<p>I know that it seems a little sketchy and petty. But I'm trying to decide whether even try. Is it even possible to get in from an appeal? What exactly does it involve?</p>
<p>I don't think such a thing as an appeal of a rejection process even exists at Harvard. You can take a gap year, strengthen your qualifications, and reapply next year, but I've never heard of anyone getting in on a simple appeal of a rejection.</p>
<p>I've heard this weird rumor going around at my school that someone did try to do something like an appeal and succeeded. It's one of those things about a letter that went something along the lines of "it's no skin off my back that you rejected me" getting that person (don't have a gender) in. But chances of that happening, especially with the current state of things are really nilch.</p>
<p>So is there very little chance for anything to happen? I'm not exactly looking for the gap-year option because that just puts me behind another year and I'll have to explain what I did for an entire year.</p>
<p>Try attending somewhere and try to transfer :P</p>
<p>I believe that all decisions made by the admissions office is final, and there is no formal method for appealing any sort of decision. I can only suggest that you take a gap year to find yourself, do some traveling, and come back next year for a second round. However, the class of 2012 is suppose to be the largest and most competitive in the history of college admissions according several leading researches.</p>
<p>I wonder what selective schools like Harvard do in a situation where they sent someone the wrong decision and it is brought to their attention. Situations where someone was supposed to be accepted and weren't. (I am picturing a situation where a development admit or much needed tuba player ect was taken towards the end of the decisions, but it was not reflected on their lists and they were sent a rejection) How would they ever rectify those? A school could never admit they sent the wrong decision because all the other appicants would want a recheck of theirs. I wonder how they deal with those situations. ie. if they ever change the decision.</p>