<p>I am going to Wash U in St. Louis. I am trying my best not to even consider the Harvard waitlist as an option. It’s totally not going to happen, right?</p>
<p>Its highly unlikely that they will take nobody off. They’ll need 79.1%ish yield for that to happen. And remember, the figures for how many people actually get off are better than they look. Not everyone accepts a spot on the waitlist, so that cuts down on a lot of people on the list. Furthermore, not everyone accepts an offer if they get off the waitlist. One of our salutatorians was offered a spot off the Harvard waitlist and declined the offer. There’s no point in speculating now how many people and who will get off the list. We should just chat for now, keep our minds off the process, and connect with fellow waitlistees.</p>
<p>Hopefully their yield will be lowish (under 75%) and they’ll take a bunch of us. Where are you going in the meantime?</p>
<p>JHU. I doubt that they will be under 75%. They’ll probably stay in the range of 76%-77%. It would be a nice little treat if they went under 75%.</p>
<p>It certainly would. I am currently writing my waitlist letter. What did others include in these letters besides for updates and a reaffirmed desire to attend Harvard?</p>
<p>^Those are all I included in my update letter.</p>
<p>Is it okay to send an email directly to the regional rep? I got her email address from one of the accepted people, because Harvard doesn’t reveal contact info of regional rep unless you’re admitted. So does that mean regional rep doesn’t want to receive update letters (e.g. showing continued interest in Harvard) from waitlisted applicants?</p>
<p>I heard it’s fine to send directly to the Office of Admissions but maybe emailing your regional rep is a good idea. I might try to do that, but I don’t know. I got a little specific in my letter about professors and classes I’d like to take and some things I could add to Harvard. Not sure if matters though. I just want to know what the yield will be already. When is the yield and expected waitlist usually published every year?</p>
<p>I think the first full week of May.</p>
<p>Thank you. I am sure someone will post it here as soon as it is up. I assume its in the Harvard Crimson or Gazette?</p>
<p>No problem =). I think it is going to be on the Harvard Crimson.</p>
<p>I’m just curious as to why some people choose not to be on the waitlist. There’s no harm in staying on, and you might as well get a final decision from the top school in the country… even if you got in somewhere else.
I’ll be going to UMich or Hillsdale.</p>
<p>Well I believe some people choose not to be on the waitlist for the simple fact that waiting is not one of their fortes (lol). Perhaps the school that he or she was waitlisted for wasn’t one of their top choices.</p>
<p>The suspense sucks, that’s why. What’d worse is applying EA/ED somewhere, like Brown, UPenn, Yale, or UChicago, being deferred, waitlisted, then rejected. You’re basically rejected thrice which hurts intensely. You can be on the string from November to July. The fact that schools do that is disgusting. For Harvard, it’s a shorter and less suspenseful weight, but not putting the hope into the decision makes the rest of senior year easier. But getting in would be worth all of it.</p>
<p>Yeah I TOTALLY understand, Gunther. But I have faith and so should you :-). “Faith moves mountains”!</p>
<p>Omigod, I put down weight instead of wait and I can’t edit. Shoot me. Jk. Faith is nice but I’d rather not put my hope into it and get crushed again like I did elsewhere.</p>
<p>Suit yourself lol. Call me an idealist but I am still having hope :-).</p>
<p>You are an idealist. Realistically, where are you going next year?</p>
<p>I have no idea to be honest :-/. I mean I have my back-ups but I am not even certain on them. I just am going to give this thing my all. That’s the best I can do :-/.</p>
<p>That sounds really scary. Hope is good and all but you have to find something you love or at least can live with in the meantime in case the worst happens. The most important thing, the yield, isn’t even in Harvard’s control.</p>
<p>Yeah I found something I love: poetry && creative writing. I spend my free time reading John Keats…makes me feel good inside tee hee :-). But I agree with Cicero, I do believe that they are going to admit people off the waitlist. Idk I just feel it.</p>