<p>but...also keep in mind that harvard is trying to control its incoming class size to assure enough freshmen housing</p>
<p>also don't forget that this is the HARVARD wait list.</p>
<p>I've met 10 or so people who got accepted to Harvard and elsewhere. All but 2 have decided to enroll at Harvard. If this keeps up, the yield rate should be 80%. meaning they'll accept people off the WL. But you know, you gotta check conditions for if n is large enough.</p>
<p>Also, let's not forget the Z-list acceptances/people who deferred a year. I doubt those numbers were figured into the 1948 people who were offered admission, as Harvard wants to make the acceptance rate as low as possible. </p>
<p>So.. that's like what, another 20-40 people already in?</p>
<p>CNI: Those figures were factored into the 1948 people who were offered admission.</p>
<p>I believe the waitlist is smaller than many of you assume. The Dean would not refer to the waitlist as having many hundreds of students if it included 1500 - 2000 students. To me, many hundreds perhaps qualifies for 1000, but that's just an opinion ...</p>
<p>The only factor which would drive the yield up this year is the new aid initiative. However, not many on the board who are attending Harvard indicated that their package from Harvard was the deciding factor which influenced their decision. Harvard has always given good aid. I honestly believe that Harvard will take many students from the waitlist this year.</p>
<p>Does anyone know whether the Crimson will release details concerning the yield? Harvard should have a good inclination as to whether it will need to resort to the waitlist by next week, right?</p>
<p>hm... since you mentioned financial aid, didn't yale and princeton both counter with similar initiatives? someone even told me that yale's is better.</p>
<p>A senior admissions officer at Harvard told me that he will be "very surprised" if Harvard does not resort to the waitlist at all.</p>
<p>Yes, they did CNI. The only factor that would more encourage a given student to enroll in Harvard's Class of 2012 over another given student contemplating admission in the Class of 2011 is the improved aid initiative. Otherwise, Harvard's reputation has remained the same: Harvard was and continues to be prestigious. I really think, especially given the choice to drop EA, that Harvard will need to resort to the waitlist. Do you really think that less than 2 in 10 accepted Harvard students will turn down admission for other schools?</p>
<p>I do have to say that I have met a higher number of people that I expected who are planning/have turned down harvard.
But it's still the trendsetting college brave enough to introduce the massive financial aid makeover and take away ea(even though i resent harvard for this...lol)
Yet, the yield will still be high, and I predict only a few to get in...maybe? lol</p>
<p>while at stanford's admit weekend, sooo many people were deciding between harvard and stanford. of the ones i talked to, most chose stanford (of course that might be due to the fact that they chose to attend stanford's aw as opposed to harvards), but no matter how high their yield rate, some kids will rather go to stanford, princeton, and yale...still, im not getting my hopes up or anything but i was surprised at the number of people who wanted to turn down harvard for stanford (of course, stanford is just awesomeee, though i'm prob going to penn:)) good luck to all of us tho</p>
<p>All I know is that I got a fortune cookie that said "Good news will come to you by mail in the near future." </p>
<p>The only good news that I could get by mail is from Harvard so, essentially, this fortune cookie has sealed the deal. I'm getting in off the waitlist! :-)</p>
<p>P.S. No... I'm not that cocky. But wouldn't it be awesome if my fortune came true?</p>
<p>lol...optimism is always a good thing
But...facebook's class of 2012 for harvard is nearing the 1000 mark, and that seems semi-high because not everybody has facebook...but then again, almost everyone does...so that might be a decent number to gauge your calculations off of...</p>
<p>Lol, I had a fortune cookie that said something similar right before my MIT decision.</p>
<p>I'm a parent so I'm not sure I understand what you mean by facebook people? Thanks</p>
<p>Well Theta, you've gotta realize that some kids in the group aren't in the Class of 2012, too. Posers, lol.</p>
<p>guitars:
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<p>Arguably the most popular social networking site on the web. I'd say around 50% of middle class teens have a facebook these days. There is a group for the Harvard incoming Class of 2012 on facebook. Kids who have facebook can join this group to carry on discussions and whatnot in that group. There's a running tally of the number of people in the group, and ThetaCheese is saying that there are about 1000 people in it.</p>
<p>Ahh! I get it now. Yes, my son does have a facebook. I just wasn't sure what op meant. Thanks for explaining. Do you really think that there are many posers? That seems pretty stupid to do since others will know whether or not you really did get into Harvard or anywhere else. </p>
<p>Thanks for you help :)</p>
<p>1,000 doesn't seem too high to me and if Harvard were to select from the waitlist, we know that it wouldn't need too many students so I don't think Facebook is a good compass. I would say nearly all students have facebook, excluding internationals ... </p>
<p>Does anyone know how large the 2011 group was at this time last year?</p>
<p>Not sure really. I don't see the point in using Facebook to justify your speculations. For the waiting list, you can't use much at all to justify speculations. :P</p>
<p>Does anyone know if the Admissions releases whether or not they are taking people off of the wait-list?</p>