<p>Does anyone know if a lot of African Americans apply to Harvard EA and if a lot actually get in by applying EA?</p>
<p>I'm a junior and I'm curious as to whether I should apply EA or put myself in a larger applicant pool of RD.</p>
<p>ALSO. I was not very involved in community service and things of that nature until this school year. In my 1st two years I ran track, tutored, student government and NHS. Do any of you know if that will that look bad?</p>
<p>I am African-American and I got in EA. The article I attached has some info about the demographics about this year’s group of admitted students. You can also contact the URM office for more information. I would get more involved in community service because you WANT TO, not because it would look good on an application. </p>
<p>[Harvard</a> College Admits 18 Percent of Early Applicants | News | The Harvard Crimson](<a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/12/15/Admissions-Early-2016/]Harvard”>Harvard College Admits 18 Percent of Early Applicants | News | The Harvard Crimson)</p>
<p>Quillabee93, I didn’t mean that I want to do community service because it looks good. I just never knew about some of the amazing stuff some organizations do until very recently. I just was curious if that would be a disadvantage, that I was not involved earlier.
Also, thank you for the article.</p>
<p>I don’t think it would be a disadvantage, especially if you could work that into your essay about how you wanted to be more involved and did research to find more opportunities. Good luck!</p>