Kallikratidas

FYI, everyone, it looks like Harvard has posted their decisions on the online portal.

I believe it is when you contact the DGS to inquire about the status of your application.

I don't know about you guys, but I am chomping at the bit to hear from Harvard. I hope some of us get good news soon.

Has anyone heard anything from Harvard? I would imagine they would want to get their results out soon.

I still wouldn't give up hope on Harvard!

I think the real problem is that the application process isn't at all transparent. Schools should give at least a tentative schedule and their usual admission procedures, i.e. whether they interview all short listed candidates, only a few candidates, or none at all, et cetera. If we had some idea of when we would hear, we'd be much less liable to rely so heavily on grad cafe--at least in my opinion.

Don't be so pessimistic, RedViper! If professors are snowed in and, consequently, aren't able to make it into the university in order to read the applications that could slow down the process a whole lot. For example, I believe Harvard had 3 of 7 snow days in its history this year.

I half wonder if the slow down has anything to do with the dreadful weather the East Coast has been getting as of late.

This is very interesting information, if the Ph.D student was correct then we should be hearing from Princeton relatively soon!

One of my acquaintances (an American) had an interview in mid to late January, but aside from this person I haven't heard of any news coming through official channels. It is also interesting to note that Princeton doesn't appear to be doing fly-outs this year, their website mentions an "admitted-students day," but nothing else. Should we expect Skype interviews or maybe they are forgoing interviews entirely this year? The toughest part about the Grad School Application process is just how opaque it all is. I suppose the best course of action is just to be patient.

Yes, I think there is some truth to this statement and I would stress not giving up hope too quickly. For example, I was wait-listed at Stanford and didn't hear a single word from them until I got the email from the DGS. It is far too early to start assuming things.

A member of the adcom told me.

I decided to make an account to let you know that Columbia's committee is meeting today. Whether or not they will notify us today remains to be seen.