If they stick to prior years’ formula seems the best indicator of decisions being released is anywhere from the day of to a couple days after the announcement of yield numbers…here’s hoping that this week starts the action
Is there anything else I can do in addition to sending a letter of continued interest in order to increase the chance?
I know people often talk about how people with niche skills are the ones pulled off the waitlist, but what if I actually am a tuba player and I made a point about it in my application? If the tuba players don’t enroll, are they really going to come to me just for my desire to play tuba in college?
@mynameiskhan777: Yes, see: https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/04/05/599755974/college-waitlists-often-waste-would-be-students-time
When I can hear any thing from Harvard about their wait list?
Do you get like a “oh sorry we didn’t pull you off the waitlist” letter, or do you just kind of assume that after a few weeks of silence it’s all over?
@anxiouswreck They’ll notify us one way or another. No “assuming”…
@surins Your guess is as good as the rest of ours. From what I’ve read, the decisions come out in waves. The first round guesstimated (based on previous years) to come out by the end of the week. But who knows?!
Hang tight everyone…and good luck!
I’m fairly certain they don’t begin accepting students off the waitlist until yield rates are released… so we will know when it starts
hey guys, im also waitlisted for 2022 and my overbearing uncle has been calling admissions like everyday. they apparently told him today that nobody would hear until June 1 and that they were only taking ten people off the waitlist, but my family all thinks maybe they’re just telling him that so he’ll stop calling. Plus, that information doesn’t seem quite right to me anyway. just thought i’d tell you guys what i “know” even though it seems incorrect
It seems incorrect because they haven’t divulged that kind of info before, but why would they lie? It would be very unprofessional of them to do that. However, every year is a new year and they aren’t held to any formula. That said I hope it isn’t true!
Nope … it’s the truth. From my friend who is in contact with a coach.
“The coach said: "I heard back from Admissions. The yield from regular admissions was a lot higher than forecast, and while they still might go to the waitlist, it doesn’t sound like they’ll get very far if they do … I wish I had better news about Harvard, but I wanted you to know what I think the odds are here based on my conversation today.””
So we’re more or less done for. The 10-ish people in June seems about right then. Got their yield wrong for the second time in a row…
I’m not so sure about that “We’re more or less done for”… maybe it’s just denial but I think we should treat all rumors with a grain of salt?
Agreed. This idle speculation is moot until they announce yield, which should be any day now. It was announced 5/10 last year and 5/11 the year before.
I’m so disappointed now. Though it does seem odd that they would release this information to inquiring family members or coaches prior to announcing the yield to the public. Maybe I’m in denial too. 10 off the wait list is grim. 
I guess we’ll find out for sure in a day or two, but I would be very surprised if these “rumors” are wrong. Why would a coach reach out to a student unprompted if he wasn’t at least somewhat confident in his information?
@hopefulstudent22 the coach I have contacts with has not given any indication that this is true, are you sure your friend and or coach was given accurate information?
Again I don’t mean to question your authority but that does seem like a strange policy (?)
Do you mean that both your daughter’s had been previously waitlisted at Harvard and taken off? Or that they accepted somewhere else for now? Thanks 
Are you speaking of athletic coaches or college coaches?
Are there anyone who received a good news?