Harvard University (2023-2024)

[rancid mural]

yes

or is that just the admssions committee

[frosty hamlet]

yes. every thing on your application is scored 1-6

[rancid mural]

both

ohh so like

if itws a low score

[frosty hamlet]

1 is the highest.

[rancid mural]

is that like gonan break ur app

[frosty hamlet]

no

[fickle rune]

Is that a good thing or a bad thing lol

[frosty hamlet]

it means they're really considering you. i wouldn't call it a bad thing

[lofty depot]

more so yeah

[frosty hamlet]

one component is rarely going to make/break your app

[fickle rune]

Yeah never heard of other schools doing that

What abt yale

and the rest of HYPSM

[lofty depot]

can be both. the person i knew who had an AO interview (it was their second btw) did end up getting into harvard

[rancid mural]

oh okay thanks

im actualyl like giving up on haravrd now tho after taht

no hope anymore 😭 its okay

[lofty depot]

generally stick to one i assume

[eternal jungle]

wdym suspicious?

[frosty hamlet]

i know of Yale giving a second itnerview once because they lost the first ASC interview report?

but i'm not sure if that's true!!

just heard about it :)

[jaunty umbra]

mine was 40 mins 😂

[rancid mural]

good thing generally

50% who get an ao interview get in

keep in mind that 1% of the us population get one so dont think its something ur likely to get if ur a strong candidate

[rancid mural]

ur an olympic swimmer and run a buisness making 5 mil per year

its typically about ECs

if u have a crazy ec then ur more likely to have an ao want to verify ur story

[vague hemlock]

This is fine, my classmate accidentally mentioned Harvard once during his stanford interview for a why stanford or smth 💀

[lofty depot]

https://tenor.com/view/stop-it-red-flag-flags-gif-26770648

wait was it that classmate?

[vague hemlock]

yeah

[lofty depot]

[grizzled dragon]

lol what's with these smiles

creepy smiles to be precise

[stable pecan]

I’ll know in March 😊 😃

[jaunty umbra]

😃

[tiny forge]

Anybody have any advice for the Harvard interview?

[lofty depot]

just be grateful that u got one

[rancid mural]

be cool

[tiny forge]

what percent get an interview?

[rancid mural]

a lot

[tiny forge]

oh

[jaunty umbra]

ok

got an interview in a few days

the 11th

and an NU interview today :((((

[opal night]

Good luck!!! You’ll do fabulous

[jaunty umbra]

i hope my interviewer studied over 40 years ago there

but they were an education major so same school? W

[opal night]

Woah my Harvard guy also is old asf 😭 same w Penn

[opal night]

Major W better than all the finance bros I’ve been getting

[jaunty umbra]

i keep getting finance people too!!

[cedar salmon]

i have gotten exclusively bankers

though i do live in london

[opal night]

It’s so weird 4/5 of the people I’ve gotten are in finance, financial law or consulting

[jaunty umbra]

omg yeah that is

[rancid mural]

mine was finance major, working as a computer engineer 💀

[rocky yarrow]

like in terms of lies on application?

[undone briar]

that’s great

and to anybody waiting and this is also to myself LMAOO we still have plenty of time

felt that

for my yale interview i was blessed with an interviewer who traveled like two and a half hours for it

[honest imp]

day i forgor of no interview yet

i know it's not harvover yet tho because I got my cornell interview request a few days ago tho so we chill

[jaunty umbra]

its not harvover

idt it means anything even

cornell is not an interview its a cOnVeRsAtIoN

[honest imp]

ah yes i too love having conversations

[hollow ore]

lol it literally doesn't count for anything my interviewer was very clear that they don't send anything back

[honest imp]

eh tbh i wish they sent at least something back, i like the whole "whole" conversation format for the interview but at the end of the day it feels kind of pointless

[hollow ore]

it is! my guy explained that cornell took an extremely conservative approach to "interviews" bcs of some scandals that happened a while ago where there were rigged interviewers who corroborated fake info

and letter of rec's too, but idk if the letter system was changed. so yeah he said that they just send a note saying "this conversation happened" but nothing more bcs the alum have literalky no influence

honestly it's like those "chat with a current student" days. my guy didn't really have any questions he just waited for me to ask some

[honest imp]

interesting, thanks for the info

[opal night]

Harvard’s report is due feb 24th

[undone briar]

harvard does interviews all the way to like 2 weeks until results

deadlines are extremely soft

[opal night]

Idk that’s what my Harv interviewer told me in email

Maybe just regular interviews

[undone briar]

yeah but they say that every year, like it just varies

[reef forge]

Why the fuck did i apply to harvard

Who did i think i was

[opal night]

Just relaying what he said

[reef forge]

Its over for me

[opal night]

You don’t need to believe me

[opal night]

You have plenty of time I got my Stanford interview req 1 week before the report due date

[undone briar]

i get that but i’m just saying

also i believe certain write ups are due at certain dates depending on when the interview was issued

[rancid mural]

they arent denying that thats what the deadline is lol

[undone briar]

if it’s anything like yales

[rancid mural]

its just interview still happen afterward

[opal night]

I’m also just quoting what my interviewer said :)

[rancid mural]

when they need more info

[undone briar]

i know!

[opal night]

^

[undone briar]

but i’m saying it could send people in anxiety and think they have to get an interview before then and that’s not the case

[opal night]

When I meant regular, I meant in cases where they don’t need more additional information

[rancid mural]

interview deadline varies by state as well

[undone briar]

imagine being in arkansas

[opal night]

Perhaps not for everyone, if you’d like I can delete what I said earlier if it’s causing you/others anxiety

I only wanted to convey what I was told because knowing there was a deadline helped me/my friend a lot for rea

[undone briar]

not causing me anxiety bc i know how it works 💀 you don’t have to delete anything

i was just giving people another perspective

that they give interviews way after that “deadline”

[rancid mural]

my state's deadline was nov 20 for rea and i got mine nov 12

i was sweating bullets for those 12 days as it inched closer 💀

[undone briar]

😭😭

[undone briar]

how’d you know that?

