I think @Lightening20 was saying they had applied to Harvard as a freshman applicant in their high school senior year (probably during the EA round since they said “deferred” not waitlisted) and had gotten deferred at the time. @Lightening20, if you were asking if your previous deferral from Harvard could help (in a way that your transfer application would be viewed in a positive light), it really depends on your personal narrative and whether your transfer app has a difference-making factor that will result in a “yes” this time versus the “no” you received last time you applied. So there’s really no way for us to tell. But I wish you the best of luck! 
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Thank you! Yes, you understood my question.
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Sure thing! I’m glad I got it right. This process is stressful for all of us, but more so for international students, I can imagine. I’m a domestic applicant from California, but I believe international students have so much to contribute to the transfer communities at any colleges. I hope you get in!
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Your are sooooooooooooooo goood! Thank you for the good wishes and I know its very few students who would get in as transfers at Harvard, I would be the happiest to meet you there and that would be so crazy! 
And I wish you the bestest of luck that you get in! And yes, Harvard really remains my top choice and I want to get in.
Thank you so much for the warm wishes, and I’d love to see you there as well! I have a professor at Harvard I’d like to study under, and it’d be so amazing if I could this fall. One month to go till the decisions.
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One more month and I can’t even
wait!
Has either of you recieved an interview request yet?
I haven’t received it yet.
I haven’t! I believe not all transfer applicants receive interview requests–only the ones that they need to interview to clarify things on their apps or for any other potential reasons. I think it’s kind of like this: if you receive one, that’s probably a good sign, but if you don’t, it doesn’t mean you’ll be rejected.
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Here’s what it says on their website:
“Generally, we do not conduct interviews for transfer applicants. Should the Admissions Committee need more information regarding your application, our office will contact you. Transfer students may not schedule or request their own interviews.”
You should, however, receive one soon (in the next few weeks) if they want to know more about specific information on your transfer app; I believe it’s been said that alumni write-ups are due around late-April since the decisions are coming out early- to mid-May.
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hoping we can get interviews. I know for Yale, only top applicants get them, wonder if harvard is lowkey the same?? even if they say “they don’t”
I’ve known people who transferred into Harvard without getting interviews, and also those who didn’t end up getting in after having interviews. Interviews are their way of clarifying confusing/unclear information or getting to know potential admits or anyone on the borderline, but interview or no interview really doesn’t mean you’re getting in or not getting in. There’s really no way to get a definitive answer on this, but one thing for sure and certain is that interviews literally don’t mean much in the admissions process as a whole in my experience.
It’s my belief they (Harvard) are 100% like that.
how much do SAT subject tests matter as a transfer student
That’s hard to qualify. I opted not to send in my subject tests OR test scores, however broadly speaking, it’s well known in academia that standardized tests hinder the poor and favor the wealthy, and often are a poor measure of students. Many Universities know and acknowledge this fact, so it will be interesting to see the effect on admissions.
Additionally, transfer students are examined differently (to my knowledge) because they want to focus more on their interests and that they should have a clearer life direction than a 17-year-old applying to college.
Does this help?
Also, they tend to care more about what you did IN/AT your college than your HS career.
do they weigh the fact that I did not apply as a senior in high school differently than somebody who did apply for first year and then transfer admission
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Not a clue.
I had applied at Harvard as the first year and then again as a transfer year now!
I have also not sent in my SAT subject tests because I cannot afford to take them. But I had to send in my SAT scores because I had already sent them in during first year admissions and they had it saved.
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