Harvard Waitlist Waiting Room 2015

FuzzieLogic · March 31, 2011, 1:21am

Maybe so, but I’m sure there will be some 20,000-some Yale 2015 rejectees willing to wage vigilante justice on your behalf.

redguard117 · March 31, 2011, 1:28am

hahahaha lmao, no i hadn’t seen it but it seems like we thought much along the same lines

Clowiebear · March 31, 2011, 2:54am

<ol>
<li>buddyD</li>
<li>LondonGentleman</li>
<li>kaaledj</li>
<li>ABCWizard</li>
<li>Bildungsroman</li>
<li>pixiedanzer’s sister</li>
<li>CYou93</li>
<li>sparkleflower</li>
<li>sciencegurl</li>
<li>redguard117</li>
<li>misterbeck</li>
<li>mandyx5</li>
<li>Fuzzielogic</li>
<li>Clowiebear</li>
</ol>

I’m with misterbeck… Im ready to be a Stanford cardinal :)

felixfelicis · March 31, 2011, 2:55am

<ol>
<li>buddyD</li>
<li>LondonGentleman</li>
<li>kaaledj</li>
<li>ABCWizard</li>
<li>Bildungsroman</li>
<li>pixiedanzer’s sister</li>
<li>CYou93</li>
<li>sparkleflower</li>
<li>sciencegurl</li>
<li>redguard117</li>
<li>misterbeck</li>
<li>mandyx5</li>
<li>Fuzzielogic</li>
<li>Clowiebear</li>
<li>felixfelicis</li>
</ol>

Damn it! Not this again!! ; )

PhotoMac · March 31, 2011, 3:07am

<ol>
<li>buddyD</li>
<li>LondonGentleman</li>
<li>kaaledj</li>
<li>ABCWizard</li>
<li>Bildungsroman</li>
<li>pixiedanzer’s sister</li>
<li>CYou93</li>
<li>sparkleflower</li>
<li>sciencegurl</li>
<li>redguard117</li>
<li>misterbeck</li>
<li>mandyx5</li>
<li>Fuzzielogic</li>
<li>Clowiebear</li>
<li>felixfelicis</li>
<li>PhotoMac (woo! My second favorite number! :))</li>
</ol>

Hey redline, if you don’t mind me asking, here or somewhere else, can you talk a bit about the deferral thing, and what you did once you found out, and what you’ve done with this year? Thanks!

freakozoid · March 31, 2011, 3:21am

<ol>
<li>buddyD</li>
<li>LondonGentleman</li>
<li>kaaledj</li>
<li>ABCWizard</li>
<li>Bildungsroman</li>
<li>pixiedanzer’s sister</li>
<li>CYou93</li>
<li>sparkleflower</li>
<li>sciencegurl</li>
<li>redguard117</li>
<li>misterbeck</li>
<li>mandyx5</li>
<li>Fuzzielogic</li>
<li>Clowiebear</li>
<li>felixfelicis</li>
<li>PhotoMac</li>
<li>freakozoid</li>
</ol>

Hi guys! I’m new to this whole waitlist thingy, so I just wanted to ask what terms and conditions apply when I accept my place on the waiting list. I got waitlisted by 4 colleges, so am I only allowed to accept one, or can I accept all four of them? And if Harvard somehow accepts me, is it binding on me to attend Harvard? Thanks :)

longwait · March 31, 2011, 3:43am

[Harvard</a> College Admissions § Announcements](<a href=“http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/announcements/waitlist.html]Harvard”>http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/announcements/waitlist.html)
Indicates that they expected to admit about 65 to 75 students from the waitlist last year. (This was published in May 2010). There is no follow-up, however to confirm whether or not their estimate was correct.

DarkDwarf · March 31, 2011, 4:18am

<ol>
<li>buddyD</li>
<li>LondonGentleman</li>
<li>kaaledj</li>
<li>ABCWizard</li>
<li>Bildungsroman</li>
<li>pixiedanzer’s sister</li>
<li>CYou93</li>
<li>sparkleflower</li>
<li>sciencegurl</li>
<li>redguard117</li>
<li>misterbeck</li>
<li>mandyx5</li>
<li>Fuzzielogic</li>
<li>Clowiebear</li>
<li>felixfelicis</li>
<li>PhotoMac</li>
<li>freakozoid</li>
<li>DarkDwarf</li>
</ol>

I’ll probably end up at Stanford, but here goes nothing.