[rancid mural]

its on the club website

[undone briar]

do you mind sharing the link?

in dms if you want

[rancid mural]

why

ur not in my state lol

[undone briar]

oh

it’s only your state on that website

i’m slow

[undone briar]

not too far though lmaoo

pretty sure we might have the same regional ao

[rancid mural]

prolly

[hot basin]

haven’t gotten harvard or yale interview. am i cooked?

[grizzled dragon]

Nah u must be too cracked not cooked

They don’t need an interview to admit u

[cosmic crypt]

has any intls received harvard interview?

[rancid mural]

Ye but im from high conc area of alum

[shell rain]

rip my hopes of harvard interview, thank you for opportunity harvard 🙏

[rancid mural]

will yall stop 💀

interview deadlines are by state/country depending on where you are

and interviews still happen after those deadlines

just less frequently since its only when they need info

[shell rain]

hahaha yeah i know i know, i just like knew i wasn’t gonna get an interview tbh i have bad grades for harvard so my only hope was to get an interview i def don’t have one tho

[obtuse pine]

bros acting like he wasn’t like this before be got mitted (jkjkjk)

[rocky yarrow]

deadline depends on your regions alumni association

[opal night]

People are allowed to have anxiety…

[rancid mural]

i never said they cant

i wasnt being mean

[opal night]

Many people don’t! My friend didn’t get one yet (we go to the same school) but there’s still plenty of time

[rancid mural]

i was just repeating what we talked about in the convo a few messages up

[shell rain]

yeah yeah i got it

[shell rain]

ahh yeah when is the general timeline or is it kinda unknown

[rancid mural]

nah im still like that

had to go to the er for an anxiety attack over potentially getting rescinded

cus i thought i was having a heart attack

[opal night]

For my region, my interviewer said reports were due February 24th, but people were very clear earlier that they do interviews beyond that if they need additional info/different states have different deadlines. I don’t have any sources for the later info, but my interviewer said his report was due by feb 24th :)

[reef forge]

was it expensive

[rancid mural]

i have free healthcare cus im poor

idk what prices in the er are like

but they did ekg and blood work and i was there for like 4 hours

[shell rain]

ah thanks!

[lofty depot]

wow

[cosmic crypt]

ohhh

[cosmic drift]

what why

[rocky yarrow]

so does harvard interview have prescreen or not

[frank arch]

for intls

[cosmic crypt]

yh

[vague hemlock]

i mean my friend got a harvard intrview rea and was deferred

so you could get an interview and still not get in

harvard be harvarding

[cosmic crypt]

yeh

but I guess for intls, if no interview = auto reject?

[vague hemlock]

i mean couple people here rea didnt get interview and still got deferred

[frank arch]

Almost yeah

[autumn dock]

guys im confused.....im domestic but go to hs and reside in an intl country but got no interview... was i pre screened?

no one from my country has gotten an interview yet

[lofty depot]

how are u so sure?

[autumn dock]

connections everyone knows

our country is tiny anyways so everything spreads within an hour or two 😂

[lofty depot]

in most cases yes. It's actually rare for anyone to get in without one (the harvard lawsuit file said so)

[lofty depot]

damn

what's the population?

[autumn dock]

4.25m but 3m aren’t even citizens

so 1.25m citizens I believe

[lofty depot]

woah that's gotta be really small

we got like 1.42 billion ppl lol

[vague hemlock]

😍😍😍😍

[lofty depot]

in india

[autumn dock]

OH WOW DANG

that’s a lot ahaha

[uncut canyon]

thank you this made my day ❤️

[jaunty umbra]

Guys don’t assume anything unless it is mentioned by Harvard

Just chill we have another month of waiting

[uncut canyon]

true true

[cosmic crypt]

yeh

[rancid mural]

wdym why 💀

[cosmic drift]

why are you getting rescinded

[rancid mural]

im not

[cosmic drift]

then why are you anxious

[rancid mural]

because anxiety is illogical

[cosmic drift]

is this all joke?

[rancid mural]

what 💀

[cosmic drift]

what

i don't understand

[rancid mural]

anxiety is not logical, the truth doesnt seem like the truth

[cosmic drift]

convince your anxious mind

i do this often

[rancid mural]

yeah that wouldnt work for me

[cosmic drift]

oh

how about doing something else

cooking? cleaning?

[rancid mural]

still wouldnt work

[cosmic drift]

watching thriller movie?

[rancid mural]

its a paranoid delusion and the anxiety accompanies it

[cosmic drift]

calling your ao and saying you're anxious?

[rancid mural]

even though logically i know it is only a delusion, when im in those episodes im convinced theyre real

[cosmic drift]

visiting a therapist?

[rancid mural]

i alrdy have an appointment

[cosmic drift]

when is it

[rancid mural]

but i doubt that will help

[rancid mural]

bext thursday

[cosmic drift]

next thursday??

do you have an insurance?

[rancid mural]

yes

[frosty hamlet]

@rancid mural where are you committed?

[rancid mural]

do u not know how busy therapists are lol

[rancid mural]

harvard

[frosty hamlet]

ah

[cosmic drift]

does it cover mental health emergency?

but i don't really understand

you got into harvard... and

because anxiety is illogical

okay

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzPMMMCPyg6

[rancid mural]

it covers everything for free

[toxic mason]

Question: how many Indian Internationals get in each year? Does anyone know?

[cosmic drift]

then go to emergency care and tell them you're in serious anxiety because you got into harvard and seriously worried about the possibility of getting rescinded but you've done nothing

[rancid mural]

that is extreme

that would get me locked up

[cosmic drift]

if they lock you up

that is the truth

[rancid mural]

its not the truth

[cosmic crypt]

anyone from Southeast Asia that received interview?

[cosmic drift]

oh

oh sorry

[rancid mural]

emergency room does not treat anxiety lmfao

that is not how this works

[cosmic drift]

yeah i understand but if you're in serious discomfort and your life is seriously affected

then i think it is worth visiting a urgent/emergency care

[rancid mural]

that wouldnt do anything

i have been through the mental health system, i know what channels to go through

psychologist is the only option

[cosmic drift]

quick question

[rancid mural]

what

[cosmic drift]

is psychiatrist and psychologist separated thing in usa?

