<p>Admissions' Statistics</p>
<p>Since this subject interests most posters, I'd like to create a "quasi official" list of the historical admissions' numbers for the Ivy League schools. </p>
<p>If you have numbers for 2005 and prior years, please post the information for YOUR school here. Make sure to quote the source of your information. At a later date, I will reduce the information into one comprehensive post. </p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>2008 Harvard
Total Number Applications Received 19,752
Total Number Applications Accepted 2,110
Overall Acceptance Rate 10.58%
Regular Decision Applications Received 15,801**
Regular Decision Applicants Accepted 1,208**
Regular Decision Acceptance Rate 7.65%**
Early Decision/ Action Applications Received 3,889
Early Decision/ Action Applications Accepted 902
Early Decision/ Action Acceptance Rate 23.19%
Percent of Class Filled by Early Applicants Non binding - 819/1638 OR 50%</p>
<p>2007 Harvard
Total Number Applications Received 20,987
Total Number Applications Accepted 2,094
Overall Acceptance Rate 9.98%
Regular Decision Acceptance Rate 6.80%**
Early Decision/ Action Applications Received 7,614
Early Decision/ Action Applications Accepted 1,059
Early Decision/ Action Acceptance Rate 14%
Percent of Class Filled by Early Applicants non-binding</p>
<p>** Please note that the numbers for regular decision are estimated. The accuracy of the numbers may vary depending on the final numbers of admissions of the pool of ED deferred.</p>
<p>Class of 2009
A record 22,717 students apply to the College
A record total of 22,717 students have applied for entrance next September to Harvard College. Applications rose 15 percent from last year's 19,752. SAT scores rose slightly, but were within a few points of those applying for last year's Class of 2008. Even without the large number of scores that will arrive shortly from the January test administration, nearly 11,000 of the applicants have an SAT verbal score of 700 or above and well over 12,000 have an SAT math score at that level. Almost 2,100 have an SAT verbal score of 800, while nearly 3,100 achieved an 800 in their SAT math test. </p>
<p>Class of 2008
Close to 20,000 apply to the College
Nearly 20,000 students have applied for entrance next September to the Class of 2008, the second largest pool in Harvard's history. "While not reaching last year's record total of 20,987 which was swelled by different Early Action rules, both the number (19,712) and the quality of the applicants bode well for an outstanding freshman class next year," said William R. Fitzsimmons, dean of admissions and financial aid.
Harvard returned this year to its longstanding policy of 'single choice' Early
Early Action applications declined from 7,614 last year to 3,887, a drop of 3,727. But Regular Action applications bounced back, leading to only 1,275 fewer applications than last year when students could apply simultaneously to an unlimited number of Early Action colleges as well as to one binding Early Decision college.
The SAT scores of this year's pool were strikingly similar to those of the Class of 2007. For both pools, over 56 percent scored 700 or more in the math SAT I and 49 percent reached 700 on the verbal SAT I; for SAT IIs, 10.2 percent of this year's applicants scored an 800 on the English test compared to 9.2 percent last year, while 13.6 percent of both pools had an 800 on the math. </p>
<p>Class of 2007
Admissions yield near 80 percent once again
Continuing a recent trend, the yield on students admitted to the College has once again reached levels last seen in the early 1970s. Close to 80 percent of the students admitted to the Class of 2007 have chosen to enroll this coming September. The high yield means that very few applicants can be admitted from the waiting list this year. Currently the yield is slightly under 79 percent, and it may rise by the time the Admissions Committee has made its final selections in June.
A record 20,987 applied for admission to the Class of 2007. Applications for admission to Harvard have risen in 12 of the past 13 years. Last year, 19,609 applied for the 1,650 places in the entering class. The percentage of students admitted to this year?s class was 9.8 percent, the lowest in Harvard?s history.
Considered the most competitive in Harvard's history
For the first time, a total of more than 20,000 students applied for undergraduate admission, making the Class of 2007 the most competitive in Harvard's history. The 2,056 admitted students were selected from a pool of 20,986, an admission rate of 9.8 percent. Students were notified by letter and e-mail on Wednesday (April 2).
For the 12th time in the past 13 years, the number of applications for admission has risen. Last year, 19,609 students applied for the 1,650 places in the entering class.
