Hi @worldwide1, I’m not an international student but there was a lot of discussion on this in last years thread which might be helpful to look through. Link below, Good luck to you too!!
On the application portal it says: “The mid year report is due upon completion of your first semester. For EA applicants, please keep us up to date with your most current set of grades.” So should I talk to my counselor about uploading my quarter one grades? Should I upload the report card or should she?
For SCEA applicants, they don’t actually require Q1 grades, so if you’re grades are good then I would send it but if they’re not so great, then you don’t have to send it. I only know they don’t require it because my counselor talked to a rep from harvard and they said it’s not required for ea, but I sent mine anyways because i was happy with the grades.
You do not upload grades;your GC does. As noted above, Q1 grades are not required. Sometimes Harvard asks and some schools send them as a matter of policy. If you want to send, go ahead.
Lmao love how my school only gives the Yale book award and that’s what I got, so I get to brag about my…yale award to…harvard? Maybe I should’ve chosen a different school to apply EA to…oof!
Also is SCEA admission decision confirmed dec 13th? I think I read that somewhere in here but I want to check before I mark it in my calendar :,)
@idkhelp I believe so, it was Dec. 13 last year too, according to the article below.
https://www.businessinsider.com/harvard-early-admission-results-2017-12
Correction: SCEA admission decisions were released December 12, not 13, last year.
You would not be the first.
It’s assumed, but not confirmed, regardless of what an interviewer says. When Harvard posts the date, then it is confirmed.
@skieurope – Will Harvard post an exact date prior to releasing decisions?
If history is a guide, then yes.
@skieurope when do they usually release the date? Also would it just be on their website or would they email us?
I think it was around 12/1 last year. They don’t, AFAIK, email. Historically, they’ve posted an announcement on the website and IIRC the portal. Whether they follow the same practice this year, I don’t know.
@skieurope thank you!
does anyone know when adcoms will start meeting again and when they’ll finish meeting?
So are the applicants who have advanced to the subsequent meeting the ones who will be either rejected or deferred (but not rejected)?
*i meant to say either accepted or deferred (but not rejected)
@shehar17 I think definetly for the final committee meeting since the amount of students that moves on to that is so small but I am not sure for the regional meetings
Since Harvard only historically rejects around 9% of the applicants in the early round, you would think they are culled pretty early in the process. With around 74% deferred, I wouldn’t be surprised if some deferrals don’t even make it to the sub committee in the SCEA round.
My son was offered the equivalent of EA admission to the U.S. Naval Academy last week. Since the Naval Academy is not a private institution, this doesn’t violate Harvard’s SCEA policy. Is this something he should let someone at Harvard admissions know about? I realize the Naval Academy isn’t an Ivy League school, but it has under a 10% acceptance rate, and only 100-150 people are offered early admission.