[rancid mural]

yes

[cosmic drift]

seeking psychologists is rare in my country

[rancid mural]

psychologist = therapist or researcher
psychiatrist = medical doctor who can prescribe medication and diagnose mental illness

[cosmic drift]

psychologist is someone you can share your stress and possible solutions

right?

[rancid mural]

yes

[cosmic drift]

i think it's little bit different in my country

psychiatrist does both

[rancid mural]

interesting

psychiatrists here wouldnt do that

they only manage ur illness like a doctor would

[cosmic drift]

i'm sad because my boyfriend dumped me << is this a problem that you would share with your therapist

right?

[rancid mural]

yes

a psychiatrist wouldnt care

[cosmic drift]

yea definitely a psychiatrist does both

in my country

i'm surprised becuase you guys have two separate approaches

[scenic sedge]

got coke scholar but Harv doesn’t want me 😭

[cosmic drift]

they want you

they just don't have enough space to take you (or not)

you don't know until the decision so

[rancid mural]

coke scholar kids are crazy

[uncut canyon]

i have a really cool psychiatrist tho who is also a licensed therapist so i yap to her during my sessions and get my med review

[cosmic drift]

how many minutes does one session consist of

and how much do you pay

[uncut canyon]

my psychiatrist is usually 1 hour and i pay like 150 dirhams for meds and consultation

but therapy is 200 dollars for 50 minutes

[cosmic drift]

after insurance?

[uncut canyon]

yes

well no

after health card discount

but no insurance

[cosmic drift]

what is health card

national health insurance?

[rancid mural]

@cosmic drift u are too real

[uncut canyon]

basically you pay monlthy subsription for the discounts at hospitals so kinda like health insurance but less

[cosmic drift]

ohohoh

[uncut canyon]

but it doesnt cover meds, inpatient services, and extra appointments

[cosmic drift]

wdym

we have national health insurance

we pay 40% of the whole cost and the country will pay 60%

I pay like 80 dollars

[jaunty umbra]

anxiety is not logical but try to think about other things I mean unless you kill someone and participate in a drive by shooting you don’t have anything to worry about

[cosmic drift]

but psychiatrists are too packed up with patients and they don't have much time

so one session will be 20 minutes or less

[opal night]

Does it matter?

[opal night]

^

[autumn dock]

everyone on Reddit says that the lawsuit against Harvard revealed that they pre screen intls and only give interviews to those they really want

so they’ll sometimes give online interviews even if no alum is available at ur country

[opal night]

I understand you and @cosmic drift you too were having a serious convo but please make sure to censor certain things because it can be triggering

[opal night]

Reddit isn’t entirely accurate and maybe it’s true but either way, just do your best! That’s all you can do 🫶

[autumn dock]

So true thanksss🫶🏻🫶🏻

[wraith crescent]

wait really

"really want" means intl interview means high chances of admission

[autumn dock]

Yea

[stable pecan]

hmm

i see it more like if you dont get an interview your odds of getting into harvard are significantly lower

[rocky yarrow]

so no prescreen for domestic?

[simple maple]

and if u dont get one u get rejected?

[autumn dock]

Yes

[simple maple]

oo alright thx

[autumn dock]

Ofc

[hoary laurel]

so, how long before I can be certain that I'm rejected💀

[rancid mural]

march 28

[hoary laurel]

ok how bout almost certain- any idea when they send the last interview requests?

[uncut canyon]

i’ve seen internationals on reddit say they got an interview mid/late feb

[deft ermine]

last year a friend (intl) that got in had her interview in march

she received an invitation during the last week of february

[quick cobalt]

and apparently duke wants interviewers to conduct all interviews by feb 28th

and obv harvard could be diff

but since decisions come out late march id guess most interview requests go out by march

[undone briar]

i know what yall are gonna say but i also kinda need to hear it

guys i’m still scared i haven’t got an interview

this is the one interview i didn’t get, i got a yale one, so it’s just bringing my self esteem really low

so

yeah ngl yeah, i’ve read all the messages and i’m educated but it feels good to hear it again so pls feel free 🙂

[opal night]

Aren’t you the one saying the deadline is later 😭

[opal night]

Yale is awesome and definitely don’t even worry, ik two people (family friends) who got Yale interviews and got wl! Harvard is almost always based on availability as you probably already know

[rancid mural]

yall doing some interview astrology

[opal night]

No interview astrology

I’m just sharing what happened w my friends

[rancid mural]

not u

im talking abt the ppl saying that them not having an interview yet means they got rejected

[cosmic drift]

hello my fellow applicants

[tribal copper]

hi

[shell rain]

see i actually know my only chance was an interview bc i am a below average candidate for harvard

[rancid mural]

ur saying "was" and its not even the end of february

be confident

!ivyday

[frigid gate]

Ivy Day Decision Date

Ivy Day decisions come out <t:1711666800:F> in your local time
1 month, 19 days and 21 hours until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[rancid mural]

u have 1 month 19 days to get an interview

[shell rain]

🙏

[shell rain]

haha no i kinda applied to harvard for fun i guess, i also am talking to the track coach so like technically i still have a chance as an athlete but thats mainly the reason why i doubt i would get in as a regular student lol

[rancid mural]

i doubt ur chances r as bad as u think

[shell rain]

pretty bad trust me, it’s okay tho i swear if i got accepted something is wrong 🤣 like no way i get accepted over the thousands of ppl with like perfect gpa and sat and ecs haha

i also did not spend as much time as i wanted on my essays

[rancid mural]

thats how i felt til i got in

still feel like that

cus someone from my state said everyone from their rich school got deferred

i was the only one to get in rea

[shell rain]

oh that’s so cool

[rancid mural]

feels like they made a mistake picking me 💀

[shell rain]

i don’t think anyone from my school has gotten into harvard anytime recently, barely anybody applies

[rancid mural]

like they meant to accept someone else and clicked the wrong button

[shell rain]

nahh they saw something, huge congrats too

[tribal copper]

imposter syndrome😭

[rancid mural]

u can say this, but why do u not feel the same about urself

[tribal copper]

bro you did something right

[shell rain]

😭 this is what i say to the schools that reject me

[shell rain]

bc ik ur probably a better candidate than me

[rancid mural]

if ur anything like the average a2cer, def not 💀

[autumn dock]

So my teacher just uploaded his lor to my Harvard portal, will it be seen / taken into consideration or too late and ignored?

