Calling all Harvard Applicants: (2016 Intake) Class of 2018!!

Hey Folks-

Not the time to be getting down on each other. Let's keep things supportive in this community, since I know nerves are probably wearing thin right about now.

It sounds like the 800 initial interviews of last year were split up between the 6th and 8th, so I'd anticipate that ~200 interview invites will be going out tomorrow. Then an additional 150 next week, including the 2+2 (which I imagine is a good portion of those?). Obviously this is speculation, but seems reasonable to me.

Good luck to all, try to stay positive!

I apologize for not having filled in my profile, since that's an important contextual data point.

700 GMAT
3.5 GPA
PhD Molec. Bio

I, like many of you am pretty heartbroken and skeptical about what this portends for the 8th (not even really counting on the 14th). Not because they owe us anything, but because I'm sure many of us put a lot of effort and hope into it and at the very least wanted the chance to get them to meet with us.

I represent 1 of 3 applicants from my company (Pharma), though I have a completely different role and profile than the others. They both got invites, so at this point I have no idea what to think. IF somehow I do get one, it will point to a functional/demographic segregation.

I too do not buy into the whole server nonsense and quite frankly, although I'm sure they've had technical issues in the past (solvable), it's better not to insult people with that lame reasoning. Just don't mention it at all. Wet get it, it's competitive.

IMO they are now trying to pick based on rounding out the classes; The ones who were chosen fit the super high score, high grade category, so easy picks to want to interview. (Though many with those attributes were left out.) I think the remaining 200 or so will be the ones not so much in the close-to-reject pile, but in the which-ones-best-fit-our-needs pile. I always knew I was a dark horse candidate whose only chance was my differentiated perspective and profile, so I shouldn't be 'surprised'. Just hoping for the best over the next 24 hours.

What piques my interest is IF the remaining 200 are the ones even more carefully considered, does that in fact make them more likely candidates given the delicate decisions taken on their candidacy? (Everything that Ms. Leopold says pretty much sounds like opposite day language to me. Not a castigation, I just don't buy it.) I imagine them doing a case study on each of the remaining candidates.

Good luck to everyone!

"What piques my interest is IF the remaining 200 are the ones even more carefully considered, does that in fact make them more likely candidates given the delicate decisions taken on their candidacy?"

I like this theory. =) The 200 invites tomorrow go to those Harvard wants to admit for sure, hence the extra time for consideration, and hence the interviews are more important to the 600 and they get two more days to pick interview slots.

I never expected to get an interview seeing all the hunks and hunkesses on this site, but I would love to be wrong! Come on 8th

I apologize for not having filled in my profile, since that's an important contextual data point.

700 GMAT
3.5 GPA
PhD Molec. Bio

I, like many of you am pretty heartbroken and skeptical about what this portends for the 8th (not even really counting on the 14th). Not because they owe us anything, but because I'm sure many of us put a lot of effort and hope into it and at the very least wanted the chance to get them to meet with us.

I represent 1 of 3 applicants from my company (Pharma), though I have a completely different role and profile than the others. They both got invites, so at this point I have no idea what to think. IF somehow I do get one, it will point to a functional/demographic segregation.

I too do not buy into the whole server nonsense and quite frankly, although I'm sure they've had technical issues in the past (solvable), it's better not to insult people with that lame reasoning. Just don't mention it at all. Wet get it, it's competitive.

IMO they are now trying to pick based on rounding out the classes; The ones who were chosen fit the super high score, high grade category, so easy picks to want to interview. (Though many with those attributes were left out.) I think the remaining 200 or so will be the ones not so much in the close-to-reject pile, but in the which-ones-best-fit-our-needs pile. I always knew I was a dark horse candidate whose only chance was my differentiated perspective and profile, so I shouldn't be 'surprised'. Just hoping for the best over the next 24 hours.

What piques my interest is IF the remaining 200 are the ones even more carefully considered, does that in fact make them more likely candidates given the delicate decisions taken on their candidacy? (Everything that Ms. Leopold says pretty much sounds like opposite day language to me. Not a castigation, I just don't buy it.) I imagine them doing a case study on each of the remaining candidates.

Good luck to everyone!

I think speculating on interview waves is pointless. It seems that the few people here who have received invites have diverse stats/backgrounds. A lot of people with different stats/backgrounds also didn't receive invites.

Seems like a crapshoot. For all we know they put everyone's applications on a board and throw 950 darts at them and see which ones land.

I think speculating on interview waves is pointless. It seems that the few people here who have received invites have diverse stats/backgrounds. A lot of people with different stats/backgrounds also didn't receive invites.

Seems like a crapshoot. For all we know they put everyone's applications on a board and throw 950 darts at them and see which ones land.

Have we found out if the online application changes to "Interview" or something of that nature once the emails are sent out?