<p>“My alum interview emailed me, saying that my admissions officer had contacted him. She told him that they have spots to be filled and are beginning to consider waitlisted applicants.”</p>
<p>Did your interviewer reveal the approximate number of waitlisted applicants Harvard is planning to take off this year? =)</p>
<p>beefinbj (US citizen abroad) - trilingual (reading, writing, speaking in all of them)
Boggler
cicero<em>oratore (MA) - physics/math
Clamzoni</em>of_RI- Well-rounded w/ emphasis on Biochem. and Tenor Voice
DoleWhip
dx1992
fluffysheep (IN)- the blunt well-rounded type with a special thing for science
goyankees1219 ¶
gunther6456
HurtLocker (So. Cal)
ItchyTorso (Switzerland)
Macarenaps (Peru) well rounded
MorganSimone (NJ)
mrbopalop1 (WI)
MSauce
nickwasy
pappa1 (NYC Suburbs)
passiongirl
plumazul (Maryland)
raving(SC)
serendipityyy
SouthKP
tracyxxx
vikroz (MI) - cello, science
Zachboy
carolightning</p>
<p>sending northwestern my deposit tomorrow :)<br>
double legacy, transcript is meh but 2400 SAT. i feel like if i get off the waitlist, it will be via z-list…</p>
<p>Added carolightning …</p>
<p>beefinbj (US citizen abroad) - trilingual (reading, writing, speaking in all of them)
Boggler
carolightning
cicero<em>oratore (MA) - physics/math
Clamzoni</em>of_RI- Well-rounded w/ emphasis on Biochem. and Tenor Voice
DoleWhip
dx1992
fluffysheep (IN)- the blunt well-rounded type with a special thing for science
goyankees1219 ¶
gunther6456
HurtLocker (So. Cal) - well-rounded with a leaning toward music, psych, and history
ItchyTorso (Switzerland)
KRNpro (WA) - well-rounded poor man with a inclination towards the humanities
Macarenaps (Peru) well rounded
MorganSimone (NJ)
mrbopalop1 (WI)
MSauce
Neapolitan
nickwasy
pappa1 (NYC Suburbs)
passiongirl
plumazul (Maryland) Hispanic, Concert Pianist, Chemistry/Music/premed trilingual …
raving(SC)
serendipityyy
simplywaiting (GA)
SouthKP
tracyxxx
vikroz (MI) - cello, science
Zachboy</p>
<p>I don’t know how indicative this is of the whole country, but I know in the Dallas area that at least half of the admits (~25) turned Harvard down. Dallas probably has more people reject Harvard than other areas of the country, but that’s still only a yield of 50%. Keep hope alive!</p>
<p>Thanks, Boggler! The Connecticut Quadruplets turned Harvard down too…</p>
<p>[Connecticut</a> Quadruplets Will Attend Yale - The Choice Blog - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/quad/]Connecticut”>Connecticut Quadruplets Will Attend Yale - The New York Times)</p>
<p>Duke is already calling students off their waitlist. I hope some of the increase in apps many colleges have seen is just a tendency for some students to apply to more places and that the top universities admitted many of the same people …</p>
<p>981 on fb official Harvard page now. Duke has 3300 people on their wait list. Really?</p>
<p>We’ll find out the true yield hopefully on Monday. Duke is calling people even though May 1st hasn’t come?</p>
<p>@simplywaiting. Yes, Duke has approximately 3000, if not more, on the waitlist. Yikes!
@Gunther: Really? Interesting…</p>
<p>It seems in years past its the first or second business day after May 1st that the article with the yield and waitlist intentions comes out. I need to double check the dates though. So hopefully very soon.
Edit: I apologize. The article was May 8th, a Friday, last year, so it will probably be later next week, not Monday.</p>
<p>Looks like they are looking at the waitlist much earlier this year than last year though, so the numbers + admits could come along sooner than we think.</p>
<p>I certainly hope you’re right about that. A low yield would be a great sign and the earlier they’re doing this, the more certain they are that there will be a low yield.</p>
<p>My admissions officer just asked me for my “most recent grades.” I think I might be completely screwed. Has anyone else been asked for grades?</p>
<p>How “bad” are they? I can’t imagine that a couple of Bs would hurt you.</p>
<p>^ I sent my 3rd Q grades along with my update letter.</p>
<p>My counselor sent my Q3 grades earlier this week.</p>
<p>I didn’t send them in due to my 2 B’s. If they ask for them, I will send them, but they aren’t good enough to help anything.</p>
<p>Added daffodils …</p>
<p>beefinbj (US citizen abroad) - trilingual (reading, writing, speaking in all of them)
Boggler
carolightning
cicero<em>oratore (MA) - physics/math
Clamzoni</em>of_RI- Well-rounded w/ emphasis on Biochem. and Tenor Voice
daffodils
DoleWhip
dx1992
fluffysheep (IN)- the blunt well-rounded type with a special thing for science
goyankees1219 ¶
gunther6456
HurtLocker (So. Cal) - well-rounded with a leaning toward music, psych, and history
ItchyTorso (Switzerland)
KRNpro (WA) - well-rounded poor man with a inclination towards the humanities
Macarenaps (Peru) well rounded
MorganSimone (NJ)
mrbopalop1 (WI)
MSauce
Neapolitan
nickwasy
pappa1 (NYC Suburbs)
passiongirl
plumazul (Maryland) Hispanic, Concert Pianist, Chemistry/Music/premed trilingual …
raving(SC)
serendipityyy
simplywaiting (GA)
SouthKP
tracyxxx
vikroz (MI) - cello, science
Zachboy</p>
<p>Interesting article about Yale’s WL.</p>
<p>[Yale</a> Daily News - Admissions game getting riskier](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2010/04/05/admissions-game-getting-riskier/]Yale”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2010/04/05/admissions-game-getting-riskier/)</p>
<p>2/3 of Yale’s 932 waitlisted applicants chose to remain on the WL. That’s 600+ kids. I wonder if Harvard’s numbers are similar.</p>
<p>Yeah, I think it is about a couple hundred kids. It is fairly logical. The only concrete component to this baffling puzzle that we all need is information to compare and contrast the yields. Right?</p>