Admissions
Introducing the Class of 2014
At 5 p.m. yesterday, about 30,000 high school seniors had an e-mail from the Harvard College admissions office arrive in their inbox. Of those 30,000 or so students, only 2,110 were lucky enough to be accepted to Harvard. And of those 2,110, only 5 were lucky enough to be interviewed by FlyBy just hours later. Here are their stories.
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Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 proposes a toast to admissions officers on a job-well-done, encouraging them to be proud of themselves.
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Admissions officers load rejection letters onto the USPS truck. They exchange congratulations on the successful completion of another year of decisions, and lament the fact that they must reject so many qualified applicants.
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The 2,110 acceptance letters are loaded first, followed by the rest of the letters--comprised of both rejections and waitlist notifications.
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Senior admissions officer David L. Evans and his colleagues enjoy champagne, cheese, and crackers as they celebrate the send-off of the decisions on which they have deliberated for the past three months.
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Admissions Office staff members form an assembly line to load the newly-sealed letters onto the USPS truck that will deliver the hard-copy admissions decisions to this year's 30,000 applicants.
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Admissions officers smile and cheer as the last box of decision letters is loaded onto the truck to be sent to students around the world.
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Admissions officer Valerie Beilenson helps load decision letters that will be delivered to applicants for the class of 2014 onto a mail truck outside of the Admissions Office. 6.8% of applicants were granted a spot in the Harvard College Class of 2014.
Decision Day 2010: Let the Stalking Begin
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Decision Day 2010: Let's Hope It Was Sunny
If you find out this afternoon that you didn’t get into Harvard, blame it on the weather. A recent Canadian study has indicated that medical school applicants who had their interviews on rainy days received lower evaluations from their interviewers than those who interviewed on a sunny day, according to Book of Odds.
