Harvard Interviews India Class of 2020

Idk. Which state you belong to? Which school?

Punjab. A small school which rarely sends students to the US. You?

Delhi Public School. I got an email on January 22 that my interview would be scheduled but did not receive any further email. :confused:

What were your SAT and SAT II scores?

Did you take any AP or IB courses?

Nothing spectacular… 2320 SAT, 800 Math lvl 2 and 740 World History.

Rk puram? Do you know how many students get an interview offer annually from your school?

Nope. DPS Vadodara. 2320 in single sitting?

Yup. You?

2210 in single December sitting. Will your interview be conducted by Adcom or alumni?

Adcom… makes it all the more strenous.

I received an Interview call on 19th Feb from an admissions officer and had the interview on Feb 21st. There is one thing I am certain of and it is that not everybody receives an interview call. I have a few friends in metros who have not been interviewed despite Alumni base in their cities. @Ambitious27 What is your intended major?

Hi everyone!
Am an international applicant( From Kenya), and I applied Early to Harvard but was Defered…
Harvard later gave me an interview. Does it really mean anything bearing in mind that I was not given an interview prior to being Defered?

One more thing, do all prospective admits get contacted before decisions day to be informed about their forthcoming acceptances.?
Two kids from my region have been contacted and told that they’ve been accepted. Does that mean that am out already, because I wasn’t among the two who were contacted?

@KT1998 Econ and Psych. Had a 2nd interview (this time with an alumus) on 17th of March. He concurred with what you say, and stated that receiving an interview was a good sign in terms of being one of the applicants seriously considered for admission. Apparently, they still do weed out candidates, unlike the popular opinion on CC that an international interview basically guarantees admission. What is your intended major?

@Ambitious27 Computer Science or Math or Electrical Engineering. Woah! You had a second interview? It probably means you are totally getting in. Of course not every interviewed applicant is guaranteed admission, its just a positive sign (very positive in your case). We’ll know soon anyway! Fingers crossed for 31st.

@KT1998 Or that they were on the fence about me! We can only get to know on the 31st. The wait is killing me. Congratulations on Princeton though! Also, how much can I bomb my boards and not get my admissions rescinded? (Vis a vis a predicted of 95+) Best of luck for Harvard!

@Ambitious27 Thank you so much. Honestly I lost all motivation to study after my EA decision. I am guessing(+hoping) that anything over 90 in each subject should suffice. By the way is your school CBSE?

@KT1998 It is. Hope so too! 72 hours to go!

@KT1998 How did your interview go? Are you from India?

@intellectboy We’ll know how my interview really was in 30 min. Although I think it was okay. Yes of course I am from India. Congrats on your Stanford acceptance!

@Ambitious27 What were your decisions?