<p>but still... dont you think what i said made sense??? :D
just curious.
:)</p>
<p>all this "i am 100% sure i will attend" stuff is required for safety and match schools. apparently harvard knows that it is the dream school of all the applicants.</p>
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which makes me so jealous. jk.
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<p>there was once a kid who got waitlisted, wrote an arrogant letter-- "thank you harvard, my number 8 school, for making my college decisions much easier." and HE GOT IN!</p>
<p>Where'd you hear about this?</p>
<p>my english teacher whose father went to harvard. i dont know where he heard it though.</p>
<p>OK, it's quite possibly an urban legend so a warning to all, including myself, who may one day be on Harvard's or anyone's waitlist: don't try this!! :p</p>
<p>i actually got the D from stanford, buti wanted to invite you guys to join...</p>
<p>the D club - <a href="http://groups.myspace.com/notgoodenough2010%5B/url%5D">http://groups.myspace.com/notgoodenough2010</a></p>
<p>started at my school for the deferred masses, but you guys are more than welcome to join.</p>
<p>God, there are going to be a hundred kids doing that, now, and all of them read it on CC.</p>
<p>I must disagree with something NSM said about how showing interest in the college would not be counted. I think it would. Not necessarily because of "Harvard's my first choice" but that the applicant is taking the time out of other applications, hobbies, school work, etc to improve on the Harvard app that isn't a guaranteed admit. Admissions officers and committees like this kind of dedication, persistence, and "fight to the end" attitude, and I think readers of the application will note this (though, I know it still isn't a guarentee of admission).</p>
<p>And now, a true story related to me by my contact in admissions:</p>
<p>There was once a boy who got waitlisted and wrote a letter to Harvard about how insulted he was and how if they were going to reject him they should reject him right then and there and not defer him to save his feelings. The admissions officers removed him from the wait list, framed the letter, and hung it on the wall. The letter is still hanging in admissions for when the adcoms need some comic relief.</p>
<p>Seriously? OMG, LOL. I wonder if they hung my funny essay on the wall...</p>
<p>i think you could ask your teachers for a better rec and tell them that this rec will be really important or something..
btw, whats SCEA?</p>
<p>Single Choice Early Action :)</p>
<p>But, don't feel bad. I just learned what OP stood for today. I mean, I knew what it meant, but I couldn't figure out the letters! </p>
<p>...and it was the easiest one of all lol</p>
<p>xjayz...why don't you wanna tell us how you got in after being deferred/ what are these "privacy issues" you keep talking about?</p>
<p>What do I mean privacy issues? These are issues specific to my personal application which I do not feel comfortable divulging here. Furthermore, my GC basically told me that in the chat with my admissions officer, my GC gathered that I was not a "polite defer" but rather a "true defer," and that as long as my senior year grades remained strong, I would be admitted in the end.</p>
<p>Thanks...look that was more helpful...sorry if I was rude. It feels bad being deferred from your dream school.</p>
<p>crimson2011: I know that (since I was there myself), but that's no reason to be rude.</p>
<p>So are you saying that they basically have decided who will make the cut in the spring?</p>
<p>oh..and also can I have my GC email my adcom?</p>
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<p>I never said that. I just said in my particular case, it happened that way.</p>