harvard acceptances?

[DrNeuro]

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The admissions guy said they changed the color to black because it was less flashy. That way interviewees could stand out less than they already do in a full suit...

 

[bozz]

Random Q to all of you Harvard applicants...

did most of you have publications/intense research experience?

 

[GulabJamooMD]

yes. 1 publication.

 

[SBBunny]

Random Q to all of you Harvard applicants...

did most of you have publications/intense research experience?

No publications... I've been in three research labs. Lab #1- 6 months, Lab #2- 10 months, Lab #3- 8 months and counting (but this wasn't listed on my AMCAS, because I filled the AMCAS out before I started working at my current lab).

 

[ucsdhibiscus]

not so shiny black 🙁 i can't take this anymore! lol

 

[finallygavein]

Random Q to all of you Harvard applicants...

did most of you have publications/intense research experience?

nope, no publications as a result of my lab research. and i've done a lot of it! i tend to have really bad luck in that department.

i *did* have one publication in the field of secondary education, though. i don't know if they care about that sort of thing, but i listed it in AMCAS anyway...

 

[AL24]

One publication, first-author. A couple of invited posters/presentations.

 

[yojustice]

Nothing here in NYC (thank God). The Boston people are the ones to watch, though. Once there's news in Boston, then the rest of us can start counting down days. If pre-interview rejections have already reached the West Coast, they were probably sent out on or before Friday. MD/PhD acceptances started today. So far, we're lining up with last year's timeline pretty nicely (first rejections were received the weekend before the Tuesday of the first MD/PhD acceptances). We're in for a long haul everyone . Well, let's try to stay sane.

my mailing address is in a suburb of boston-- wahooo. i think there are one or two other boston/cambridge residents floating around on this site (snopearl- i think you got your cornell letter a day ahead of me in boston?). anyways, i'll let you guys know what goes down out here. i'm not expecting anything in the form of a big envelope, so I will probably hear soon.

it is really "lovely" weather today here in the beanpot, SBBunny- as a meteorologist I think these wintery mixes must be rather interesting?
hehehe

 

[Dr OCD]

no publications, but im starting to wonder if they gave us folders to put copies of publications that weve authored and pens to sign off on publishing rights?!!

 

[SBBunny]

my mailing address is in a suburb of boston-- wahooo. i think there are one or two other boston/cambridge residents floating around on this site (snopearl- i think you got your cornell letter a day ahead of me in boston?). anyways, i'll let you guys know what goes down out here. i'm not expecting anything in the form of a big envelope, so I will probably hear soon.

it is really "lovely" weather today here in the beanpot, SBBunny- as a meteorologist I think these wintery mixes must be rather interesting?
hehehe

hm... wintry mix = some acceptances and rejections being mailed today?

I think that there are at least three people in Boston/Cambridge. Good luck to all of the canaries in the coal mine. Brave, brave canaries.

Weather in Bunny-town is currently rainy, with a 95% chance of buying a pre-lunch coffee and a 65% chance of calling the HMS admissions office to ask about decision mailing.

 

[SnoPearl]

Yup, you know I'll be reporting in from the front lines if there's any activity. Although I kind of wish I won't be the first to get a letter since rejections go out first... oh well, what will come will come!

 

[finallygavein]

Yup, you know I'll be reporting in from the front lines if there's any activity. Although I kind of wish I won't be the first to get a letter since rejections go out first... oh well, what will come will come!

Stand strong, my friend.

 

[ohsekw]

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[BigMDT]

i hope yale and columbia rejected me bc they talked to harvard and learned that THEY would be accepting me....


aka...DELUSIONALLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😱

 

[nomoreplz]

I called a while ago asking when would the decisions arrive since I will be out of town by the time they get here and needed somebody to check my mail, and they told me "at the lasted by the third week of March" so I think technically we should expect acceptances by Friday too. By the way, any URMs here?

Yo, this is what I don't get. I also thought I read somewhere that we'd hear by the "third week of March." Btw, Harvard, it's totally the third week of March. So I'm like....did they mean they'd send them out by the third week? Le sigh.

