Fewer seek to enter class of 2010

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p><a href="http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=511156%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=511156&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>After seeing a record number of applicants for the Classes of 2008 and 2009, Harvard’s figures plateaued this year as Byerly Hall netted 22,719 applications for a spot in the Class of 2010. </p>

<p>The College received 77 fewer applications than last year, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67. The slight decrease in total applicants follows a larger drop-off in last November’s Early Action pool. </p>

<p>Harvard only school in the Ivy league to see a decreased amount of applications this year.</p>

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<p>Hold up: decisions are March 30? That's cool....</p>

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<p>Interesting - it'll still be very competitive, however - after all, it is Harvard.</p>

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<p>Yeah I'm sure these app count fluctuations are really common and aren't significant at all.</p>

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<p>Harvard Gazette's article on same topic:
<a href="http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/02.09/05-apply.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/02.09/05-apply.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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Harvard accepted 821 students to the Class of 2010 last December under its non-binding EA program

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<p>I thought they admitted 804?!</p>

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<p>That was the first report.</p>

<p>Almost all app numbers everywhere fluctuate. Nothing is "final" until the CDS form or equivalent in the fall.</p>

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<p>if thats the case, why is the number of deferees the same?!</p>

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<p>I am surprised since the aticle was published so late that it did not mention that applications were up at every other Ivy. Why mention Penn but not Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown, etc? Did this kid not do his homework?</p>

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<p>2,828 were deferred, vs. 3,187 last year.</p>

<p>So the total pool from which the remaining admits will come is roughly 21,675 vs. 21,770 last year.</p>

<p>I'd estimate there will be about 1,300 admits from this pool, for an admit rate of around 5.9%.</p>

<p>The overall admit rate should be around 9.3% vs. 9.2% last year, if the SCEA and RD yield rates are the same.</p>

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<p>So statistically, it wouldn't mean much, I'm surmising. I remember when there was that huge increase last year :)</p>

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<p>byerly, last year 94 deferees were accepted. Do u think that there will be an increase or decrease in EA deferees acceptance rate this year?</p>

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<p>Impossible to predict. The number has bounced around in a fairly narrow range - between 75-200, in recent years, I think.</p>

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<p>Harvard's lack of an increase is very noticeable--almost every other top school increased by 5% or more.</p>

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<p>doesn't matter. harvard is still harvard.</p>

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<p>There is a yo-yo effect, where strategic applicants react to the prior year stats.</p>

<p>Last year, apps were down slightly at Yale, and this year they were up over 7%</p>

<p>Last year apps were up over 15% at Harvard, and this year they were essentially flat.</p>

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<p>Hard to view college-admissions as a Harvard-Yale battle.</p>

<p>Another ten percent and we'll be well above everyone else.</p>

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<p>Stanford actually had more apps than Harvard for the class of 2002 (18,888 to 16,818), and previously for the class of 2001 (16,884 to 16, 597). The SAT median scores for matriculants have, however, been consistently lower at Stanford.</p>

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<p>it's still competitive, that's the bad thing.</p>