[tribal copper]

as long as you know how to speak about your ecs and stuff imo all you should prep is “why harvard”

i wouldn’t go in trying to memorize specific questions or anything because the convo should flow not just be a regurgitation of you memorizing shit

be yourself and act as you would with friends

if it’s irl, confirm where you’re meeting and shake their hand

and prepare questions

try not to stress and focus on just having a solid conversation, learning more about your interviewer, and speaking about your passions and you should be good!!

[tribal copper]

i wish you this best🤞🤞go kill it

[undone briar]

yes, i know that interviews are still happening 😭

but i just wanted to hear it bc im feeling down

[undone briar]

yeah ik, i don’t think i’ve already been rejected, but judging by people saying an interview is most@likely needed for acceptance (in most cases) im just stressing about having one

[opal night]

^

[undone briar]

i know deadlines aren’t closed yet and won’t be for awhile

[opal night]

Still got plenty of time don’t even stress

[undone briar]

still scared, just being transparent

[undone briar]

thanks queen

[tribal copper]

tbh it’s most likely out of your control like it could just be your interviewer being weird😭😭

like they could be assigned to you and not reach out yk

[undone briar]

true

i mean i’m also in fucking arkansas

[undone briar]

so i kinda use that to make me feel better

[tribal copper]

yes

and you still have a crazy amount of time

people get interviews up until a whileee

don’t stress

[autumn dock]

does anyone have an idea? 😄

[undone briar]

thank you

needed to hear this again

[sullen meteor]

I dont think its too late

i emailed them about this and they said there's no due date or anything so should be good

[shell rain]

def not the average a2cer im just impressed how good everyone is here ngl

[sullen meteor]

Anyone had interviews from India?

[vague hemlock]

Friend of mine did

Rea, got deferred

[autumn dock]

Cool thanks

Ohh awesome I hope this is the case for me as well!! 😊

I’m also getting more worried as the days go by without getting an interview from Harvard Yale penn and Cornell I really hope I wasn’t pre screened and than it’s based on availability

[lofty depot]

cornell actually doesn't matter at all

unless ur applying for arch major

[autumn dock]

oh so only for architecture cuz I applied finance

[lofty depot]

what school did u apply to?

[autumn dock]

Dyson

[lofty depot]

cornell arts and science?

[lofty depot]

oh ok

yeah so u can chill

[autumn dock]

but I’m worried about not getting Harvard Yale penn interviews..

[lofty depot]

iirc College of Architecture, Art, and Planning does have evaluative interviews

[lofty depot]

lol yeah im worried about harvard and yale too

[autumn dock]

I hope it’s just about availability but I do know with a 100% that they pre screen intls including us citizens who study an intl schools

[lofty depot]

i mean for intls there does seem to be some kind of considerations

[autumn dock]

Yeaaa that’s why Im desperate to get an interview lmao

[stable pecan]

the consideration seems to be alumni availability

[lofty depot]

see for international ppl, i highly doubt that

but ofc just my opinion

certainly might be different

[stable pecan]

i mean alumni availability dwindles when you leave the USC thats what i think

[rocky yarrow]

depends. i read the harvard crimson article on the admissions process. at this point it is very likely and possible that your application didn't even advance to the regional committee stage, so your application could already be dead and it wouldnt matter. but if you moved on to the regional committee stage or the full 40 person committee stage then i guess they'd read it and consider it

[rancid mural]

what abt foreign citizens who study in the US

bc my interviewer was all the way in pakistan

nowhere near me 😭

[autumn dock]

oh noo

[autumn dock]

oh sht lol

[rocky yarrow]

article is here

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/10/29/how-to-get-in-to-harvard/

it says they start subcommittees in late january and go until end of february

and only 2-'s, and some 3+'s that they want, advance to subcommittee

also keep in mind that like probably only 10% or so move on

[lofty depot]

im out ig

not sure what committee do deferred applicants end up in

i assume it's the subcommittee

and maybe rejected ppl don't make it to the subcommittee

[rocky yarrow]

they probably end up just the deferred pool and they reevaluate them alongside rd

i hope i at least made it to subcommittee because i submitted a banger award update early february

[lofty depot]

u applied rd right?

[rocky yarrow]

yes

[lofty depot]

do uk someone who got rejected from harvard rea?

i really wonder what type of 8% students do they reject

[rocky yarrow]

no i don't know anyone who got rejected, i only know defers

they only probably reject the clearly unqualified academically

as in like low gpas and test scores with no good ecs and awards

as long as you're academically horrible you'll get a defer

which is what i hate about mit and harvard they should not be deferring that many people when most of the defers have zero chance

[lofty depot]

found one

https://www.reddit.com/r/collegeresults/comments/zskfxj/harvard_rea_rejected/

[rocky yarrow]

i got rejected stanford rea and i like how they reject and defer hella few people

[lofty depot]

yeah it's so irritating

[rocky yarrow]

that one the comments say didnt meet minimum toefl requirements

[lofty depot]

yeah stanford is really selective about deferrals too

[lofty depot]

probably that then

other scores seem fine

[cosmic drift]

How did he get 150 duolingo

He should've submitted the Duolingo score only

But I don't think they rejected him because of his toefl score

[autumn dock]

yepp i saw this one on youtube

i hope i advanced tbh my gpa is good so idk if i was prescrened and not offered an interview because i was boring or too low for them

[lofty depot]

yeah i mean that sounds odd

but also they do want ppl proficient in english

[cosmic drift]

I think his English proficiency is well represented by the duoingo test

And they have other points to evaluate his English proficiency

Essays, teacher recs, interview

that's why they don't necessarily need a test score

[solemn quest]

bruh dm i had a mega famous harvard interviewer

[rocky yarrow]

who? was it a like a billionaire cuz those are somewhat common for harvard interviews

[solemn quest]

it was a multi billionaire

like a top 10 alumni

lmao

[rocky yarrow]

i don't think harvard prescreens for interviews. the article says only 2-'s advance, and only some 3+'s that the AOs want to advance, other than that you don't advance. so the bar for advancing to regional committee is pretty high cuz basically half of 2-'s get in

[rocky yarrow]

yeah those are i wouldnt say common but like not surprising for harvard

i'm assuming it was a hedge fund dude?

