newleaf Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Hey team I looked at the results section and someone already got an offer from Harvard? I didn't apply so im not so anxious about it, but school just opened today over there. Does that mean the committee met over the break and will be calling people this week? I find this suspicious, mostly since applications take time to get sorted, etc. OP, want to come out of the acceptance closet and update us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeMan Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 The department should have made the decision before the break and the university has just sent the confirmation of acceptance to the applicant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newleaf Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 Their app was due on dec 30th or 31st...I'm just flabbergasted at the turnaround. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snes Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 That's insane! My Harvard app was also due on the 31st so this topic made me freak out a little. I hadn't yet even called them to check if my application was complete! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newleaf Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 Yeah SNES (for the applicants' sakes) someone should call it in to confirm its false. Its just giving me anxiety. I was dealing w UCLA today, and was told "they're sort of starting to look at files", inducing another huge W T F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrazilianGuy Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 It doesn't make any sense... They are just starting to look at the applications... The process will probably take (at least) a month to be over... So, probably only mid-Feb they (including other schools) will start to make any movements... Late Feb/Early March would be my educated guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eigen Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Schools don't always wait until the deadline to flip through apps- if someone noticed an application (or had been corresponding with someone) that they really wanted early on, they might have offered an acceptance as soon as the committee got together, or passed their application around to the others. It depends on the school, but not all schools keep their applications locked away from the adcom until they're all in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boaty McBoatface Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 It made me freak out too. Especially since I'm applying to the same school for the same course. If it's real, it probably isn't a good omen for me. But, it looks fairly real, since they posted their stats and all that? I don't know if I can still hope anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthropologygeek Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Believe the results page. It might make you feel better to think it's a lie if they don't post here but most people never come on the forums. Why would someone lie? Not saying it's impossible for someone to lie, just saying it's not very likely and don't assume they lie because they don't post here. Armadilla 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrazilianGuy Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Yeah, that's right. I suppose it may differ from school to school (as mentioned by Eigen), including different schools/programs in the same university. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armadilla Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 BrazilianGuy, are you applying for anthropology as well? que legal! Armadilla 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrazilianGuy Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Armadilla, actually no. My field of interest is Business (Finance). I bumped into this discussion due to the Harvard topic (it's one of the schools I'm most interested in). I'm afraid we get a "little bit" crazy and anxious during the waiting period... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m41 Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Hi, I'm a current PhD student at Harvard and there is no way that they made a decision this early. snes and anthro.fish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thepoetsdaughter Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 I second that--there's no way that the committee made a decision in four days (Harvard didn't even reopen until January 3rd). I also know that the chair of the committee in going to be in the UK until the 23rd, so the committee won't convene before then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthropologygeek Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I know of schools that send out acceptances one day after the deadline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newleaf Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 I know of schools that send out acceptances one day after the deadline. enlighten us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthropologygeek Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Sorry people from my program uses this site so I can't which one it is but I know my program does. They actually look at every app as it comes in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newleaf Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Sorry people from my program uses this site so I can't which one it is but I know my program does. They actually look at every app as it comes in. For PhD? That's really unique, I can't say I've ever heard of a program that does that. Im simply curious now, does anyone else know of programs that do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthropologygeek Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 New leaf- yes I'm getting my phd and those decisions are for phd applicants. I will admit I was surprised by this as well but it made sense why I got my letter so soon after the deadline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rising_star Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I'm not in anthro but, when I applied to MA programs (with funding), I had two acceptances before the end of January, and those were Jan 1 deadlines. For PhD programs, I had an acceptance at the beginning of Feb from a program with a Jan 15 deadline. What I'm saying is that not everyone meets as a full committee to make acceptances. Sometimes people are admitted before everyone sits down, but that isn't the case for every program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thepoetsdaughter Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I can't speak to the veracity of programs admitting students right after the deadline---I guess that some do. Nonetheless, I spoke with the chair of the committee and he told me that Harvard wouldn't be reviewing until later in the month, so any acceptances before then are bogus. Also, I just looked and the result that sparked this discussion has been taken down. Thepoetsdaughter and anthro.fish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowlf Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) Which anthro program? Wasn't the deadline for evolutionary anthropology Dec 1? That is still a fast turnaround, though. Their app was due on dec 30th or 31st...I'm just flabbergasted at the turnaround. ...Oops. I guess their "biological anthropology" program changed to "human evolutionary biology" so I guess that is probably not it. Edited January 16, 2012 by rowlf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoneedsfreetime Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Interestingly, the person who posted a Harvard result has taken it down from the survey. Thepoetsdaughter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rising_star Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 In all likelihood, enough people reported it as spam that it was automatically removed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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