Official Harvard SCEA 2016 Applicants' Discussion Thread

<p>Anyway GOOD LUCK EVERYONE <33333333 JUST A FEW MORE HOURS</p>

<p>well i didnt get anything yet. so gah. i’m gonna stop counting down the hours. i started screaming out the countdown at random people who didnt know what i was talking about.</p>

<p>I have got everything to lose on this.
My marks and predicted and plummeting like h*ll.</p>

<p>Year II has been a pain in the @ss.</p>

<p>Btw, just stalked that clok again…
The days shows 0
and there’s merely over 1000 minutes left.</p>

<p>What’s worse is, when decision is out, ill be sitting in Math HL class wrting that $#<em>^%(</em>%* test</p>

<p>@TheRealFake my school only does SL!</p>

<p>We have already done our extended essay, world lit papers (which were immensely enjoyable now that I think about it), and History IA (mine was dreadful)! And we are doing the TOK stuff next semester!</p>

<p>18 hours, 40 minutes, 10 seconds. Let’s do this! Hang in there everybody.</p>

<p>@whichcollege
It means your friend is either a liar or something really strange is going on there.</p>

<p>What happens if they accidentally email an Acceptance to a candidate that didn’t make it? Would they honor the incorrect email, or would they withdraw the acceptace?</p>

<p>wait exactly how many hours are left anyway? does anyone know if allll the results get sent out at the same time (5 PM) or is it just like around~ that time???</p>

<p>@sebelius no he isn’t lying he told everyone including teachers</p>

<p>@power4good Thinking about that, the beginning reason that I applied was because at the end of the informational video, the famous person said “You’ve got nothing to lose.”</p>

<p>@whichcollege Just because he told everyone doesn’t make it a fact, though. </p>

<p>@freak94 They would not. Cases in point: [UC</a> San Diego sends wrong e-mail to rejected students - latimes.com](<a href=“Archive blogs”>Archive blogs)</p>

<p>@freak94 good question…that I don’t have an answer to</p>

<p>@whichcollege Harvard reserves the right to reject someone without receiving all the required documentation! It happens to individuals not qualified at all…This policy is on their website everyone.</p>

<p>@freak94 I know of someone who encountered such an issue. She was accepted, then received an email the next day saying woops we made a mistake, sorry! It wasn’t Harvard, but another Ivy. It’s just the worst nightmare ever- even worse than getting rejected the first time. Can you imagine telling your friends, family and teachers you got in, only to have to tell them the next day that it was all a lie?</p>

<p>I feel as though if something as ridiculous as that were to happen (i’m pretty sure these situations are not common), the college should really re-consider. Take a look at the app and even if s/he is not bad (not someone you would definitely take, but more of a waitlist kind of scenario), the college should step it up and just let s/him in. You made that mistake, and you should be responsible. I can’t begin to imagine the pain I would feel if that happened to me.</p>

<p>Regardless of whether all proper documentation has been submitted, Harvard (or any other college) wouldn’t send a rejection notice to any student until the 15th (or whatever date other colleges would release such information). </p>

<p>@frenziedK, I see your point in that a mistaken acceptance is entirely a college’s fault. However, I don’t think colleges would ever admit someone who was mistakenly told that they were accepted simply because it would violate their principles of choosing the most qualified (in their opinion) students that fit into their college. I guess there is no good way to fix such an error. I would hate to be in either position, because it’s simply heartbreaking.</p>

<p>Just a few hours, so hang in there, fellow applicants.</p>

<p>fellow CC’s i get out of schools at noon! So i will hopefully receive my e-mail at 4 CST / 5 EST. WHO’S EXCITEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD.</p>

<p>You are…</p>

<p>^^agreed… I’m nervous/scared but not excited…</p>

<p>Hahaha who else has 9 other college apps to do over winter break if they don’t get in tomorrow??</p>