[solemn quest]

nah

dm if u wanna know

[lofty depot]

bro can i know too 🤧

[rocky yarrow]

yeah dm them

its crazy

[lofty depot]

i just did

and im speachless-

i mean i was expecting someone big but like not them fs

[cosmic drift]

who is it

[rocky yarrow]

someone insane

[cosmic drift]

like obama insane?

[lofty depot]

id say yes

[lofty depot]

damn i finally found a harvard admit from india

apparently the person is from somewhere kinda close to my region

it's harvard over for me fs

but i don't care anymore

bye harvard

[frosty hamlet]

first off, it's not over!!

and second of all- oxford is just as prestigious lol

[lofty depot]

only if it was that easy

but tbh i have this competitive thing in me idk what it is

like harvard chose someone else from area and deferred me so now there's no way im choosing them

if they don't want me

I DON'T WANT THEM

[wary sparrow]

what

[lofty depot]

so yeah im good

[lofty depot]

nothing ive lost my mind

[wary sparrow]

how do you even track down these type of stuff

like who got admitted into harvard in your country

it's actually pretty hard for me to track ppl in my country

[cosmic drift]

hello my fellow applicants

[lofty depot]

im just good at finding ppl

[cosmic drift]

they publish their demographic information

[wary sparrow]

no like for the REA admits

this cycle

[cosmic drift]

oo

maybe they have their own community?

[lofty depot]

(literally looked over every person who follows harvard 2028 page)

[cosmic drift]

you're a genius

[wary sparrow]

bro wtf lmaooo

brb i'm GONNA DO THAT RN LMAO

[lofty depot]

found someone indian names (most were indian americans)

[cosmic drift]

that's way too far

[lofty depot]

i mean harvard thinks otherwise-

[cosmic drift]

no offense but harvard have to reject you

[lofty depot]

searched up their schools and finally found an indian person

shockingly from around my area

[cosmic drift]

how about yale

[lofty depot]

so like not a big city which is the general trend

[lofty depot]

idk yet to explore lol

[cosmic drift]

did you apply?

to yale

[hoary laurel]

if you're asking bout india there were about 3-4 people from schools ik

[wary sparrow]

ah shit many random ppl from my country follow the harvard 2028 page

[cosmic drift]

but what for

[lofty depot]

the admit had harvard'28 in their bio so it was easy

[lofty depot]

nooo

harvard

and got deferred

and now i hate the school

[cosmic drift]

harvard has 31 students

from india

31/4

[cosmic drift]

wtf

[lofty depot]

another person from my region got into harvard rea and i just realized

[cosmic drift]

what school do you go to

[lofty depot]

rea??

[wary sparrow]

all undergrads?

[cosmic drift]

yes

[hoary laurel]

these were the most prestigious schools in the country

[cosmic drift]

31 undergrad students

[wary sparrow]

wtf

[hoary laurel]

i go to this boarding school called doon but it wasn't from ours

[wary sparrow]

there's only 4 harvard undergrads from my country

[lofty depot]

bruh im only talking about rea class of 2028

[hoary laurel]

yes yale right

[lofty depot]

harvard 🤧

[hoary laurel]

there were about two from dhirubai ambani

[hoary laurel]

no ik but jamus was asking for yale

[cosmic drift]

dang

how much do you pay

[lofty depot]

oh mb

[cosmic drift]

for school expenses

[lofty depot]

do uk someone for harvard too?

[hoary laurel]

I pay about 12 lakh inr

[hoary laurel]

ya same only one girl though

[cosmic drift]

/year?

[hoary laurel]

she was in jpis

[hoary laurel]

yes

[lofty depot]

are u indian?

[cosmic drift]

no i am korean

[lofty depot]

that was stanford and dartmouth bro

no one from jpis got into yale

or harvard

in the early round

[cosmic drift]

that's huge

[hoary laurel]

yale ik it was dhirbai

[lofty depot]

yeah ik that

[cosmic drift]

16000$/year for school

[lofty depot]

im only concerned about harvard 😭

[hoary laurel]

harvard i heard jpis tho im not sure

[cosmic drift]

in india

[lofty depot]

ah ok nw i found anyway and i hate harvard now

war is over

[hoary laurel]

ya but its an ib school and its like a old legacy boarding

[cosmic drift]

oo

[hoary laurel]

so thats y the cost is there

[cosmic drift]

how much do people pay for regular schools

like non-boarding schools

[lofty depot]

didn't u have ivy admits this year?

[late zenith]

🇮🇩

[hoary laurel]

depends on the school- but the public schools are v cheap, sometimes only 100 rs a month

private is about 20000 or something a month

at least where i live

[cosmic drift]

20000 rs?

[hoary laurel]

idk about bombay and all

[cosmic drift]

like 240 dollars?

[hoary laurel]

ya

[cosmic drift]

i've heard about iit academies

[hoary laurel]

oh ya iit s r damn cheap but they re v difficult- more so than even harvard or mit

[cosmic drift]

like some famliy use all the money they've got just to pay for iit academies

[hoary laurel]

the academics r cheap

but the coaching for the test is v exensive

there s a whole industry around it and it s v messed up

normally students spend two years away from homes in their 11th and 12th to go to cities where iit coaching happens

[cosmic drift]

there is a saying "people who got rejected by iits go to mit" in our country

[hoary laurel]

that s a good way to put it💀

[cosmic drift]

iits are considered highly in our country 💀

[hoary laurel]

oh really that s fascinating

what s the higher ed system like in korea tho

[cosmic drift]

low income students get almost full ride from gov scholarship system

[wary sparrow]

i've just finished checking the goddamn ig and shit there's many randos following the page

[cosmic drift]

but entrance is hella difficult

[hoary laurel]

oh right got it so kind of similar to iit s

[cosmic drift]

also there's a medical college wave (sort of)

[hoary laurel]

we don't do that well in early our admits mostly come in regular

we only have northwestern, georgia tech and carnegie rn

[lofty depot]

did u apply ed/ea anywhere?

