Yes
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I have a question maybe y’all can answer. I live in a capital city in a state in the Gulf South.
In my hometown, I know that a grandchild of a former state governor was accepted in the EA round.
Do you think Harvard would automatically set aside other applicants from my city—just because they already have an EA admit from that city?
I acknowledge that Harvard is free to build its class anyway it sees fit—I accept that. I’m not upset about that.
My question is whether my chances are even closer to zero because someone else was accepted EA from my city. Is that typically a common practice or do they look at student qualifiers first and then worry about filtering later?
No.
I know of 3 people who are Harvard legacy children of famous people in politics and they all got into Harvard REA (2 of them marked undecided majors on their app apparently). I wish there were laws against legacy advantages, especially since studies have shown that there exists no statistically significant evidence that legacy preferences make any given alum more likely to donate to a school.
A grandchild is not legacy for Harvard.
That said, I do hope that Harvard does away with legacy…right after my kids are admitted. 
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The kid I was talking about is also a legacy because one of the parents is an undergraduate alumni (grandparent is too). I only mentioned the grandparent because there is a political influence as well.
My high school favors legacy enrollment also. 100 class spots each year. One year there were more legacies applying than there were spots in the class. My own brother didn’t get in that year. He got in the next year.
I imagine Harvard, and others, will run into same problem eventually—can’t take every qualified legacy.
Some time for unfairness, if you cannot fix it, you have to live with it.
Ivy Day has been announced as April 6. Likely the result of an increase in applications.
https://admissions.cornell.edu/news/update-ivy-league-common-notification-date
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Per Harvard’s twitter feed:
Harvard has received over 57,000 applications for the Class of 2025.
Last year, 40248 applied.
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How many applications would be considered a lot in past years?
40K has been roughly the number on past years
Been getting the notices in email and portals for the individual schools.
did harvard send anyone an email about this? i didn’t receive one if so
They sent an email few hours ago. It may be in your spam folder.
hmm it isn’t
maybe i’m not on their mailing list
Is that 57000 RD plus the EA applications? They deferred over 80 percent of the EA, I think.
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The did not specify. I assumed it was the total number.
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May be you have add that email address to your contacts.
I just wanted to be post 1,000 