By standard measures of academic talent, including test scores and academic performance in school, this year's applicant pool was impressive. For example, 56 percent of the candidates scored 1,400 or higher on SATs; 3,000 scored a perfect 800 on their SAT mathematics test; 2,000 scored 800 on their SAT verbal test; 3,100 are valedictorians of their high school classes; and 70 percent of the applicants are in the top 10 percent of their respective high school classes. </p>
<p>In 1992-93, 2,477,000 graduated from high school, while this year 2,938,000 will do so. "Colleges have reached out to talented students in a wide variety of ways over the past decade," said Marlyn McGrath Lewis, director of admissions.
The number of applicants for Early Action admission to Harvard College has risen 24 percent above last year's record 6,128 to a total of 7,615. The academic quality of the pool is impressive. For example, 64 percent of the applicants average 1,400 or more on the combined SAT verbal and math test.
Harvard College announces early admissions figures
Despite a substantial jump in Early Action applications to Harvard College this year, the number of admitted students remained at roughly the same level as the previous five years. A total of 1,150 students were admitted this year from a record pool of 7,620. Last year, 1,174 of 6,126 applicants were admitted. </p>
<p>Class of 2006
Class of 2006 chosen from record pool of 19,605
Harvard's Class of 2006 has been selected from a record pool of 19,605. The 2,068 admitted students were notified by letter and e-mail on Wednesday, April 3. The percentage of admitted students was the lowest in Harvard's history (10.5 percent).
For the 11th time in the past 12 years, applications for admission have risen. Last year 19,014 students applied for the 1,650 places in the entering class.
By standard measures of academic talent, including test scores and academic performance in school, this year's applicant pool was impressive. For example, more than 54 percent of the candidates scored 1,400 or higher on the SATs; 2,100 scored a perfect 800 on their SAT mathematics test; nearly 1,600 scored 800 on their SAT English test; close to 2,900 were valedictorians of their high school classes; and 70 percent of the applicant pool were in the top 10 percent of their respective high school classes. </p>
<p>Early action admissions hold steady
A total of 1,174 students were admitted this year under the College's early action program, the fourth consecutive year in which the number of students admitted early has stayed roughly the same. Four years ago, a record 1,185 students were admitted, compared with 1,105 last year.
While a record 6,126 students applied for admission this year, applications have remained just over the 6,000 level for the past three years. Last year 6,096 applied early, while the previous year there were 6,026 applicants. </p>
<p>Class of 2005 </p>
<p>A record 19,009 students applied for admission to the Class of 2005. Applications for admission to Harvard have risen 10 times in the past 11 years. Last year 18,693 applied for the 1,650 places in the entering class. The percentage of students admitted to this year's class was 10.7 percent, the lowest in Harvard's history. </p>
<p>Letters of acceptance to the Class of 2005 have been mailed to 2,041 applicants from a record pool of 19,009. For the 10th time in the past 11 years, applications for admission to Harvard have risen. Last year, 18,693 students applied for the 1,650 places in the entering class. The percentage of admitted students was the lowest in Harvard's history (10.7 percent). Women will comprise nearly 49 percent of the class, an unprecedented proportion.
By standard measures of academic talent, including test scores and academic performance in school, this year's applicant pool was impressive. For example, almost 55 percent of the candidates scored 1,400 or higher on the SATs; 2,000 scored a perfect 800 on their SAT mathematics test; nearly 1,700 scored 800 on their SAT English test; close to 2,900 were valedictorians of their high school classes; and two-thirds of the applicant pool were in the top 10 percent of their respective high school classes. </p>
<p>Early Action sees 1.2 percent increase in applications
While a record 6,095 students applied for admission to the Class of 2005 under the College's Early Action program this year, applications rose only 1.2 percent compared with last year's increase of more than 30 percent. The number of students admitted declined for the second year in a row to 1,105, down from 1,135 last year and the record 1,185 for the Class of 2003. </p>
<p>Class of 2004
Record Numbers Apply For Early Action: 1,137 Admitted
A record 6,026 students applied for admission to the Class of 2004 under the College's Early Action program this year, and 1,137 were admitted. Last year, 1,185 were admitted from a pool of 4,584.</p>
<p>Class of 2002
Class of 2002 Chosen from Pool of 17,000
The Class of 2002 has been selected, and letters offering admission were mailed at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday to 2,073 of the 16,818 applicants. For the seventh time in eight years, applications for admission to Harvard and Radcliffe have risen. Last year 16,597 students applied for the 1,650 places in the entering class.
By all the standard measures of academic talent, including test scores and academic performance in school, this year's applicant pool was extremely impressive. For example, 53 percent of the candidates averaged 1,400 or higher on the SATs, nearly 1,900 scored a perfect 800 on their SAT math tests, and almost 2,700 were valedictorians of their high school classes.</p>
<p>Early Admission Applications Reach Record Levels
The number of students applying for early admission to the Harvard-Radcliffe Class of 2002 rose by nearly 9 percent over last year's total, reaching the highest level in the history of the College.