SBBunny, you seem like you might have a heart attack sometime soon. Haha. You're stressing me out!! I spose we all deal with this differently...

Edit: I just re-read MIap's post and I realize he called "a while ago." Damn. I thought it was new info.

 

[letitgo]

I live a few blocks from HMS, so I'll post when I get the bad news! Pretty sure it will be bad news for me. One of my interviews went really poorly.

 

[SBBunny]

i hope yale and columbia rejected me bc they talked to harvard and learned that THEY would be accepting me....


aka...DELUSIONALLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😱

Heh, yeah... that's a lot like my dad's theory about all of my waitlists. "Oh, well, they probably all know that you're going to go to Harvard, so they know that you won't attend their school." My premed advisor kind of said a similar thing when I emailed her... that alllll the other schools are just waiting for me to get into one of the "really competitive programs." Well, the "really competitive programs" are all snubbing me too... We're all in this mess together. Community amidst chaos!

Yo, this is what I don't get. I also thought I read somewhere that we'd hear by the "third week of March." Btw, Harvard, it's totally the third week of March. So I'm like....did they mean they'd send them out by the third week? Le sigh.

SBBunny, you seem like you might have a heart attack sometime soon. Haha. You're stressing me out!! I spose we all deal with this differently...

Edit: I just re-read MIap's post and I realize he called "a while ago." Damn. I thought it was new info.

Aw, I don't mean to make you all nervous! I'm just naturally neurotic (also, I probably seem WAY more stressed out online than I actually am in real life). I find it really comforting to obsess and make odd predictions- it gives me an illusion of control in a process where I am completely powerless.

 

[fisko82]

So am I following this right? Decisions will be mailed by the end of the week? So I should hear something by Monday or Tuesday at the latest?

 

[finallygavein]

i hope yale and columbia rejected me bc they talked to harvard and learned that THEY would be accepting me....


aka...DELUSIONALLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😱

i wanted to believe that too (after my multiple rejections and waitlists), but i got accepted at p&s...so what does it all mean?

 

[pennquaker08]

Decisions must be coming out soon...MSTP decisions have already been started to be delivered (too much use of passive voice there, I know).

 

[nomoreplz]

So am I following this right? Decisions will be mailed by the end of the week? So I should hear something by Monday or Tuesday at the latest?

We really have no idea. Unfortunately.

Edit: Oops now we do!

 

[SBBunny]

I called earlier and was told that they are looking to have ALL decisions mailed out by the end of the week. So, yes, you'll probably get news by the middle of next week. Stay strong everyone (and send good vibes to Boston)

 

[al112987]

Heh, yeah... that's a lot like my dad's theory about all of my waitlists. "Oh, well, they probably all know that you're going to go to Harvard, so they know that you won't attend their school." My premed advisor kind of said a similar thing when I emailed her... that alllll the other schools are just waiting for me to get into one of the "really competitive programs." Well, the "really competitive programs" are all snubbing me too... We're all in this mess together. Community amidst chaos!



Aw, I don't mean to make you all nervous! I'm just naturally neurotic (also, I probably seem WAY more stressed out online than I actually am in real life). I find it really comforting to obsess and make odd predictions- it gives me an illusion of control in a process where I am completely powerless.

How is that possible when you have such a big cute bunny to cuddle with?

 

[SnoPearl]

I called earlier and was told that they are looking to have ALL decisions mailed out by the end of the week. So, yes, you'll probably get news by the middle of next week. Stay strong everyone (and send good vibes to Boston)

Thanks for calling! I guess I could hear back as early as Saturday... time to commence the freaking out

 

[luckymonkey]

Thread's kinda quiet...where did all ya guys go? Partaking in those aforementioned good luck rituals somewhere?

 

[finallygavein]

i've literally been working on the garden...taking my anger out on the soil.

NO MAIL. well, actually, there was tons of mail in the mailbox, but none of it was for me. it was excruciatingly painful to look through the mail for a small envelope from harvard...

and it doesn't help that my bro went to harvard undergrad and still gets random mail from them once in a while...each time i see something from harvard i go nuts.

AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ucsdhibiscus]

and it doesn't help that my bro went to harvard undergrad and still gets random mail from them once in a while...each time i see something from harvard i go nuts.

AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that's horrible!

 

[medSchool8000]

three questions for you guys:

1. it is their spring break. do you think admissions is even working/sending letters this week?

2. if letters go out next week, are they still deciding? or are we sure decisions have been made?

3. what is the role of health career advisor at your schools in all of this? i thought that this should be our way to represent ourselves, and it seems from some responses that they play a huge role in comparing applicants. does harvard actually call them post-interview to ask where ppl got in etc.? seem like favoritism could really enter in here.

thanks.

 

[nomoreplz]

three questions for you guys:

1. it is their spring break. do you think admissions is even working/sending letters this week?

2. if letters go out next week, are they still deciding? or are we sure decisions have been made?

3. what is the role of health career advisor at your schools in all of this? i thought that this should be our way to represent ourselves, and it seems from some responses that they play a huge role in comparing applicants. does harvard actually call them post-interview to ask where ppl got in etc.? seem like favoritism could really enter in here.

thanks.

1. People have called. They said letters were "going out at the end of THIS week." Who knows. I doubt spring break for students affects that.

2. I mean we can't be 100% absolutely sure about anything, but it seems like decisions have been made, and as stated earlier, will be going out late this week.

3. I don't understand this question. I'm like 99% sure that medical schools do not call health career advisors post-interview. Hell, I've never met mine. They wouldn't know a thing about me.

 

[med007]

1. People have called. They said letters were "going out at the end of THIS week." Who knows. I doubt spring break for students affects that.

2. I mean we can't be 100% absolutely sure about anything, but it seems like decisions have been made, and as stated earlier, will be going out late this week.

3. I don't understand this question. I'm like 99% sure that medical schools do not call health career advisors post-interview. Hell, I've never met mine. They wouldn't know a thing about me.

Just wanted to add to #1: HMS spring break only really applies to first year students and maybe fourth years. Second year students do not get a break. They are currently studying for their boards and need to finish up courses. Third years don't get a spring break (I think).

I'm pretty sure the admissions office is working. They didn't take off this week last year, and probably won't be this year either. Besides, they have a March 30 deadline and need to give people time to reply and make travel arrangements for their rather early revisit (Apr 10,11).

 

[DrBeat]

Earlier this month:

My mom retrieves the mail and is thumbing through a stack of letters on the kitchen table.

She shouts to my room, "There's a thick envelope from Harvard!"

:::My eyes well up and my heart explodes:::

She continues, "...nevermind, it's something for grandma."

 

[entranced]

damn nomoreplz...u pretty much own everyone with ure acceptances. i'd be seriously shocked if u didnt get into HMS, considering that uve been accepted pretty much everywhere else. wow. any ideas about where ure interested in going next yr (since u have the hardest decision ever!)

 

[SBBunny]

Just wanted to add to #1: HMS spring break only really applies to first year students and maybe fourth years. Second year students do not get a break. They are currently studying for their boards and need to finish up courses. Third years don't get a spring break (I think).

I'm pretty sure the admissions office is working. They didn't take off this week last year, and probably won't be this year either. Besides, they have a March 30 deadline and need to give people time to reply and make travel arrangements for their rather early revisit (Apr 10,11).

I'll add to #3: The premed advisor only plays a major role in med school decisions if they wrote a letter of recommendation for you. Even then, their letter counts just as any other letter of recommendation would. Schools might value the opinion of a premedical advisory dean a little more than they would value a non-tenured assistant professor, but maybe not. That's my take on it.

 

[SBBunny]

Earlier this month:

My mom retrieves the mail and is thumbing through a stack of letters on the kitchen table.

She shouts to my room, "There's a thick envelope from Harvard!"

:::My eyes well up and my heart explodes:::

She continues, "...nevermind, it's something for grandma."

