Does anyone know what the recommended arrival time to Visitas is? I know the start of the program is on April 25 and the end of the program is 5:00 p.m on April 27, but I do not know what the appropriate arrival time is. I have looked over the internet as well as past schedules and can’t find anything. I’m hesitant to e-mail Harvard since I feel like there is a simple answer to my question right under my nose.
@HomoZapien24 There’s no official events until 3:00 PM on the 25th, but you can arrive as early as 7:00 AM for check-in There’s a lot of independent activties available from 7-3, like open admissions to the museum and the like.
I didnt get in, but definitely congrats to everyone! ALL of us (those rejected, waitlisted, and accepted) i think will be okay (lets pray to God we are) 
yay for us lol
@frozens thank you once again! See you at Visitas!
Wait @Jolex2, do they have to check the GPA you get from UW? (the 3.68?)
just a quick question for my fellow rejectees out there: is anyone going to try and reapply to Harvard or will you go to another school you were admitted to?
It is true that most everyone hwo gets into harvard exaggerated their EC, is that correct?
I can’t believe you said she had a stereotypically Asian profile
Question: did any students that were accepted in the RD round get an email telling them that they were accepted? Or was your decision just available on the portal?
I know SCEA students got an email verifying their acceptance.
@ibbi1824 personally, i feel that things happen for a reason and if you didn’t get in the 1st round, don’t attempt to move mountains to try and get there. plus, i feel that i would have this gut feeling of disappointment getting in on a reapplication…
@easycadence since I was planning on deferring anyway, I was just wondering if anyone else was considering reapplying
@ibbi1824 I am! This may sound like a stupid idea but I believe that I can work on and improve many parts of my application without having to divide my time and energy on keeping my grades up. I plan on working hard to get good A-Level results (an A* or two, you know ) and getting more experience in the field of my intended major, which is biology. So not only will that give me more to talk about in my application, it will also benefit me in the long run after I graduate and am looking for a job. Hahaha that’s the plan anyways. Are you planning on putting Durham down as your firm? 
@shiziani yeah same I feel like if I can beat my prediction I’ll have a better shot at Harvard and I’ve been wanting to take a gap year for awhile anyway so if/once I get myself sorted I think I’ll be in a good position to go wherever I end up. What are you going to do during your gap year?? I think I will firm Durham what about you?
@jalebigirl I received an email telling me my decision was available, and then I had to go to the portal.
@ibbi1824 yes, I feel the same way. Even if I’m not successful the second time round (even though it’ll sting!) I would still have a better idea of what I really want to do. I was planning on applying for an apprenticeship that lasted a year and gave me hands on experience in the laboratory. Or an internship perhaps? Ive wanted to take a gap year but at the back of my mind I still have this doubt that I maybe glamourising the amount of work I could do in a year to make a considerable difference to my application. I’m probably going to decline my offers because honestly I don’t want to take up a space at a university I don’t want to go to anymore, and take away from someone who really wanted to go there. Or I might go to the university that I applied to as an insurance, and maintain a really high GPA to apply as a transfer student. That possibility is also there. I have a lot of thinking to do, but I’m holding off that until after my exams because like you said, if I beat my predicted grades I might be better off? If you firm Durham, are you going to defer it?
Also, I have a quick question to anyone who can answer it; does Harvard keep a record of your application after they release their decisions? Because on the common app it asks if you’ve applied to Harvard before so I was wondering if they used your previous application files to see if you’ve improved or not?
@shiziani I’ve always wondered what colleges do with old apps
hey guys i havent been much of a poster on these apps, but I have been following some of the posts. I wanted to say that I was rejected by HYPS (+ other ivies as well) and sometimes I still feel bitter about it. It was tough to see rejection letter after rejection letter from your top choices. However, the more bitter i feel, the more I realize that I should be grateful for all the opportunities I was provided and all of the great schools that I got into, because having read about all of your work and achievements, I am sure some excellent schools who may not have been Harvard or Princeton or Yale, have accepted you. I know that some of you may be inconsolable, as I was, because you think your hard work over the past four years has not paid out. To that, I say that the process itself is extremely rewarding. I think that we learn more from rejection than anything else. I think that being grateful for all that we have (and what most of the world doesnt) is a crucial realization. It may sting, but I know that all hard work eventually pays off, we may not see it, but I know in my heart that it will pay off.
The bottom line to my rather wordy post is that life is what you make of it. I know this is a cliché, but at least we tried. Didnt get in? doesnt matter. time to move on to wherever next our life takes because it is a marathon and we’ve only run 2 miles. I am humbled and I would like to thank everybody’s who’s supportive and helpful and I would like to congratulate everybody on their acceptances and on their achievements. Best of luck and maybe I’ll see you guys in fall!
@shiziani oh that sounds like a good gap year! I was going to try and get on the ICS volunteer program to Nicaragua because it would count as language immersion (i’m planning on majoring in Spanish) and the government funds most of the trip so individual contribution is not bad. my parents definitely aren’t happy with the idea of a gap year though and I’ve read a couple of threads which say reapplication usually has the same results. plus I would have to get my subject test scores way up 
I hate having to make a decision before results day because it means I’m stuck in an awkward limbo but I was thinking about transferring which seems like a good idea, but I believe the chances are much slimmer (if that’s even possible!) I’m not even sure what i’m going to do about Durham but i’ll probably just pull out UCAS as a whole instead of deffering depending on what happens on results day!
@easycadence I’m tempted to call and ask, is it socially acceptable to do that? haha
@swaggicious23 That’s a very sweet post! I agree with you wholeheartedly, I think things have a way of sorting themselves out if you let them 
@ibbi1824 OMG, I was thinking of the ICS the other day too! I thought it was a great opportunity to do something cool with your time off without having to worry too much about expenses. Your plan sounds amazing! One of my friends is planning on studying German at university and over the summer she took part in a student exchange program and spent 3 weeks living in Germany. She came back very confident about her German. So based on her experience I would say that would definitely be worth it My parents are still urging me to look into EU universities because I told them that if I had a choice I would study abroad where it’s not only cheaper but you get to experience an entirely new country (my main motivation of applying to American universities). If I did decide to reapply I would have to pull my SAT scores up considerably- they were so low, it was bad. Which is why I knew that it would take a miracle to get accepted I’ve read that on threads too, but my only consolation is that I would be going through this with a clearer head and will have a better idea of what not to do in my application the second time round? I hope so anyways. I’m iffy about the transfer plan too because you have more competition for a place plus you need to keep your GPA up at university which isn’t exactly a walk in the park. If anything, I might make a decision on 3:59 on the 7th of May and just see what happens on results day… Is this what adults have to go through everyday? haha