[cosmic drift]

med/dent/korean med/pharmacy/vet schools >>= most prestigious stem programs in the country

[hoary laurel]

ya yale💀

[lofty depot]

oh-

[rotund epoch]

Did oxford give you any scholarship?

[cosmic drift]

yeah we have the test called csat

[lofty depot]

lol they don't

[rotund epoch]

Still affordable?

[hoary laurel]

oh right there is a quie a strong program in medical in korea i vs heard

[cosmic drift]

its english problems are notorious

[lofty depot]

i can manage but might have to take loans in future and prolly work there

[rotund epoch]

Umm got it

[cosmic drift]

i can't tell if its strong in the whole perspective

[lofty depot]

did u get an interview by any chance?

[cosmic drift]

but there's a perception that stem grads will get fired by companies eventually

[hoary laurel]

nope i didn't and I was rejected

[rotund epoch]

Yale interview that important?

[hoary laurel]

another kid from my school was also rejected didnt have an interview

[cosmic drift]

and only way to survive is going to med school so that they won't get affected by employers

[cosmic drift]

yes

[rotund epoch]

I saw one getting it from my country but he was deferred

[lofty depot]

at least they indicate you're being considered

[rotund epoch]

Btw any idea until when they send interviews for RD?

[stable pecan]

Getting one won’t mean you’re not rejected /deferred

[lofty depot]

mid to late feb is what ik for yale

[cosmic drift]

i believe they are sending out interviews

[lofty depot]

oh any rd interviews so far?

[hoary laurel]

ya but not getting one for harvard as an international is kinda a death sentence

[stable pecan]

For anyone tbh

Domestic included

[cosmic drift]

are your stats seriously bad?

[hoary laurel]

ya princeton and dartmouth coming up

[stable pecan]

Most people who get into Harvard have had interviews

[lofty depot]

that's nice

[hoary laurel]

they aren't bad i think its just that india 's v competutive

[stable pecan]

His stats might not be bad

[hoary laurel]

i had 1550 sat and 43 predicted and igcse all a stars

plus an ap bio 5

[lofty depot]

yale defers pretty selective ppl

[lofty depot]

it's not like harvard

[cosmic drift]

wdym

[cosmic drift]

oh

[stable pecan]

You said are his stats bad towards him not getting an interview

[hoary laurel]

so stats may not have been the issue

[cosmic drift]

for getting rejected

[stable pecan]

Hmmm my first comment still stands

Yale is well, highly selective

[hoary laurel]

ya its been years in my high school and no one's gotten in

cause a lot of people have perfect stats

[cosmic drift]

i wanted to tell whether his stats seriously bad or yale thought he is not a "fit" for yale

[hoary laurel]

us admissions go beyond that

[cosmic drift]

i think your case is later because i heard yale started rejecting more people instead of deferring them

[lofty depot]

are valedictorian was outright rejected

so no ones knows what's up with yale

or any college for that matter

[stable pecan]

Selectivity mayhaps

[cosmic drift]

it can happen

they used to defer almost all the applicants but now they reject more

[hoary laurel]

yale gave the statistics in their decision release

[cosmic drift]

Applicants: 7,856
Admitted : 709
Deferred: 1,531
Denied: 5,537
Incomplete or Withdrawn: 79

[hoary laurel]

yup there it is

[rotund epoch]

Why does it feel like they got less early applicants than Duke this year....

[keen robin]

i heard only 1 person from india got into harvard rea this year

[cosmic drift]

i think they're trying to be stanford in the perspective of admission decisions

[rotund epoch]

How many do they usually take each year?

[cosmic drift]

now they want to give applicants the final answer as soon as it's available

[keen robin]

i think last year 4 got in early

[rotund epoch]

Ohh then it's a pretty good number

[cosmic drift]

how many did duke have

harvard has 31 students from india so it will be about 8 students/class

[lofty depot]

i think ik 2 now

[keen robin]

no, she isn't from jpis for sure

[keen robin]

what states are they from?

[lofty depot]

ik of one who got in from my school last year lol

[rotund epoch]

Oh it's less
They got like 6k+ applicants

[lofty depot]

the mumbai one went to uk for 11 and 12

and she's an athelete

[keen robin]

oh yeah that mumbai one i also heard - but not exactly indian tho coz she went to a really top uk boarding school for 11 and 12

[lofty depot]

makes sense

did u apply rd?

[keen robin]

yeah

you too?

[lofty depot]

rea

[keen robin]

oh did you get deferred?

[lofty depot]

yup

[keen robin]

ah all the best for rd!

[lofty depot]

thanks! u too : )

[cosmic drift]

how many indian students apply to harvard each year

[lofty depot]

did u ed/ea somewhere btw?

[lofty depot]

like entire world?

[keen robin]

nope

[cosmic drift]

oh

like india

[lofty depot]

can't really say

[cosmic drift]

there are many many many students in this group chat

[lofty depot]

must be around 3k-5k

[lofty depot]

the most random estimate btw

[cosmic drift]

yet they take only 8 students/year?

bruh

[lofty depot]

approx yeah

[keen robin]

they took 8 last year yeah

[cosmic drift]

that's insane

[rotund epoch]

they have to limit intl numbers, no?

[cosmic drift]

yea around 10%

[rotund epoch]

so, there you go

[lofty depot]

where'd u get this news btw?

i mean information

[cosmic drift]

yeah i know the fact but

bruh

[rotund epoch]

no can do
they will rather want to use their slots for other countries

[keen robin]

my school counsellor

[cosmic drift]

what i want to say is that

this world is too toxic

[lofty depot]

woah how did they know?

[rotund epoch]

college is a business lol

[keen robin]

a counsellors network or sth ig hahaha

[lofty depot]

cool

[cosmic drift]

i'm not denying the fact

it's just overwhelming

[lofty depot]

can i dm u once?

[keen robin]

sure!

[lofty depot]

thanks

[half topaz]

?

Harvard and Princeton have no restrictions on internatioanl application

MIT needs to adopt this policy fr fr

[zinc helm]

Find that hard to believe. But ok I guess..

