The Harvard Waitlist Waiting Room 2014 Thread

<p>Welcome! I’m putting college of matriculation in brackets. Please state your own and I’ll add it!</p>

<p>If your name is in bold PLEASE come out and say hi so we can confirm that you are remaining on the waitlist! Thanks!</p>

<p>Updated with wonderful lurkers. More people should come out and join us! (119 people so far; 98 for sure-21 unknown)</p>

<p>1337pi [JHU]
2014ss
999999
Acedyou92 [U. Penn]
Ancalagon4554 [Vanderbilt]
**Ayeeeconnie ** Not staying on?
Astrophy918 (NY)
Az1506
Back2ca [Stanford] probably set with Stanford
Beefinbj (US citizen abroad) trilingual [Mcgill]
Bell9079 [U. Penn]
BigBalla
Blissfulting
Boggler [TX] math, science, music [U. Penn]
Cali4me [U.C. Berkeley]
CalPeg [U.C. Berkeley]
Carolightning
Chichibi (SoCal) [UCLA]
Cicero<em>oratore (MA) physics/math [JHU]
Clamzoni</em>of_RI Well-rounded, Biochem. Tenor Voice
Courteau91 [Williams]
Daffodils
Dan92 [Yale]
Dee1000
Derivate [Cambridge or Princeton] {Pton for tally}
Djokovik
DoleWhip [Upenn, Wharton]
Douglasc66 [Vanderbilt]
DreamHigh91
Dsalazar6608 [Upenn, Wharton]
Dx1992
Fenwaylover [Duke]
Floridahopeful [Princeton]
FightTheTide11
Fluffysheep (IN) well-rounded, science [Dartmouth]
ForHarvard
Fraudulence
Gcall1090 ¶ history, psych./math. [William and Mary]
Geoindy [U. Penn]
Goodenough (CA) [Princeton]
Goodluck1 [Yale]
Goyankees1219 ¶ history
grouptheory
Guitar01 (FL) [Columbia]
GuitarPlayer6516 [Emory]
Gunther6456 (NJ) english and technology [WashU]
Handlebars (SoCal) [U.C. Berkeley]
Harvardwaitlist international asian male, math/science
Harvardwannabe4 (TX)
Hhopeful2 [U. Penn]
Hillsongfan [Yale] Probably going to stick with Yale
Hobofishead (TX) [WashU]
HongLong86
Hoomaikai [U. Chicago]
HurtLocker (So. Cal) well-rounded, psych, history
Icelands0 [Columbia]
Idiosyncra3y
Iluv11alot (MD) also on Princeton’s W.L. (UMD)
ItchyTorso (Switzerland)
Jaylay [JHU]
JBK151 [Stanford]
JenRocket
Jihyuni09
Jlederluis [Caltech]
Journeverte (Texas)
KRNpro (WA) well-rounded, humanities [Cornell CAS]
KWWBoarder
Lincoln12 daughter going to [NYU] w/$$ unless…
Macarenaps (Peru) well rounded
Maxgoettler (Germany) [Oxford]
Meowmix0669 [Dartmouth]
Mikezy (Australia)
MorganSimone (NJ) [Princeton]
Mrbopalop1 (WI)
Msauce [Yale]
Navanna [U. Penn]
NCDanceMom not staying on? [UNC-CH]
NYPrepster [Georgetown]
Neapolitan
Nickwasy (MI) math/physics [U. Michigan]
Noaflora (NY) [U. Penn]
Orkinman [Caltech med. Scholar to USCD med. School]
Otsuns [U.C. Berkeley]
Pappa1 (NYC Suburbs) [JHU]
Passiongirl
Plumazul hispanic, concert piano, chem/premed [UMD]
Pooooh intl., needs F.A. [gap yr/ community col.]
Pretzellogic [Williams]
Qizixite (Northeast) mathy subject [U. Chicago]
Quince
Raving (SC) [Princeton]
Reach4thestars45 [Princeton]
RedlinetoHarvard [Dartmouth]
Rtgrove123
Rubin95 [Dartmouth]
Sanguinity [Middlebury]
Scull
Sdedalus [Columbia]
Serendipityyy [Yale]
SeriasB (Florida) [Yale]
Simplywaiting (GA)
Soccerspaz1245 [Princeton or Yale]
SouthKP
Status123
Stressed23 [Northwestern]
Tharp993 (Western NY) [Stanford]
**TheYankInLondon ** Not staying on?
Tibet000000 [Dartmouth]
Titan10 – interested in engineering [Notre Dame]
Tony1337
Tracyxxx [U. Chicago]
U59slf [Amherst]
Verbosely [Columbia]
Vicariousparent probably sticking with Yale [Yale]
Vikroz (MI) cello, science [Hillsdale College]
Wanderer101
xxLAJxx
Ynd1234 [Harvey Mudd]
Zachboy</p>

