mail from hms financial aid today to let us know that instead of raising the unit loan this year as they have done in previous years, it is now lower (24,500 instead of 25k)...

i'll go by admissions tomorrow and see if i can't get them to slip a few of those acceptances in the mail a little early... 😉

good luck next week to all those waiting...

You should suggest to them that they send out the West Coast and mid-West letters tomorrow so that we can get them closer to when the East Coast gets their letters....Please...Pretty please with sugar on top???? 🙂
 
topher2338 said:
I just checked my status page and even though I interviewed in December it states that my letters of recommendation have not been recieved. Hopefully this is not the case. (I am "Complete" though)

Did it ever say your letters were received...mine didn't for a really long time after they had in fact received my letters. they didn't bother changing it until I asked about it even though I was "complete"
 
topher2338 said:
I just checked my status page and even though I interviewed in December it states that my letters of recommendation have not been recieved. Hopefully this is not the case. (I am "Complete" though)

same with my status page. but my interviewers talked about my letters, so obviously they had them. hmmm....
 
Umm, i was kidding before, but now I'm freaked.
Did y'all really have letters confirmed before that changed? So weird!!
 
DeadorAlive said:
Umm, i was kidding before, but now I'm freaked.
Did y'all really have letters confirmed before that changed? So weird!!

So people w/ no letters = accepted?
 
Risa said:
same with my status page. but my interviewers talked about my letters, so obviously they had them. hmmm....

I'm freaking now...but i'll ask the same question, do you know if your status page ever said your letters were received?
 
Lyricist said:
So people w/ no letters = accepted?

Haha... with an N=3....

Let's speculate, because I have nothing better to do. Last year switching from "complete" to "incomplete" (again, remember it was not a 100% correlation) made sense logically. They could have added another item to your electronic file, because you had to send something else in (a deposit, a notification that you wanted to remain on the waitlist). Those who did not have to send anything additional, those who were rejected, saw no change.

Why would letters disappear?
 
This is what I fear all Harvard admittees are: a neurotic bunch who work themselves up over an admission decision.

Just wait a few days instead of panicking and trying to divine your acceptance with a weather stick.
 
macadamianut said:
This is what I fear all Harvard admittees are: a neurotic bunch who work themselves up over an admission decision.

Just wait a few days instead of panicking and trying to divine your acceptance with a weather stick.

But panicking is fun! 😀
 
It's harmless speculation, not meant to be taken seriously.

It's also far more amusing than my job.
 
Damn I tried staying away from SDN. I can't wait for the big HMS letters. 😀
 
lexy10 said:
I'm freaking now...but i'll ask the same question, do you know if your status page ever said your letters were received?

So, RISA and topher2338, did your status page at any time say your letters were received?

ANYONE else notice this from their status page.
 
Does anyone else find it comical that this thread already has over 60 posts, and letters aren't even MAILED for 4 more days? :laugh:
 
Does anyone know when the Revisit Weekend is?
 
med21 said:
Does anyone know when the Revisit Weekend is?

Why do you want to know? Your signature says you're going to Stanford... :laugh: :laugh:
 
There, can I know now? 🙄
 
My status page never reflected my letters being received, though I inquired and was told it was complete. My interviewers had them, so relax, it means nothing.
 
med21 said:
There, can I know now? 🙄

Yes, now you're entitled to know. 🙂 However, I don't have the answer. I was actually just about to post a thread asking about a Harvard 2nd Look Weekend because I haven't heard it mentioned anywhere.
 
Got it. Thanks. I'll be looking for a new thread about that since it's nowhere to be found on their website (which hasn't been updated since 2004).
 
I called. Second look is the 1st weekend of May.
 
med21 said:
Got it. Thanks. I'll be looking for a new thread about that since it's nowhere to be found on their website (which hasn't been updated since 2004).

Well, as soon as I get my acceptance packet in the mail, I'll start a thread to let you know the 2nd look weekend details...

Hehehehe 😛
 
KevinZ said:
I called. Second look is the 1st weekend of May.

Great! Thanks. So May 9-12...wow, so close to decision time! I guess last impressions are best impressions!
 
med21 said:
Great! Thanks. So May 9-12...wow, so close to decision time! I guess last impressions are best impressions!

That's not the first weekend. It'll be the 5-7th, although I'm not sure what days it spans. I remember them saying 2 days on the phone, but not sure.
 
KevinZ said:
That's not the first weekend. It'll be the 5-7th, although I'm not sure what days it spans. I remember them saying 2 days on the phone, but not sure.

