@havesomeheart , did your DD get interview yet? How about you @Arnkim?
My daughter is waiting for interview as well. Will let you know if/when she gets contacted.
Thanks!
Is it likely that the full committee started meeting today?
@Dataminer I do think Lily’s 2 hour interview is a plus too. Harvard must love 351 students
Does anybody know the exact date Harvard decisions for SCEA come out? I’ve heard it varies every year from December 11-13, and I’m unsure what the date is this year. Do they communicate the date or does one just get a spontaneous email when they’re sent out?
@dataminer thank you! Actually all 22 of us go to public schools and I am the only one apply SCEA to Harvard 
If it makes anyone feel better, my interviewer said I had a 3% chance of getting in :)) lol I know she was being realistic though. Good luck everyone!!
I think we might be reading too much into the interviews, I know people who have had really long interviews and have not gotten in and people with average length who have gotten in. Although I do think a shorter interview can be a bad sign. But still, its only a small component of the admissions process and I doubt it would be the deciding factor.
We will just have to wait and see, 17 more days!!
@x2019x what do you consider to be a “short” interview?
I agree with @x2019x interviews of various lengths can mean many things and it’s all about showing off your best self, but the biggest part of your application is what they see on paper. That’s where you have to wow them
@shehar17 I think around 30 minutes, I was reading this article about Harvard interviews which I will link below but the article said ¨After about a half hour of these kinds of questions, Bayor [the ex-Harvard interviewer] says she’d have a sense of whether or not the student was competitive enough and had a chance. If not, she wouldn’t give them any difficult questions and would end the interview.¨
But still this is only from my research and what I think so don´t look too much into it if you had a short interview.
I sent in my application on 10/28 and still have not heard anything about an interview - should I be worried?
Awesome. Best of luck! My son is obsessed with physics and astronomy!
@Avik ^^^
My husband has a colleague from med school on full committee-they started meetings today.
Very nerve wracking… I know the chances of being deferred are massive, but I’m still nervous
@lilyfullford of all the applicants I’ve seen on here I’d give you the best shot at getting in! It’s still nerve wracking bc nothing is a given but I think you can relax a bit. And as we’ve told our son, if you aren’t accepted it just isn’t meant to be…happiness and success will find you with hard work wherever you land:)
@nrsebayer thank you so much for your kind words! I wish your son the best of luck and (fingers crossed) we are students together next year
@lilyfullford big part of the reason he applied EA to Harvard was to be surrounded by great minds like yours. Would love it if you are classmates!!?
@lilyfullford If you were nervous, then all others would be even more nervous LOL! I think your stats would look like this: EC=1, academics=2 (you are best in school but school’s AP curriculum is weaker than bigger public schools), sports =2(best one can get without being a RA), personality=1. So, that’s very good stats. Best Luck! Let me know if I’m right once once you enroll at Harvard.
@nrsebayer Did your son try the Physics Olympiad competition and where did he place? Although it’s not necessary, but some of those finalists or even award winners might want to be in Harvard and physics department is typically a small one. I know our state has a senior from a private school who was on the US physics team and won a medal. Don’t know if he’s applying for Harvard though. I would if I were him. A friend’s son was once rejected by Harvard but accepted by Stanford. His project in astronomy won him a category 1st place at Intel Science Fair. He did PhD at Harvard later.
@Dataminer no my son has none of that. No wards in physics just a good grade and a great essay on why physics and why Harvard for physics. My son really isn’t a stand out in any way…no spike not a legacy. Just a regular very smart well written kid.