@james1998iq If you send it, will it get there on time?
Also I believe interview forms were due from the interviewers Nov. 24, so the interview period is over. However, not getting an interview means nothing, so don’t worry!!
One of my friends has an interview on Monday. Does that mean the interview isn’t going to be considered in the decision?
@giraffeinatree @orionsagittarius Also in the International scea Harvard thread someone claims to have his interview this Friday?
Each interviewer is set an individual deadline - my interviewer had to submit her report by the 11th November, so I really don’t think this 24th November date is universal.
@trainguy1 why do you say that?
Hey guys! Good luck to you all in the applicant pool 
Just wanted to wish y’all the best. @trainguy1 Don’t worry! Everyone writes some pretty edgy stuff on those essays, plus it will show the adcoms that your a bold risk-taker :D/
Anyways just hope for the best! Besides if it’s funny its more likely to loosen their moods Lol.
Oh maybe the interview period is still ongoing. I heard from a penn interviewer that the reports were due by the 23rd, and someone in a Harvard group said her interviewer told her the 24th was the last day, so I figured the dates were close enough to make a before-Thanksgiving-break deadline reasonable enough to be applied to most schools’ EA/ED interview deadlines. But then again it makes more sense that each interviewer has their own deadline, because these schools want the interviewers to write their reports ASAP before they allow anything/anyone to influence their report outside of what they saw in their interview.
@giraffeinatree I agree, though I think maybe they might have said: let’s do all the interviews during the break, and review them in the committee after the break…meaning that those offered interviews are perhaps…probably…slightly…more like l y …to be…admi… $%*@
@giraffeinatree I don’t think the period is over
Interview is still available for HC SCEA. My son was just scheduled to have his interview this Sunday morning.
@trainguy1 If you don’t mind me asking, what did you write about? You don’t have to give me specifics, but I was just curious since you seem pretty sure that your essay is too controversial? Anyways, I’m sure you’ll do fine! Maybe your essay will end up standing out a lot
I think a lot of people have post-essay regret haha. For example, I worry that mine is too cliche and serious (about a community service project that means a lot to me)
But as long as it’s authentic, the admissions officers will see that!! Theres really no way to know if your essay was “what they were looking for”
@gracie21 that’s how I feel about mine! Ya about my Hispanic background and how I’ve always felt a a disconnect. But I’m terrified it’s too clichéd!
does anyone know what day and time the mod december decisions come out??
@roliepolieolie We’re speculating it’ll come out the evening (?) of December 10, which is the Thursday before December 15 because most decisions at Harvard have historically come out on the second Thursday of December. But I think someone mentioned earlier that Harvard will give the specific date for when decisions will be released in the first week of December?
Actually, does anyone know when exactly Harvard will tell us when decisions will be released and how that information will be disseminated to us?
Many applicants last year called Admissions to confirm the date and time.
@orionsagittarius Hm, I wonder if people from College Confidential will do that this year as well?
Side note, maybe I’m being pessimistic (I promise, I’m trying to stay optimistic as well!), but I’ve started getting together a list of significant accomplishments in case—God forbid—I need to send an update letter because I get deferred. I’m curious if anyone else has been doing anything similar?
@RandomRhino It’s important to not assume anything in these processes, so an update compilation is a good idea. If I am deferred, there is no doubt that I will send an update letter.
Does the adcom find an update letter annoying? What could be so significant that they would bother admitting you?
I haven’t gotten any awards in the past month haha