Yea, I'm sorry. Must've been looking at the wrong month. Thanks, that helps a lot.
 
KevinZ said:
That's not the first weekend. It'll be the 5-7th, although I'm not sure what days it spans. I remember them saying 2 days on the phone, but not sure.
Hmmmm, that doesn't work so well with me graduating... I'd miss ceremonies, dinners, luncheons, more ceremonies. Arrrrrggg!
 
06applicant said:
So, RISA and topher2338, did your status page at any time say your letters were received?

ANYONE else notice this from their status page.

I have no idea... I hadn't really ever thought to look at the status page before this thread 🙂. But any conspiracy theories tying this phenomenon to acceptance are good by me 😎 .

In related news, who else has been having "I got my Harvard letter" dreams? In the past week or so, I've had two acceptances and a rejection.
 
Risa said:
I have no idea... I hadn't really ever thought to look at the status page before this thread 🙂. But any conspiracy theories tying this phenomenon to acceptance are good by me 😎 .

In related news, who else has been having "I got my Harvard letter" dreams? In the past week or so, I've had two acceptances and a rejection.

So when you received your nocturnal acceptance, was your status page "complete"?
 
Risa said:
In related news, who else has been having "I got my Harvard letter" dreams? In the past week or so, I've had two acceptances and a rejection.

*raises hand* I dream that the letter comes . . . but I can't read it! It's the most bizarre dream.

Oy, anticipation and what it does to the mind. 😛
 
So to further fuel those heart palpitations, just think...

... decisions are going out on the NEXT BUSINESS DAY from today! Whoa!
 
Risa said:
So to further fuel those heart palpitations, just think...

... decisions are going out on the NEXT BUSINESS DAY from today! Whoa!

Anyone on this board with a Boston address waiting for Harvard? You'll be the best indication of when the letters are actually circulating in the mail.
 
06applicant said:
Anyone on this board with a Boston address waiting for Harvard? You'll be the best indication of when the letters are actually circulating in the mail.

Do we know if they're going out first class/bulk/fedex, etc? Or the size of the acceptance envelope?
 
there is no way i'm getting in....

i can just feel it
 
kasha said:
there is no way i'm getting in....

i can just feel it

hang in there kasha
 
kasha said:
there is no way i'm getting in....

i can just feel it

Call me Pollyanna, but none of us should give up hope just yet. Who knows what next week will bring? 😉
 
wow, good luck everyone. just reading this thread brings back the anxiety of last year. i hope you all get in!!!
 
06applicant said:
Anyone on this board with a Boston address waiting for Harvard? You'll be the best indication of when the letters are actually circulating in the mail.

Hey '06- I'm in Boston. Will definitely let you guys know when I get my letter.
 
midwesternguy said:
Hey '06- I'm in Boston. Will definitely let you guys know when I get my letter.

Thanks midwesternguy and may you be the first to hear good news!!! :luck:
 
hey everyone- speaking as someone who lived through the status page and financial aid page debacle, the status page incomplete vs. complete thing was nothing, not significant. I wouldn't waste any energy trying to analyze that this year. The financial aid leak was indeed a leak and revealed who was accepted but I doubt they'll let something like that happen again.

good luck to everyone waiting and I'm sure I'll be seeing some of you around campus next year. 🙂
 
CarleneM said:
hey everyone- speaking as someone who lived through the status page and financial aid page debacle, the status page incomplete vs. complete thing was nothing, not significant. I wouldn't waste any energy trying to analyze that this year. The financial aid leak was indeed a leak and revealed who was accepted but I doubt they'll let something like that happen again.

good luck to everyone waiting and I'm sure I'll be seeing some of you around campus next year. 🙂

haha, thanks! that's good to know, although now i wish i had applied last year, cuz i want nothing more than a "leak" right now.

do you think the admissions office would be willing to give us their decisions over the phone? i wouldn't dare call, because if i were them i'd be pissed off...but a girl can dream, can't she? 🙂

g'luck everyone!
 
Just had my Harvard letter dream last night...
I opened it, and it said that I had been invited back for a second interview. 😱
I am trying to be happy today, and for the rest of the week...because I share the sentiments of a lot of people on this board.
There is no way I am getting in.
LIFE IS NOT ABOUT HARVARD!
😀 .... 🙂 .... 😳 ..... 🙁 .... 😴
 
JayQuah said:
There is no way I am getting in.
LIFE IS NOT ABOUT HARVARD!
😀 .... 🙂 .... 😳 ..... 🙁 .... 😴

Ditto. First sentence I'd convinced myself of a month ago. Second sentence I need to work on.
 
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