[half topaz]

people living the US probably have an advantage because harvard is more familiar and there's more opportunities here

but there are no "quotas" for international admits

[vague hemlock]

its not explicit but implicit stuff is def there

[rancid mural]

there aren't quotas but they typically accept around the same amount of intls

[half topaz]

i think the implicit stuff is app context

[rancid mural]

its not like a hard limit though

[half topaz]

so US citizens overseas might have a harder time (being judged with other applicants in their school/context), but intl students here would be practically the same as US citizens

[cosmic drift]

they have about 6600 students in harvard college

1000 of them are international

there are so many overqualified students around the world

so it should be much more than 15.15% if they didn't "consider" applicant's citizenship

and again hello my fellow applicants

[autumn dock]

What if it’s a us citizen studying high school at an intl country would they have a cap on them or nah

[half topaz]

harvard doesn't have a cap!!

but it will be more compettiive because you're compared to the people who are applying with a similar bkgrnd as u

[autumn dock]

ohh okay I thought it was competitive since they barely accept anyone from the Middle East

[wheat needle]

I’m going to come back to this message once in get in

it’s weird wanting time to pass for apps but also wanting it to slow down for a chill snr yr

[wary sparrow]

Chill and senior year doesn’t go along well

[tacit rover]

Yooo just finished Harvard interview 😭

[tacit rover]

I forgot to change my role to senior lmao

[uncut canyon]

lol i figured

jus wanted the excuse

[tacit rover]

Scary interview tho, I was shaking the whole time

She was so nice tho ig

Is 45 minutes a good length

[uncut canyon]

a girl in my class got a harvard interview and everyone is so@mad

because she has like a really low gpa and doesn’t really care about school

[tacit rover]

Lol it's kinda random anyways

[uncut canyon]

and no one else got nothing even tho they applied to ivys

she also got a pton one

but also her family is insanely rich like i’m not talking american top 10%

i mean like she’s rich rich

i’m not saying something happened

but i’m not saying nothing happened

[timber oriole]

does the harvard interview plays a rather important role in the admissions process more than most other schools?

[tacit rover]

Does it actually play a role in general

I assumed interviews don't have any effect 😰

[tacit rover]

Yeah it's fine, pretty random interviews anyways

Just like random admissions 😜

[ashen carbon]

@bright plaza do you have any insider knowledge on harvard math by any chance

[autumn dock]

Any intls got an interview yet?

[jaunty umbra]

Guys interviews don’t matter at all!!!!

[timber oriole]

ok thats def not a true statement

[cerulean flax]

They don’t matter as much as most think

[tacit rover]

Hopefully

[reef forge]

Well i still wanna get one

[bright plaza]

like what

[ashen carbon]

as in what is it known for or why did most people pick it

aside from obvious like research/prestige/classes

[bright plaza]

idk i go to iit mumbai

[ashen carbon]

lmao

why did you pick iit mumbai for math

[bright plaza]

im sure harvard is resourceful!

iit mumbai best indian school for math

my best friend goes here

[ashen carbon]

resourceful how

[bright plaza]

big brain people = resource

[ashen carbon]

didn’t you pick it over pton and stanford

lmao this is truly a conversation

i would ask chatgpt but i have zero way of verifying what they say

[bright plaza]

iit mumbai is truly greater than pton and stanford

[ashen carbon]

that feels debatable

but i can’t tell what parts of that statement are a joke

[bright plaza]

good luck buddy

[ashen carbon]

what

[jaunty umbra]

They don’t matter at all

If you get one and they’re good they help ur app

If it went poorly it will hurt

[solemn quest]

I think they're j another component of the app

[jaunty umbra]

But they don’t matter they’re based off of availability

[solemn quest]

But like for harvard i've seen good ones push ppl over

[jaunty umbra]

I think you all should stop panicking bc you didn’t get an interview

[solemn quest]

Some people shared their admit files

[jaunty umbra]

Yeah I agree

but saying “omg I’m screwed I didn’t get an interview 😭😭😭”

Is just too much

[solemn quest]

😭

Popular media and movies have overinflated the meaning of interviews fr

[jaunty umbra]

FR

[solemn quest]

If you think abt it, it's deadass some random person who went to the school w no admissions training that has their own biases/might've had like a shitty lunch or smth before 💀

So likeee

They cant even control for the questions adked

Asked

[jaunty umbra]

YEAH

So many interviews go south

It really doesn’t matter

Omg but I always had this question

Can you get into Harvard without doing athletics??

[frosty hamlet]

what of course you can?

[jaunty umbra]

Bc I know they have a separate rating for that

That’s why

A whole separate rating for athletics

[frosty hamlet]

they're absolutely not admitting a class of only athletes lol..

people can show interest in art/stem etc and not play a sport

[jaunty umbra]

That makes sense

[frosty hamlet]

if they really only admitted atheltes, they would require a sport in hs

[jaunty umbra]

But there was a rating lol

[frosty hamlet]

but they dont

yes not every rating is equally weighted lol

[jaunty umbra]

You’re right thanks !!

[bright plaza]

not true but ok

[timber oriole]

can u elaborate on this O.o

[fiery crag]

good interview correlates to good personal score

not always but high personal score = good

[opal night]

This is for recruited level athletes

[jaunty umbra]

they don’t. I don’t know why everyone is freaking out about them

[jaunty umbra]

The athletic rating?

Really? That’s great then

[solemn quest]

I've talked to individual ppl who looked at their admissions files and had like a 2-/3+ rating or whatever but a 1 rating interview

[opal night]

Yes

[solemn quest]

P sure that pushed them ove r

[bright plaza]

what if i tell you my file and my friends file both noted the importance of interview

[solemn quest]

But thats a rare case lmao and def inapplicable to me 😭

[bright plaza]

keep holding on to your belief that interviews dont matter then

everything matters, and weighting isnt as strict as you think it is

[solemn quest]

How could u view ur admissions file if ur not matriculated

[jaunty umbra]

Took 3 seconds to search this up

[bright plaza]

how would you know if im not

[jaunty umbra]

It says iit

[bright plaza]

believe everything u see online bro

[solemn quest]

Cuz ur iit?

