<p>who wants to be the brave soldier that calls harvard and finds out approximately how many people applied Early this year? <em>there’s a special prize for the person that correctly guesses/finds out the number +/- 50</em></p>
<p>I called up yesterday.they told me they didnt have the figures for this year yet</p>
<p>then let the guessing begin!!! :)</p>
<p>fine,fine...i'll start it off- 5647 applicants</p>
<p>3500 applicants</p>
<p>4200 is my guess</p>
<p>From the looks of the forum (our EA thread is like 4 pages, Yale's is like..40), it seems like the Harvard EA pool is way, way smaller than usual. Let's hope it is...</p>
<p>Edit: Actually, I'm full of crap. Harvard has 31 now, Yale has 52.</p>
<p>Less than 2000.</p>
<p>The EA pool is smaller than last year's. That's what I heard from Harvard, though they didn't provide a figure.</p>
<p>Remember, however, that the size of the pool isn't really what matters. When it comes to EA admits, Harvard accepts only students whom it is sure would be admitted when regular decision applications are in, too. Some RD are very strong, and could be admitted EA if they had applied EA.</p>
<p>Harvard has no quota for the # of EA admits. Thus, the size of the EA pool should not affect your chances. The strength of your application, however, will.</p>
<p>I just brought up The Crimson online and found out that the ea pool was up 7.2 percent - 4,165 applications this year. I was so disappointed after I had read Northstarmom's comment on the apps being down from last year.</p>
<p>I apologize for posting incorrect info. The EA pool in my area appears to be slightly down from last year. I had heard from Harvard that the overall EA pool was not expected to exceed 4,200, and I had incorrectly assumed that was lower than last year. </p>
<p>Thank you, MBmom for providing accurate info.</p>
<p>Still, it's important to remember that no matter how big or small the pool is, Harvard still will accept only students whom Harvard feels certain would be accepted when RD applications are in. While the overall EA pool typically is stronger than is the overall RD pool, there still are some EA candidates who will get rejected, and there are RD candidates who will be accepted.</p>
<p>sweet, i was within 35 applications. i think i win! whats my prize, slim?</p>
<p>Is it appropriate to call and ask such statisics? Can you ask them how many students have applied from your state/region?</p>
<p>I think that all it would do is irritate the Harvard staff if you called to ask such stats. Think about it: They are drowning in work now to decide on EA admissions. The last thing they need is to deal with a student who's calling basically out of idle curiosity.</p>
<p>Even as an alum, I don't call the staff out of idle curiosity. </p>
<p>Also think about it: What difference does it make how many students have applied for your region? Whether the answer is 1 or 100, Harvard may take 0 or may take many more. I know how many students have applied EA from my region, but I have no idea whether any will get in. One year, no one from my region got in EA or RD.</p>