<p>Colleges Attending (72 responses / 98 active waitlistees):
1 Amherst
2 Caltech
4 Columbia
1 Cornell
5 Dartmouth
1 Duke
1 Emory
1 Georgetown
1 Harvey Mudd
1 Hillsdale College
4 JHU
1 Mcgill
1 Middlebury
1 Northwestern
1 Notre Dame
1 NYU
1 Oxford
9 Penn
5 Princeton
3 Stanford
4 U.C. Berkeley
1 UCLA
3 U. Chicago
1 UNC-CH
1 U. Michigan
2 UMD
2 Vanderbilt
2 Wash U
1 William and Mary
2 Williams
8 Yale</p>

<p>Does anyone know if they leave messages or send emails if you cannot be reached by phone? I will be incommunicado from Tuesday night until Thursday night and although people have said the Northeast will not be called until later, I am just wondering.</p>

<p>I think they will email you if they cannot reach you by phone.</p>

<p>What time of day do they normally call? If they try to call by 6:00 ET, I might not be home yet, nor would kids on the west coast that are still in school. And would they leave messages before sending an email?</p>

<p>I believe they leave messages. At least I think that’s how Chicago did it when my friend got off the waitlist.</p>

<p>And in terms of private school kids hearing late: I’m assuming that’s because they have plenty already, correct?</p>

<p>Where did the private school hearing later rumor come about? That didn’t occur last year when someone from my school got in off the waitlist.</p>

<p>nyprepster in post 1049. But if you were asking where he heard that, I have the same question.</p>

<p>4th Q and Final grades (numerical) were just posted on my county’s online portal. Of my 6 APs, 4th Q ave. = 101 (100.83) , Year Term = 99 (98.69) … If ONLY I had this data when it really counted :frowning: … is it too late now? Oh… and when I did the original commonapp, I was 16/670, now it seems I ended up somewhere in the top 3, … oh well, as an Hispanic, maybe I can still “steal” someone’s spot …</p>

<p>Plumazul: Sounds like you’ve got good news, and you should definitely send it in. It can’t hurt and could help. I’m not in the hunt for a Latino spot, so if you steal one, it won’t be mine.</p>

<p>That’s great news Plumazul. Send the grades in! Worst case scenario they don’t consider the grades at all. Best case scenario…</p>

<p>-Optimism!</p>

<p>I’m sending in some last minute additional information today/tomorrow, just in case I’m not out yet.</p>

<p>Yea, I’m putting together an email, … since I can not get a transcript in time, I’m going to offer the username/password to the data portal so they can see the data if they wish (or they could always call my GC, but he’s always so busy, such is life at a large public school)</p>

<p>Now I’m off to my “end of music year” recital. I’m playing …
Poulenc, Nocturne No. 1 in C, and
Chopin, etude op10, No. 12 … “Revolutionary”</p>

<p>I can get lost in my music, and forget everything else for awhile … :)</p>

<p>good luck everyone …</p>

<p>since we’re talking about sending last minute info…
senioritis struck me HARD and i ended up slacking off during 3rd quarter, and my grade kinda went down… it’s not that bad, i just have a few A-s but my counselor thought that since my first semester grade was stronger it might be better for me to not send it.
but then i talked to my reg officer, and she told me that recent grade will always help them in the process… i just didnt know if it would help ME so i didnt send it in, but now im wondering if i should send my grade in?? or should i just wait and see if they ask for it? im just worried that they will think i like failed all of my classes if i dont send it in.</p>

<p>Here are my thoughts on whether to send in an updated transcript: If your grades are amazing, then why not? It can only help your chances. But if you have a few grades you aren’t so happy with, why send it in? If Harvard really needed a new transcript to make their decision, they would require you to send it in.</p>

<p>I don’t think they would assume you failed any classes just because you choose not to send in your grades. They wouldn’t jump to conclusions like that, and they can easily call your GC to make sure. At this point, I’m just going to wait and see what happens.</p>

<p>iluv11alot: my school counselor used to work in admissions at harvard for several years and that’s what he told me when i asked about the waitlist. having read on this thread that next week is supposedly THE week we hear, i was curious and that was his response. he said most private school kids are the end of may/possibly as late as june. again, not the hole-fillers though.</p>

<p>ps i’m also not a “he” ;)</p>

<p>Okay I keep hearing about people STILL sending updates. So are you guys sending updates like 2-3 times? If so, what do you possibly put in these “updates” Since I don’t know how many new things you can do in 1 and a half months.</p>

<p>Does anyone know to what extent the admissions committee reps are available for calls from GCs? I believe our GC tried to put in a call to the rep last week but was unsuccessful and had to settle for sending an e-mail message.</p>

<p>tharp; I just sent one update and plan on keeping it that way. If they want to accept me then great! My opinion is that pestering them is the worst possible thing to do. BUT if, like Plumazul, you actually have great news about something recent, then send it! If it is informative then, as I said before, it can only help.</p>

<p>-Optimism!</p>

<p>I tried to log in to Admission Services using my Harvard pin and it said “Invalid Credentials/Login.” Is this happening to anyone else?</p>

<p>I have a feeling this is a sign of rejection. :(</p>

<p>lawyer101, I think that is a default setting. Don’t worry about it!</p>

<p>-Optimism!</p>