<p>[MakeCountdowns.com</a> - (Rumored) Decisions release for Harvard Transfers 2010! Just for fun. You can bet Harvard Admissions are having fun. 
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<p>Keep this window open until friday and you get magic stars. Nothing else is guaranteed though. Just for fun. :)</p>
<p>suffering again from insomnia (which compelled me few months ago to turn on my laptop and randomly check harvard website to find out transfer program has been resumed…), i would write whatever comes to my mind now…so yesterday I interviewed candidates for my club executive positions and i kept thinking about harvard transfer admissions process. When we the current executive members came down to pick just one out of five candidates, the decision process was kind of random because all of them were well qualified. Crucial factors were confidence and preparation for the interview and qualifications (previous experiences, etc). I would say these two can be compared to our essays and stats in our transfer apps…BUT the most important was whether we “liked” the candidate…these parts were quite subjective. Even one failed candidate was, we all agreed, considered “over-qualified” and we picked another whom we “liked to work with for next year”. Of course comparing this unprofessional interview experience to harvard transfer admissions can be rather far-fetched but given the speculated 2% success rate, I assume “luck” is what we need most to finally get this golden ticket…anyways if we are not going to get an email by friday early morning (before 10am…?) i think I am gonna just focus on my finals…ha</p>
<p>Insomnia? Story time!</p>
<p>(Once Upon A Time) Heh, I remember, back in the day, doing everything I could to ignore the url “harvard.edu” when it popped up by auto-suggest in my browser’s address bar. By that time I had also (finally) kicked the habit of checking CC, them waiting list day’s being over. I don’t know why I did it–maybe it was an accidental click and then thinking “oooooh, look at the pretty colors!” or it’s being a new year, 2010–but I saw they were taking transfers again at the end of January. It took me well over a month to convince myself I wanted to apply (and fork over $75), but by the purest of luck, I had gotten close to two instructors whose classes I really liked–and hey look, Harvard happens to need two recommendations for a transfer application. I waited and focused hard on their classes’ work and participation. The day I had set to ask them for recommendations (the latest I could, giving them enough time to write, so that they would know me and my work better) was the day after which I haven’t looked back. Before that, I had been uncertain, but now I think, at least to myself: this is what separates the ambitious from the merely content. Applying, followed by commitment. My instructors’ willingness to write my recommendations has also reassured me that I’ve got a shot, several months after. The CC habit is kickin’ again. I am now lucky to be one in a smaller-than-average (500) pool of applicants (as much of an award for applying as one could expect to get) and lucky to be surrounded by wonderful CCers with brilliant chances and futures. :)</p>
<p>Spot on, HC! The wee hours of the morning are truly inspirational. And that was some good insight.</p>
<p>I’m sorry but 12 is CRAZY. 12!!?!!?</p>
<p>Do you guys think there will even be a waitlist?</p>
<p>music, work, etc …your story is almost just like mines! except my friend in boston kind of spread the word about the transfer program resuming. lol.</p>
<p>Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I love you;
Tomorrow is only a day a way…</p>
<p>It’s more of a combination thing , If your GPA is high then your SAT is allowed to lower.
2050 isn’t bad it’s just not Harvard level good. Also the thing about Harvard is that if they really like you they will take you no matter what. You probably have a special talent to offer , rely on that. Good luck !</p>
<p>PS: If it doesn’t work out try again the year after, if you get above a 2300 you will get in for sure I don’t know anyone who hasn’t gotten in with that score , the 2400 thing is a myth , only 20 people out of a million get it every year</p>
<p>I’m sorry, but your statements are just not correct. Hundreds of students with over 2300 on their SAT do not get into Harvard straight out of high school. (I know this for a fact; I was one of them.) Also, MANY more than 20 kids get a 2400. In my high school alone, there were 4 kids.</p>
<p>I don’t mean to call you out. Just please be cautious. Stating things as fact when they are blatantly false only serves to falsely raise the hopes of many students reading these threads. (Not to mention, it could cause them to spend hundreds of dollars on applications fees that they would not have otherwise spent if they knew the correct statistics.)</p>
<p>On a lighter note, TOMORROW EVERYONE! Although it’s an empirical certainty that most of us will be disappointed, I’m betting that we get at 2 students from this thread accepted. Of course, this is pure speculation, but let’s hope for the best! You’re all awesome, and you all deserve this.</p>
<p>agreed! good luck to everyone. i hope to see a few of us who follow this thread receive some good news tomorrow. please post when you hear!</p>
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<p>It’s just under 300 a year.</p>
<p>they make a lot of quick and easy money from the application fees. if they got many people to pay the fee but never read their application, they’re getting free money with no administrative costs. now, tell me, knowing that at LEAST they’d get 75% Freshman retention from last year (you did not need to know this year’s numbers to predict that), why would you say you’d admit 10-25 people to encourage people to apply, but then retract that and say it’s 12? </p>
<p>…think about it. long and hard. (hint: The economy is bad, their endowment is down billions. Harvard Business School even cut their staff by 16 people. Someone has to get paid.) My dealings, campus visits, and phone calls with Harvard adcoms and front desk ladies during this admissions round have given me the impression that this whole thing has been very very…shady.</p>
<p>@harvardtransfer</p>
<p>I understand where you’re coming from, and I empathize with the disillusionment. However, let’s play with some numbers. Assuming that the ~500 number is considered in conjunction with the $75 application fee, we’re talking about a measly 38K. This is hardly worth the hassle – it’s essentially one student’s tuition fee (not including room, board, books, etc). I do think, at the same time, that your argument is more valid when in concert with the belief that ending the hiatus opens the doors to future years of more transfer. We’re then talking about more students applying (i.e., more app fees) x future years x the revenue derived from the additional tuition of those lucky students.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, I can’t pretend to rationalize it when I know that my previous paragraph was a product of wishful thinking. Not to mention the front desk people who consistently reminded me “how selective” the process was, despite never knowing my name or my statistics. That, of course, is not to say that I consider myself the most or least qualified – it’s only to say that they seem to be setting people up for disappointment. And, I suppose it could be argued that this would function to cover a “shady operation” that would inevitably result in many disappointed students. BUT, I’m still hopeful, and to be quite honest, there were going to be myriad disappointed students regardless.</p>
<p>C’mon, guys! Just a few hours. Again, I wish everyone the best.</p>
<p>So, is it confirmed that the letters should be in the mail tomorrow? Or are they only being mailed out tomorrow?</p>
<p>LOL, no school could ever confirm that theyll be in your mailbox on a certain day. they are mailing them out tomorrow. more importantly, they are sending out the email responses as well.</p>
<p>does anyone know an estimated time that theyve derived from researching past threads on harvard transferring?</p>
<p>Yeah, I figured. People seem to be excited for tomorrow, so figured it must’ve been more than just the day they’re mailing out the letters.</p>
<p>Good luck, everyone!</p>
<p>Hey All,
I have sort of a dumb favor to ask…would someone be willing to post tomorrow and alert me to the form the email takes? I have finals to take and would rather not know the decision until Saturday afternoon. Is the email a link to another site, or, when I open my email browser will I be able to read part of the message (what I’m hoping to find out is whether or not I should check my email at all tomorrow). </p>
<p>I know that receiving an email that begins with “we regret to inform you” will not provide the empowerment I need right now. Thanks, guys!</p>
<p>@wellnow - i don’t think we can predict the time of day they’ll send it out by looking at past years because their history with transfer students is so erratic. we’ll just have to assume it’s sometime between 9-5:30.</p>
<p>@n2012c - would be happy to. good luck with exams!</p>
<p>Holy ***** im in!!!</p>
<p>Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh</p>