Sunshinegrl456

@thelastgoal - when they realize the terrible mistake they've made by letting me in, you can have my spot

I'm inclined to believe they've all gone out. I don't have any direct evidence to prove that assertion, but that seems to be the general direction the evidence is moving in: no one on here getting an interview since January, interviews being requisite for admission, being pretty sure they wouldn't have started making offers until all the interviews were done (based on knowing Harvard and how much they like to keep as many cards as possible in their hands in all things and accepting someone without having alllllllll the info from alllllll the interviews in front of them first just doesn't seem like their style), knowing acceptance letters are going out next week, etc. I can't accept or reject thelastgoal's 16 number, but I don't really feel like we have any way to determine the percentage of applications this site captures and consequently we have no way to infer the number of acceptances that have gone out. I might be totally wrong though!!

Also I've heard from two solid sources that EdLD interviews are still going on, so I wouldn't confound the wrapping up of PhD stuff with EdLD stuff wrapping up as well - it sounds like they may have intentionally staggered them by a couple weeks.

I maybe should keep this under wraps but I was told yesterday that the intended postmark date for hard copy acceptance letters is 2/20 (next Thursday). I can't confirm, but I would presume this is also the date that reject notices will be posted. Almost to the end guys

kijewels, it's the best here! Super collaborative and supportive environment and never a lack of good discussion/debate! I turned down a 20K grant from Columbia to be here and was worried about regretting it but I totally feel like it was the right call! Best of luck!

I got the call too!!!! Definitely got way too excited to edit this paper I just turned in and am definitely about to go change all my classes this semester to pass/fail since my GPA doesn't matter anymore!

Just got the call from Harvard: I'm in for the PhD!

Just got the no go from Stanford

Also yes, the official word is interview invitations will go out throughout February but I haven't heard of anyone getting one since 1/25 - including my friend who I actually think is a way stronger candidate than me and was basically coaxed into applying by the HGSE prof she's currently researching with and......no interview. Such a crazy process.

The CIS concentration director told me during my interview to expect a response late Feb-early March and that later doesn't mean bad news, it just means things take a while. Personally, I'm expecting more like March this year because now that its a joint venture between HGSE and GSAS, everything has to be passed back and forth and double approved and given that I've never seen a place as absurdly bureaucratic as Harvard is, I can only imagine how much slower the process is now.

They dont release admit rates but when I asked the admissions director last year if it was around 40-50%, she confirmed that was about right but it changes every year and from program to program. I might accept a number as low as 30%, but the 16% presented above sounds low to me.

They interview?!

FYI I just got on the phone and bugged admissions and got exactly zero info out of them regarding both number of interviews being given and number of students they're anticipating accepting. So. That's that. They did say they're still giving out interview invitations though.

Has anyone heard/gotten any info on how many interviews they're doing? I know EdLD interviews 50 for 25 spots but that's a "fly you out for the weekend" type thing so I would imagine they're doing more phone interviews? Does a 25% shot sound too low?

Has anyone heard back from their POIs at Stanford? I emailed all three (McFarland, Powell, Loeb) in late Nov/early Dec and haven't heard a peep FYI for those of you who haven't heard from Harvard about interviewing, I've heard they'll be inviting people continuously into February so I wouldn't give up hope yet. (Mine was last Thursday with the CIS director and my POI)