Harvard Waitlist Waiting Room 2015

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<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 science/art/public health</li>
<li>PhotoMac</li>
<li>freakozoid</li>
<li>DarkDwarf</li>
<li>sonata7forte</li>
<li>karenoona</li>
<li>MathBeast</li>
<li>imnosuperman91</li>
<li>jaimeleschevaux - international relations field (with a Turkish minor?)</li>
<li>aussie93</li>
<li>Fatum</li>
<li>OneAtATime</li>
<li>Schfinx</li>
<li>keellota</li>
<li>chram228</li>
<li>eak325</li>
<li>OneofThree</li>
<li>SmallGarbageBag</li>
<li>alexcoconuts</li>
<li>sakuraino</li>
<li>LCC9293</li>
<li>Ebronte</li>
<li>dprichey</li>
<li>Abstasdad</li>
<li>skadoosh13</li>
<li>lordofsheikh</li>
<li>getupanddance</li>
<li>Unicornsarereal</li>
<li>smilesocks16</li>
<li>sunsettled</li>
<li>lutherjw</li>
<li>gongmiester</li>
<li>1a2b3c4d</li>
<li>0blivion2536</li>
<li>pkm2232</li>
<li>Z.Exodus2008</li>
<li>micha3l</li>
<li>francisvdahlmann</li>
<li>greenday123</li>
<li>mybichon</li>
<li>walrus90</li>
<li>Purepecha9510</li>
<li>kuroxramen</li>
<li>Arsenalinho - (int’l) maths/science/music</li>
<li>tejana13 - FL languages & linguistics/history/education</li>
<li>iteotwawki</li>
<li>mangofan </li>
<li>ephemeraldream</li>
<li>dabrain13</li>
<li>nagorg</li>
<li>10jschneider</li>
<li>tonyjslee</li>
</ol>

<p>Waitlisted at Harvard and Princeton. Accepted to Columbia, Penn, and Georgetown. I am 90% sure I am going to Columbia, but Harvard is my dream school, so I am staying on. Good luck to all of us!</p>

<p>Also, to the post above, I am pretty sure a lot more than 25 kids get in from the waitlist each year. In fact, it’s probably closer to like 250 kids, since Harvard accepts more than 2000, and from what I’ve heard only 70-80% of that pool of accepted students actually choose Harvard.</p>

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<p>Acceptances from the waitlist vary from year to year, depending on the yield, which isn’t fully predictable. Here’s what the Crimson reported at the end of March (<a href=“Decisions on Hold: Examining the Waitlist | News | The Harvard Crimson):%5B/url%5D”>Decisions on Hold: Examining the Waitlist | News | The Harvard Crimson):</a> </p>

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<p>The common app is leading more students to apply to more schools, so yield has to be dropping somewhere, but, at least through last year, it seems it’s not dropping at the Ivies, but at schools lower in the pecking order.</p>

<p>This year’s yield won’t be known until after May 1, and it’ll be a few weeks after that before Harvard begins to move on the wait list.</p>

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<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 science/art/public health</li>
<li>PhotoMac</li>
<li>freakozoid</li>
<li>DarkDwarf</li>
<li>sonata7forte</li>
<li>karenoona</li>
<li>MathBeast</li>
<li>imnosuperman91</li>
<li>jaimeleschevaux - international relations field (with a Turkish minor?)</li>
<li>aussie93</li>
<li>Fatum</li>
<li>OneAtATime</li>
<li>Schfinx</li>
<li>keellota</li>
<li>chram228</li>
<li>eak325</li>
<li>OneofThree</li>
<li>SmallGarbageBag</li>
<li>alexcoconuts</li>
<li>sakuraino</li>
<li>LCC9293</li>
<li>Ebronte</li>
<li>dprichey</li>
<li>Abstasdad</li>
<li>skadoosh13</li>
<li>lordofsheikh</li>
<li>getupanddance</li>
<li>Unicornsarereal</li>
<li>smilesocks16</li>
<li>sunsettled</li>
<li>lutherjw</li>
<li>gongmiester</li>
<li>1a2b3c4d</li>
<li>0blivion2536</li>
<li>pkm2232</li>
<li>Z.Exodus2008</li>
<li>micha3l</li>
<li>francisvdahlmann</li>
<li>greenday123</li>
<li>mybichon</li>
<li>walrus90</li>
<li>Purepecha9510</li>
<li>kuroxramen</li>
<li>Arsenalinho - (int’l) maths/science/music</li>
<li>tejana13 - FL languages & linguistics/history/education</li>
<li>iteotwawki</li>
<li>mangofan </li>
<li>ephemeraldream</li>
<li>dabrain13</li>
<li>nagorg</li>
<li>10jschneider</li>
<li>tonyjslee</li>
<li>lilphatkrn</li>
</ol>

