Waitlisted - Sit tight or..?

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<p>I've heard that some people send in letters of demonstrated interest, call the admissions office, send in new stuff, etc, so I was wondering what I should be doing, if anything, to get off the waitlist?</p>

<p>Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't I just sit tight, send them my end-of-year grades, and update them if I win any major awards?</p>

<p>The only two things I can think of right now would be letting them know if I get Presidential Scholar Finalist/Scholar and get chosen to present my paper at the local community college's science symposium (not sure if that would be good enough though).</p>

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<p>Thats pretty much my plan.</p>

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<p>I mean, I could call, and send in a letter of continued interest, but I’m not sure that wouldn’t just annoy them :P</p>

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<p>i plan to send in a combination. updated awards like the national french contest and being an isef finalist as well as how much i like the school in one letter…hey i saw u in the stanford forum!</p>

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<p>Do you think it’s too late to send in my National Merit Finalist stuff? I never alerted my schools about this (except for Northeastern, which offered a full scholarship) and I wasn’t sure if NMF contacted schools for us.</p>

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<p>^ I think send it just in case?</p>

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<p>Is NMF a big deal to Harvard?</p>

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<p>It would show that you have good PSAT scores? I don’t know, it might be worth a shot, though.</p>

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<p>What about getting the $2500 NMF scholarship? :P</p>

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<p>I think they have so many NMF they could care less, but you could add it to your update anyways-won’t hurt.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys. I think I’ll just send it even if they end up not caring about it…couldn’t hurt, as b’smom said.</p>

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<p>And you guys might want to send in essays of how much you love the school XD</p>

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<p>I’ve thought about that too! My college counselor also stressed bringing something new to the table, and not just repeating what has already been conveyed in your essays and interviews.</p>

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<p>You could, but why not try to improve your chances by sending in something new and/or unique. Try to figure out why you were waitlisted. They obviously liked something about you (and maybe were hesitant about something else). Try to bolster that part of the application with additional stuff.</p>

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<p>Hey Harvard waitlistees, just a quick question: how many of you had your interviewer call you up to tell you that s/he would try hard to vouch for you so you could get off the waitlist?</p>

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<p>Oh! And maybe call your regional admissions counselor and ask him questions. To show interest? And maybe you can learn something new :)</p>

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<p>^ is your regional admissions counselor in charge of admissions for your area or does he just counsel? If I have new information, should I send them to the counselor or the admissions officer for my region?</p>

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<p>^ Oh, I think the admissions counselor is the same as the admissions officer. I know that there is a groups of admissions officers in a region that do the picking and supporting for which students get in, but the admissions council is the one, I think, that actually determines the students for real. If you have new information, I personally would email it straight to Harvard University, but if you want, you could also call your regional admissions officer/counselor. Maybe he/she will put in a few good words?</p>

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<p>I got accepted to Yale but wait listed at Harvard. Do you think telling the admissions office this would increase my chances come May.or would it not have an effect?</p>

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<p>i would not do that if i were you renbruno, it probably would just tick them off a lot. i plan on sending in two more letters of recommendation, a letter of continued interest and such…maybe one crazy thing. How do we contact the regional admissions officers to find out what was lacking from our application?</p>