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The Counsel   Joined: 09 Dec 2007 Posts: 148 |
"REAL" Harvard Admission Decisions
So the 21st of this month is the D- Day!Thu Mar 13, 2008 01:03 PM Good Luck! |
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Greg_08
 Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Posts: 38 |
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Thu Mar 13, 2008 01:12 PM So the 21st of this month is the D- Day! Well done \"Counsel\". 8 more days to go. Best of luck to all. |
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| sak
Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 22 |
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Thank you Councel, hope people wont lie this time...!
Thu Mar 13, 2008 01:15 PM |
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| The Counsel Joined: 09 Dec 2007 Posts: 148 |
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Everybody sit tight and maintain your fingers crossed!Thu Mar 13, 2008 01:46 PM I hope that this post can work as a true source of information. |
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| Sylvester
Joined: 09 Mar 2008 Posts: 22 |
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Great Counsel!Thu Mar 13, 2008 01:53 PM All I know, is that no decision (under regular basis) has been communicated whatsoever. Wish you all the best! |
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| sak
Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 22 |
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Here what I just received:Thu Mar 13, 2008 01:54 PM We are still processing decisions; however if you have been offered admission from another LLM program (or programs), please provide us with any deadlines you are facing and we will do our best to provide you with as much information as possible. A staff member from our office will be in contact with you. Kind regards, Admissions staff |
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| sak
Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 22 |
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and I received that :Thu Mar 13, 2008 02:03 PM We currently anticipate that decisions will be available by March 21. Please check back next week in the event that we are able to release results sooner than that. Thank you, Admissions. |
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| Mr.Who?
Joined: 04 Mar 2008 Posts: 13 |
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thanks counsel....now let us just wait....
Thu Mar 13, 2008 02:41 PM |
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| sak
Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 22 |
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Hey, I think people were write and some answers have been given.Thu Mar 13, 2008 02:59 PM Look what they say...to me: We have not yet completed all of our admissions decisions, but will do so within the next week. We will do our best to get to you your decision as soon as we are able. We thank you for your patience. Graduate Admissions So I think it means no...they give positive answer before the deadline... |
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| The Counsel Joined: 09 Dec 2007 Posts: 148 |
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Dear Sak,Thu Mar 13, 2008 03:25 PM Did you send an e-mail or did you call the admissions office? Can you tell us please, the name of your contact at the HLS admissions office? Thanks in advance! |
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| sak
Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 22 |
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Hi councelThu Mar 13, 2008 03:29 PM I sent them an email...at the following address: llmquery@law.harvard.edu They dont write any name, just : Admission |
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pratibha
 Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 39 |
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thanks folks.. now may be i can wait in some peace.. till 21st!!!
Thu Mar 13, 2008 04:30 PM |
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| knuman
Joined: 05 Mar 2008 Posts: 8 |
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Hi all - this is what I understand to be the situation.Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:01 PM I don't want to cause any further anxiety but from what I understand Harvard MAY give out early offers to those awarded substantial scholarships with strict deadlines. I can only go so far because I only personally know of one person in this category, and that person was asked to keep it strictly confidential (for the record, he/she did not volunteer this information to me - I only found out after pressing him/her about their inquiries). This is perfectly understandable because if people find out that they can get offers early then everyone will start emailing/calling Harvard and things would get out of control. So unless you have made it clear to Harvard that you really have a large scholarship from another university with a strict deadline, don't expect anything more than the standard "we can't tell you at this time" or "we advise you not to give up on your other offers" emails. Most applicants would have multiple offers from universities and it would be unreasonable to expect Harvard to release decisions purely on the basis of other acceptance deadlines. Whether these emails are "polite rejections" I'm not sure, but if you think about it calmly the answer is likely to be no. First, it is possible that they have not finished reviewing all applications - the 21 March date is set for a reason. Second, it makes sense for Harvard to want to avoid giving out YES/NO answers outright. Again, if people know that they can get their decisions early (regardless of whether it is yes or no), then everyone will start bombarding Harvard with requests and the official release date would be pointless. This is why early decisions are only given to the genuinely desperate cases and are only given on a strictly confidential basis. So don't despair if you haven't heard anything or got one of the standard emails - 21 March is the day that most people will get their results. And try to ignore people who come out early and say they got an offer, because if they really got an offer they would have promised to keep it confidential - and broadcasting it here means they are either lying of they can't keep their word. Hope that allays some fears. |
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| gppinheiro Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 100 |
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Thanks knuman. I think that's reasonable and balanced. Let's wait for next friday then.
Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:58 PM |
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| tomekfrompoland
Joined: 28 Feb 2008 Posts: 14 |
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Great post knuman, I couldn't agree more. Most admission decisions were released on March 19th last year, it will probably be the same this year, only two days later.Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:00 AM Harvard has a large LL.M. program, so even if some applicants were already offered admission doesn't mean that all other applicants should feel discouraged. Besides, to simply state the obvious, nobody can attend more than one LL.M. program at a time. Those going to Harvard will withdraw from other prestigious LL.M. programs - for example, Columbia (and its famous Early Review...). So in the end most people should get a spot somewhere. Finally, let us not forget that some applicants offered admission to Harvard will go to Stanford and Yale... so relax, guys :) |
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| The Counsel Joined: 09 Dec 2007 Posts: 148 |
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Does someone knows what’s the acceptance rate for Harvard?
Fri Mar 14, 2008 01:09 PM |
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| 007
Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 7 |
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Circa 10%. 1500 applications, 150 admitted (+ or minus 10).Fri Mar 14, 2008 02:02 PM |
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| The Counsel Joined: 09 Dec 2007 Posts: 148 |
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Thank you 007!
Fri Mar 14, 2008 02:43 PM |
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| Greg_08
Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Posts: 38 |
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It's not precise. If you want to get the right odds, you have to take into account the number of applicants from your country. Basically you are only in competion with the people from your country.
Fri Mar 14, 2008 04:05 PM |
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| Sassi
Joined: 08 Jun 2006 Posts: 14 |
Country practice?
Is that a strict rule? I mean that they only compare you to those in your country-quota so to speak? Do you have any experience of that it is really so? I have also heard so.
Fri Mar 14, 2008 07:01 PM |
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| jenkinsVrose
Joined: 21 Feb 2008 Posts: 22 |
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Fri Mar 14, 2008 07:17 PM Is that a strict rule? I mean that they only compare you to those in your country-quota so to speak? Do you have any experience of that it is really so? I have also heard so. I've also heard that they compare you to people from the same law school you attended (meaning that Harvard does not accept two candidates which graduated from the same Law School). Does anyone know if this is true? |
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| Oak
Joined: 01 Mar 2008 Posts: 29 |
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Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:39 PM Is that a strict rule? I mean that they only compare you to those in your country-quota so to speak? Do you have any experience of that it is really so? I have also heard so. It is not true! |
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| Greg_08
Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Posts: 38 |
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Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:44 PM Is that a strict rule? I mean that they only compare you to those in your country-quota so to speak? Do you have any experience of that it is really so? I have also heard so. Hey Oak. Would you mind to clarify? I might be mistaken but i beleive that HLS do work on a country qouta based system. If this is not the case i would love to hear what's the system of admission? [Edited 15 Mar 2008 by Greg_08] |
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| Sylvester
Joined: 09 Mar 2008 Posts: 22 |
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it would be great if you give us some kind of explanation!Sat Mar 15, 2008 04:14 PM Thanx! [Edited 15 Mar 2008 by Sylvester] |
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| Fleur de Lies
Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 19 |
Country practice?
It is not true that they accept one student at most from a particular university; two friends of my class were admitted simultaneously to the LL.M. program two years ago. However, I agree they are not all too keen on selecting from the same breed; a third friend with credentials at least as good as the two others was not accepted. I also believe they aim at selecting as much as possible from different countries, but I'm not all that sure they'd work with strict quota to that end.
Sat Mar 15, 2008 04:43 PM [Edited 15 Mar 2008 by Fleur de Lies] |
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