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teams

Joined: 01 Mar 2005
Posts: 10
Harvard LLM acceptance letter
Wed Mar 02, 2005 02:16 PM
For many people in this discussion board have applied to HLS' LLM lately, whoever that had his/her own (or friends')experience on HLS' LLM acceptance letter please share it to all of us. For example, what are typical formal statements appeared in it, and so on.
Hey "Tokyoguy" or "Douche" might help us on this.
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wannaadmit

Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Posts: 22
Re: Harvard LLM acceptance letter
Wed Mar 02, 2005 04:19 PM
I am joining the group of people who haven't heard from HSL. This wait is painful!
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mixmaster


Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Posts: 11
Re: Harvard LLM acceptance letter
Wed Mar 02, 2005 04:21 PM
I was a candidate last year and didn’t get my acceptance until the last week of March. There's still plenty of hope for you guys.
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rey

Joined: 09 Feb 2005
Posts: 69
Re: Harvard LLM acceptance letter
Wed Mar 02, 2005 09:14 PM
I'm also in.
I just received my blue postcard which said "incomplete application" because they did not receive one of my recommender's letter.
I have sent them a new one (sealed, signed, dated and everything) by DHL (which costed me another 80$) and they even did reply to my email....
Either they are really too busy (in which case they should hire more staff, money should not be a problem for them), or they just have a policy of not communicating with the applicants.
See U later,
I am coming back to this forum for a little info every night anyway so I WILL C U later...
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evagbouzas

Joined: 08 Mar 2005
Posts: 12
Re: Re: Harvard LLM acceptance letter
Wed Mar 09, 2005 06:39 PM
REY

did u get an aswer by now? It took me 4 weeks to get the extrainformation they asked for, so I dont know whether I sent too late, or it doesnt really matter -ie. they leave a cuota of students to be admitted when receiving the complete files.
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clevergirl

Joined: 07 Mar 2005
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Re: Harvard LLM acceptance letter
Thu Mar 10, 2005 03:29 AM
Hi - the acceptance letter I recieved was 3 pages, small envelope. Offer open till early may. The statements were the usual "congratulations - the field of candidates is extremely talented - competition is steep - we hope you will accept - etc..."
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teams

Joined: 01 Mar 2005
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Re: Harvard LLM acceptance letter
Thu Mar 10, 2005 04:51 AM
Which part of the world are you from, clevergirl?
just want to know Asian applicants recieve offers from HLS yet.
I'm from Asian country.
Thanks
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dulu

Joined: 09 Mar 2005
Posts: 11
Re: Harvard LLM acceptance letter
Thu Mar 10, 2005 04:59 AM
rey: I also received an 'incomplete application' from HLS because they did not receive one recommendation letter.

Do not worry, as long as they have received 2 recommendation letters, your application is considered complete. They informed me of this through email.

No word from HLS yet. I'm in at Georgetown, still waiting for HLS, Columbia, and Berkeley.
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Neptune6

Joined: 10 Mar 2005
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Waiting...
Fri Mar 11, 2005 04:35 PM
Hi, all --
I'm a North American candidate who wasn't heard from Harvard one way or the other yet. I received a blue post card in December informing me that HLS did not have my law school transcript -- called and confirmed that they did indeed have everything -- and that's the last news I've heard. I run home every day to check the mail. This wait is starting to wear on me! It's great to find this discussion board. My husband applied for the PhD program at Fletcher (Tufts), early admission, and he got a call in December letting him know he'd been accepted. I presume HLS doesn't make calls?
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Neptune6

Joined: 10 Mar 2005
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One More Thought
Fri Mar 11, 2005 06:15 PM
Does anyone know whether REJECTION or WAITING LIST letters have been sent out to anyone -- or only those acceptances that seem to have been trickling out since February? Thanks.
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clevergirl

Joined: 07 Mar 2005
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Re: Harvard LLM acceptance letter
Sat Mar 12, 2005 04:35 AM
Hi Teams - I am from Canada.
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rey

Joined: 09 Feb 2005
Posts: 69
Re: Re: Harvard LLM acceptance letter
Sun Mar 13, 2005 09:48 PM
rey: I also received an 'incomplete application' from HLS because they did not receive one recommendation letter.

