<p>Perhaps you are right. However, I cannot think of any reason to pull such a cruel hoax to people waiting to hear. I feel for the kids waiting, and wanted to make a casual reader aware that the information given might not be correct.</p>
<p>Since many on this thread like to do math, here is mine:
Roughly 10% of the waitlised applicants for harvard are listed on CC. Maybe more are occasional posters or lurkers. So on the day when calls do get made, I am guessing that within a 2 hour window, approximately 6-10 people will post that they either got a call or know someone that did. In fact, with Facebook, I might even guess that within that same window there will be 100+ posts about who did and didnt get called. </p>
<p>So I felt that a lone newbie poster was not a good indicator. Given that Oxford has no Econ Program (we are told by Max) (Is this the same Max that interviewd Johnson at W&L?), and that the US has no diplomatic ties to Cuba (hence a “cuban national” at a US Highscool also seems fishy), I think it is best to let all the waitlisters have a stress free weeekend and know that it might be simply a cruel hoax.</p>
<p>BTW: Saturday, 1:30…No one else called. Guess I was right?</p>
<p>Give the bergertown thing a rest it is getting WICKED annoying. As for dx1992, thanks for the information; I really hope that I don’t get put in the second wave.</p>
<p>@dx1992: Sorry that you’re not in the first wave, but it must be somewhat exciting to know that you’re still in a much smaller pool that still can get a call.</p>
<p>I wish they called everyone on the same day. That way it reduces the suspense on everyone who doesn’t get a call the first day they start making calls.</p>
<p>So AP tests are done, my band contests are over, awards ceremonies are done, and I still have three more weeks of school. I can’t wait for summer to start, but it’s still so far away. I wish TX schools could start sooner in August.</p>
<p>I’ve come to the conclusion that the admissions offices at colleges have an unspoken duty to make this process as painful as possible. Instead of making the process like ripping off a band-aid as quickly as possible, they make it like cutting the skin off that is attached to the band-aid with a sword to remove the band-aid. I just want this to be over with!</p>
<p>I haven’t read the thread, so pardon me if I’m taking this quote of context; however, it is very possible for Cuban nationals to attend U.S. high schools because of the “wet foot, dry foot” policy. This policy means that if Cubans attempting to immigrate to the U.S. are caught in the water, they are sent back to Cuba; if, on the other hand, they make it to land, they are allowed to stay.</p>
<p>Therefore, many Cuban nationals – people who were born in Cuba – do attend U.S. high schools.</p>
<p>cicero - while I don’t expect that this will reduce your anxiety, the wait list is naturally an iterative process. The adcoms look for whatever “holes” they have to fill in their freshman class and then choose the best “plugs” from the wait list to fill the hole. Not all of those offers will be accepted, so then they have to go to the next best plug, etc., etc.</p>
<p>Looks like a major hole to be filled is going to be in the Latino population. And question: does history fall under social sciences or humanities? First one is a plus for me, second not so much. Should probably know that since it is my obsession/major/life, but I’ve never been able to distinquish because definitions of either umbrella term include history as a branch lol.</p>
<p>If our guidance counselor didn’t get a call from Harvard admissions, I’m hoping that doesn’t mean we won’t be part of the first wave of acceptances.</p>
<p>gcall, I had the same question. According to wikipedia (so take it with a grain of salt)…</p>
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[quote] Social science is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences. These fields include: anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, history, linguistics, political science, sociology and, in certain contexts[2] psychology. Subjects such as international relations and social work are concerned primarily with application and do not constitute social sciences per se. The term may be used, however, in the specific context of referring to the original science of society established in 19th century sociology. </p>
<p>My friend’s waiting to hear back from Harvard and is every bit as tensed as you guys. How did you find out about the first, second, etc. wave of acceptances? My friend’s quite apprehensive and would like some information about where she stands, but when she asked the admissions office around 2 weeks ago they said they didn’t rank the waitlist and she’d have to wait till May/June to find out. Good luck to you all, and hopefully most of you will get in (would be better if all of you did. hehe)!</p>