Harvard University Early Action for Fall 2023 Admission

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Applied before Thanksgiving. Received interview right after Christmas.

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Thanks HALHAL

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D21 submitted app at the RD deadline. Got interview around mid Feb

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Thanks really appreciate it :pray:

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Thanks, this is helpful

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Anyone else who has a good stats, applied REA, deferred but havenā€™t got an interview? Does it mean very less hope?

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What Iā€™ve learned from CC forums and the Ivy websites is that the interview is not required - it depends on the availability of volunteer alums. In many cases it is meant to weed out candidates who look good on paper but may not suit the universityā€™s criteria for the admit pool that year.
In any case, I am in the same boat as you and it/s going to be hard - if they have to choose 700 odd kids from thousands of applicantsā€¦ we can only pray! They have already chosen 700+ kids during REA.

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Harvard admitted 1954 applicants into the class of 2026, with an overall yield of approximately 84%.

Of these 1954, 740 were admitted REA, meaning 1214 were admitted at regular decision.

For the class of 2027, 722 were admitted REA. What the final numbers this year are to be determined, but it is likely RD admissions will be similar to last year, so more in the ~1200 range than the ~700 range.

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I thought the personality score was heavily influenced by the interview- seemed like it from the few brief docs I read from the court case. It seemed out of all the ivies, interview for Harvard was important.

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Thanks! Tamenund for the estimates. :slight_smile:

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I mentioned in another thread that the plaintiffs in SFFA suit calculated that while admissions office readers gave only 3.91% of applicants an overall rating of 2 or higher, alumni interviewers gave 35.34% of applicants the same rating. So, an extremely positive alumni interview is so common that it is highly unlikely that the interview is determinative of a successful candidacy. Are there occasional exceptions? Sure.

On the other hand, a negative interviewā€”like all negative inputs or evaluations of any other aspect of the applicationā€”is obviously unhelpful. If such a negative alumni interview is contradicted by the rest of the application, however, an AO supportive of the case might probe a bit further. Or not.

The advice about interviews often given to applicants, which is to treat the interview as an opportunity to discover more about the institution to which you are applying and through your interest relay enthusiasm about attending, rather than viewing the interview as yet another promotional effort, seems very sound to me. Thatā€™s what appeals to me as an interviewer. Odds are very high that your interview will go well, or well enough, so thereā€™s little need to stress about it.

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Not sure itā€™s true (especially about ā€œmostā€). My son goes to Princeton. Kids are smart and hard working. And most of them from the middle class and poor families. Most people definitely didnā€™t come through the back door.

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There is a lot of truth to What Have_faith143 is saying. Princeton is very different than Harvard.
Harvard has a lot of name due to its Law, medical ,MBA. It is famous worldwide as it had more graduates, post graduates. Princeton is more focused on undergraduate. Everybody, including my family, hold Harvard in high esteem due to its popularity. But there is lot going there.
If the student is nerdy and has some ethics he or she will come out with shinning colors otherwise, just look at at Jared Kushner.
But there is a reason why Princeton is number 1 in USNews for seven straight years.