<p>I'm at school today and my mom gets a call from a Harvard alum for the interview. Not knowing any English, Mom hands it conveniently hands the phone over to a family friend who has some proficiency in the language. She then says (without asking ANYONE!): "Oh, (my name here) doesn't need an interview thank you! She got into Stanford, so she's going there," as she heard my mom claim that since I got into Stanford already, she will not let me go to Harvard if I got in there as well (Which, btw, will so not be true if I have anything to say about it!)
When she hangs up and explains the call to my Mom, they realize the mistake they just made and called him back to ask for an interview again. </p>
<pre><code> But OH CRAP. ><". They just snubbed HARVARD! Is there ANYTHING I can do to mend their mistake? And how will this effect my admission chances?! Am I just paranoid here?
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<p>Oh wow. Try to convince your interviewer that your mom's limited English caused misccoumnications. Let them know that Harvard is in fact your #1 choice. I don't think your chances will be affected by this. Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>wait, so you're already in at stanford? if so, i wouldn't worry too much about it since you'll end up somewhere that's good. on top of that, if you like stanford, then it doesn't make all that much sense to want to go to Harvard. they have totally different campus feels, student bodies, etc. if it's the case that you like Harvard more then maybe put the effort in to straighten out the misunderstanding. </p>
<p>keep in mind though, it's highly unlikely that you/any one will get into both Stanford and Harvard; that's simply not all that common of an occurrence. because of this, i seriously doubt that this misunderstanding would ever be the reason why you were rejected from Harvard.</p>