@gibby Thanks a lot! That helps clear some of my queries regarding the whole ‘interview’ dealio
My SO moved my follow-up interview for 5 PM tomorrow. @gibby any more final tips so I can hopefully garner that sweet 51%?
Alright. THis is regarding you @ someone else, and i figured I’d put in my knowledge as well.
So this is mainly regarding colleges having assigned/regional admissions counselors, (and colleges having a conference based assessment of apps), who choose a select no. of apps that pass the 2nd screening or so (1st screening being the academic ability to survive, of which 85-90% apps pass) for presenting towards the full ADCOM.
Most/some times the regional/assigned adm. couns. sees it better having additional info to present you in the best possible way with all they have towards the ADCOM for the 51% of votes to lean towards you.
The good thing is that at that point, your negatives arent highlighted upon while the case is being presented, but only (maybe) when an ADCOM member asks for relevant questions that might shed light on some weak points.
Almost all/all apps are not perfect, so that shouldnt matter too much in terms of having one/many imperfection(s) and it getting the highlight, since most apps go through that, and many still get admitted.
All the best to you.
Yes, have fun!
Yeah Full Committee began meeting Feb 26 and will go until March 11. The last geography to receive consideration at the Full Committee will be some parts of the midwest/south/Appalachia (e.g., Kansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Penn ex-Phil) as well as Australia, Canada, UK, LatAm (among other international geo’s).
Then there’s final review 14 -15.
Decisions will be available March 28.
Your interviewers will find out the decision (if they have a diligent School & Scholarship Committee–it’s on the SSC to notify the interviewers) on March 29.
Hope that helps…please don’t @ me asking for when your geography meets :-*
@hgrad2010 is this specific to harvard? or to other ivies/top schools as well?
@TheGuy1 Harvard only–although I suppose “Ivy Day” is a thing? Never actually realized that!
Thank you so much for the specific info. I gathered about 5,000-6,000 goes to the full committee, approximately 2000 will pass the full committee, and then go through fine tuning (final review in your term?). Does it sound right to you? It’s surprising that so many who pass subcommittee will not get half of the vote from the full committee.
@splash216 5-6k sounds too less IMO.
but again idk the numbers regarding this specifically, so id love anyone having experience/knowing these no’s to step up here.
@hgrad2010 Okay??? thanks for the share.
So I’m speculating it’s harvard specific, but its highly probable at least ivies operate this way.
@splash216 I’m honestly not sure about the absolute figures or rates–and I’m not sure what else has been mentioned elsewhere in this thread regarding the details of the deliberation per committee–but basically the 3-6 person Subcommittee comes up with recommendations that it then will defend in the 40 person Full Committee. A simple majority is required for these recommendations. BTW Subcommittee meets after 2-3 readings of a “folder” have taken place, and it’s the specific “area person” who presents the folder at Subcommittee (subcommittees are made up of multiple geographies).
Sometimes Full Committee forces a complete re-review of the candidate, sometimes it’s just the Subcommittee members discussing their recommendation and moving on quickly. A simple majority is also required for these final decisions.
I was a deferred EA applicant who has a somewhat urgent update for the admissions committee. I’ve faced severe disability discrimination from my high school throughout this entire year, and this is the first chance I’m getting to talk about it. I know there’s a chance that the admissions committee or subcommittee has already rejected me, but is there any way to ensure that they see this and see it soon?
@drumminggeek87 Contact the adcom at their email explaining this asap go into as much detail as you please.
And/or, upload a pdf explaining this into as much detail as you can.
The adcom mostly (almost all times) reviews apps again for rereading any applicant update and adding those notes into the pre-existing app notes.
Sorry to hear about this.
Hope this helps.
@drumminggeek87: As a deferred SCEA applicant, Harvard LIKED your application, they LIKED your essays, LIKED your teacher recommendations, LIKED your guidance counselor’s secondary school report and LIKED your interview report. However, they wanted to compare you to a larger pool of applicants in the RD round. If they didn’t like all that stuff, you would have been rejected. Specially, if your teachers said negative things about you in their LoR’s, you would have been rejected. If your guidance counselor said negative things about you, you would have been rejected. Following me so far?
If you alert Harvard Admissions now about the disability discrimination you faced in HS, an Admissions Officer might call into question the truthfulness of what your teachers wrote in their recommendation letters – and again I’m assuming it was all positive or you would have been rejected. Ditto with whatever your guidance counselor wrote. If you alert Admissions to the disability discrimination you faced, you will begin the process of AO’s questioning the “adults in the room.” Specifically questioning why a teacher or GC didn’t bring this issue up. And, if they didn’t bring this HUGE issue up, can the AO’s trust the rest of what they said? That’s going to be the question in their minds – and they will have no way to answer this question. It will be your word against the adults in a supervisory capacity at your high school.
So unless you recently won a lawsuit against your school for disability discrimination – and it’s in an unsealed court record which you can forward to Admissions, I think alerting Harvard about all of this will do you more harm than good. So, unless you have a court of law saying you have been discriminated against, I would recommend you not update Admissions about it and let it go.
That would be a correct assumption.
Just when I thought I was done with college interviews, I got contacted for a Harvard interview this morning, with the interviewer saying that due to circumstances out of her control, the interview had to be done tonight or tomorrow? I feel so underprepared for it ahhh
You got it! Good luck!!
Woah @celestialkairos that’s really late but goodluck and just be yourself.
I feel you… Just relax and you’ll be fine. Mine was like a casual conversation
Interviews tend to go on till mid march. I think i had commented this as part of one of my comments before (in this or some other ‘top college’ thread)
No one seemed to believe it lol. Ig this is proof.