<p>awwwyeahhhhhhh I’ll be happily attending the Air Force Academy if this doesn’t work out. Goodluck everyone</p>

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<p>I think it varies by year…250 is probably the upper limit for that number. </p>

<p>2160*0.76 = 1642 (very close to target number lol) <–just an example, not exact numbers.</p>

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<p>My bro actually got off Harvard’s waitlist last year. He found out in June. He was all set to go to Penn, and was happy about it. I guess he wasn’t really because when the news came - in a telephone call (of all things) - he was so excited. </p>

<p>Good luck to everyone waitlisted on Harvard’s waitlist. </p>

<p>Btw, this helped my brother last year - check it out - [The</a> College Waitlist | Recent The Ivy Coach Newsletters](<a href=“http://www.theivycoach.com/the-ivy-coach-newsletter-about-college-admissions/recent-the-ivy-coach-newsletters/the-college-waitlist.html]The”>http://www.theivycoach.com/the-ivy-coach-newsletter-about-college-admissions/recent-the-ivy-coach-newsletters/the-college-waitlist.html)</p>

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<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 science/art/public health</li>
<li>PhotoMac</li>
<li>freakozoid</li>
<li>DarkDwarf</li>
<li>sonata7forte</li>
<li>karenoona</li>
<li>MathBeast</li>
<li>imnosuperman91</li>
<li>jaimeleschevaux - international relations field (with a Turkish minor?)</li>
<li>aussie93</li>
<li>Fatum</li>
<li>OneAtATime</li>
<li>Schfinx</li>
<li>keellota</li>
<li>chram228</li>
<li>eak325</li>
<li>OneofThree</li>
<li>SmallGarbageBag</li>
<li>alexcoconuts</li>
<li>sakuraino</li>
<li>LCC9293</li>
<li>Ebronte</li>
<li>dprichey</li>
<li>Abstasdad</li>
<li>skadoosh13</li>
<li>lordofsheikh</li>
<li>getupanddance</li>
<li>Unicornsarereal</li>
<li>smilesocks16</li>
<li>sunsettled</li>
<li>lutherjw</li>
<li>gongmiester</li>
<li>1a2b3c4d</li>
<li>0blivion2536</li>
<li>pkm2232</li>
<li>Z.Exodus2008</li>
<li>micha3l</li>
<li>francisvdahlmann</li>
<li>greenday123</li>
<li>mybichon</li>
<li>walrus90</li>
<li>Purepecha9510</li>
<li>kuroxramen</li>
<li>Arsenalinho - (int’l) maths/science/music</li>
<li>tejana13 - FL languages & linguistics/history/education</li>
<li>iteotwawki</li>
<li>mangofan </li>
<li>ephemeraldream</li>
<li>dabrain13</li>
<li>nagorg</li>
<li>10jschneider</li>
<li>tonyjslee</li>
<li>lilphatkrn</li>
<li>LuckyRose</li>
</ol>

<p>I’m still crossing my fingers for acceptance… Good luck to everyone here, I hope you all get what you want.</p>

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<p>Hey if you have no doubt that you would not go to UPenn why would you
“why not” Harvard and take the spot of someone else on the waiting list? I am
on that waiting list and If i get in there is a 100% chance I will go, and if you have
zero conviction on going, you are simply taking away the chance of someone else
who really wants to go Harvard</p>

