<p>I had lunch with a Harvard alum this past summer who told me that I should try and make a personal contact with someone in the admissions office. I can get to Boston very easily any time this semester to talk to someone, but has anyone ever done this before with any school, and if so, how in God's name did you go about doing it?</p>
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I had lunch with a Harvard alum this past summer who told me that I should try and make a personal contact with someone in the admissions office. I can get to Boston very easily any time this semester to talk to someone, but has anyone ever done this before with any school, and if so, how in God's name did you go about doing it?
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<p>There is no good way to make a connection, since a lot of applicants to Harvard already try it. Your best bet is to have genuine questions that you want answered, not for the purpose of establishing a 'connection,' but because you actually want to know. I also suggest establishing contact with professors in the department to which you want to transfer: ask them specific questions about the department; for instance, how often to they offer x course?</p>
<p>I went to UVA to meet with the Transfer admissions dean. I think the process helped me out in the end.</p>
<p>Just call the admissions staff and ask to set up a meeting with the dean. Or you could just email them.</p>
<p>I think you can't just like make it happen its mostly luck</p>
<p>Agreed. More important to get in touch with professors that you're interested in working with. I did just that and we communicated several times via e-mail and I printed out all of the emails and mailed them with my application. (Just let them know what you're doing before you send them to the admissions, so they're warned). Research their interests and really show your interests- MEAN IT.</p>
<p>As for the admissions, I can't imagine so for Harvard unless your questions are unique and takes time for them to do the research for you. I did stay in touch with my rep throughout the process.</p>
<p>Both ways helped me at the end- I'm pretty sure :)</p>