No update on my application status yet, even though it seems someone was rejected and a few were wait-listed. I was wondering if anyone knows if CSR is admitting any PhD students to Islamic Studies this year? I haven't spoken to anyone who has applied for Islamic Studies yet.

TTPB: they said they'll release sometime in the next two weeks.

Hey, what's up with Harvard English? Did they roll out the acceptances already?

Classic Harvard GSAS...sending rejections two weeks later after acceptances came out. Stats: econ & math undergrad degree from an ivy league school and master's from another top 5 school. Had 3 years of quantitative work experience (1 of those as a data scientist in tech) and submitted what I thought were strong letter of recommendations from professors and managers at work. Worked on a ML paper pending submission, so still no clue what they were looking from in candidates even after looking at some of the profiles of people who reported being accepted below. They seems to either want people with 5+ years of data science work experience or people fresh out of undergrad...but nothing in between?

Undergrad from a top 5 IIT. 1 conference paper + 2 in submission. Great GPA and projects, but possibly not well-tailored SOP. Congrats to those who got in.

Hi everybody. One important point is that there is a chain when someone rejects an offer. Say that person A is admitted both at MIT and Harvard. When A rejects Harvard offer, person B who is on the waiting list of Harvard is picked up. As B is now accepted in Harvard, he rejects his Stanford offer. This chain can potentially continue to very low ranking universities. Therefore, it is genuinely helpful if those who are admitted at high ranking universities decline their less preferred offers. Thanks in advance and good luck to everyone in the rest of the admissions process.

Though I was expecting this, I have 0 published research paper and 10years of Industry Experience in R&D. Applied for Cloud Computing(Micro Data Center). After careful review, I regret to inform you that the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is unable to take favorable action on your application to the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The number of promising applicants well exceeded the number of offers of admission we can make for the 2021-2022 academic year. I know that this decision comes as a disappointment. Unfortunately, enrollment of new students is limited to a small fraction of those who are qualified for admission. I want to assure you that your application received full consideration by faculty members in the program to which you applied. We appreciate your interest in the Graduate School and wish you success in your future studies.

No interview.

Feeling disillusioned :( Graduated from an average ranked (top100) public university as a Math major with minors in CS, DS and Econ. 3.9 GPA with a lot of rigorous math and CS courses. Had 1 year of research in ML with 1 publication in a top ML conference. 1.5 years of work experience, decent LoRs. Not sure what went wrong :( Maybe I aimed too high?

Considering the fact I am from tier-2 college in india with 3.75 gpa, 2 internships, excellent projects, significant teaching and voluntary experience, this does come as a bit shocker considering Harvard pays attention to volunteering a lot.

Adding to this streak of red xD

Finally a rejection mail. Had not heard anything since my application back in December.

I got an email that there was an update on my application portal and found the letter saying, " After careful review, I regret to inform you that the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is unable to take favorable action on your application to the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The number of promising applicants well exceeded the number of offers of admission we can make for the 2021-2022 academic year. I know that this decision comes as a disappointment. Unfortunately, enrollment of new students is limited to a small fraction of those who are qualified for admission. I want to assure you that your application received full consideration by faculty members in the program to which you applied. We appreciate your interest in the Graduate School and wish you success in your future studies. " Congratulations to those who got in. All the best guys!

Had a good interview. Profile: Straight from undergrad. Bsc from a not known country. 5 top tier publications (including AAAI, ICLR), decent sop. Wish I knew what I could have done more to get there. For future applicants: please apply to as many places as you can. I thought my profile is good but still getting rejections from pretty much every places I wanted to be in.