Last month and again today, I contacted the admissions office after noticing no trace of a letter of interest, letter of recommendation, and supplementary materials. After my call today, I decided I’d submit electronic forms onto my portal. However, before I returned home I was notified that I had been rejected.
In these additional materials mostly sent in April they describe significant accomplishments ranging for creating models for health awareness, standardized test score point increases, municipal awards etc.
Although I had planned travel 2400 miles to show my commitment, my moms head surgery was moved up a week, thus making me unable to attend before AP Testing.
On the basis that my significant additional materials were not reviewed nor properly acknowledged, could I make a case to continue on the waitlist?
I’ve read this before as well. As a name on the waitlist I was well aware that the chances were small. However, with such a significant error I feel as if I may be able to make a case.
Why do you think your materials would propel you past the 1000 or so other people on the waitlist? How do you know they didn’t look at your materials? They probably just didn’t update your portal. They TOLD you specifically you’ve been rejected. What else do you need to confirm this fact?
You are seriously off in your thinking – the idea that you’d travel 2400 miles from LA to show up on their doorstep is creepy. You should take that money and give it to charity rather than such a stalker move. You’re only confirming to them that they made the right decision. Please please please – move on. Or else your story is going to appear in some admissions worker’s blogs about outrageous applicant moves.
I’m sorry for ur situation but it is ur job to call and make sure they receive an email or you should have uploaded things on the portal as well… sorry for the way it turned out tho!!
Beyond the hostility of your post, both the minority resource center representative and my Harvard interviewer both encouraged that I visit my admissions counselor personally. I would like to make it clear that I in no way feel/felt entitled to a spot in the Harvard Class of 2019; I was simply upset that application materials I dedicated long hours to and called multiple times to ensure had been processed/read/received were not acknowledged. Nonetheless, I’m going to a great school and will forever be grateful to Harvard for allowing me to go that far in their process. Cheers
SIDE NOTE/DISCLAIMER My admissions counselor and the general reception answered my phone calls were both very prompt to answer any questions I had, as were my interviewer and resource center contact. My individual outcome/case does not reflect the overall helpfulness of the admissions staff.
I apologize – I read what I wrote and regret my tone. However, I 100% disagree with what your Harvard interviewer told you to do. To spend the money and time to fly to Harvard from California to make your appeal is an absolutely terrible idea. He or she had NO idea whether or not H was taking anyone off of this year’s WL. I have the contact info for every single person that my Ivy alma mater waitlisted in my locality. The direction we’ve been given from the home office: do nothing, say nothing. Anything more is communicating the wrong idea. I would absolutely guarantee you that what that interviewer did was completely against Harvard’s advice for its volunteers – expressly so they don’t boost the expectations of WL students – b/c they have no basis to do so.
Good luck to the school you’ve chosen. Surely, you’ll be extremely successful.
