<p>@Clowiebear–right now the Regional Reps are all focused on yield–dealing with those whom they admitted on 30 March. They are not yet even thinking very much about wait list. That being said, I might just enquire with the people at the record room or front desk to make sure that your letter did get to the Regional Rep–but I wouldn’t bother him or her personally.</p>
<p>It is more important that the letter get there soon than it be a work of literary art or the greatest appellate brief in history. Unless you have something extraordinary to relate (you won Intel or you will be performing at Lincoln Center) you are basically saying-- i REALLY REALLY want Harvard–REALLY.</p>
<p>My s was accepted to Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth and UPenn. Waitlisted at Harvard and Columbia. His top 2 choices were Harvard and Columbia. On both waitlists but has accepted to UPenn.</p>
<p>Clowiebear: I am in the same position as you are. Sent my regional rep an email, still not received a response though. However, I sent a letter of intent to Yale (also waitlisted there) and immediately received a response from my regional rep. Weird…</p>
<p>when will we know if there are any spots or if we’ve been admitted/denied?</p>
<p>i know that if youre accepted they call you, but what about if youre denied? would they send you a rejection by email? does anyone know the answer?</p>
<p>I hear normally there’s a flurry of waitlist activity after the first week of May, when the decisions of admitted students come in. Rejections are also mailed sporadically in May, and some waitlisters stay on till June until they find out about their status.</p>
<p>If rejected, you’ll get an email, followed by hard copy. The basic rule is: phone good, email not so good. Last year, the first credible reports from wait-listers came around May 18, and a major wave of acceptances and rejections came on May 21. Last year, both Yale and Princeton started taking people off the wait list sooner than Harvard.</p>
<p>i find it so strange that everyone writes that they didnt get an response from their rep when I emailed my rep (he met us and came to talk to us at school in october for 2 hours) all 3 times he wrote back within the next day.</p>
<p>I’m an American abroad, so maybe that makes a difference?</p>
<p>Also, did you email your reps personal email, or the standard admissions office email with you regional reps name in the subject line? (that’s what the admin office told me to do!)</p>
<p>I’m an international student from Pakistan, and Harvard told me to send any updates to the general international admissions email address: <a href=“mailto:intladm@fas.harvard.edu”>intladm@fas.harvard.edu</a>. They said the updates would be printed and added to my file. I also sent them a link to a slideshow of some of my art (if that helps).
How are international students notified if they are taken of the waitlist? Do they call you, or just send an email?</p>
<p>Looks like they’ve started sending decisions… Well, at least one I know of.
Some one just posted on a facebook page that they received their rejection letter today from the waiting list.
AhhhhhHhHhHhHHH… Good luck everyone!</p>