Harvard never wrote me back?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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I emailed admissions on a major update to my file. I sent it to the main admissions office and I sent another message to my regional admissions officer on the update. I also uploaded this information to my portal. However, does Harvard never confirm that it received your email? I’m just assuming because I’m sure they must be inundated with documents.

I faxed the info today (after an entire month) just to see what would happen. Am I worried for no reason since I sent the update 3 times?

*All the other Ivy League schools except Harvard & Penn confirmed my update.

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No one ever wrote me back. Did Harvard ever write you guys back confirming updates?

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I’m going to go out on a limb here, but with 35,000 applications, if 25% of student’s were to send in an update, that would mean over 8,000 updates are being sent to the fileroom. Now, Harvard’s fileroom is staffed by ONE person and a host of student volunteers. So, if Admissions were to prioritize those applications by their interest in an applicant, and you haven’t receive an automated or personal response – what does that tell you about Harvard’s interest in your application? Sorry to be so blunt, but it seems to me the choices are: (1) Harvard is too busy right now to respond to your updates, or (2) Admissions has no immediate interest in your application at the present time.

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@gibby Maybe that too. I just assume they can’t respond to everybody with so many apps

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My son sent updates to Harvard and several other top schools and didn’t receive any confirmations, nor were we expecting any. I think the schools are usually just too busy to respond to anything that isn’t part of the required documentation. Don’t worry about it.

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Same here. Son sent updates but did not receive email confirmations.

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I’m just curious here – does it mean anything if someone has received an automatic reply to his/her email he/she sent to the office in order to let them know about the updates?

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It means they (the work-study students and office clerks) received your update and had time to update the auto replies.

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I would call the Admissions Office and ask a real human to check if the update has been received… though at this point it probably won’t matter.

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I submitted an update Early Action and I received no response at all. I found out two weeks later that I was admitted.

Point is: I wouldn’t sweat it. It’s probably just that they have too many applications to look at. Good luck :slight_smile:

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I may be an exception, but I received a reply from my regional admission officer when I sent an update (approximately 3 days after I sent the update in). I sent it to the general undergrad email.

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I sent an update to all my schools and received confirmations from all my other Ivies except Harvard. Maybe they just don’t do that/don’t do it much? Or maybe it’s a sign we’re not going to get in, in which case, congrats @ytr968 I guess!

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Who really knows. I sent in a noteworthy update, the same one 3 times. I hope they got it.