The odds of an international applicant being accepted is in the 2-3% range IMO, so not getting an interview is not diminishing them that far.
Too much speculation will just feed the anxiety. Go out, take a walk, see a movie.
IMHO, I am waiting along with my son for the 12th. It will either happen or it won’t. A yes would be cool. Otherwise we move on! Their loss. Life is short!
I’ve always wondered how grown adults have time to be on here…
For everyone whose so worried - I’d like to share a story. People from Pakistan will probably understand the references. Our family is based in a different city. When we used to live there, there was this brilliant kid a year older than me who everyone thought would ace the admissions process etc etc. He got deferred early and went into an emotional tank from there. But The truth is he had sth better in store. In the regular round he did end up getting accepted, not just to Harvard but to 5 other Ivies and Stanford. If he’d been accepted right away, he wouldn’t have applied to all those other places! I think you should have faith in the fact that whatever is happening is the best for you.
@MaybeHarvard2022 Lol, I like how you said “signing off till Dec. 12th” yet you’re still back on CC. I said the same thing but the anxiety is killing me.
It’s easier said than done but it is time we all chill lol whatever happens next week happens
Tfw procrastinating all other applications in anticipation of Dec. 12th 
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@Skieurope re: ‘coaches have almost certainly reached their limit on recruits’, not sure that’s correct. I’ve just been through the whole sports recruiting process as a Dad with my daughter (rower). She was recruited by H,Y and P and decided on H (received a likely letter from H in late October for class of 2022). It was made clear to us that most years, the ‘slots’ are not filled during the ED cycle. Definitely worth reaching out to see if RD slots are likely to be available (a friend of my daughter’s was approached last week for possible RD admission at P).
@Titliest in general most of the sports teams would have expended their slots to verbally committed athletes for their likely letter consideration, which occurs from last week of Sept to the first week of Nov. Many of the coaches have already “used up” their allotted recruitment spots before the end of the summer after the junior year. However, not all athletes remain committed to their “verbal commitment”. Some at the last minute may decide to apply ED or EA to another Ivy or to a non Ivy Div 1 school where they were offered a scholarship, which will leave the coach with an unfilled recruitment spot. Therefore, I agree that it wouldn’t hurt to approach the coach to discuss about recruitment, and if the athlete is lucky there just may be a spot for them.
when are recruited athletes given interviews? do they usually have 2?
@ThatapplicNt The logic is simple. They are keen to meet/know more about their admitted students. If they find that their interview isn’t taken, they want to take it on their own so that they are sure the person getting admitted is indeed a good person and not some social psychopath.
And regarding the final decision being made by Dec 5th, I don’t know if the information is authentic. However, it is still possible for them to interview an applicant after their final meeting if they are really intrigued by their application and want to meet the applicant in person.
@asaltyattic This year the recruits that mandatory on campus interviews each Friday starting from the first week in September. Then they had to have another interview by the regional alumni near their home, which in some cases occurred even after the Likely Letters were received.
That’s the exception - not the rule. While there may be an open slot or 2 in a sport here or there, the coach, in that case, still has an idea of who s/he wants to fill them. I doubt that s/he is looking for a recruit that was never on the radar screen before December.
I agree with above that if there is a slot available after the ED cycle (which can also happen if the admissions decide not to accept an athlete and a LL is not given) the coaches usually have a few athletes they had in mind, since they would have had to turn away many prospect once he committed the allotted slots. So the original question several posts above of asking if “his friend should look into recruitment” wouldn’t quite make sense. If his friend was good enough athlete to be considered for recruitment in a particular sport, he would have already been on the radar of these coaches. But if he/ she wasn’t of the Div 1 caliber for an Ivy, then I would doubt the coaches would even bother to waste his/her time to support the athlete to just to fill the slot.
@nekanorneki Actually, I’m not too sure about that. Last year, two students from my country - with limited interviews -were admitted, and one of them was interviewed by some news reporter. The news reporter asked her what she had to do to get admitted, and after telling the news reporter her ECs and all of that, she said she just applied and then did do absolutely nothing but wait. Therefore, I assume she had no interview.
@skieurope @Telluric Do you have any idea about the Standing Committee of Admissions and Financial Aid at Harvard? Here is what the NY Times article listed in Harvard’s website says about the process:
“The standing committee on admissions and financial aid of the faculty, which includes about 30 members of the faculty of arts and sciences, formulates and implements policies on admissions and financial aid. Members of the standing committee also review applications that are representative of the entire pool — and those which present unusually strong scholarly credentials, demonstrate exceptional creativity in the arts, or raise questions of admissions policy.”
Does this mean the ones who “demonstrate exceptional creativity in the arts” or “strong scholarly credentials” are separately evaluated? Or does this simply mean their application is reviewed by the Standing Committee side-by-side with the admissions committee? And could the review by Standing Committee be one of the reasons behind international students getting admitted without an interview? (Because this is somewhat different from the rest of the applicants. And the British guy who got in without an interview also had a book of poetry published, which was probably “strong scholarly credential”)
If we haven’t received a likely letter does that mean that our chances are close to impossible? My friend who studies at Yale told me that.
Quick Question: What does mid-December mean? Is it the 15th? I heard it might be the twelfth. Also, a note to @piranhavator likely letters are super rare. Most of the people admitted will not receive one.
@studentathlete18 it’s not might, it is the 12th.
@piranhavator likely letters are not sent in the EA round unless you’re a recruited athlete. Even in RD, only the best of the best receive a likely.