<p>thanks! that makes sense now 
Wish I saw this before hand lol oh well. Ill use this for penn</p>
<p>He made me full out a pre-interview resume before getting there with basically everything- academics, class rank, ECs, AP score,</p>
<p>Harvard interviews seem so much moreā¦rigid. None of my other interviewers ever asked about scores or anything, they were really interested about me as a person rather than scores and awards. Now I am kind of worried, well I nay not be contacted for an interview anyway.:D</p>
<p>Hi guys! Do any of you have an estimation of how many applicants applied this year through RD?</p>
<p>Iām anxious for my interview! This form really helped.</p>
<p>Guys I understand how you feel, but relax haha! I applied SCEA to Harvard, so it was the first ever college interview Iāve gotten. By far, my Harvard interview was the best compared to the oneās Iāve gotten so far from the other Ivys and MIT 
From what I hear, the interview can only hurt you if you bomb it, but if itās really good, it wonāt significantly help you either, since the interview isnāt worth very much. </p>
<p>My decent interview didnāt stop me from deferred, come SCEA decisions 
Your academic stats are still really important, and then your ECās.</p>
<p>my school friends got their interviews but i havenāt yet. i know i submitted my app earlier than one of them. should i be worried? (toronto btw, so i donāt think itās a problem of lack of interviewers)</p>
<p>I just got my interview, and I wanted to say, relax! I was very nervous before (I swear I was shaking a little bit especially when my interviewer did not show on time).</p>
<p>When s/he first came in, s/he was very friendly, and we made small talk while getting in line. S/he offered to buy me a drink, and I gladly thanked him/her. </p>
<p>I was very surprised by how the interview went. It was very smooth and conversational. S/he never asked me any trick questions, where else I am applying, or the āWhy Harvard?ā question. We mostly talked about my passions and his/her experience at Harvard. It was very informational on both sides. The conversation flowed and was full of laughter, and I think we both had a really great time. S/he had mentioned in the email that the interview would last around 30-45 minutes, but we ended up speaking for an hour. I brought a resume and printed out the pre-interview form just in case but s/he said s/he didnāt need it.</p>
<p>Good luck, everyone, and feel free to ask me detailed questions about the interview (I didnāt want to give my identity away here). :)</p>
<p>Has anyone else yet to receive their verification email from Harvard? I procrastinated and waited until the last day to apply, but I submitted the materials before the deadline. I still havenāt gotten an email telling me theyāve gotten my materials and itās been roughly two weeks.</p>
<p>Patience is a virtue.</p>
<p>I agree, tests results appear to be the ultimate deciding factorā¦</p>
<p>That really doesnāt seem too bad if ya put it that way one acceptance for every 20ā¦</p>
<p>well i just got deferred from uva so i dont think im getting in to harvard lolā¦</p>
<p>Not if you spell āintoā that way your notā¦;)</p>
<p>Well yeah, but good thing i didnt apply to harvard on my phone :p</p>
<p>Test results are most certainly not the deciding factor. If you have a 29 on the ACT, yeah, thatās not going to help, but having a 36 over a 35 will make no difference, at least from what I can tell.</p>
<p>For RD we are looking at something close to one out of thirty three. It truly is a lottery</p>
<p>@LovingHarvard says the one who canāt spell āyouāreā</p>
<p>Exactly. ;)</p>
<p>I had a really positive experience at my interview.</p>
<p>Hi guys! I am an international applicant from India.
Any international applicants here? Were any of you interviewed yet?
I do know that there is a Harvard alumnus in my cityā¦and that is making me all the more paranoid since I have received no emails from Harvard regarding interviews.
Any suggestions? </p>
<p>Also, I was just wonderingā¦what additional essay topics did you guys choose? I wrote a letter to my roommate and it was almost 900 words 
and pretty informal. Would that hurt?</p>