<p>i was contacted by an interviewer in my area who asked me to come to an interview session the upcoming sunday. I was working that day, so I told him I was committed and could not attend. he said this was fine and that he will contact another interviewer who should call me within a week. 2 and a half weeks later, and no call. i contacted the admissions office who gave me an email for help. it was a harvard email, and i received a response with a similar message: we will try to get you an interview soon. still no call.</p>
<p>as an EA applicant living in an area with many harvard alum and perceived availability, if I do not receive an interview at all, should I be worried from the admissions standpoint? could the admissions committee see Im from this area with everyone else having interview evaluations but my application is empty of one??
Thanks.</p>
<p>No you shouldn’t be worried, but now you know, interviews are more friggin important than work, and everything else for that matter, short of risking your life.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry too much. A friend delayed a Yale interview twice and was still accepted early. Though that is just one case, I don’t think there’s much to do about it anyways, and you won’t be penalized for being busy. Interviews are still occurring, too, at least into this week. </p>
<p>@Gordon
I hope that’s a tad bit of sarcasm there… Holding responsibility to other commitments is important, and harvard alums should know that. The student that works and holds responsibility for more than just himself is respectable.</p>
<p>If you don’t get a response soon, follow up tomorrow. Many regions try to complete most interview reports by this week. Don’t fret though, interviews go through the end of the month, especially if you submitted your app later in the cycle.</p>
<p>I don’t think you should stress about this at all since you almost certainly won’t be rejected this December, but if it gets to the first week of December, don’t bother contacting anymore because EA interviews are over. If they defer your app, you’ll almost certainly get an interview in the spring.</p>
<p>It won’t hurt you if you don’t get an interview, and it won’t hurt you that you turned down one for work. Please don’t worry about it!</p>
<p>Tomorrow is the first day for sub-committee reviews of the applications. Admissions requests that interviews are completed before the sub-committee meets, but even if one gets an interview, the reports are seldom completed on time. I know it usually took me at least one week to complete a report.</p>
<p>By the way, if your last name begins with D, R, or U, your application will be considered tomorrow (Thursday) at the first sub-committee meeting. The rest of the alphabet follows, mostly three at a time, and they work on Saturdays, finishing on the 29th. The full committee then meets starting on the 30th, finishing on Dec. 7th. Reports are required to be submitted by the full committee meeting (otherwise they do no one any good).</p>
<p>Sorry, but you don’t know what you are talking about; the letters you have somehow come across do not correspond to last names; oops, just saw Wind cloud ultra: s/he is correct</p>
<p>I got a potential interview (my original interviewer spoke to me and said the other one was away and should be contacting me early next week). so I know you were all worrying for me (lol), but i got one.</p>
<p>I still haven’t been contacted at all for an interview, and I"m positive that there are alum interviewers in my area (there’s a very active Harvard alum club in my town). Could there have been a mistake? Should I contact someone about this?</p>
<p>@tomato almost exact same situation as you are, however, my original interviewer never contacted me to begin with. i called him, since we have a very active club, and said that harvard never sent him list of who he was interviewing. sent email to harvard, got reply back that he should be contacting me soon, still waiting today. @1987crimson my last name starts with d, you honestly freaked me out.</p>