has anyone received word about financial aid from harvard, one way or the other? thanks

Not yet :(

not yet either, although they are supposed to send responses sometime this week. I hope I get a response before the holidays.

Do you know how they communicate their decisions? E-mail followed by regular mail or fed-ex?

First they send a test mail, followed by another one...then some explanations why the system sucks...or then they have learned something.