Harvard EA-Midyear Report and SAT Subject Test Scores?

[jamieevren1210]

I am a current freshman at National Taiwan University, meaning that I have already graduated from high school and therefore would be unable to provide a midyear report: all of my high school grades are already on the transcript my high school counselor sent to Harvard.

Does this waive me from having to submit one, or does this mean that I should send my NTU Fall 2016 transcript? It would only be available after the term is finished, and EA decisions would be out by then.

Also, I’m registered for the November SAT Subject Tests. While I understand that Harvard deems those as “optional”, I still worry about the scores being delayed, hence hurting my (nearly nonexistent) chances of admission.

Thanks in advance!

[gibby]

If you have graduated from high school and are attending National Taiwan University, you need to understand your choices:

1. You can apply as a freshman SCEA applicant to Harvard, but if admitted you MUST drop out of NTU after your fall 2016 semester. You cannot continue at NTU with the Spring 2017. In which case, none of the credits you've earned at NTU during Fall 2016 will be accepted by Harvard.
2. Continue your freshman year at NTU (Fall 2016, Spring 2017) and apply as a transfer applicant to Harvard. If admitted, your credits earned at NTU will count towards your Harvard college degree.

If you apply as a freshman applicant, you are not required to submit the mid-year report or final report, as your high school transcript contains all the courses and grades you received from freshman, sophomore, junior and senior years of high school. And there is no need to submit your transcript from NTU as Harvard WILL NOT allow you to transfer credits over from NTU.

See: https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/application-process/transferring-harvard-college/transfer-eligibility.

Students who will have completed less than one full-time continuous year of study at one college by the anticipated date of matriculation at Harvard should apply as freshman candidates. (All such applicants, if admitted, will matriculate as regular freshmen without any transfer credit.)

Once you have completed one year of full-time study at a single college or university, you may apply to Harvard College only as a transfer student.

[jamieclo]

@gibby
Yes, I am indeed applying to Harvard c/o '21 under SCEA and do not plan on transferring credits from NTU. I will drop out as soon as I receive admission. (If I even get in, that is)

As I am ineligible as a transfer applicant (also due to the extreme competitiveness of the applicant pool), I am not currently considering that option.

Thanks for the clarification-you’ve been very helpful across the forums!