Lmaoooo

Troll

[bright plaza]

if i say harvard then im harvard?

[jaunty umbra]

Lolllll

[bright plaza]

if i say im college freshman then im freshman?

[solemn quest]

Regardless

Most ppl have standard positive interviews i feel like

Which p much do nothing

So in like 80 percent of cases or more I doubt they move needle

[bright plaza]

that doesnt justify it not mattering

[solemn quest]

Its like recs prob

[toxic stone]

bruh

[jaunty umbra]

Yeah. I am not saying they don’t matter, I am saying they help if they’re positive

[bright plaza]

now u changed ur statement

[jaunty umbra]

But they’re assigned by availability

[toxic stone]

imagine harvard tho

[jaunty umbra]

Troll

[opal night]

Ok let’s chill guys

[bright plaza]

i want you to understand how misleading this is

[opal night]

There’s no point of stressing over not getting an interview and all you can do if you do get an interview is try your best!

[jaunty umbra]

They don’t matter in the sense that they’re based by availability!!! If you don’t get one it doesn’t mean your rejected

God you’re a Harvard student shouldn’t you know

[solemn quest]

Its not that deep😭😭

[bright plaza]

go off

[bright plaza]

this is sensible

[ashen carbon]

it’s not a rare case per se

[solemn quest]

1 overall is pretty rare i think

[ashen carbon]

for harvard specifically it matters based on their rating system

but doing ehh is not going to hurt you

[solemn quest]

not the harvard 27 💀

[bright plaza]

anything that doesnt help you will hurt you because someone else will do it better

[ashen carbon]

unless you’re already unremarkable like me lmao

[solemn quest]

bro ur funny

[bright plaza]

caishennn would you give me ur entire life savings if i actually go to harvard

[ashen carbon]

why do you actually care this much lmao

[bright plaza]

because im deeply invested in this channel

[solemn quest]

Ya immediately

Id do it for free

[ashen carbon]

then you can choose to not be a dick about it lmao

[ashen carbon]

lmaoo

[bright plaza]

hypothetically what if the bet was about either of us leaving the channel

[toxic stone]

lol

[bright plaza]

lol

[toxic stone]

u gotta lose ur savings

[bright plaza]

indeed

[ashen carbon]

this is kind of a pointless observation like of course it’s better to kill your interview

[solemn quest]

Im not rly even on here so sure? 😭

Im prob leaving this server after app cycle lmaoo

[bright plaza]

lmaooo

[ashen carbon]

jennie is jana

i figured it out

[bright plaza]

how did u

[solemn quest]

Jennie is a yalie in disguise

[bright plaza]

OMG

[ashen carbon]

i’ve connected the two dots

[bright plaza]

slayyy

[ashen carbon]

where did jana go btw

[bright plaza]

no idea

[bright plaza]

yep this means interviews dont matter

[toxic stone]

interview doesnt matter that much lol

[jaunty umbra]

FR

bro

[ashen carbon]

they don’t matter insofar as they probably can’t really hurt you beyond that you didn’t get a 1

[toxic stone]

every interviewer would say you had a good interview w them

and reject u

[jaunty umbra]

I am shocked this conversation is still going

[ashen carbon]

imagine if harvard actually gave huge credence to some random alum from forty years ago

like bill ackman

[bright plaza]

u dont need a 1 to do good on an interview

[rancid mural]

typical stanford and harvard beef

[jaunty umbra]

😭😭

[toxic stone]

whats 1

[ashen carbon]

but it doesn’t matter if you don’t get a 1 or 1-

[jaunty umbra]

You can’t even see your rating

[ashen carbon]

then the rest of your application picks up the slack

[bright plaza]

think about it, if ur an AO, you care more abt how it fits in

with the rest of ur app

not just the numbers

the numbers are a manifestation of your perception on the applicant

[jaunty umbra]

🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

[bright plaza]

bad score on the aime

[ashen carbon]

i disagree

[bright plaza]

so 1 is a great score on the aime?

[ashen carbon]

yes

[bright plaza]

ok buddy

[ashen carbon]

it means you have a life

[bright plaza]

u can have a life and still score a 10

u can grind to hell and still get a 1

[solemn quest]

At least u aime qualed 🤣

[bright plaza]

800 is great sat score because it means u have a life

[ashen carbon]

haughty jennie comment incoming

[jaunty umbra]

yo what 💀

[solemn quest]

Jennie def chuckling rn 💀

[bright plaza]

idk i got a 850 on my sat

i went test optional

[rancid mural]

i mean harvard weights them all equally on their cds so this is a based take

[ashen carbon]

you’re so funny

[bright plaza]

❤️

great score

bruh the amount of fake positivity in this server is crazy

lets be more realistic sometimes in the given contexts

[ashen carbon]

you’re not an ao

[rancid mural]

confirming your life savings are in fact lost....

[ashen carbon]

i can guarantee you the four people ik that got into harvard this year are worse than every member of this thread

or most

it’s pretty arbitrary

[jaunty umbra]

No one is being positive in a fake way

But your previous comment was

[rancid mural]

how is it fake

[ashen carbon]

she’s a comp math kid everything is simple for her

if nice then fake

[rancid mural]

i don't understand the constant instigation

[ashen carbon]

from me?

[rancid mural]

from jennie

[ashen carbon]

ah

[rancid mural]

like why

[jaunty umbra]

bro an interview and theories surrounding one was never that serious 💀💀

[ashen carbon]

she’s probably bored and doesn’t feel appreciated enough as a harvard student at harvard

[rancid mural]

we already had to ban luck for mistreating the seniors

smh

[ashen carbon]

lmao i mean luck was never overtly a dick

about the process anyway

[rancid mural]

uh huh

[ashen carbon]

fair

idk some smart people are self aware and others are huge assholes who need people to care about their opinions

lots of them are in the middle

[tall moat]

no offense but why r harvard alumni/students so egotistical

[bright plaza]

its true bro

harvard students r so egotistical

[toxic stone]

lol

[tall moat]

not u but everyone ik irl

[bright plaza]

i wish i chose mit instead

😫

[tall moat]

including my interviewer

[bright plaza]

lol