<p>Harvard</a> Announces Return of Early Action Admissions Program | News | The Harvard Crimson</p>
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University President Drew G. Faust said in a statement that the return of early action, an admissions practice which Harvard had previously called unfair to students from disadvantaged backgrounds, is now “consistent with our bedrock commitment to access, affordability, and excellence.”
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<p>It still won’t give an edge to EA applicants.</p>
<p>Is it single choice?</p>
<p>^Nope.
Does anyone know if Harvard’s EA is available to internationals as well as US citizens?</p>
<p>I don’t know. I’m a current senior, so I didnt apply early to Harvard, but I think its somewhat unfair. People that apply early are gonna be in a smaller pool, and have more time to be discussed at. I think it should at least by restrictive early action. Anyone agree?</p>
<p>…wow, great timing…</p>
<p>Jimmy- I’ve never heard of schools EAs being for internationals too. But I could be wrong.</p>
<p>couldn’t they have done this say, a few months ago?</p>
<p>Yes, it is single-choice.</p>
<p>From the actual Harvard press release, not the Crimson story:</p>
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<p>And Princeton is also instituting an SCEA program.</p>
<p>It makes sense considering that a likely letter system had to grow in order to enroll the best athletes and a hundred academic likelies.</p>
<p>The SCEA program is for all applicants, including internationals.</p>
<p>really, harvard. really.</p>
<p>wow, incompetence knows no bounds lol.</p>
<p>This development is probably for the better. Harvard, for better or for worse, is still the first choice for a lot of applicants. So long as there hasn’t been an early program, a lot of would-be Harvard EA/SCEA/ED applicants have gone with a “what-the-heck” application to Yale, Stanford, MIT, Chicago, or Georgetown. If Harvard and Princeton implement SCEA policies, it will reduce the crush of applicants who don’t really want to go to other EA places who apply anyway, as well as cutting down a few hundred very strong applications during the regular cycle which would keep some otherwise very qualified people out of top schools.</p>
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<p>Wow.</p>
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My bad.
Do you have a link to this press release? And does it mention for sure that the SCEA is for internationals as well?
This is sort of ridiculous. Couldn’t they have made this choice a year ago?</p>
<p>@jimmy: Yale SCEA is available to international students so I’m assuming it will be the same with Harvard</p>
<p>Too bad for the 2015 hopefuls that truly have Yale or Stanford as their first choice that they did not do this last year. How the heck are the adcoms supposed to figure out the numbers? Just a crazy system. 35,000 apps to the super selective schools! REALLY? Okay - vent over.</p>
<p>well I guess class of 2016 has a new edge</p>
<p>Will the October SAT in 2011 make it in time?</p>
<p>Are the odds of admission much much higher for EA applicants?</p>