Official Harvard SCEA 2016 Applicants' Discussion Thread

<p>I just got an email from the committee chair affirming the date we (interviewers) would be notified of admissions decisions… it’s always pretty much the same.</p>

<p>Btw many clubs DO have a reception for admitted students… For scea it will probably be mid Jan… Believe me, there will be no question when you are invited to that!</p>

<p>so nervous…less than 3 days left!</p>

<p>@riz I can only guess they want to get the word out about their event… The only people who know about decisions until 12-15 at 5 are adcoms/financial aid staff in Cambridge…</p>

<p>whew. thanks @1987Crimson!</p>

<p>@1987 If you are an interviewer, I’ve got a question.
Does a good interview help at all, or is it only the bad interviews that make a difference?</p>

<p>I’m dying to know the same thing.</p>

<p>^agree… IMHO very few interview reports will influence a decision one way or the other. I think an interview CAN make a difference (in my many years of doing it, I know one of my reports had an impact on an admissions decision… and frankly that impact was probably minimal).</p>

<p>Please tell me you did not call me Rick Perry! I am so insulted!</p>

<p>I did not apply to Harvard SCEA, but can someone please tell me when you guys find out the admissions decisions? A person in my class applied, and I was wondering when she finds out the result…</p>

<p>Nobody wants to answer my question, huh? Tough crowd…</p>

<p>5 pm EST 12/15</p>

<p>Do all applicants receive an email?</p>

<p>i wonder if there’s a faster way to know if we’ve been accepted or not … perhaps a call can be made to the post office? to know if any mail is waiting for us? just wondering =/</p>

<p>@reallyconfused12 yes and i think a letter …</p>

<p>STRESS STRESS STRESS STRESS STRESS STRESS STRESS STRESS STRESS STRESS
<em>Sigh</em> So, two days and change guys, I just wanted to say one thing (half to myself):</p>

<p>Everything will be fine. Breathe.</p>

<p>^nice</p>

<p>@reallyconfused: No, people can choose to NOT receive an email, but everyone receives a physical letter.</p>

<p>these are going to be the longest three days of my life. </p>

<p>at this point, i’d rather get a rejection than a deferral, though an acceptance would be most preferable :slight_smile: also, this past week, i feel as if everyone in the world has decided to wear harvard attire or be associated with the ivies in some way. there’s a section in my neighborhood with streets named after all the elite schools. it mocks me.</p>

<p>Well said @VirginianRobin. Life goes on regardless of acceptance, deferral, rejection, or ejection.</p>

<p>This is constantly running on my computer.</p>

<p>[Countdown</a> Timer](<a href=“http://countdown.onlineclock.net/]Countdown”>http://countdown.onlineclock.net/)</p>

<p>The timer is dangerously addicting!</p>