Yeah @drumminggeek87 your friend was probably a questbridge applicant
I predict that Harvard decisions will come out on Dec 11th, 2018. Last year they came out on Tues Dec 12th and the year before that they came out on Tues Dec 13th so following that trend and assuming they are coming out on a Tuesday again that would be Dec 11th. But looks like we will just have to wait and see, Good luck everyone!
Oh sorry my previous post wasn’t clear. My friend wasn’t a QuestBridge applicant and didn’t receive her decision around the 1st, that was just the date that UPenn told her (and other applicants) the exact release date for decisions, if that wording makes anymore sense.
Also, not trying to be rude and questioning, but I’d seen an article on the Harvard Gazette when I Googled “Harvard early notification date” that was posted on Tuesday December 12th last year and said that “notifications were sent Monday” as in Monday the 11th (link here: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/12/964-gain-early-admission-to-harvard-college-class-of-2022/) . Like I said I’m not trying to be rude and obviously it’s a tiny difference in date but I was just curious where you’d heard about the date in case there was a site I should be watching for info from or anything.
If you look at the videos in the link they were all stamped after 7pm EST, Dec 12, 2017, and on CC 2022 EA thread the decisions came out at that time too. Harvard Gazette was incorrect in saying it was Mon, which could be the initial planned date.
@jzducol Ah, got it. Thanks!
So 5% of applicants get into Harvard but 15% of those EA. Is that because of all the recruited athletes, gap years, legacies? Is there any advantage to the run of the mill types?
Tuesday Dec 11th also coincides with the end of Reading Period at Harvard. Final exams begin the next day.
Has anyone gotten an interview yet?
^^If so, did you get someone who majored in the same thing that you want to major it? Or does something similar to you?
@shehar17 yep! I had my interview. I’m not sure if it was just a coincidence, but my major was physical sciences, and my interviewer majored in chemistry
@shehar17 to be fair though, i submitted my application around 5 days early so im not sure how that would affect things…
I submitted mine right on the deadline and got an email about an interview yesterday evening. The interviewer does not have the same prospective major as me. I’m looking at VES (Visual/Environmental Studies) for film, and marked “Humanities” on my application, but my interviewer is an organismic and evolutionary biology major.
I submitted mines October 23rd and I’m yet to receive an interview request.
I got my interview! I’m going for comp sci but my interviewer graduated before that even was a major lol
no worries if you don’t though! we have a close friend who interviews and it IS totally random like they say!!
Oh I was just wondering because I got an interview too! How’d it go for you guys?
I applied October 11th and still haven’t gotten an interview notification… Should I be concerned?
@logosoverpathosm i don’t think it’s a concerning issue. @nebellingham said that it’s completely random, so it shouldn’t negatively impact you?
@logosoverpathosm it just depends on how many alum are in your area so I wouldn’t worry about it.
I applied as a biology/biomedical engineering major and it looks like my interviewer is somewhere in the bio/chem major. I haven’t had mine yet, hopefully it goes well!
For those who had the interview, were they mostly standard questions, anything surprising or unusual? Also anyone have someone who is young? (just wondering if maybe since they are less experienced with interviewing if the interview was more of them sticking to specific questions)
^^^ Yale is a bit more transparent, as their advice to alumni interviewers is readily available on-line: https://asc.yale.edu/sample_interview_questions, as well as sample interview reports: https://asc.yale.edu/samplereports. Familiarizing yourself with both will give you an idea of the broad questions you might be asked in an interview and what interviewers have liked and not liked about individual students.