Aussie93 · March 31, 2011, 4:31am

<ol>
<li>buddyD</li>
<li>LondonGentleman</li>
<li>kaaledj</li>
<li>ABCWizard</li>
<li>Bildungsroman</li>
<li>pixiedanzer’s sister</li>
<li>CYou93</li>
<li>sparkleflower</li>
<li>sciencegurl</li>
<li>redguard117</li>
<li>misterbeck</li>
<li>mandyx5</li>
<li>Fuzzielogic</li>
<li>Clowiebear</li>
<li>felixfelicis</li>
<li>PhotoMac</li>
<li>freakozoid</li>
<li>DarkDwarf</li>
<li>Aussie93</li>
</ol>

sonata7forte · March 31, 2011, 4:33am

<ol>
<li>buddyD</li>
<li>LondonGentleman</li>
<li>kaaledj</li>
<li>ABCWizard</li>
<li>Bildungsroman</li>
<li>pixiedanzer’s sister</li>
<li>CYou93</li>
<li>sparkleflower</li>
<li>sciencegurl</li>
<li>redguard117</li>
<li>misterbeck</li>
<li>mandyx5</li>
<li>Fuzzielogic</li>
<li>Clowiebear</li>
<li>felixfelicis</li>
<li>PhotoMac</li>
<li>freakozoid</li>
<li>DarkDwarf</li>
<li>sonata7forte</li>
</ol>

I’m definitely not holding out hope for getting accepted off of the wait list. It seems that the chances are very slim. I’m bummed, but Yale and Stanford are not bad choices.

karenoona · March 31, 2011, 6:02am

<ol>
<li>buddyD</li>
<li>LondonGentleman</li>
<li>kaaledj</li>
<li>ABCWizard</li>
<li>Bildungsroman</li>
<li>pixiedanzer’s sister</li>
<li>CYou93</li>
<li>sparkleflower</li>
<li>sciencegurl</li>
<li>redguard117</li>
<li>misterbeck</li>
<li>mandyx5</li>
<li>Fuzzielogic</li>
<li>Clowiebear</li>
<li>felixfelicis</li>
<li>PhotoMac</li>
<li>freakozoid</li>
<li>DarkDwarf</li>
<li>sonata7forte</li>
<li>karenoona</li>
</ol>

I hope! If not–Princeton!

MathBeast · March 31, 2011, 6:38am

<ol>
<li>buddyD</li>
<li>LondonGentleman</li>
<li>kaaledj</li>
<li>ABCWizard</li>
<li>Bildungsroman</li>
<li>pixiedanzer’s sister</li>
<li>CYou93</li>
<li>sparkleflower</li>
<li>sciencegurl</li>
<li>redguard117</li>
<li>misterbeck</li>
<li>mandyx5</li>
<li>Fuzzielogic</li>
<li>Clowiebear</li>
<li>felixfelicis</li>
<li>PhotoMac</li>
<li>freakozoid</li>
<li>DarkDwarf</li>
<li>sonata7forte</li>
<li>karenoona</li>
<li>MathBeast</li>
</ol>

imnosuperman91 · March 31, 2011, 7:15am

<ol>
<li>buddyD</li>
<li>LondonGentleman</li>
<li>kaaledj</li>
<li>ABCWizard</li>
<li>Bildungsroman</li>
<li>pixiedanzer’s sister</li>
<li>CYou93</li>
<li>sparkleflower</li>
<li>sciencegurl</li>
<li>redguard117</li>
<li>misterbeck</li>
<li>mandyx5</li>
<li>Fuzzielogic</li>
<li>Clowiebear</li>
<li>felixfelicis</li>
<li>PhotoMac</li>
<li>freakozoid</li>
<li>DarkDwarf</li>
<li>sonata7forte</li>
<li>karenoona</li>
<li>MathBeast</li>
<li>imnosuperman91</li>
</ol>

Same situation as freakozoid guys, could someone give us more information what this all means!?

jaimeleschevaux · March 31, 2011, 7:43am

<ol>
<li>buddyD</li>
<li>LondonGentleman</li>
<li>kaaledj</li>
<li>ABCWizard</li>
<li>Bildungsroman</li>
<li>pixiedanzer’s sister</li>
<li>CYou93</li>
<li>sparkleflower</li>
<li>sciencegurl</li>
<li>redguard117</li>
<li>misterbeck</li>
<li>mandyx5</li>
<li>Fuzzielogic</li>
<li>Clowiebear</li>
<li>felixfelicis</li>
<li>PhotoMac</li>
<li>freakozoid</li>
<li>DarkDwarf</li>
<li>sonata7forte</li>
<li>karenoona</li>
<li>MathBeast</li>
<li>imnosuperman91</li>
<li>jaimeleschevaux</li>
</ol>

So… lots of you are planning to go to your other ivy or Stanford… but I got waitlisted at Harvard, Princeton AND Georgetown. Doesn’t the fact that I was waitlisted at 2 out of the top 3 schools in the nation mean I should have gotten into another great school? Even just statistically? Oh I really hope I get off the waitlist.

