<p>Hunh. Did they have unusual circumstances that lead them to do that? I can understand applying as a junior for 2009 (I know someone who did that--she had enough credits to graduate early but her high school wouldn't let her, so she just applied to colleges as a junior anyway and ended up attending Yale without a hs diploma) but not quite why you would do it for the class of 2010...did the person accept and then defer a year, or do they really let you apply for other years?</p>
<p>so you can apply to harvard a year in advance to reserve a spot for next year's class? that's crazy.</p>
<p>just got the mail - i got off the waitlist ........
............and into the rejection pile.</p>
<p>BUT I GOT INTO COLUMBIA OFF THE WL AND I JUST GOT THEIR FEDEX PACKAGE --- MAGNIFICENT FINAID DEAL! OMG I WAS SOOOOOOO AMAZED! SUCH A GENEROUS GRANT! THANK YOU COLUMBIA! </p>
<p>Harvard -- I'll see you in four years for grad school.
Until then...GOOOOO LIONS!</p>
<p>I received the letter and I was not accepted. Postmarked May 20th.</p>
<p>Dear ____,</p>
<p>I am sorry to have to report that we will not be able you admission. A very high percentage of students have accepted our April offer of admission. As a result, the Admissions Committee can admit only a very few applicants from the waiting list for the Class of 2009.</p>
<p>Nearly twenty three thousand students applied for the sixreen hundred and fifty places in the class. In the face of such competition, the Committee's decision to offer you a place on our waiting list was a recognition of your outstanding achievements and a demonstration of our confidence in your ability to make a significant contribution to your college community.</p>
<p>We are grateful for your patience over the past weeks. We very much appreciate the interest you have shown in us and hope you will accept the best wishes of the Commiittee for all your future endeavors.</p>
<p>Why does today have to be a holiday in Canada? I guess I'll have to wait for the inevitable rejection 2 weeks from now (snail mail). Good luck jose, and congrats phantom, see you in september...</p>
<p>i was rejected too</p>
<p>o well, at least i dont have to decide between harvard and penn</p>
<p>Are all rejected ppl receiving snail mail packages?</p>
<p>i was also rejected.</p>
<p>Nah, I was planning on graduating one year early, until my plans were put on hold by the 'rentals. Gonna try, try again in Fall '05. Thanks for the support all the Harvard posters from all the way back in the Fall =) Congrats to everyone.</p>
<p>Congrats phantom! Maybe we'll see each other at Columbia this fall.</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm definately getting rejected tomorrow...the stupid thing is my mail here is so slow...but I only live several minutes away from Harvard lol</p>
<p>thatindiandude, so are you gonna be at penn in the fall?</p>
<p>Praguer, it seems everyone is getting snail mail.</p>
<p>At least you're going to Wharton thinkjose, I would die to go to Wharton............</p>
<p>Columbia is a great school and there is always transfer!</p>
<p>Entering Columbia with an eye to transfer to Harvard would be myopic and foolish, not to mention of extremely questionable benefit potential. Shostakovich, I think you will find yourself happier and more successful at Columbia than you would have been elsewhere, by sheer virtue of the fact that you were admitted there. Columbia's admissions office takes particular care to look for 'fit,' and apparently you do.</p>
<p>But then, you have a point of view that is not widely shared.</p>
<p>Not among extreme proponents of Harvard.</p>
<p>The idea that entering college with the intention to transfer diminishes your experience is not mine alone. To apply it specifically to two schools on par with one another is not exceptionally revolutionary, either.</p>
<p>Yet another opinion that is not widely shared - particularly by common admits.</p>
<p>I'm really happy about Columbia, and most likely will not transfer. Harvard and Penn were my clear top choices though.</p>
<p>And sure, I'll love Columbia, but I just can't until I get my rejection letter.</p>
<p>Byerly,</p>
<p>Here is another time when I think you are not at all being helpful (although 95% of the time you are). I love Harvard too, but sometimes, you cross the line.</p>
<p>Abcd is absolutely correct. It is NOT a good idea to start one's college experience with an eye towards transferring to a school just
a few rankings higher... Columbia is an absolutely phenomenal university... Those students who will be going there despite Harvard being their original top choice should focus all their attention on taking advantage of every opportunity at Columbia and relishing the experience... focusing on trying to transfer before one even begins can actually do more damage. That's not to say transferring is wrong... if there are legitimate needs not being met at school #1, then by all means transfer... but no one should be encouraging students to even think of transferring before they have given the school a chance.</p>