Last cycle's 100% A rate from WL interviews seems like an outlier - 20-21 and 21-22 had a mix of As, Rs, WLs, data on here is a small sample so weird stuff happens - but it's definitely a good sign
The people that didn’t get it from those precious cycles said in reddit threads that they were non-commital in the interview. Like multiple of them. I’m a reapplicant from the 2020-21 cycle and I rode the HLS WL and followed it like a hawk back then
I think my "why Harvard" was similar. I said something along the lines of "A lot of people grow up dreaming of coming to this school, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't one of them. Even more than that, though, the size of Harvard's class brings with it a diversity of backgrounds and thought that you can't find as easily anywhere else. I remember reading about conservative students in the past enjoying now-Senator Elizabeth Warren's classes when she taught here. That coupled with Harvard having the highest student veteran population of any school make it a natural fit."
I have something like that too. I spoke to someone from HLS and they spoke about the collegiality at HLS and how they like diversity of thought. I also liked the large alumni base. I also mentioned their clinics in my essay and fedsoc.
I view Harvard, Yale and UVA as peers for what I want to do long-term and ultimately went with where I thought I’d be happiest. A bigger class in a big city with the benefits of the mic-dropping name and unbeatable alumni base
It low key felt like a high school when I visited for ASP, ngl. Loved the people there tho. Just not my thing. And the dating scene in New Haven was…not good. The current students said it sucked ass
LOL, not what I mean exactly. New Haven’s dating pool is incredibly small and people had to extend their radiuses to NYC and Boston to find people. More than a few current students said that
Be professionally presentable, whatever that means to you. For me, I wore a suit to every interview unless they specified otherwise (Yale says business casual)
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