Consistently, 35 to 40% of the graduate classes go into consulting and finance after assembling interesting mix as a whole.
@yesican2020 The number is closer to 20-25% per the official of career service reports. And that percentage is no higher than any other peer school. Even school like Yale and Columbia who are seen as more humanities based send higher numbers to finance and consulting.
I personally do not know, but I saw earlier in this thread that someone called H regarding gap years, and they said students are still able to take a gap year if admitted off the waitlist. I also do not know anyone personally who has gotten off the waitlist. I am from a small Midwest state and only know one other person even on the waitlist. When I said that people have until May 29, it was because there were replies earlier in the thread of people stating that H gave them until Friday.
@waitlistgirl123 Thank you! Do you think that it would be helpful for all those still going through this grueling WL process to have a daily check-in which would include the following:
State
Whether or not we have heard anything about movement?
Do any of you guys on here know anyone who was “z-listed” in the past?
If possible I would like to ask them a couple questions
You think tomorrow we are going to have a wave of admits/rejections? And have people been accepted off the waitlist yet? I have only seen rejections and still in consideration.
there were a few people that got off the waitlist last week, according to the thread
@transferthrow555 Please check the number reported by Harvard itself in 2019 for both consulting and finance.
What’s the possibility of more decisions getting released tonight for the waitlist?
Same question - hoping for some clarity today.
I’m thinking Tuesday if anything
Here you are: https://ocs.fas.harvard.edu/files/ocs/files/final_1819_ocs_annual_report.pdf
Take a look at this, and check what you’re saying…
Anyone get anything?
Anyone still on the waitlist, were you asked to provide IDOC sometime in January? Or better still, did anyone who was rejected had their IDOC on file already?
@yesican, that statistic of 35-40% going into finance or consulting is kind of old (2010?). President Drew Faust made a show of combating that, in various ways, including ramping applied music, art, theater and film. Diversity of interests and career goals were certainly a concern at that time.
Also, the grads I know who went into consulting did it for one year as a transitional phase.
Sure, making money is a reason some are so anxious to go to Harvard. But not the majority.
The mix of interests and talents on campus is one of the big pluses, regardless of career plans. You can, for example, be a talented musician and study music or do extracurricular music as a contribution on campus and still go into finance.
When are we expecting the next wave (if there even would be a next wave)? Tuesday?
And any idea when the defer enrollment deadline (gap year deadline) is for Harvard? That may prompt a new round of waitlist decisions, right?
@transferthrow555
Sorry about the delay response. I don’t check CC frequently. Thank you for spending time actually digging out numbers. Here is the numbers from Crimson.
https://features.thecrimson.com/2019/senior-survey/after-harvard/
If you look under “Of seniors entering the workforce, what industry are they working in?” You would see the numbers.
However, tangling the numbers with you is purposeless and definitely not the reason my initial commenting.
Here are the two articles to share with students on this waitlist forum.
https://harvardpolitics.com/harvard/the-draw-of-consulting-and-finance/
https://medium.com/s/story/a-culture-of-prestige-98c8671ceade
Hopefully, generating some insights for the waitlist students who have worked hard during their high school years and have their individual special passions to pursue.
So 18% consulting and 16% finance. Again, consulting is often a transitional job between college and what people really want to do. Recruiters come on campus and if you aren’t sure what you want to do, consulting is a good choice.
Keep in mind that at a school like Harvard, you don’t get vocational training and majors may have little to do with whether you do consulting or even finance. Plenty of English majors or theater types end up doing consulting.
So even if 90% did consulting, one could still say that there is an interesting mix of talents and interests on campus.
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