Official Harvard SCEA Class of 2019 Applicants Thread

<p>Does anyone know how long it takes to get your login information for the portal?</p>

<p>Finally finished my supplement. Ahhhh! Will probably submit my application tomorrow or the day after.</p>

<p>@FlyingWombat‌ I submitted everything on Oct. 23 and got my login info on Oct. 24, so maybe 1 business day? </p>

<p>Should we describe the prompt at the top of the supplemental essay? And should it be sent as a PDF? </p>

<p>is a personal statement the same thing as your college essay?</p>

<p>Just submitted my common app portion! Super nervous (especially because I have to finish up the supplement this week!)</p>

<p>How long after submitting can you expect an interview contact, and usually how long after that is the actual interview?</p>

<p>@FlyingWombat‌ I received mine in around ten days!</p>

<p>Woo! I got contacted for an interview and did it at Starbucks!</p>

<p>@oystershelleatme that’s awesome. how did it go? how long did it last? I haven’t heard anything yet. I really hope it will come soon.</p>

<p>I had my on-campus interview this past friday and it was as good as I ever could have hoped it would be! My AO was really chill and it felt more like a conversation than an interview, so I’m really satisfied with it. Talked for just under an hour. I don’t remember too many of the questions she asked me, but a fun one(lol) was what I do for fun. Do on-campus interviews weigh more than local interviews btw?</p>

<p>Are any of you attaching a resume for the supplemental? planning on getting this common app stuff sent out today</p>

<p>I’m having my interview this week :/</p>

<p>@nomatterwhat‌ It went really well! The interviewer was super chill and really down to earth (which surprised me). I mean he started by asking the basic questions like “what do you want to do” and “why harvard” but then it became a conversation honestly. He made me bring my transcript and my resume, so he also asked me questions about the grading at my school, my school in general, and what I thought about the activities I’d done in school. </p>

<p>My interview was long. It lasted about 1 hour and 30 minutes. Don’t worry, I’m sure you’ll get contacted soon for an interview.</p>

<p>@oystershelleatme what was your answer to why Harvard? And congrats, you have everything out of the way now!</p>

<p>And @cx500r‌ what did you say when he asked what you like doing for fun? Something on your application, or something new and unique…?</p>

<p>Do you have to have all your recommendations in to submit your application…? I’m still waiting on one teacher recommendation and one supplemental recommendation…</p>

<p>No i do not think so. I heard that recommenders’ have a deadline that is after the student’s deadline</p>

<p>i have my interview later today!</p>

<p>@oystershelleatme, that’s awesome! sounds like a great interview. You are all done with the app. Good luck.
@havard00 Good luck to you. </p>

<p>Do you know if Harvard will start evaluating the applications before 11.1, as Yale says it’ll do? </p>

<p>@cx500r, just saw your post. sounds like a great interview to me. I don’t know if on campus interviews are any different from alum interviews off campus. I don’t think they do and I don’t think they should. </p>