http://www.llm-guide.com/board/45166 en Harvard - Waiting List - LLM GUIDE Discussion Board Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:28:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/45166/last#45166 Hi, have you been waitilisted? Do you know what the chances are of getting an offer? Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:20:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/45166/last#45168 Hi Lucky, My take on this: I suspect you might not like to hear this but most of those who get shortlisted don't eventually get admitted. HLS, I'm told (though I stress this is hearsay), tends to give out places to those who are shortlisted only when other places are suddenly open - needless to say, given HLS' stature, most only do so for uber specialised and competitive programs like Stanford and Yale (I know, I generalise, but the point, in essence, is true). Given how few people give up HLS for some other school, it invariably means that most on the shortlist tend to fail. I suppose it all depends on your alternatives (though, this, once more, is a bit of a generalisation): if say, you have Oxford, Columbia, Stanford or Yale knocking on your door, then unless you, for some reason HAVE to go to HLS, then it might be smart to explore those options. On the other hand, if your next possible option is a third-tier school, then of course, it might make some sense to wait. I should add that I've seen some insist on waiting, some even waiting out a year before applying again, but most of those who did so did eventually came to regret it (though I should highlight that one of my close friends did reapply and get in the year after and appeared to enjoy the experience) - for most, it was a case of either one year being wasted trying to apply again or some gave up good places at other equally prestigious institutions like Oxford, Cambridge, Columbia and NYU for a possibility that never materialised. In short: if Harvard is something you need on your CV no matter what (epsecially if you have no offers from other equally competitve programs), wait and hope you luck out. If not, or if you have other offers from the institutions I've been talking about, for example, then you might want to seriously consider whether a remote possibility of being admitted via the waiting list route is worth giving up the other opportunities that you might want to otherwise explore. That said and done, I personally am under no such dilemma and understand that these decisions are often highly personal. With that in mind, good luck and hope I have helped in some way! W Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:42:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/45166/last#45181 Thanks. Just to clarify a little: I've accepted Columbia months and months ago, afterwards I got the waiting list news. I'm definetely not giving up the other great option that I have but I only wanted to get a sence of how many people were in a similar situation. Furthermore I know for sure that already two people from my country turned down HLS for Yale. I guess we'll see. Have a nice one! Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:10:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/45166/last#45182 Lucky: I’m in the exact same situation as you are: admitted at CLS and waitlisted in HLS. Yesterday I received by mail a letter from HLS confirming that I’m on the waitlist and asking me to notify whether I accepted any offer, so they can remove me from the list; the letter also stated that a final decision would be released by mid May. I’m definitively not giving up CLS. Hope to see you in NYC Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:42:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/45166/last#45193 Where are u from if I can ask? How many people do u know that are on the list as well? I know 2 other guys in the list. Thanks Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:35:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/45166/last#45208 I’m from Colombia. I don’t know anybody that’s on the waiting list Good luck Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:36:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/45166/last#45212 Oops - my apologies - I suppose my advice only applies to those who refuse to accept any other offer and wait for HLS' reply. Somehow operated on the misperception that you haven't accepted any other offer. Of course, the question then becomes whether it would be appropriate to be on a wait-list of one university whilst being admitted to another (if this thread is any indication, HLS takes the view that it is not, since it requests that you inform it if you have already accepted another spot so that it can take the person off the waitlist), but I realise this is an ambigiously grey area (only NYU makes it a point to make you reject all other offers when you are offered by them I believe) and each person has their own view of what is proper. Good luck again and hope you get in! W Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:35:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/45166/last#45551 Have anyone heard anything from Harvard regarding funding? They said a decision would have been made by April 2... Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:44:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/45166/last#45561 Hey, guys! pls. tell me when the decisions from HLS should be done for the waitlisters? thanx. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:19:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/45166/last#46326 Mid May... Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:16:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/45166/last#46333 Thanx! Hope we`ll be there! Wed, 07 May 2008 19:58:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/45166/last#46996 News?????????? Wed, 07 May 2008 22:45:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/45166/last#47009 I am out:-( may be I bothered them too much with my email and they decided to put me off.:-))) heading to NYC! Sun, 11 May 2008 11:48:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/45166/last#47151 I'm sorry... but I'm sure we will have fun in NY. How did they notify you? E-mail in response to one of yours? Mail? Phone Call? And when did they notify you? Btw I'm going to Columbia, and you? Mon, 12 May 2008 17:01:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/45166/last#47187 They wrote one email to me after two of mine. you know, it was kinda informal. i think so. and there were no official letters and etc... I am going to NYU. where are you from? Mon, 12 May 2008 19:05:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/45166/last#47193 I'm from Italy.. Mon, 12 May 2008 19:15:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/45166/last#47195 btw what abt u? what news do you have regarding the waiting list? have u received smth. from them? Mon, 12 May 2008 19:39:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/45166/last#47196 No... nada