<p>Yale is harder for transfers than Harvard, so it is possible to be admitted to Harvard, but not to Yale.</p>
<p>hmmm/....my "possibility" at this point seems to be approaching zero- Gud luck guys! Can't believe I have to go thru all this admissions stress again for grad school!</p>
<p>That conclusion is just stupid. The fact that you were not accepted at Yale does not mean you will not be at Harvard.</p>
<p>lol! that was kinda harsh! "that conclusion is just stupid."</p>
<p>I just figured if I got accepted to yale then my chances of getting into harvard might increase a lot since yale is much harder to get into and getting rejected will further decrease the probability of harvard accepting me- since there seems to be no correlation, that's fine- That's gud news actually-</p>
<p>Well, yeah, it was harsh. Just calm down, sit on your butt and wait until next week before you start crying. We are all in the same boat. How's that in terms of harshaness?</p>
<p>lol! seems a lot less harsh- but at this point, it's hard to calm down-</p>
<p>"I just figured if I got accepted to yale then my chances of getting into harvard might increase a lot since yale is much harder to get into and getting rejected will further decrease the probability of harvard accepting me- since there seems to be no correlation, that's fine- That's gud news actually-"</p>
<p>The two events - admission to Harvard and Yale are completely independent. You have already submitted your application, it's too late to put somewhere that you're in Yale or anything like this. So the fact that you were not admitted to Yale does not decrease your chance of being admitted to Harvard - your chance is just as great(small) as it was one minute before you saw your Yale decision.</p>
<p>bumpity: </p>
<p>You were asked to interview, and your interview went well. Harvard is interested in you, and now you have a positive interview report to back up the adcom's <em>already</em> positive image of you.</p>
<p>Therefore, I believe that the only thing you have to worry about is getting waitlisted. If we assume Harvard is accepting 75-100 transfer applicants (providing it has places for 75) and assuming they interview 200 applicants, there will probably be 100 applicants receiving interviews and good alumni recs who will be put on the waitlist. Of course this is all speculation and disgustingly optimistic, but I really think it makes sense. </p>
<p>I'm not gonna lie, I'm pretty worried, too, but we have to remember that only 25 people were admitted to yale this year. And 96% of those who applied to transfer to Y. got denied admission! It's ridiculously more competitive. So, stay hopeful.</p>
<p>1) I also have friends who got into Harvard as a transfer and not Yale. Please, BumpityBump, even if some people are being insensitive about your situation, it is not over for you . Did you not get into Chicago? Do you not have other options? Some perspective will help ease the anxiety.</p>
<p>2) I was kvetching to a friend about Harvard not picking up when I called at noon, and just as I was telling him about it, Harvard called ME . . .to tell me that even though I have work study, summer classes, housing, financial aid, etc to worry about, they refuse to give a decision on anyone else's terms, and that they will start with decisions next week, running through the end of May.</p>
<p>Conclusion: Harvard knows that they have the better hand, and a pretty good poker face, and they will call your bluff in a heartbeat. Sigh.</p>
<p>awww, bnx is such a sweetie- thanks!
wish I cud write a peer rec for u to the adcoms and tell them they'll be stupid not to admit u!
that sure made me feel better-
thanks so much!</p>
<p>thanks brian- here's wishing everyone the best of luck- it'll be really cool if we all got in cos u guys are such nice people!!</p>
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<p>That is so true.</p>
<p>"it'll be really cool if we all got in cos u guys are such nice people!!"</p>
<p>If we all got in, the value of the acceptance to Harvard will be much lower and so while you will be happier that your friends got in, you will be less happy with your feat.</p>
<p>So you are no better off.</p>
<p>....as much as that sort of makes sense...i think an acceptance to harvard is an acceptance to harvard...i'll be happy regardless.</p>
<p>Speak for yourself, atanas_vs.</p>
<p>not to be *****y atanas but I really wish all ur negativity showed on ur app-</p>
<p>bumpitybump, worry not! It did show on my application and during my interview. It's called marginal thinking.</p>
<p>"it'll be really cool if we all got in cos u guys are such nice people!!"</p>
<p>I do not see why you do not agree - if all the people who applied got in, then the feat of being admitted is not greater than the one from being admitted at a CC or something. So while your happiness that you are with you will be with your friends goes up, your happiness with the fact that you are not unique goes down. I do not see what is the negative here. In fact, it's a positive statement (positive in the economics sense at least.)</p>
<p>it's also called being so marginal that you exclude yourself from reaping the benefits of some positive upbeat attributes that define people of influence-</p>