Harvard Applicant Pool Stats

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<p>I've seen the middle 50% ranges for the SAT scores of accepted Harvard applicants a few times. Does anyone have a similar SAT breakdown for the entire applicant pool? Thanks!</p>

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<p>Critical reading: 690-800
Math: 700-780
Writing: 690-790</p>

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<p>^ Those are the middle 50% statistics for the accepted students, though, which I don’t think is what the OP was looking for. It’s practically impossible to find middle 50% statistics for the entire applicant pool, but there is definitely a number that has academic stats significantly below the accepted range (e.g. SAT scores under 2000), so certainly not all the applicants to Harvard are qualified. I remember reading somewhere that the percentage of applicants whom Harvard says are “qualified” is 85%. I also remember reading a post by mifune, a current Harvard student, in the “Harvard 2015 Hopefuls” thread that states that the percentage of applicants that are actually competitive for admission is even lower than 85%, though. You should look into that…</p>

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<p>Found the post. Here it is:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1066092876-post699.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1066092876-post699.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>P.S. Mifune, thanks a TON for writing such a detailed and well thought-out post.</p>

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<p>fledgling thanks for the link to that extremely informative post. I have little doubt that it is false. But here’s the bigger question that arises, if Harvard does the same applicant ranking based on Academic Index like MIT and merely looks at the “worthy” applicants with very little if any attention to the bottom half of ranked applicants, the golden question is this:
At what number/academic index/SAT/ACT/grades do I become one of the “worthy” AKA top half ranked applicants that I would get consideration without any special hooks or legacy etc etc? </p>

<p>If this question can be answered then a lot of people can have an actual idea of what they are doing. Knowing whether your application will be tossed in the fireplace or put on the stack of “read these” is probably as important of an answer as finding the holy grail itself.</p>

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<p>Thanks a ton for digging up that old post, fledgling. It was exactly what I was looking for. Time to do a few old SAT -> new SAT conversions…</p>