The Admissions Office has received 4,221 early action applications, nearly 9 percent more than the 3,887 applying for early admission to the Class of 2001. The Office expects to mail decisions on Dec. 12.
Last year, 904 students were admitted under early action. Brown University and M.I.T. also offer early action plans.
The year that other institutions switched to early decision programs, Harvard and Radcliffe experienced an unprecedented rise in the number of early action applications. Nearly a third more students applied -- 3,909 -- compared to 2,990 the previous year.
"Last year we leveled off to 3,887," said Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis, "and this year we experienced a moderate increase similar to those seen by other comparable institutions.
The Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid has admitted the largest group of applicants in the history of the College's Early Action program. The Committee admitted 1,048 applicants to the Class of 2002 from the Early Action pool this year, compared to 985 students admitted early to the Class of 2000, and 902 admitted to the Class of 2001.
Applications for Early Action rose 9 percent over last year's total, reaching a record 4,213 applicants.
Applications for Early Action have risen steadily for quite some time, according to Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis. "For example, 1,779 students applied for the Class of 1994, and we have witnessed increases almost every year, including a jump of nearly 1,000 the year that several other national institutions switched from Early Action to binding Early Decision programs which require admitted students to attend. </p>
<p>Undergraduate Applications Increase Again
For the seventh time in eight years, applications for admission to Harvard and Radcliffe have risen. According to the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid, 16,811 students have applied for the 1,650 places in the Class of 2002, compared to 16,597 for last year's freshman class.
The excellence of the applicant pool is even more remarkable than the number of candidates. By all the standard measures of academic talent, including test scores and academic performance in school, this year's group is extremely impressive. For example, more than 53 percent of the candidates averaged 1400 or higher on their SATs, nearly 1,900 scored a perfect 800 on their SAT math, and almost 2,700 were valedictorians of their high schools. Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis observed that "we are very pleased to have attracted the interest -- again this year -- of such extraordinarily accomplished students. The Admissions Committee is faced with very tough choices."</p>
<p>Class of 2001
Early Admission Applications Level Off -- Just Ahead of Last Year's Record
The number of applications for early admission to the Class of 2001 set another record, but did so by the slightest of margins. Applications rose to 3,911, just edging ahead of last year's 3,909. This was the seventh year in a row of increases which started with the 1,779 who applied to the Class of 1994 and included a jump last year from 2,990 to 3,909.
Because of the strength of last year's early action pool, Harvard admitted 985 students in early action out of a total of 2,074 admits for the Class of 2000. "Clearly the early action pool last year was unusually strong, but that has generally been the case here for quite some time. As a group, early action candidates have always presented unusually strong credentials across the board," said Lewis. </p>
<p>Class of 2000
Record Numbers Apply for the Class of 2000 </p>
<p>For the sixth consecutive year, a record number of high school students have applied for admission to the next freshman class at Harvard and Radcliffe. </p>
<p>Some 18,037 students are competing for the 1,620 slots in the Class of 2000, a 1 percent increase in applicants over last year, according to Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis. </p>
<p>Applications from women this year hit an all-time high, at 8,461, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons. Although the percentage of women remained about the same as last year -- at 46.9 -- the share of female applicants has climbed several percentage points over the past four years.</p>
<p>Class of 2000 Selected from Record Pool of 18,190
The students just admitted to the Class of 2000 were selected from the largest applicant pool in the history of the College. Only 10.9 percent of the 18,190 applicants could be admitted, the lowest admission percentage the College has witnessed. This is the sixth year in a row of application increases, with approximately 50 percent more students applying than six years ago. </p>
