HFAI is supposedly to break down economic barriers - but does Harvard truly mean it?

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<p>New</a> Financial Aid Initiative shows solid 'early' results
More financial aid students admitted</p>

<p>The above article would make it seem as though the Harvard Financial Aid Initative has been a great sucess, more than doubling the number of low income applicants accepted in this year's EA round. </p>

<p>However.. some simple math (data from the article):</p>

<p>(43 low-income EA acceptances) / (885 total EA acceptances)</p>

<p>gives us a paltry 4.8% acceptance rate for low income students!! By way of comparison, the overall acceptance rate of the EA round was approx. 21%!</p>

<p>So what gives? Does Harvard really support low income applicants - or is it more talk than anything else? As a fee-waiver applicant, I'm rather bummed to see these depressing numbers!</p>

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<p>You better think through those numbers again.</p>

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<p>It was actually 19-20% for low income students. You can't use the total number of EA acceptances to figure the acceptance rate-- go look for how many low income students applied, and then recalculate the acceptance rate.</p>

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<p>Wow..</p>

<p>I literally woke up in the middle of the night last night and realized my mistake. Pretty crummy math.. sorry guys! :)</p>