<p>bulldogbull: That article is for the Class of 2003, not 2010.</p>
<p>Well, it doesn't matter, does it? If the yield is the same for our class, the same thing is true.</p>
<p>Oops, I guess I missed that.</p>
<p>Or not. We don't know the exact yield for our class. We only know it to two significant digits. And the class of 2003 admitted 54 fewer people than the class of 2010. Ergo it was a smaller class. Ergo there could still be spots for us, since more people were admitted from our class, and hence the numbers are obviously bigger.</p>
<p>I'm in the process of trying to grab a copy of the Gazette so I can give you guys the gist of what it says. (I'm helping out at a conference all day, so I'm just sitting around most of the time and I don't want to study for finals, lol).</p>
<p>"The Class of 2010 reaps 80 percent yield"</p>
<p>Fast Facts:</p>
<ol>
<li>80% yield, slight increase from 78% yield for Class of 2009</li>
<li>53% of Class of 2010 are women</li>
<li>85.3% yield for HFAI-eligible students</li>
<li>Asian-American (19.2%), African-American (9.3%), Latino (8.8%), Native American (1.2%)</li>
</ol>
<p>2109 were admitted, 80% yield = 1687 students in Class of 2010 (target class of 1684)... doesn't look like they'll go to the WL this year.</p>
<p>1687 is an unusually large class, I think.</p>
<p>well, i guess that ends my hope of getting off the waitlist</p>
<p>well, it's sure not looking good. according to the article:</p>
<p>"The high yield on admitted students means that few, if any, students can be admitted from the waiting list this year. The final results will be determined later this week."</p>
<p>as for the rest: it sounds, from my skimming, like a pretty impressive "haul" for harvard this year, especially so in light of the president's recent resignation and the whole plagiarism scandal.</p>
<p>byerly, consider yourself scooped!</p>
<p>Oh boy, time to be the optimist.</p>
<p>alltheway, don't be too frightened yet. These are, after all, preliminary numbers. Also, the Harvard Gazette has reported yields correctly only to 0.5%, as last year they reported the yield as being 78.5%, when according to Byerly it was only 78.0%. </p>
<p>Besides this, there are still mitigating factors:</p>
<ol>
<li>Harvard may revoke some admissions for senioritis.</li>
<li>Because of the disproportionately high number of students going to Harvard, other schools may use their waiting lists to take other Harvard students, who would rather go there. Hence, a musical chairs game will begin.</li>
<li>Students may have unforeseen familial circumstances occur.</li>
</ol>
<p>Either way, there is still a chance. Not a good one at all, but a chance. Oh, and if you actually look at that article from the Gazette, it says "this means that very few, if any, students will be admitted from the waiting list. THE FINAL RESULTS WILL BE DETERMINED LATER THIS WEEK." In other words, these numbers really are PRELIMINARY. Do not give up hope yet, my friend.</p>
<p>If they do take off from the WL, it will most definitely be the Z-listed students or 1 to 10 students. Best of luck, guys! I was deferred EA and accepted RD so I definitely know how the waiting game feels.</p>
<p>wouldn't last year's z-listees, having taken their mandated time off, have been accepted already this year either SCEA or RD?</p>
<p>Yes, they would. However, according to Byerly, the z-list doesn't even exist, so it doesn't matter either way.</p>
<p>1-10, eh? It's not as encouraging as 40-60, but it's doable. Very difficult, but doable. But then, so is everything else about Harvard.</p>
<p>I don't believe Byerly indicated the z-list doesn't exist. He disputed the crimson details reported. If you search last years waitlist thread. students were admitted off the WL to next years class.</p>
<p>Alright, sorry for the misunderstanding.</p>
<p>As for last year, this should be encouraging...</p>
<p>For the Harvard class of 2009, 2074 students were admitted. 78% accepted the offer of admission. That translates as follows:</p>
<p>1617 students accepted for a class of 1640.</p>
<p>23 students taken off the waiting list.</p>
<p>For the class of 2010, 2109 students were admitted. If we assume that the Gazette is once again wrong by 0.5%, then 79.5% accepted the offer of admission. That translates as follows:</p>
<p>1676 students accepted for a class of 1684.</p>
<p>7 students taken off the waiting list.</p>
<p>Yup, small. But doable. And let's not forget the other factors.</p>
<p>naw dude.</p>
<p>its over man. lets take it like a man.</p>
<p>start planning things for the college you actually got into.</p>
<p>harvard's great, but i'm pretty sure the school you got into is great too.</p>
<p>EDIT for canaday:</p>
<p>i just found the number of males and number of females on the gazette article.</p>
<p>883 females, 797 males. 79.57%</p>
<p>thats 1680, which is 4 less than what harvard wanted. so they might take off few students from waitlist.</p>
<p>that should give you some hope.</p>
<p>haha 4 students out of like 1000...</p>
<p>That's nice to hear. 4 students is better than none.</p>
<p>there could be 4 hermaphrodites though hahahaha</p>
<p>haha cool. I hope I'm not rescinded! I have a pretty low GPA this semester..argh.</p>