SmallFishBigAquarium

Does anybody know when the Harvard admit weekend is going to be? It seemed to me that some people with insider connections at Harvard were posting on this thread earlier... Thanks!

You only need to get into one place, so 8 should be more than fine if you picked them well. I applied to all programs where I found a very good overlap with faculty research interests. It ended up being 13 departments. But if it had been eight, I would have applied to eight. In a way, it depends on how specialized your research interests are. I think it would have been a waste of money if you had applied to programs even though you knew you would not be a very excellent fit there. More likely than not, those programs would have rejected you anyway.