<p>I understand that this might fall under the Harvard section in Ivy League, but this is part of my search and selection of colleges as well, so I'd figured I'd post it here.</p>
<p>Apparently, Harvard accepted 772 of its 4,231 EA applicants for Class of 2016.</p>
<p>So my question is, of the 772, how many are athletes that have been recruited etc? Is there a way to determine the actual percentage of "regular" students that were accepted without perhaps the encouragement of coaches etc. to apply EA and get accepted?</p>
<p>It just seems shocking to me that 18% of the EA pool was accepted.</p>
<p>Just for those who are curious:
2,838 were deferred
546 rejected outright</p>
<p>Yeah, so is there really anyway to determine how many of those applicants were “normal” in the sense that they really weren’t athletes or legacies or URM?</p>
<p>You can peg overall athlete numbers at 12-14% and most of them would be in this pool. So subtract 160-200 people as athletes.</p>
<p>So 570 to 610 out of 4100.</p>
<p>Legacy is at about 10-15% and admit rate is 40%. If we assume about 75% legacies apply early, the admitted numbers are around 120 (75% of 160 or so final number) and applicants at 300. So we are down to 450-490 out of 3800.</p>
<p>Minorities tend to be probably at 50-60% since only people who are sure and probably invited apply. You can take out another 140 out of this pool. </p>
<p>So the real numbers come down to about 10-12% and most people who dare to apply usually have very good resumes.</p>
<p>asian students probably have even a lower admit rate! as a % who apply followed by non hispanic whites. x % of admits are reserved for “diversity” (non asian) you can do like elizabeth warren and decide you are a native american, and then ride the diversity gravy train! it really does come down to a lottery for qualified asian and non hispanic white students even with the best grades and sat scores. my advice would be to apply to a school (their are a lot) that would be a great fit for you as a person , skip the stress of getting in @ harvard . harvard has a name, that is something I can not dispute, but other then that what is your draw to it?</p>
<p>If I was contacted by the UMRP, undergraduate minority recruitment program, does that really mean anything? Or do they simply reach out to asians,blacks,indians, etc. with a certain SAT score and above?</p>
<p>^ agree. I meant non-asians. Harvard has broken out the percentage of admits for specific categories. One has to assume there is a predominant Asian percentage in the applicants although about 20% of the admitted pool might be Asian. So for 140 admits, there might have been 1500 applicants?</p>
<p>magentaturtle - All minorities do get contacted, even if Asian if they fit the prescreen credentials.</p>
<p>I personally know quite a few people who got e-mails from the UMRP, and considering how tiny my class is and the number of National Merit Semifinalists (3), then no, it doesn’t mean much. In fact, Harvard is quite notorious for sending advertising material (as if the college isn’t already well known) to huge amounts of students (including many unqualified) in order to have receive applications and thus drive down their selectivity %. I don’t think the UMRP in specific casts its net so wide, you probably did score very well in the PSAT, but don’t read too much into it.</p>
<p>what do you want to major in? if you want STEM type majors then there are many other schools much better for you under grad! if you want a basket weaving major which harvard has many of those, then do not waste your money on going to harvard. you can just stay home and go to a state school! I would urge you to get past the name “HARVARD” and focus on finding a great fit for you as a person and not just a name!</p>