@9ptempel1 …ughhhhh…I was really hoping that there wasn’t a wave on Tuesday, tomorrow is going to be tough if there are rejections.
Keep in mind though that the new members could be current Harvard students offering support/promoting clubs to incoming freshman (I know that’s happening a lot with my current school). Especially with H announcing their plans soon for Fall term.
yield does seem pretty high but let’s try to be optimistic, the gap year deadline isn’t here yet (july 1st) and with trump suspending visas, many international students are probably still waiting to make a decision.
@waitlistedsenior - I agree. I also think H published its yield now because it is higher than 80% and with gap year deadlines approaching, it may dip below 80%. Hoping for the best for all of us on here!
Has anyone’s portal changed or updated like it did the last round of rejections?
my portal appears the same however there may be a chance that the portals don’t change in the day (if rejections are coming out today) since last time the portal changes prior seemed to be accidental.
How do you all interpret the following sentence that appeared in the Crimson article about yields? [caps are my emphasis] “…As admits elect to take gap years, the College HAS ALREADY pulled students off its waiting list and will make all final decisions by the end of July…” Obviously, students thinking about gap years must have contacted admissions way before July 1st to discuss it, so they probably had an idea of how many replacements might be coming way before the deadline. Does the sentence above suggest they may have already made those replacements??? Reading tea leaves…
I think they’re just trying to say that they’ve started using the waitlist and that many students have requested gap years. I believe with Harvard, students just have to fill out a form if they’re set on a gap year so they can wait until July 1. Harvard’s own site claims they’re very encouraging of gap year so I don’t think they have a quota on how many students can take them either.
Now that they’ve released yield info, do you think there will be a big wave soon?
@strawbri13 hopefully so!!
Harvard yield is down 3%. But that doesn’t mean they will try to fill the gap from the waitlist. There are reasons to decrease density.
@waitlistedsenior - I am with you! I think there will be a larger wave coming soon! H was aware that its yield was down last week, prior to publishing, and could have easily sent rejections on Friday. That didn’t happen. Keep optimistic. I think there are not many people still left on the WL and, hopefully, there will be spots opening soon after the July 1st gap year deadline. Positive thoughts!!! 
Ex admissions member said most of the admissions team and all committee members are already on summer break. Only a few junior people left to answer calls remotely. They projected 80%, already got 81%. 40% min returning to campus, so all seniors and most first years. Gap year apps much less than expected. Looks like it’s 99.9% over, guys…
@LimboKid thanks for the inside info! Well, based on your post, I guess it’s over 
. Anyone else feeling a bit sad?
Wouldn’t there be openings if internationals are not able to get visas, if some don’t want to do 100% online, or are concerned about what the future holds with the suspension of H1-B visas? Harvard has 12% international students.
@Sisternight - that is what I thought before reading the prior post. Also, I don’t know how the assumption that gap year apps are less than expected can be made when the deadline isn’t for a few more days. I would hope that if H really isn’t taking any more off its WL that we would have found out on Friday. Who knows? I sure am trying to keep my hopes up!
Anyone else have any feedback on the post?
better to stay optimistic guys (but don’t get our hopes up too high)! In the past years, H has called people well into late June and late July as well!
One reason why Harvard may not go to the waitlist is because it is invested in its identity as a luxury brand, which, like all luxury brands, it built on artificial scarcity. Harvard creates artificial scarcity by maintaining a low acceptance rate. Like all of its peers, Harvard is drunk on exclusivity, which exacerbates and entrenches inequality in wealth, power, and influence. This reliance on exclusivity in higher education does begin to feel inappropriate at this moment in history. It is time to let this crisis lead to a revolution and democratization in higher education.
@limbokid…did your friend know how many people are left on the waitlist?