Congratulations to your grandma 😛.

 

[nomoreplz]

I'll add to #3: The premed advisor only plays a major role in med school decisions if they wrote a letter of recommendation for you. Even then, their letter counts just as any other letter of recommendation would. Schools might value the opinion of a premedical advisory dean a little more than they would value a non-tenured assistant professor, but maybe not. That's my take on it.

Yeah, this.

Entranced, I don't know yet, but Columbia & Hopkins are the two second looks I plan on going to for sure.

 

[entranced]

yeah i was a big fan of hopkins, and i really wish i could go to the second-look. unfortunately i have a final on that saturday so i guess i will have to depend on whatever packets of info they send to me in the mail. HMS is a very long shot for me, but who knows? guess we will see what happens..

 

[finallygavein]

Earlier this month:

My mom retrieves the mail and is thumbing through a stack of letters on the kitchen table.

She shouts to my room, "There's a thick envelope from Harvard!"

:::My eyes well up and my heart explodes:::

She continues, "...nevermind, it's something for grandma."

moms do the craziest things. when I was waiting to hear back from P&S, my mom actually called me to tell me that I had a small envelope (back home) in the mail from columbia... 🙁

...an hour later, when I called her to ask if it was at least a waitlist, she said, "nevermind, that was actually nyu, my bad".

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i hadn't even interviewed at nyu...that was their pre-interview rejection.

anyway, i was really mad for a while, but i got over it.

i guess it's a good thing i didn't apply to tufts. you never know what my mom might have said/done with that mail...

PS- i love my mom, but she can be careless sometimes...

 

[nomoreplz]

Haha in contrast to your mom, my mom is *too* careful. She has been calling me lately to tell me that there has been no mail. Haha. "Nothing in the mail today, J..." Alright mom, then stop freaking me out! Haha. The end of March takes its toll. At least today I was able to tell her to quit worrying and wait till next week to get compulsive about mail-checking.

 

[SBBunny]

My mom was more upset about my Columbia waitlist than I was. The Columbia waitlist destroyed almost all hope she had that I would get into Harvard. Earlier last week, she left a really sad voicemail hoping that I was going to be okay (she thought that Harvard was sending decisions last week and figured that I was going to have an awful week because of that). She just sent me an urgent email reminding me to eat lunch and included specific hints for things to buy at the grocery store. This is her way of expressing her love and concern. I'm glad that she's thinking about me.

 

[nomoreplz]

My mom was more upset about my Columbia waitlist than I was. The Columbia waitlist destroyed almost all hope she had that I would get into Harvard. Earlier last week, she left a really sad voicemail hoping that I was going to be okay (she thought that Harvard was sending decisions last week and figured that I was going to have an awful week because of that). She just sent me an urgent email reminding me to eat lunch and included specific hints for things to buy at the grocery store. This is her way of expressing her love and concern. I'm glad that she's thinking about me.

Oh my god.....your mom sounds like my best friend's mom who tends to go a little nuts. No offense or anything! Does that bother you? Is Harvard like her top choice for you or she knows it is yours so she is empathizing?

My parents are kinda hilariously oblivious. They are...not shocked or anything, but always pleasantly surprised when I get an acceptance. Like hey wow, there nomoreplz goes again!

 

[1956Goldtop]

1 more weeeeeek

 

[ucsdhibiscus]

Oh my god.....your mom sounds like my best friend's mom who tends to go a little nuts. No offense or anything! Does that bother you? Is Harvard like her top choice for you or she knows it is yours so she is empathizing?

My parents are kinda hilariously oblivious. They are...not shocked or anything, but always pleasantly surprised when I get an acceptance. Like hey wow, there nomoreplz goes again!

My parents have been very funny also. They look up stats of URM for all the schools I was interviewing at and how many people they accept v. interview in total lol I was so proud once they start understanding the terms 'pbl' and 'waitlist'!

 

[BoneDoctorDaddy]

LOL, not all of us parents are "clueless" -- just not totally attuned all of the jargon sometimes.

