<p>Has anyone here been wait-listed or rejected by Harvard, appealed and gotten in? and if so what new information did you send?</p>
<p>Harvard does not have an appeal process. All decisions are final. </p>
<p>If you are waitlisted, you can, of course, submit any new awards or significant accomplishments to admissions.</p>
<p>^ as fauve wrote.</p>
<p>So if I send an appeal with a giant score increase on my SAT/ACT and SAT IIs, would they just throw it onto the garbage or what?</p>
<p>^basically.</p>
<p>I’m sure if the President of the United States called in on your behalf, you’d quickly be accepted 
Then again, that’s not really an appeals process.</p>
<p>I got in…didn’t get into Oxford but got into all other top schools.</p>
<p>I suppose you can take a gap year and reapply but in almost all cases reapplication is an exercise in futility–unless in the meantime your Nobel is announced. A National Book Award probably would work too…</p>
<p>lolToasty, even if I sent a 30 ACT and now have 2390 SAT (March sitting)?
Also I sent a 650 Math II, a 690 Bio M, an 800 Spanish and an 800 Spanish w/ listening, now I have a 780 Math II, a 800 Bio M (retook these) and a 750 Physics (January testing, couldn’t send them, scores arrived late) + the Spanish ones</p>
<p>classicgirll, how about a president from another country who was a Harvard professor? I could write to him explaining my situation, I think he might be willing to help since very few people from my country have been admitted to Harvard (about 10) – I am not an international --</p>
<p>kmess024, cool!</p>
<p>etondad, really? most of the people I’ve seen on this forum are not nobel prize winners nor cured cancer, but still got in. Would a hook like being Hispanic overshadow the fact that I am not an “[Insert famous award here] winner”</p>
<p>It’s Harvard, honey. The time to be pulling rabbits out of a hat was last fall. Harvard did all it’s diligent reviewing. Out of 30,000 apps, they already cherry-picked. Time to look hard at your other choices.</p>
<p>iI you were rejected, then it’s time to move on–there are no appeals.
If you were waitlisted, then you should send a letter with new accomplishments/information since you applied. You can include your new test scores, any additional awards etc. You could also send in an additional recommendation letter if you so desired.</p>
<p>However, if Harvard doesn’t use its waitlist this year, then you will not be considered.</p>
<p>@lookingforward, I would probably feel better if someone admitted or an alumni told me that, and something I don’t understand is why people are such defeatists, so if you’re in a trial and you loose, aren’t you going to appeal?</p>
<p>@midatlmom, I can’t find anything on Harvard’s site relating to appeals, hence I assume that they don’t have an appeal policy, so how can one know if they definitely don’t accept appeals?</p>
<p>I teach/advise there, I am a parent of a child there, I am a graduate of two of Harvard graduate schools. </p>
<p>I don’t know how best to put this other than–no-- they NEVER do. Move on with your life. Reapply if you must next year, even though that will very difficult, but for the class of 2016-- you will <em>not</em> be a member. I am sorry to be so blunt, but you need to read it.</p>
<p>“if you’re in a trial and you loose, aren’t you going to appeal?”</p>
<p>You do, because there is an appeals system. With Harvard, there isn’t. There is no such thing. etondad is right.</p>
<p>I got into Harvard on my third try, but that’s not an appeal; that’s trying again, as a very different applicant, after a year or two of other accomplishments.</p>
<p>"@lookingforward, I would probably feel better if someone admitted or an alumni told me that, and something I don’t understand is why people are such defeatists, so if you’re in a trial and you loose, aren’t you going to appeal?"</p>
<p>You asked for the opinions of posters here. They’re giving them to you. They’re basing their answers on the facts that: the process is OVER for the incoming class for the fall of 2012 and schools at this level say that there is no appeal for admissions decisions.</p>
<p>But if that’s not good enough, then here is the phone number for Harvard Admissions: 617 495-1551. Call and ask for yourself.</p>
<p>Would you mind telling us your stats when you applied and were rejected and your stats when accepted?</p>
<p>OP, I am not a defeatist, I am a realist and an Ivy reader. And H legacy. College admissions is not the public courts system. You have to face this squarely, maturely, and intelligently. Harvard is a private college, overwhelmed by applicants who “dream” of going there. They got 30k applicants, probably 10k of whom had their best packages ready by 12/31. That was your competition- and since H reviews holistically, these kids had stats AND activities, accomplishments, and personal qualities that got them through. It’s not all about stats.</p>
<p>It’s true, some kids need a bit more time, bloom a tad later (your March scores.) But the game, as it is written, the “snapshot,” was 12/31 and any mid-senior grades. Waitlist is an opportunity to submit addl compelling info, for schools that will review this. Compelling isn’t that a kid finally got his scores in-range. Sorry.</p>
<p>ABCDEFGHIJK123, the adcom does not care only about the test scores but also the gpa, how rigorous the courses that you took were, your personal life circumstances, ECs, leadership characteristics, etc. There are many students with 2400 who do not get accepted by top schools because that’s not enough. Have you ever thought that there might be issues with your attitude which are reflected in your application and that’s why you did not get in, or being recommended for honors courses? Harvard can have any kind of academic index they want when deciding whom to admit. It has nothing to do with just scores. Every school accepts student with sufficient academic background or personal skills to handle their program. If they want to admit every person whose last name starts with B, or is over 6’0", or whatever, they have the legal right to do because they are a private institution, not public. If Harvard wanted to offer an appeals proces, then it would have been posted on their website. It is their prerogative not to offer such option, again because it is a private institution. Usually it is written on the decision letter that the decision is final and there is no appeal.</p>
<p>OP: you were rejected, not even placed on the waitlist. That means at first glance, EVERYONE on the WL is closer than you are. As much as you’ve achieved to this point, harvard admissions won’t be one of your accomplishments. Sorry but it’s time to face reality.</p>