<p>I have not heard from Harvard about my interview yet and I sent my application 4 weeks ago. I'm really stressed out. </p>
<p>What is the usual time span until I finally hear about the interview?</p>
<p>Where exactly do you live/go to school?</p>
<p>I live in Garden Grove, California. Go to school at Garden Grove High School. Are my chances lowered if no one in my school had ever gone to Harvard and my friend just got accepted EA this year?</p>
<p>Gotta go out. I'll answer your Q's later</p>
<p>DrEaMPrYnCeZz - It may not be a good idea to post public info. PM someone if you want to share that. Good luck RD from a fellow not-been-interviewed-yet applicant. :)</p>
<p>Where is Garden Grove? SF? Bay Area? East Bay? Monterey, Orange County? San Diego? Santa Barbara? Sacramento? Marin? San Mateo? San Joaquin Valley? Los Angeles?</p>
<p>The fact that a student got in from your school shouldn't hurt your chances.</p>
<p>When you get contacted about an interview depends on your local committee. In my area, we're just beginning to contact students. The timing depends on the schedules of the interviewers and how many interviewers there are in the area. It has absolutely nothing to do with the quality of your application. If you don't hear by March, contact Harvard. Otherwise, chill.</p>
<p>Garden Grove is in Orange County. =] Hey Nga!</p>
<p>Has anybody had a successful interview with an alumni that's radically different from them? I'm asking because I'm applying as an anthropologist and all my ECs are humanities-oriented....while my interviewer is an engineer......so I really can't think of what we could possibly say to each other....which gets me scared.......anybody?</p>
<p>People who are Havard grads tend to have very broad interests and knowledge. The more narrowly focused people tend to have gone to specialty schools such as RPI, CalTech for people interested in fields like engineering. Keep in mind, too, that due to its providing a liberal arts education, Harvard students obtain exposure to a variety of academic fields. </p>
<p>Do not count your alum interviewer out when it comes to your being able to connect during the interview. In fact, be careful not to present info about your field in a condescending or simplistic manner.</p>
<p>As an interviewer, I have been irked when students have jumped to assumptions about me, and have assumed that I lack knowledge about their EC or academic interests. Thus, don't assume that the interviewer has never heard of anything related to anthropology. If you start talking about your interests or a research paper, for instance, do not start talking to the interviewer as if you were talking to a h.s. classmate who had never heard of the field and thinks you are bizarre for being interested in it.</p>
<p>For all you know, the alum may have taken courses in that field or may have a former college roomie who is a world expert in the field.</p>
<p>Even if the alum isn't familiar with your area of interests, you can use the interview to explain why you are interested in that field, what you have done connected with that field, and what you'd like to do at Harvard related to that field. This should give you plenty to talk about.</p>
<p>In addition , there certainly are many other subjects that could come up at the interview that would be common ground between you and the alum. I can not emphasize more: Harvard folks tend to be knowledgeable about a variety of fields and also tend to be very well read and interested in other people's intellectual passions.</p>
<p>Thanks, NSM! :) I can't believe I didn't see it like that...</p>