Aussie93 · March 31, 2011, 9:42am

<ol>
<li>buddyD</li>
<li>LondonGentleman</li>
<li>kaaledj</li>
<li>ABCWizard</li>
<li>Bildungsroman</li>
<li>pixiedanzer’s sister</li>
<li>CYou93</li>
<li>sparkleflower</li>
<li>sciencegurl</li>
<li>redguard117</li>
<li>misterbeck</li>
<li>mandyx5</li>
<li>Fuzzielogic</li>
<li>Clowiebear</li>
<li>felixfelicis</li>
<li>PhotoMac</li>
<li>freakozoid</li>
<li>DarkDwarf</li>
<li>sonata7forte</li>
<li>karenoona</li>
<li>MathBeast</li>
<li>imnosuperman91</li>
<li>jaimeleschevaux</li>
<li>aussie93</li>
</ol>

any other australians on here?

Fatum · March 31, 2011, 9:52am

<ol>
<li>buddyD</li>
<li>LondonGentleman</li>
<li>kaaledj</li>
<li>ABCWizard</li>
<li>Bildungsroman</li>
<li>pixiedanzer’s sister</li>
<li>CYou93</li>
<li>sparkleflower</li>
<li>sciencegurl</li>
<li>redguard117</li>
<li>misterbeck</li>
<li>mandyx5</li>
<li>Fuzzielogic</li>
<li>Clowiebear</li>
<li>felixfelicis</li>
<li>PhotoMac</li>
<li>freakozoid</li>
<li>DarkDwarf</li>
<li>sonata7forte</li>
<li>karenoona</li>
<li>MathBeast</li>
<li>imnosuperman91</li>
<li>jaimeleschevaux</li>
<li>aussie93</li>
<li>Fatum</li>
</ol>

Seriously I was outright rejected by every other school I applied to. I don’t know how I got on Harvard’s waitlist XD but if I never get off…I wouldn’t know where to go lol.

Aussie93 · March 31, 2011, 11:14am

if i wanted to write a letter regarding my interest etc, is there anyone in particular i should send that to?

RedlinetoHarvard · March 31, 2011, 12:56pm

Aussie93 wrote:

Find out who’s the regional admissions officer for your part of the world and try to befriend her/him. (Either call or email the Harvard admissions office to find out. In my experience, they’re friendly and responsive, though I’ve heard that isn’t always the case.) I kept in contact with my regional rep – sending updates when I had significant news (like an honor I received at HS commencement), and letting her know that I really still wanted Harvard. I tried to put a little of myself in the emails, hoping to personalize the relationship as much as possible. I think that helped keep me on her short list of people she hoped to get in, though, I don’t really know for sure.

PhotoMac asked:

I knew all along that I wanted Harvard. After I got the call, my parents pushed me to come up with a plan for the gap year. I wound up doing part-time jobs, reading, writing (sent in one piece for publication, haven’t heard back), and chilling with friends. I would absolutely do it again.

etondad · March 31, 2011, 1:15pm

^My S has had a great gap too–and is now just starting to chomp on the bit to get to college, which, after 5 A levels he wouldn’t have been (and wasn’t) last September. Harvard is absolutely right, take one if you have any ability to do so.

Harvard doesn’t much care what you do–although they send a letter in February or so asking what you have been up to–except you can’t go be in degree program at another university (which would kinda defeat the purpose of the gap year anyway). He has had frinds who have traveled around the world, worked on political campaigns, worked on their martial arts seriously, volunteered in health and education settings, composed music, and worked in regular jobs. All are worthwhile. All will give you time to reflect about what you want from college–and help re-set the excitement button.

OneAtATime · March 31, 2011, 2:01pm

<ol>
<li>buddyD</li>
<li>LondonGentleman</li>
<li>kaaledj</li>
<li>ABCWizard</li>
<li>Bildungsroman</li>
<li>pixiedanzer’s sister</li>
<li>CYou93</li>
<li>sparkleflower</li>
<li>sciencegurl</li>
<li>redguard117</li>
<li>misterbeck</li>
<li>mandyx5</li>
<li>Fuzzielogic</li>
<li>Clowiebear</li>
<li>felixfelicis</li>
<li>PhotoMac</li>
<li>freakozoid</li>
<li>DarkDwarf</li>
<li>sonata7forte</li>
<li>karenoona</li>
<li>MathBeast</li>
<li>imnosuperman91</li>
<li>jaimeleschevaux</li>
<li>aussie93</li>
<li>Fatum</li>
<li>OneAtATime</li>
</ol>

I have no confidence whatsoever that I am going to get accepted from the waitlist.

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