<p>Yeah--fat envelopes.</p>
<ol>
<li>If you get accepted, they need to send you important forms right away. </li>
<li>If you get rejected, they have no need to waste paper on you anymore.</li>
</ol>
<p>Quite saddening, yes. But let's focus on...positive thinking! WOO!</p>
<p>plus...most of us find out online anyways...so it doesnt matter cuz we'll already know by the time the mail comes......</p>
<p>True. 2% of emails get bounced though, which I think is hilarious.</p>
<p>This year the admissions selection meetings began on Feb. 1 and will conclude on March 21. Notification letters will be mailed at 12:01 a.m. on March 30 and electronic notification will take place at 5 p.m. that day. from:
<a href="http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/02.09/05-apply.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/02.09/05-apply.html</a></p>
<p>thats from last year</p>
<p>It's Harvard--they probably do a lot of things by tradition. I don't expect the routine to change.</p>
<p>i just though maybe the date would be the same --people have been saying the 29th, not the 30th</p>
<p>seriously if they already made most of their decisions, just send me the rejection letter already!! I just want to be done with it by now...</p>