Wow, an 84% yield would be absolutely crazy. The last time Harvard’s yield was even 83% was 1969!! 1969… 48 years ago! That’s wild.
But hey, guess they couldn’t let themselves go get bested by Dartmouth and their 25-year recording breaking yield, so they decided to take it up a notch and break a 50-year old record. Nbd. That is, if this supposed yield is actually the case.
I’m having a bit of trouble believing that it’s that high, @WarriorJ. Where did you hear that?
Me too. The 84% rumored yield is weird if considering the facebook numbers. Since nothing has been released, I’ll still be hopeful!!
Here are some of my observations:
Yale’s facebook group has 1700 members (target class size of 1550) and Princeton has 1900 members (target class size of 1308). UPenn is taking people off the waitlist, and its facebook group is at around 1940 (target class size of 2500); Dartmouth, not taking anyone, has a facebook population of 1315 (1279 enrolled). By this logic, Harvard with ~1630 people, should take at least a few from the waitlist, and its yield shouldn’t be that high.
Of course, facebook numbers should be taken with a grain of salt (people join multiple groups, people lacking access to facebook, or Harvard is just slow at accepting people into their admitted student groups).
Well I heard that the yield will be 103% 
just some levity
While it’s very true the FB group was at 1630 just a few hours ago, it just turned to 1625.
I called and was told that no admitted students submitted a deposit. I guess they’ll be taking the entire class from the waitlist!
^^?
I feel like the end is near and the end is not good
We all knew our chances were slim. I’m gonna let fate run its course.
This was posted on a Reddit thread for Harvard waitlist 2021- “Hey bad news folks – Heard from a friend at Harvard who is friends with someone in the admissions office. Yield is wicked high this year. They will be overenrolled by 50 seats (1720 on a target size of 1670). Expect the announcement tomorrow. I really hope I’m wrong, but if its true, none of us are getting off the waitlist. 
RIP Ivy Dreams.”
@Garybarry if that is true, then this has to be the first time I heard of Harvard yield being over 100%.
The yield isn’t over 100. They’re just overenrolled.
@Garybarry well that is a huge disappointment. I wonder, will colleges start to purposefully under enroll their class and take a decent amount off the wait list each year to prevent mistakes like this from happening?
I checked the harvard 2021 fb group and out of the 1625 i know a couple of people that are definitely not going to harvard, so i still have hope.
Heard from a friend who heard from a friend who quotes the incorrect target class size. OK sure.
For starters, reddit is not exactly the bastion of credibility. You will all know the reality soon enough. Don’t freak out over rumors.
Okay, so let’s say 1720 matriculated. Last year they had 1669 matriculates and took 75 off the waiting list. So the actual class size was 1744. So I’m assuming there’s still some room??
I thought that the 75 off the waitlist was part of the 1669.
@garyasho no idea honestly
@garyasho is correct. Class size was 1667 though, or at least that’s what Harvard reported. It can be confirmed by looking at how they calculated a yield of 79.2% last year (1667/2106), as well as looking at the class sizes of 2019 (1665) and 2018 (1667). Feel free to check the sources in my previous comment.
If they did overenroll for class of 2021, do you guys think they’d still take people on the z-list?