<p>@Cicero_oratore: How did you find out the name of your local adcomm person? I cannot find it anywhere. I would like my D’s update to be sent to that person, instead of the general mail. </p>
<p>BTW: My D is going to the same school you are (assuming you’re not taken off the wlist).</p>
<p>Someone asked why not stay on the waitlist. Last year one of my kids was on the Harvard waitlist and didn’t hear from them until the week after graduation, then went through yet another round of interviews, and ultimately wasn’t offered a spot for that year’s class (and didn’t have any interest in a gap year that wasn’t his own choice). He is beyond happy with the college he did choose. This year’s senior, having watched a sibling go through that extended back-and-forth and lengthy period of being unsettled, said no thanks to the Harvard waitlist, and couldn’t wait to commit to a place that offered admission.</p>
<p>I didn’t realize this until a few days ago, but Harvard sent out an email that is “from” your regional admissions officer (ie it has their name in it but not their email). I got the contact info for mine because I was given a second interview by my regional admissions officer, who contacted me via email.</p>
<p>EDIT: @dadwonders: That’s great. Is she going to the admitted student’s day this week (I’ll be there)? Also, if you really want to know who your daughter’s regional admissions officer is, I would just have her call the admissions office. But in my opinion, it’ll make little difference if the update is sent to them directly or just to the general admissions committee (or via mail or email for that matter).</p>
<p>@cicero. She went to last weeks. Had a great time. in general fell in love with the campus. Her first visit was not as nice out and she wasn’t able to meet many people. this time she had a blast up till 4am just chatting with folks.</p>
<p>Who else sent in 3rd quarter grades to Harvard? I have two B’s and am not sure it’s a good idea.</p>
<p>Why don’t you wait for Harvard to request them? They might not. Just send a second letter at the beginning of May restating your intent and then tell them to let you know if they need anything else.</p>
<p>BTW, two Bs aren’t bad! :)</p>
<p>For me and for Harvard they’re bad. They are both in APs, but I haven’t had a B on my report card since freshman year. Oh well. I have my letter basically ready just trying to get my updates settled before sending everything in.</p>
<p>Send in whatever makes you look good. They aren’t expecting you to send in third quarter grades. If they are good, then send them to show that you are still doing well this late in senior year. If not, then I wouldn’t be too concerned.</p>
<p>I agree with mrscollege and cicero. Don’t send anything in that they don’t request unless it’s stellar. If they request your transcript, then you have to send it in…but the good news is that if they’re asking then you’re close!</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice. I appreciate. I won’t send in unless it’s requested.</p>
<p>I wish my school reported more than just letter grades. Even though my transcript shows no change throughout(all As), I HAVE been improving constantly … this 3rd Q was my strongest yet. (100% in several AP classes) … so how could I report these things without coming across as too focused on grades … my ECs have also improved … I also wonder if any of this matters, …</p>
<p>I’m at JHU right now and I love it. It’s nice to know that I’ll be going somewhere great and academically rigourous if I don’t get off the waitlist. I was concerned about the academics here, but after sitting in on a class I discovered that Hopkins academics are just as rigorous as the ivies. Still, I’m hoping for Harvard!</p>
<p>Good for you, Cicero =).</p>
<p>I see that many people here have sent their update letters (along with additional recommendation letters etc) via snail mail. </p>
<p>Is it okay to send them using fax (which I did)? Or should I mail them just in case?</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter how you send the updates. I had to send mine by mail because I included the recommendation. Email, fax, and snail mail are all equally viable ways to send updates; I don’t believe any one way is preferred over another.</p>
<p>^I also had an additional recommendation letter… should i have sent my updates via snail mail?</p>
<p>As long as they get it you should be fine.</p>
<p>Thanks! I’m so anxious that I’m worrying about all these small/meaningless stuff :(</p>
<p>I agree with cicero. Any method should be fine.</p>
<p>BTW, here’s a recent article about the “Z- List” in the Crimson.</p>
<p>[Z-Listed</a> Students Experience Year Off | The Harvard Crimson](<a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/3/30/students-year-harvard-zlist/]Z-Listed”>Z-Listed Students Experience Year Off | News | The Harvard Crimson)</p>
<p>I think that an interesting way to unofficial track yield would be to look at the Harvard facebook groups. The Harvard Class of 2013 group has 1525 members (Harvard class of 2013 is 1675 I think). The Official Harvard Class of 2014 group has 865 members so far. There’s only eight days left until the first. It’ll be interesting to see how big the group is then. I’m hoping that a group smaller than or equivalent to ~1500 equates to a yield of 76.5% or less.</p>