<p>Over 9,400 of the applicants (52 percent of the applicant pool) scored 1,400 or higher on their combined SATs with 47 percent scoring 700 or above on the verbal SAT and 54 percent achieving comparable levels in mathematics. In the applicant pool were almost 1,600 students who scored a perfect 800 on the SAT verbal and over 1,900 with an 800 SAT math. As was the case for the past few years, there were more students who were valedictorians of their high schools (2,900) than the number admitted. Nearly 70 percent of the applicant pool were in the top 10 percent of their respective high school classes. </p>
<p>Applications increased for the sixth year in a row. This year, only 10.9 percent of the hopefuls could be admitted, the lowest admission rate in the history of the College. Women will make up about 45 percent of the Class. </p>
<p>"The academic strength of the pool was unprecedented," noted Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis. "The number of students officially ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school classes rose from 12,539 to 12,677, and the number of valedictorians grew from 2,826 to 2,905." Both sets of statistics understate the high school grades of the applicants, since secondary schools increasingly have abandoned individual numerical ranks and abolished indications of relative academic achievement. </p>
<p>This year, the College Board introduced "recentering," in which SAT I (the traditional SAT verbal and math) and SAT II (formerly labeled "achievements") tests were recalibrated to an average of 500 points. That resulted in a rise of approximately 70 points in the verbal and 30 points in the math SAT scores. The SAT IIs were similarly elevated. </p>
<p>Comparisons to last year are thus inexact, but it is clear that the test scores of applicants to the Class of 2000 were impressive: Those averaging 1,400 or better on their combined SATs climbed from 6,099 (34 percent of the applicant pool) to 9,488 (52 percent); students with a perfect verbal SAT of 800 rose from 129 (0.7 percent) to 1,600 (8.8 percent); and applicants with an 800 math SAT increased from 951 (5.3 percent) to 1,925 (10.6 percent). There were 365 applicants with a perfect 1,600 combined SAT. </p>
<p>In addition, 14 of the 20 students recognized by USA TODAY as the top high school scholars in the nation plan to matriculate with the Class of 2000. Since that program began in 1987, 101 of the 199 scholars have come to the College; the next three colleges have enrolled 13, 12, and 10, respectively.</p>
<p>Harvard admission statistics Class of 2009 vs. Class of 2008</p>
<p>Total apps: 22,796 (09) - 19,752 (08)
SCEA apps: 4,214 (09) - 3,889 (08)
RD apps: 18,501 (09) - 15,801 (08)
Total admits: 2,102 (09) - 2,110 (08)
Total admit rate: 9.2% (09) - 10.7% (08)
SCEA admits: 892 (09) - 902 (08)
SCEA admit rate: 21.2% (09) - 23.2% (08)
RD admits: 1,210 (09) - 1,208 (08)
RD admit rate: 6.5% (09) - 7.6% (08)
Total enrolled: 1,640 (09) - 1,638 (08)
Total yield: 78% (09) - 77.6% (08)
SCEA enrolled: 819 (09) - 819 (08)
SCEA yield: 91.8% (09) - 90.8% (08)
RD enrolled: 821 (09) - 819 (08)
RD yield: 67.9% (09) - 67.9% (08)
Estimated waitlist admits: 28 (09) - 81 (08)
Percentage M/F: 50-50 (09) - 50-50 (08)
Percentage Public/Private: 66-34 (09) - 65-35 (08)
Foreign citizens: 13% (09) - 12.8% (08
African American: 9.3% (09) - 8.9% (08)
Hispanic: 7.3% (09) - 8.9% (08)
Paid in scholarships: $76.2 million (09) - $72.8 million (08)</p>
<p>Harvard admission statistics Class of 2009 vs. Class of 2008</p>
<p>Total apps: 22,796 (09) - 19,752 (08)
SCEA apps: 4,214 (09) - 3,889 (08)
RD apps: 18,501 (09) - 15,801 (08)
Total admits: 2,102 (09) - 2,110 (08)
Total admit rate: 9.2% (09) - 10.7% (08)
SCEA admits: 892 (09) - 902 (08)
SCEA admit rate: 21.2% (09) - 23.2% (08)
SCEA applicants deferred: 3,187 (09) - 2,788 (08)
Deferred SCEA applicants admitted RD: 94 (09) - est. 134 (08)
RD admits: 1,210 (09) - 1,208 (08)
RD admit rate: 6.5% (09) - 7.6% (08)
Total enrolled: 1,640 (09) - 1,638 (08)
Total yield: 78% (09) - 77.6% (08)
SCEA enrolled: 819 (09) - 819 (08)
SCEA yield: 91.8% (09) - 90.8% (08)
RD enrolled: 821 (09) - 819 (08)
RD yield: 67.9% (09) - 67.9% (08)
Estimated waitlist admits: 23 (09) - 81 (08)</p>
<p>Percentage M/F: 50-50 (09) - 50-50 (08)
Percentage Public/Private: 66-34 (09) - 65-35 (08)
Foreign citizens: 13% (09) - 12.8% (08
African American: 9.3% (09) - 8.9% (08)
Hispanic: 7.3% (09) - 8.9% (08)
Paid in scholarships: $76.2 million (09) - $72.8 million (08)</p>
<p>Byerly,</p>
