<p>Well said. IMHO, taking them more than twice begins to appear excessive, unless there's some special reason.</p>
<p>Westchester is a county, not a city.</p>
<p>what if you jump from like 26 to over 30..? is that good?</p>
<p>How much time b/w the two exams? should probably at least 2 months so it looks realistic. unless the 26 was a fluke for a you. who knows...</p>
<p>Westchester is a very high-powered, well wired-in region. They not only interview candidates locally, but put them through an internal screen again at the (local) regional level, advising Cambridge of their relative merits as the region sees it. Indeed, they sometimes comment on the state of the docket at later stages.The woman who runs the operation down there is very efficient and well thought of in Cambridge. I don't think you will have to worry about any papers going astray.</p>
<p>Byerly, I'm from Westchester, too, so I want to know what you're saying. I can't understand you, though. Can you or someone else clarify? Sorry, it's kind of late, and I think my brain has shut down.</p>
<p>What I'm saying is that - probably more than anywhere else in the country - the regional setup down in Westchester is totally on top of things, and you needn't feel that direct communication with the RR in Cambridge is necessary.</p>
<p>so byerly is from westchester, interesting</p>
<p>Byerly, how about NYC?</p>
<p>What school?</p>
<p>You can send me a private message if you prefer</p>
<p>thanks, Byerly.</p>
<p>suburbian, yes, i didn't mention a city. but awesome, we're from the same county.</p>
<p>Cool! Btw, I said, "Westchester is a county, not a city" in response to an earlier post about not putting personal information such as city or school. I figured that the poster didn't realize how big of a geographical region "westchester" actually is (probably thinking it was a town).</p>
<p>Kron, please don't let anyone scare you when it comes to taking standardized tests. Do what you think is best for yourself. There is no generic adcom formula for assessing multiple sittings.</p>
<p>How's Long Island? Any reason why Harvard doesn't reveal the names of their admissions reps?</p>
<p>hmm yeah, why do they keep things so under wraps?</p>
<p>suburbian, yeah, i got what you said, i was just saying it wasn't a city to NSM, but i appreciate NSM's concern.</p>
<p>answer my q....plz?</p>
<p>Ali-Admissions officers are assigned to regions. Your regional rep is the first person to read your application and your "advocate" for the admissions process. I can't tell you whether the person you talked to was your regional rep. It very well could be, regional reps visit their regions... or it could have been someone else.</p>
<p>Allure-They keep them under wraps because the regional reps don't want 15,000 emails and phone calls from anxious Harvard applicants.</p>
<p>It's not so hard to get ahold of them, though. I called the admissions office and asked for my regional rep (I knew her name). She wasn't in, so I left her a message and she called me back.</p>