Do not worry, as long as they have received 2 recommendation letters, your application is considered complete. They informed me of this through email.


Cool !
When did you get your email ?
I sent them an email with the address that is on the website.
This was actually an automatic reply which gave you a second email address...
I sent my message to this one but I did not get any answer.
HLS is the only school I applied to which does even not reply to my email !
Bye.
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applicant1

Joined: 13 Mar 2005
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Re: Harvard LLM acceptance letter
Mon Mar 14, 2005 03:36 PM
I just got an email from the admissions office saying all decisions will be available by March 25 (not March 15 as stated in the application).
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mexllm

Joined: 10 Feb 2005
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Re: Harvard LLM acceptance letter
Mon Mar 14, 2005 06:34 PM
Did you write them first? Did everyone received that email?
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mexllm

Joined: 10 Feb 2005
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Re: Harvard LLM acceptance letter
Mon Mar 14, 2005 06:38 PM
Can you post the content of the email?
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rey

Joined: 09 Feb 2005
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Re: Harvard LLM acceptance letter
Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:12 PM
I did not receive this email and I am also eager to see its content.
Thanx for sharing the info !
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dulu

Joined: 09 Mar 2005
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Re: Harvard LLM acceptance letter
Tue Mar 15, 2005 03:37 AM
rey: I received the email Feb. 17. They said that the postcard stating that they were missing one recommendation letter was just a simple courtesy to let me know that they did not receive it, but that as long as they had received two letters, the application is complete.

Goodluck to everyone waiting!
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teams

Joined: 01 Mar 2005
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Re: Harvard LLM acceptance letter
Tue Mar 15, 2005 07:35 AM
really? too bad to wait for another 10 days longer plus at least 7 days for international postal service.
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applicant1

Joined: 13 Mar 2005
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Re: Re: Re: Harvard LLM acceptance letter
Tue Mar 15, 2005 10:30 AM
I emailed them to ask when decisions would be made by. They simply said

"Decisions will be available beginning March 25"
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mexllm

Joined: 10 Feb 2005
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Re: Harvard LLM acceptance letter
Tue Mar 15, 2005 06:07 PM
I bet our LL.M. papers will have to be much more longer...
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mary

Joined: 16 Mar 2005
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Re: Harvard LLM acceptance letter
Thu Mar 17, 2005 06:37 PM
I have spoken to Harvard (and must add, they were incredibly annoyed to receive my call) and was told that:
1. decisions will not be fianlised untill 25 May; and
2. letters will be sent out the following week (via post NOT email).

Therefore, not to fret...those who state they received acceptance or rejection letter would not, accordingly, appear to be completely honest!
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evagbouzas

Joined: 08 Mar 2005
Posts: 12
Re: Harvard LLM acceptance letter
Thu Mar 17, 2005 07:12 PM
Did u mean 25th MAY or MARCH???? it can´t take so long!!!
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joi029

Joined: 24 Feb 2005
Posts: 14
Re: Re: Harvard LLM acceptance letter
Thu Mar 17, 2005 08:51 PM
I am quite certain those who claimed they received a Harvard admission offer at his stage are completely full of sh**. All offers are mailed at the same time; this policy has been in effect since 1936 according to the person I spoke with yesterday. I think some people on this board are perfecting their lying skills for when they actually become lawyers.
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rey

Joined: 09 Feb 2005
Posts: 69
Re: Harvard LLM acceptance letter
Thu Mar 17, 2005 09:13 PM
Hi,

Waw, there has been a lot of activity on this topic since yesterday.
I would not say that the people who claim to have been accepted are lying, but, honestly, I would be happy if it is really the case !
I think it's more fair to everybody if we all receive letters at the same time !
Then I would like to know if you really meant may or if it is MARCH ????
Bye and thank you all for sharing your latest info !
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mary

Joined: 16 Mar 2005
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Re: Harvard LLM acceptance letter
Fri Mar 18, 2005 09:27 AM
Sorry-I did mean 25 March...
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