<p>Wow, a lot of great data here. There is one thing that I want to highlight. The SCEA information with appropriate juggling and its impact on the RD admit rates:</p>
<p>SCEA apps: 4,214 (09) - 3,889 (08)
SCEA admits: 892 (09) - 902 (08)
SCEA applicants deferred: 3,187 (09) - 2,788 (08)
SCEA enrolled: 819 (09) - 819 (08)
Deferred SCEA applicants admitted RD: 94 (09) - est. 134 (08)
** Total SCEA + SCEA deferred admits: 986 (09) - 938 (08)
** Total SCEA + SCEA deferred admit rate: 23.4% (09) - 24.1%
** Total SCEA + SCEA deferred enrolled: 883 (09) - 910 (08)
Total enrolled: 1,640 (09) - 1,638 (08)
Deferred SCEA applicants admitted RD: 94 (09) - est. 134 (08)
** Percent of class from total SCEA pool: 53.8% (09) - 55.5% (08)
** RD - SCEA deferred apps: 18,407 (09) - 15,667 (08)
** RD - SCEA deferred admits: 1116 (09) - 1,074 (08)
** RD - SCEA deferred admit rate: 6.1% (09) - 6.9% (08)
Total enrolled: 1,640 (09) - 1,638 (08)
Total yield: 78% (09) - 77.6% (08)</p>
<p>** are as listed with SCEA numbers added in to or backed out of the RD total. Note that I used the RD yield rate to generate the number of SCEA deferred admits who would attend, this number may be low.</p>
<p>Overall it appears that the SCEA admit rate is even higher and the RD admit rate is even lower then the stats posted by Byerly. Basically, a student is 4x more likely to get in if they apply SCEA than by applying RD.</p>
<p>(I did this quickly so check my math, it seems about right)</p>
<p>Without reviewing your math in detail, it is true that the "real" advantage of applying early is disguised when the number of early-round deferreds admitted later is not disclosed or widely known.</p>
<p>At Yale, for example, there were 249 deferreds admitted last year, and their admit rate was far higher than that for "regular" RD applicants (whereas, conversely, the deferred admit rate - last year at least - was lower than the overall RD admit rate at Harvard. So the advantage of applying early at Yale was much greater than the initial "SCEA admit rate" seemed to indicate.</p>
<p>The bottom line is that despite the strenuous effort - for apparent psychological reasons - to pretend that less than half the class is admitted from the early pool, at many top elites (particularly including Princeton, Penn, Columbia and - now - even Stanford, where the number of deferreds admitted later is not currently disclosed) the early applicants represent a rising majority of the class.</p>
<p>Oddly, the reverse may be true at Harvard, where the high-watermark for EA admits was probably with the class of 2005, where there were 1,105 EA admits and 242 deferred EA admits. </p>
<p>Of course the (then applicable) open EA yield was necessarily lower than the current SCEA yield, (or the near-100% yield at ED schools), but in Harvard's case above 85% or so, so that the fraction of the eventual class who "started life" as EA applicants was clearly North of 60%. It is lower than this now.</p>
<p>do they ever release statistics about the income brackets for admitted students? like their socioeconomic status, other than race?</p>
<p>To a limited extent. They'd only have data, of course for scholarship applicants/holders. There are stats about the fraction getting financial aid, and the number of students receiving financial aid at various levels of family income.</p>
<p>It would be interesting to get the economic breakdown of the ED or SCEA applicants compared to their RD pool. It is my belief that most middle income students would not apply ED but would apply EA. I believe that these stats would show the economic discrepancy between the Early and Regular pools and across institutions the economic discrepancy between EA and ED pools.</p>
<p>Is the class of 2008 the 'class' which will graduate in 2008?</p>
<p>Yes. American schools are four years for a bachelors so you're applying for the Class of 2010.</p>
<p>mate, hav u got in to harvard already (ace is back)?</p>
<p>No he hasn't.</p>
<p>Nope - I'm just trying to find out stuff about Harvard, see if it's worth starting the SAT course at my school.</p>
<p>oh i see, so you're in the lower sixth? well one my my philosophy teachers is a graduate from harvard, he actually convinced me to apply. if you're determined, you should definitely start SATs. do you have a prep-course for them at school?</p>
<p>Yep - I think I'll be signing up for it next term. Missed out a term's worth already but it shouldn't be too bad eh? Just not sure about not having a hook and whether that will set me back much. Still I reckon I'll try for it, see how it goes.</p>
<p>Around how many of the ED applicants and accepted people are Hispanic/Mexican do you think?</p>