<p>@Ninopedia I’m rethinking some of my essays too… ugh…</p>
<p>Yes, I think it’s a good sign @calliemoon11! If they wanted to see if you improved senior year they could have just deferred you and waited for the Midyear report. Haha, I almost wish they had asked me for my grades; I just had the best quarter out of my entire high school career!</p>
<p>Edit: is your high school on the quarter or semester or I guess even the trimester system?</p>
<p>@Ninopedia @WooTheDay When working on my other supplements over the last week, I wrote an essay that I’m now thinking might have been better…ahhh. D:</p>
<p>@collegeapps2k14 Quarter system! First quarter literally ended a week ago, so it was kind of scary getting that e-mail just a few days after grades came out. Thanks, I’m holding onto hope!</p>
<p>Just curious, are any of you all applying with an interest in English? I’m deeply interested in writing, but I’m thinking about a joint-concentration in English and Economics as I do want to pursue business in the future…wondering if anyone else has experienced the same dilemma of being into English but wanting to pursue a major with more job possibilities?</p>
<p>@soccerlover17 You just described me! 
What type of writing do you like to do?</p>
<p>If anyone wants to have a read of my essays, please feel free to PM me! An honest critique will help me out a lot for my regular decision apps.</p>
<p>If I’m not mistaken, we don’t have to declare our major in the first year do we?
I was thinking of philosophy… It’s not 100% though…
Anyone else considering philosophy? </p>
<p>@PcollegegirlP: nope, I believe that you do not declare your major until the end of your freshman year!</p>
<p>@calliemoon11 all types! I don’t participate in any creative writing stuff at school, but I write for the school paper and I do enjoy letting loose and nailing whatever creative writing assignments we get in English haha. what about you?</p>
<p>@frozens thanks :)</p>
<p>Harvard’s Thanksgiving Recess is from Nov 26 until Nov 30. I would assume committee meetings begin December 1st then. </p>
<p>@soccerlover17 I also write for my school paper! I do some journalism and PR, but my first love is creative writing, with a focus on novel writing. Yay, I’m happy to meet more writers on here! </p>
<p>@calliemoon sounds like you’re a lot more developed than I am then! xD …I’ve just always found writing as something I’m solid at, just like a nice bonus kind of thing. People wonder why I would possibly want to do an English major, but writing is so important for everything!! People need to figure that out 
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<p>@soccerlover17 Nooo, it’s just something I’m really passionate about! Yes, I completely agree with you. Writing is not just self-expression, but history, sociology, psychology, politics, journalism…I could go on forever!</p>
<p>Okay so I’m a bit confused. The section on the status portal for uploading materials… if we want to submit a recommendation from lab mentor or lab graduate student you worked with, do we submit it here or do we invite them through common app and then they submit it there? I am not too sure how they want to submit it under “miscellaneous” part. I just get the word document file from them? </p>
<p>Had my interview with an alumni just now…
It lasted a little less than an hour, and I think its okay, but don’t feel too great about it.
She asked me if I thought I would get into Harvard at the end… I was kinda caught by surprise because I didn’t know how to answer lol did anyone else get this question?</p>
<p>Dang, this post scared me:</p>
<p><a href=“Official Harvard SCEA Class of 2017 - #92 by Swingline - Harvard University - College Confidential Forums”>Official Harvard SCEA Class of 2017 - #92 by Swingline - Harvard University - College Confidential Forums;
<p>What on earth did this guy do wrong…?</p>
<p>@Karabekian His essays could have flopped? He’s from a competitive state (by the looks of things)? His research and objective stats were really strong though, I must say… </p>
<p>@Karabekian My guess is that the applicant bragged about his accomplishments, rather than maintaining a humble perspective. If you come off as a braggart, Harvard is one of those schools that would instantly reject you.</p>
<p>@WooTheDay I agree. I think his essays were probably his weak point. I don’t know if he saw his recs, but it’s also possible that his teachers wrote something negative about him. My college counselor said he wrote a negative rec once for a really smart girl because her personality wasn’t too great. </p>