<p>Does anybody know when will Harvard release the percent yield of the admitted students this year (Class of 2010)? Did Harvard even use the Wait List last year for Class of 2009? If so, how many students?</p>
<p>Last year's equivalent story was dated May 12.</p>
<p>You might see it in next week's Gazette, or, more likely, the week after - May 18.</p>
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<p>I think there were between 25-28 taken off the WL last year, when 2,102 were admitted.for a class of 1640. This year, they've admitted 2,109 so far, but plan an increase in class size to 1,684. I'd expect to see 40-60 coming off the WL.</p>
<p>How large is the waitlist? Even if no one has an exact answer, a general idea would be nice...like is it ~1000? 1500? 2000? Any ideas?</p>
<p>So would you accept off the waitlist if offered?</p>
<p>Yes, I would.</p>
<p>I take it you sent in a supplemental letter.</p>
<p>Yes, I did.</p>
<p>How many ppl is Harvard planning to take out of the waitlists this year?</p>
<p>Who knows? As Byerly said, he is surmising it is going to be 40-60.</p>
<p>Just for the record, if we're talking about whether or not we'd go to Harvard if accepted off the waitlist..abso-friggin'-lutely.</p>
<p>Hopefully 40-60 will be the number, anyhow.</p>
<p>Still, does anyone know how many are on the waitlist?</p>
<p>The number is irrelevant, as the list is not ranked</p>
<p>Why wouldn't it be relevant? If they needed an oboe player, theres likely to be more oboe players on a waitlist of 1000 than there would be on a waitlist of 200.</p>
<p>This is a completely unscientific observation, but based on the CC population, it seems that Harvard is not doing as well with cross-admits. I hope I'm wrong.</p>
<p>I actually see the opposite. Granted this is not CC, but on the Harvard Admits Forum (provided by Harvard U), many people who were torn between two or three top schools, ended up choosing Harvard...as long as a person chooses their college for the right reasons, cross-admits, yield rates, etc. shouldn't matter...theoritically...</p>
<p>I'm not sure the demographics of the "CC population" mirror the nation - or the world - as a whole!</p>
<p>Byerly, it is not irrelevant at all. For a more extreme case to put it into perspective, if there there were only 60 people on a waitlist, and they were going to take 50, even though it is not "ranked" it still is more likely that one would be admitted than if they were to take 50 from a waitlist of 2500. Obviously, it is not this extreme, but my point is that to a degree it does make a difference. If you do not know the number, that is fine, but if you do, could you please kindly share it even if you believe that it is irrelevant?</p>
<p>When I spoke to an adcom they just said that the number on the waitlist was in the "several hundreds". This means it's less than 1,000, probably more than 500. Say perhaps 750ish? If they take 60 off, that's an 8 percent admit rate off the waitlist. Basically, it's another round of RD again.
Keep in mind this is just what one person said and I'm not sure if they offered a spot on the waitlist to several hundred or are expecting several hundred to accept the spot on the waitlist.</p>
<p>Thank you very much.</p>
<p>Neither do the demographics of the Harvard admit board mirror those of any other board that you could find.</p>