<p>Dear xxxx,
I am writing to inform you that the Committee on Admissions and Financial
Aid has not yet made a final decision on your application for a place at
Harvard College as a transfer student. However, because of your
achievements and promise, the committee has voted to place your name on a
waiting list of men and women for whom we hope places may become available
later.</p>
<p>Among the eleven hundred applicants for the seventy-five places available
for transfer were more candidates of unusual ability and promise than we
were able to admit. The Committee has selected a number of students from
that strong group to comprise a waiting list. The list is not ranked. If
spaces become available, the Committee will reconsider all candidates who
have elected to remain on the waiting list.</p>
<p>The number of students to be admitted from our waiting list will depend
entirely on the number of transfer students admitted, who decline our offer
of admission in early June. That number has varied greatly from year to
year. In some years we have admitted as many as twenty candidates. In
other years it has not been possible to admit anyone from the waiting list.</p>
<p>We realize that you must make plans at another college while you await our
final decision. Please be assured that all colleges understand your
situation and that we will proceed as quickly as possible to reach a
decision. Normally, most waiting list decisions are made by July.</p>
<p>To help expedite this process, please return the enclosed reply form as
soon as you can. If you choose to remain on the waiting list, please send
a copy of your spring term grade report, if you have been enrolled in
college. A copy of your own student grade report will be sufficient for
this purpose. It will also be helpful to have your summer address, phone
number and email address in case we wish to get in touch with you.
We hope very much that you will decide to remain a candidate. Over the
years, some of our very best students have been admitted from our waiting list.</p>
<p>Again, please accept our congratulations on your outstanding
achievements. If I can be of further assistance to you during the coming
weeks, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me.</p>
<p>Sincerely,
Marlene Vergara Rotner
Director of Transfer Admissions
This e-mail message is sent for your convenience. A letter sent by post
will confirm the decision of the Harvard College Transfer Admissions Committee.</p>
<p>bah, i really wish to get out of Carnegie Mellon</p>