So I sent a "TEST" e-mail to Harvard...

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<p>Yesterday. I got a reply back today, right now in fact, and the e-mail shows as being sent 50 minutes ago. That means that the Decision e-mail I'm going to receive on March 30th is going to be 'stuck in transit' for 50 minutes, and I'm just gonna be waiting for it to show up in my inbox. WHAT?!
Anyone know how to fix this? I doubt I'll be able to bear the 50 minute extra wait. (Yes, seriously, after waiting for 2 months, I'm really not going to want to wait 50 minutes longer than everyone else.)</p>

<p>Also, does anyone know if I can send in my parents' wage statement (for financial aid) by fax instead of by using IDOC? CB explicitly says that I shouldn't but the FAO said I could when I called. I want to finish all this before Feb. 1st and IDOC seems like a messy process, so I'd much rather send it by fax... Previous financial aid applicants, can you pitch in?</p>

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<p>For my daughter’s year, her “test” took days and there were others with that same problem. Her acceptance came right on time. It was not an issue. Don’t worry about it.</p>

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<p>Replying to a “test” is a completely different process to a planned batch send.</p>

<p>The timings will be in no way related.</p>

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<p>You misunderstood. Thought I made it clear…
Anyway,what I meant was that the message got to my inbox 50 minutes after it was sent from Harvard’s servers. Meaning there’s gonna be a 50 minute delay or so with the decision as well. Not because the test reply came a day late; because it got to my inbox 50 minutes late.</p>

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<p>In that case there is nothing that you can do.</p>

<p>Though I am still fairly certain that you will get your email within a few minutes of 5 o’clock…</p>

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<p>This just reminded me, I had sent a test email to Harvard about a month ago but never got anything back (I checked my junk filters, and I use Outlook Express so usually I don’t miss any emails that are sent)… Is this a problem? I just tried again a couple of minutes ago so I hope it’ll go through. I mean Harvard has my email (they sent me the login stuff and all that) so is this something I should be concerned about or something that’ll work out on its own?</p>

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<p>We all really are anxious about Harvard.</p>

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<p>^^ I think my daughter did end up having to test more than once. I also somewhat remember her having to followup with a call to admissions. Unfortunately, it is a bit of a blur at this point.</p>

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<p>useyourname - For real :P</p>

<p>smoda - Thanks! Actually I just got it back, so I think all is good :)</p>