Number of Applicants?

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<p>Does anyone know how many applicants Harvard received this year? I know it's a bit early for them to have sorted through all of the materials, but Duke's applicant number is out so maybe Harvard is as well??</p>

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<p>It’s at least 30,000, which is why regional alum reps have been scrambling to recruit more alumni interviewers in the past few weeks. Also the reason why I’m back on this forum after a long hiatus. A far cry from the 22,000 when I first applied.</p>

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<p>last year was 29’000, this year is expected to be above that. I’d say 32’000 maybe?</p>

<p>It is ridiculous I know…2010 has the hardest class in recorded history. 2011 to 2015 are expected to be easier. That’s what I read from a nytimes article at least.</p>

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<p>Haha of course it had to be our year…</p>

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<p>whatt??? i thought the class of 09 was the hardest b/c it was the largest class in terms of size, and THIS year was supposed to be easier!!! Harvard’s rate will be like 6%
thats crazy</p>

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<p>class of '09 was the hardest. But 2010 is expected to blow it out of the water.</p>

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<p>where did you read that it would blow '09 out of the water? I had also heard '09 would be the worst</p>

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<p>A lot of people assume that 2009 was the worst year just because it was the year with the largest number of seniors pure demographics wise, but this isn’t true, just because 2010 might have fewer 18-year olds overall in the US, it doesn’t take into account the ever growing number of collegebound students and especially students who opt for top schools. An increase in financial aid combined with the recession make Harvard and similar need-blind schools are very appealing choice for lower to middle income families, thus also would support that Harvard can expect a much higher number of applicants this year. I think we can expect a 6 percent admit rate this year.</p>

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<p>Here’s for last year’s numbers:
<a href=“http://www.hernandezcollegeconsulting.com/ivy-league-admissions-statistics/[/url]”>http://www.hernandezcollegeconsulting.com/ivy-league-admissions-statistics/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>it goes back to entering class of 2011.
from 2011 to 2012 it went up 4.5k in applicant numbers, from 2012 to 2013 1.5k. </p>

<p>frightening.</p>

<p>You can see application numbers going up, acceptance going down. Also acceptance off the waitlist has gone down considerably. </p>

<p>And here’s for the nytimes article i mentioned:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/education/09admissions.html?_r=1[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/education/09admissions.html?_r=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Exactly. For example, EA applications increased 54% at the University of Chicago over those from the class of 2013.</p>

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<p>Agree with ^^.</p>

<p>Harvard has increased it’s outreach to students in rural, urban, and international locales spreading the news of the financial aid initiative. My guess is that applications will continue to increase as long as H continues it’s generous aid policy.</p>

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<p>^That is true, but the number of applications do correlate to a fair extent with demographics. Thus, as a lower number of students graduate from high school, there likely will be a time when applications will decrease despite outreach efforts.</p>

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<p>Possibly, but I have faith that Harvard will continue to increase it’s visibility and desirability even while the population of 18 year olds decline.</p>