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<p>Chill. The poster only talked about his brother last year. It’s all past, and doesn’t affect you.</p>

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<p>Sorry I was not talking about the person above me I was referring to someone on a different page, it just did not save my @ link to their name. But add me to the waitlist :slight_smile: This is my one big school or else I will most likely end up at Stern or Cornell because I was rejected from every other school I applied to</p>

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<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 science/art/public health</li>
<li>PhotoMac</li>
<li>freakozoid</li>
<li>DarkDwarf</li>
<li>sonata7forte</li>
<li>karenoona</li>
<li>MathBeast</li>
<li>imnosuperman91</li>
<li>jaimeleschevaux - international relations field (with a Turkish minor?)</li>
<li>aussie93</li>
<li>Fatum</li>
<li>OneAtATime</li>
<li>Schfinx</li>
<li>keellota</li>
<li>chram228</li>
<li>eak325</li>
<li>OneofThree</li>
<li>SmallGarbageBag</li>
<li>alexcoconuts</li>
<li>sakuraino</li>
<li>LCC9293</li>
<li>Ebronte</li>
<li>dprichey</li>
<li>Abstasdad</li>
<li>skadoosh13</li>
<li>lordofsheikh</li>
<li>getupanddance</li>
<li>Unicornsarereal</li>
<li>smilesocks16</li>
<li>sunsettled</li>
<li>lutherjw</li>
<li>gongmiester</li>
<li>1a2b3c4d</li>
<li>0blivion2536</li>
<li>pkm2232</li>
<li>Z.Exodus2008</li>
<li>micha3l</li>
<li>francisvdahlmann</li>
<li>greenday123</li>
<li>mybichon</li>
<li>walrus90</li>
<li>Purepecha9510</li>
<li>kuroxramen</li>
<li>Arsenalinho - (int’l) maths/science/music</li>
<li>tejana13 - FL languages & linguistics/history/education</li>
<li>iteotwawki</li>
<li>mangofan </li>
<li>ephemeraldream</li>
<li>dabrain13</li>
<li>nagorg</li>
<li>10jschneider</li>
<li>tonyjslee</li>
<li>lilphatkrn</li>
<li>LuckyRose</li>
<li>npatel99</li>
</ol>

<p>Best of luck to all, I know all of you deserve a spot in, but H is just a bit stingy. :(</p>

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<p>Who here has gotten off the list? I gave up my spot a week ago.</p>

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<p>harvard won’t give anyone a spot off the list until at least May 1st, when they will know their yield exactly.</p>

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<p>Really? Because I got of Columbia’s WL a week ago, and my friend got off Stanford’s WL yesterday. I guess it works differently for each college.</p>

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<p>okay… the admissions office just told me that because they have already offered spots to too many people, they have to wait until over 400 have turned down those spots before they turn to the waitlist… that’s quite a lot who have made their decisions already…</p>

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<p>Is it just me, or is speculating about the numbers a little pointless? I mean, the number of people that get off the waitlist this year (if any) is completely down to chance, and perhaps the best thing to do, even just for your own nerves’ sake, is to just wait it out and hope for the best? I want to get in as much as anyone else here, but I get the distinct impression a lot of the numbers being thrown around are pretty meaningless in the context of whether you get in or not this year. The only ones that matter are the ones released in early to mid-May. Just my ‘two cents’.</p>

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<p>Just wondering how are int’l students residing abroad informed of their decisions? Is it by telephone too or by e-mail (as was the RD round)?</p>

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<p>So I sent a letter to my regional rep 2 weeks ago and she never responded… Is that a bad sign?</p>

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<p>Earlier in this thread, I said that I might be pursuing the waitlist position. After discussing with my parents, though, I’ve decided not to, i.e. I technically accepted the position already, but I’m not sending any letters, recommendations, resume updates, etc.</p>

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<p>When do you guys think the last day is for sending our update letter/letter of intent? I’m waiting for one person to check it out before sending it, but he’s very busy.</p>

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<p>Oblivi0n - I think I’ve heard that they want everything received by May 1st, so postmarked a few days before that at the absolute latest. I’m in basically the same position.</p>