<p>So, I got waitlisted at Harvard. The thing is that I have gotten accepted to Yale and have also recieved the A.B. Duke scholarship to Duke University. My first choice is still Harvard. And I was wondering if telling the admisssion folk about these acceptances ( in a subtle manner ) would help my chances of getting accepted from the waitlist.
Thanks in advance for your comments.</p>
<p>I don’t know for sure, but I think telling them about your other options might lower your chances? Because you got into comparable schools, they might think its unlikely for you to attend Harvard if admitted. </p>
<p>If you do want to mention it briefly, make sure you firmly state along with it that Harvard always and will be your first choice. I would just send in a letter of interest with new updates about what you did, like any other waitlistee.</p>
<p>I don’t think Harvard will be impressed by your other acceptances. My son was waitlisted even though Harvard knew he had been accepted by Oxford. I know of another student who was waitlisted and had a Rotary scholarship and had also been accepted by Oxford and LSE.</p>
<p>I would go to Oxford, if admitted, rather wait Harvard’s.
Does Harvard like to take students off the WL who have been accepted by Oxford and LSE?</p>