Accepted after being declined?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
1

<p>Has Harvard ever accepted a student around this time after originally being declined? I was declined myself and was just curious, that's all. </p>

2

<p>Are you planning to apply again after a gap year? Or as a transfer student? </p>

3

<p>Oh I was declined this year, sorry if that wasn’t clear. Like I sent an email to my admissions officer of all my accomplishments after they declined me, including being a Gates Millennium Scholar and other big achievements.</p>

4

<p>H has hundreds of kids on the WL. They aren’t going to reconsider their initial decision.</p>

5

<p>

Harvard’s decision is final. As far as I know, not one student in the last 40 years (William Fitzsimmons’ tenure) has been accepted after being declined, not even when that student sues Admissions for discrimination. See: <a href=“A Ludicrous Lawsuit | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson”>http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/2/8/lawsuit-admissions-fair/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

6

<p>Ahhh okay, thanks guys </p>

7

<p>@gibby haven’t people been accepted after reapplying for the next year???</p>

8

<p>I haven’t heard of any student on College Confidential who, after having been declined, has taken a gap year and then reapplied as a freshman applicant and was subsequently accepted.</p>

<p>I have heard of a few students who, after being declined, went to another college and then reapplied as a transfer applicant and were accepted. I believe @fauve was one of them.</p>

9

<p>@gibby‌ it must be possible though. Granted, some serious improvements or accolades would be required</p>

10

<p>It depends. Why were you denied? Was your high school academic record not distinctive enough? Were your letters of recommendation not strong enough? Well, those factors aren’t going to go away by taking a gap year and reapplying. Remember, Harvard (and all colleges) save an electronic copy of your original application for 3 years so they can refer back to it if you reapply. If you take a gap year, what has changed about you as a person? It’s one thing to get close – to be waitlisted – and then reapply. I imagine if you took a gap year after being waitlisted and reapplied, your chances of being accepted might be greater (as there was interest in the first place by the sheer fact that you were waitlisted). But being denied means you didn’t get close, they were not interested, so why would they now change their mind? If you were denied, in all likelihood I don’t think it’s possible or probable.</p>

<p>For transfer applicants, it’s a bit different because the focus becomes your college transcript and not your high school record. So, if you have an outstanding college transcript, with great recommendations from college professors, and have a compelling reason why a transfer makes sense (as in: the college you are currently attending doesn’t offer a major you are interested in, but Harvard does), then yes, it’s very possible.</p>

11

<p>@gibby check your inbox please</p>

12

<p>First off, your transcript and teacher recommendations are the most important part of your file, regardless of your ACT score or EC’s.</p>

<p>Secondly, to be a recruited athlete, a coach needs to see film on you, needs to see you in a showcase, needs to invite you on an all expense paid “official visit” to the college to participate in a “Captain’s Practice” and must be willing to use one of their slots on you given to them by Admissions.</p>

<p>The acceptance rate for transfer applicants is 1%, so I would think the chances of you being accepted as a recruited athlete, currently not in high school, after having been denied once from Harvard are considerably less than 1% – probably closer to 0%.</p>

13

<p>check your messages again please @gibby</p>

14

<p>RE: <a href=“Zena Edosomwan Harvard College Basketball Player”>Zena Edosomwan Harvard College Basketball Player;

<p>Read the article carefully. Zena Edosomwan didn’t apply to Harvard and get rejected. He enrolled for a 13th year of high school at a prep-school and then applied to Harvard. That is called a “Post Graduate” year and it’s not the same thing as applying, getting rejected, and then reapplying. See: <a href=“Understanding the Post-Graduate (PG) Year”>Understanding the Post-Graduate (PG) Year;

15

<p>

Respectfully, I disagree.
Film, Showcases, Official visits, and Captain’s practices are not necessary prerequisites to being recruited.</p>

16

<p>^^ With all due respect, that’s how a student athlete is recruited – an athlete needs to get on the coaches radar and most athletes in the major sports (Football, Basketball, Ice Hockey, Baseball, Swimming, etc do all of the above.) Harvard doesn’t spell it out as clearly as other ivy league institutions, but the process is basically the same at all of the ancient eight: <a href=“http://yale.prestosports.com/information/recruiting/index”>http://yale.prestosports.com/information/recruiting/index&lt;/a&gt;

[quote]
Recruited Prospective Student-Athlete
You become a “recruited student-athlete” when an institution’s staff members or athletics representative provides you with any of the following;
a) An official paid visit
b) Having an arranged, in-person, off-campus encounter with you or your parents or legal guardians
c) Initiating or arranging a telephone contact with you, your parents, or your legal guardians on more than one occasion for the purpose of recruitment
d) Issuing a National Letter of Intent or the institution’s written offer of athletically related financial aid</p>

17

<p>I have to say: That looks like a cut-and-paste of a definition from the NCAA rules, not a description of Yale’s recruiting process. If it weren’t for the two-phone-call rule in ©, there would probably be numerous varsity teams at Ivy League colleges with no “recruited athletes” as defined.</p>

<p>In fact, being a recruited athlete is one of the things that might give someone a chance in the transfer pool. I think a number of transfer slots – maybe as many as half – go to athletic recruits. But, of course, you have to be an actual athletic recruit for that to make a difference for you. If the coach of your sport didn’t prioritize you for admission coming out of high school, the chances are slight (or worse) that he or she is going to do it in the much more competitive transfer pool.</p>

18

<p>We can agree that an athlete needs to be on a coaches radar but, beyond that, the process isn’t necessarily so rigidly defined. Both my kids were recruited athletes, with one attending one of HYP and the other at a different top 10 school.</p>

<p>Firm, unambiguous offers of support came without film, without OVs and, in the cases of Penn, Brown, Duke, and Stanford, without ever seeing the athlete in action.</p>

<p>Easier said than done, but in some cases a sky high AI, an impressive national ranking, and a pleasant junior year “unofficial” visit is all it takes.</p>

19

<p>@Ralph109 how do you find out who your regional admissions officer is?</p>

20

<br>

<br>

<p>CC member Hanna is another one who successfully went this route. Got rejected by H out of high school. Went a couple of years to I believe Bryn Mawr, and then got accepted to H as a transfer. She eventually went to Harvard Law School as well. </p>