 

[SBBunny]

Oh my god.....your mom sounds like my best friend's mom who tends to go a little nuts. No offense or anything! Does that bother you? Is Harvard like her top choice for you or she knows it is yours so she is empathizing?

My parents are kinda hilariously oblivious. They are...not shocked or anything, but always pleasantly surprised when I get an acceptance. Like hey wow, there nomoreplz goes again!

Aw, your parents sound like they're really supportive. It's awesome that they're excited for you!

Well, I love my family, even if we tend to be kind of crazy (surely it isn't so strange to find familial inheritance of neuroticism 😛). My mom's top choice for me was Stanford (my ENTIRE family simultaneously decided that Stanford was the place for me... I have no idea why). After Stanford rejected me, she clung to Harvard. I have been pretty clear about Harvard being my top choice, so that's probably a key reason for her enthusiasm. I'm generally pretty chill about her zaniness, but it can be a little overwhelming (her reaction to my recent Columbia waitlist- "Well, you can always move back home if things don't work out"). As people have said before and will say again- parents are funny in this process.

 

[LovelyMD]

My parents are kinda hilariously oblivious. They are...not shocked or anything, but always pleasantly surprised when I get an acceptance. Like hey wow, there nomoreplz goes again!

That's how my mom is. I think Harvard is her top choice for me (she won't say it, but I know it). She doesn't even want me to seriously think about which school I would attend out of the ones that have accepted me, because she wants me to wait and see if I got into Harvard. She's hoping I get accepted with a scholarship. I told her they don't even give out merit scholarships, but she doesn't believe me! Oh man, my mom is so cute...

 

[finallygavein]

That's how my mom is. I think Harvard is her top choice for me (she won't say it, but I know it). She doesn't even want me to seriously think about which school I would attend out of the ones that have accepted me, because she wants me to wait and see if I got into Harvard. She's hoping I get accepted with a scholarship. I told her they don't even give out merit scholarships, but she doesn't believe me! Oh man, my mom is so cute...

haha yea, don't you love that? my dad was telling me i should use my other acceptances/scholarship money as leverage for admission.

what?!

he grew up in another country and doesn't have the best handle on how things work. i love him so much, but it's so hard to know what to say sometimes...

 

[nomoreplz]

That's how my mom is. I think Harvard is her top choice for me (she won't say it, but I know it). She doesn't even want me to seriously think about which school I would attend out of the ones that have accepted me, because she wants me to wait and see if I got into Harvard. She's hoping I get accepted with a scholarship. I told her they don't even give out merit scholarships, but she doesn't believe me! Oh man, my mom is so cute...

Haha. That was me all over for undergrad. Parents, honestly, please, I'm white, middle-class, and while I made good grades, I didn't start my own business or anything. No scholarships will be had. They were so surprised when I was right...

 

[LovelyMD]

he grew up in another country and doesn't have the best handle on how things work.

Same here, this is the exact source of my problem!

 

[SBBunny]

Same here, this is the exact source of my problem!

ditto here 😀. Yay for international parents! 😍

 

[SnoPearl]

My mom was more upset about my Columbia waitlist than I was. The Columbia waitlist destroyed almost all hope she had that I would get into Harvard. Earlier last week, she left a really sad voicemail hoping that I was going to be okay (she thought that Harvard was sending decisions last week and figured that I was going to have an awful week because of that). She just sent me an urgent email reminding me to eat lunch and included specific hints for things to buy at the grocery store. This is her way of expressing her love and concern. I'm glad that she's thinking about me.

Haha my mom really despaired over my Columbia waitlist too! She was all giddy that I had been getting a bunch of acceptances earlier in the season, and then came all my top tier waitlists and she was just devastated. I tried to explain to her that it's very competitive, and she's just like in denial that anyone can turn me down, so in the end I have to comfort her about my waitlists haha. She's pretty much lost hope for me getting into Harvard I think - it's her dream for me to go there so I can stay close to home, so I actually feel pretty bad for her that it probably won't happen. My poor mom... I think this cycle has taken as much of a toll on her as it has on me.