***Official Harvard Class of 2012 Waitlist Thread***

<p>Hi all, I hope this post will clear some things up and relieve your anxiety levels.</p>

<p>From what I understand/derive, the acceptances off the waitlist are done on a rolling basis, meaning the committee meets everyday and evaluates different applicant's profiles, and if they believe you're a viable candidate and someone they're looking for, they will vote and if u receive enough votes, you're admitted. (I don't know how many votes you need or how many votes there are total). So all in all, the university will not make the speculated 200 calls on one day. So if you didn't get one, don't give up! </p>

<p>btw, I remember reading in previous posts before they started notifying people that if you see a call from area code 617, then it's probably from Harvard--this is entirely valid!! so keep that eye out!</p>

<p>to answer your question dna3, I tried logging into the Harvard's admitted students website, no success.</p>

<p>Applicants are taken from the waiting list so that the overall class looks as the admission committee wants it to look, bearing in mind who didn't accept offers of admission from the first round of offers. The idea is to choose "well lopsided" people to build a well rounded class.</p>

<p>First time poster, longtime looker. These threads are really helpful. Is it too late to send some supplemental material now? I didn't think it was, because they are still notifying all the way through June.</p>

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<p>So if I'm a white girl from a major metropolitan area, I'm out of luck, but then again, if I'm a minority from a rural area, I need to pray that another minority from a rural area nearby says "no"? Seems like a lose-lose.</p>

<p>Does well-lopsided refer to interests, talents, awards, etc? Just trying to clarify things.</p>

<p>Some names have been dropped off from the list starting with superman's post #447, like emily, la montagne, etc.....</p>

<p>617 is indeed the area code of the call i got today!
i was napping when they called my house
i refused to answer</p>

<p>then they called my cell, so i said what the hell and answered
lo and behold. it was my admission officer
hah</p>

<p>Do you all think they'd ever take 2 WL students from the same school? One of my friends (had a 2400/ 4.0/ great EC's) was WL and accepted yesterday. Does this basically eliminate me from the equation?</p>

<p>I'm from an underrepresented southern state.</p>

<p>so do they call everyone who they admit off the waitlist?</p>

<p>This thread is absurdly active.</p>

<p>@CNI
No.</p>

<p>@CAharvardhopeful
Apparently.</p>

<p>adding myself to the list</p>

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an0nym0us
APLinke
aristotle1990
art<em>star
believer8 (son)
blueberri89
bleumom (son)
braaap
brownflavors
CaliforniaDad (daughter)
Christopher546
CNI
CollegeMom08 (daughter)
ConcernedPapa (daughter)
dancinggirl
didgeridoo08
Don</em>Quixote
dragon12 (son) - ADMITTED
drnoeyede
dwindlelights
edorshorst (missouri)
Emmabelle (son)
Gadli
hdani90
hunniebunnie
Ijmom (daughter)
1nkbl0tch (Florida)
kat41911
mayday
mj<3
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oldtimeyfan (son)
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Peachiepizzaz
Philly<em>Mom (son)
pianonan
ppruks
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Sequoia (daughter)
Soquidus (Very Southern California)
Soxfan717
Smile90
snowball2600 (girl)
Sprtn117
Standbyme (son)
TAdd
Wallawalla01
wellnow
white</em>rabbit
Wii Seller - ADMITTED (Indiana)
xd32 - ADMITTED (Virginia)</p>

<p>any internationals out there??? i wonder if internationals will be considered separately from the US applicants.. AH but i bet the yield was higher among the int'ls bcoz of harvard's prestige outside the US</p>

<p>for internationals i think they call ur college counselor instead of you.. at least that's what columbia did when they took me off the waitslist last week!</p>

<p>good luck everybody</p>

<p>CNI, what state are you from?</p>

<p>South Carolina</p>

<p>I'm going to be so distracted during my IB Bio test for the next two days.......</p>

<p>not sure I would call SC an underrepresented state.</p>

<p>so are they stringent about the May 1 deadline? if it's rolling, can I still send in stuff?</p>

<p>and that is quite a daunting list</p>

<p>I really wonder if they're going through the waitlist in any sort of order. So far I fail to see any trend, except they seem to have started calling people in the northeast and random scattered states. Are student files sorted by state or alphabetically? </p>

<p>This is wonderful: I have a heart attack every time the phone rings.</p>

<p>haha white_rabbit i have ib bio tomorrow too. i haven't even gotten around to studying yet.</p>

<p>glad to know im not the only one distracted from ib bio :) good luck to all of you taking it btw !</p>

<p>at inkblotch: LMAO me too!!! i'm such a loser.</p>

<p>i really hope they're not in any particular order. Someone on this thread from NYC has already been contacted and if they've gone through all nyc people already...then i'm done =(</p>

<p>Ditto, adding myself :D</p>

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alohasam89
an0nym0us
APLinke
aristotle1990
art<em>star
believer8 (son)
blueberri89
bleumom (son)
braaap
brownflavors
CaliforniaDad (daughter)
Christopher546
CNI
CollegeMom08 (daughter)
ConcernedPapa (daughter)
dancinggirl
didgeridoo08
Don</em>Quixote
dragon12 (son) - ADMITTED
drnoeyede
dwindlelights
edorshorst (missouri)
Emmabelle (son)
Gadli
hdani90
hunniebunnie
Ijmom (daughter)
1nkbl0tch (Florida)
kat41911
mayday
mj<3
Moonofdeath
ohioguy218
oldtimeyfan (son)
palhe20 (international)
Peachiepizzaz
Philly<em>Mom (son)
pianonan
ppruks
Remi10001
Sequoia (daughter)
Soquidus (Very Southern California)
Soxfan717
Smile90
snowball2600 (girl)
Sprtn117
Standbyme (son)
TAdd
Wallawalla01
wellnow
white</em>rabbit
Wii Seller - ADMITTED (Indiana)
xd32 - ADMITTED (Virginia)</p>

<p>i have ib bio too,, and i have econ hl paper 3 in the morning as well.. !! yeeeeee nothing is entering my brain right now</p>

<p>just 5 more exams to go :)</p>