<p>How about international waitlisted applicants? I am currently living in Vietnam, and the suspense is kind of killing me, not to mention the National High School Graduation Examination (pressure is definitely intense HELP!)</p>
<p>It appears to me and in line with what has come out of the admis office, the emails received by the waitlistees who have been admitted have no bearing on those who still remain on the waitlist and have yet to be contacted. The official word has always been that the deliberation is ongoing until July 1st!<br>
Unless H announces the amount of waitlisted students accepted, any opining on odds would be pure speculation!<br>
Keep the faith!</p>
<p>My mail just came...still nothing. I'm so sick of this! I wish it would end already. =(</p>
<p>Hi everyone, I just called the Admissions Office, and here's the scoop as of 2:35pm eastern time. They have made they're first round of offers. If you do not receive anything in the mail by the end of this week, you are still on the waitlist, otherwise I assume you will get a letter of rejection. Those still on the waitlist can be called through June, which isn't so far away by now. I hope none of you gets a letter of rejection and that they find places for all of you. Good luck!</p>
<p>Momba</p>
<p>Thankyou so much ! Very useful and clear. Were you able to get any indication on the number of waitlisted students already admitted ? Or for that matter how many students they will continue to keep on the waitlist.</p>
<p>how can the waitlist go on till June if people only have till May 27 to make up their minds?</p>
<p>Momba, thanks for the information, but let's be realistic. Suppose they made offers to 200 students from the wait list. Since they've already called to confirm interest prior to making the formal offers of admission, I would assume that their WL yield will be at least 90%. That means that there will be approximately 20 more kids from the "extended" WL who will ultimately get offers. As I indicated in my post above, sure there will be some more offers extended. However, the odds are probably lower for getting off the WL at this point than they were for getting accepted RD.</p>
<p>waitwhat, that was probably only for first round offers.</p>
<p>Concerned Papa, I did not ask how many people are on the waitlist. Apparently, you will know by the end of the week if you or your child is on the waitlist. The number will probably be small as ShallWeGo pointed out, since most people were called. Judging from some posts I've read by people who had received an offer, there were some who had also been accepted by terrific schools and weren't sure. Some also had to compare financial aid packages who might have been on several waitlists. I agree that the numbers left on the waitlist will be small.</p>
<p>When the office says that the first round of admissions is over, does that mean for sure that 200+ offers have been made?</p>
<p>rcar80^</p>
<p>That about 200 offers were made in the first round is admittedly an assumption on my part, but they've had three weeks since May 1, Decision-Day to review the wait list. I can't think of a reason why they would make the offers piecemeal, especially since they want an answer from the kids who were admitted by May 27.</p>
<p>In making my calculations, I did forget to take into account the financial aid impact on the decision making process. However, even if the yield is only 80% (which is highly unlikely), that only leaves 40 spots to be filled in the second round.</p>
<p>My impression from the phone call to the Admissions Office was that they had made the 200+ offers. Sorry!</p>
<p>no mail from H-----day by day is how we will take it-----</p>
<p>Not to give false hope to any of us on th waitlist (I am no longer optimistic), but let's not forget the supposed "inside word" we heard last week (post #553) that their first wave of acceptances was going to be 144 students. That would give them approximately another week to choose 60 or so more, until until they hear yea or nay from the first wave. </p>
<p>I also wish that they could be more open about the process....what's the big secret?</p>
<p>A friend of mine (we live close to H) received his rejection letter today. I would say that tomorrow is a good bet for most people.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Thanks for posting this info APLinke. Not good news...but good to know.</p>
<p>Anybody knows something regarding international waitlisted applicants? Please, I am kind of desperate !!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>I guess a positive way to think about this is that Harvard may not even be the best route for some of us. Many of us are going to grad school, and where you go to grad/med school is arguably more important. At our backup colleges, it may be easier for us to be leaders and snatch all the best (research) opportunities, putting us in the best position to get into the best grad schools in our respective fields</p>
<p>JohnC613, that's well said. In fact had my D been accepted, it would really have been a difficult decision to make, partly based on what you said, her full tuition scholarship and Honors program, and other considerations.</p>
<p>I really do hope that there won't be a great deal of dissappointment among the waitlistees after thinking things over.</p>
<p>JohnC613- you're exactly right. Just look at the applying to undergraduate schools- not going to Philips Exeter/Academy doesn't necessarily exclude you from making it to an ivy league school, so the same will apply toward grad school. Furthermore, being a star student at our "backups" may turn out to be more beneficial than just being average/slightly below at Harvard. </p>
<p>And, if we were WL at harvard, I highly doubt that the schools we're going are that shabby.</p>