<p>I’m assuming that there’ll be around 4775 applicants to Harvard SCEA. Using CC as a barometer and assuming that the applicants are in a ratio similar to the pledge threads (26 in the Princeton SCEA pledge thread versus 35 in the Harvard SCEA pledge thread). I think that a lot more people that we’d think took the chance that Yale or Princeton would get dramatically fewer apps than Harvard and that has ended up evening out the field with Harvard just a little more popular.</p>
<p>@persman: I hope you are right! lol</p>
<p>@whisper: our school is pretty similar. we have maybe 2 who get accepted, maybe 3 total will have applied…or less… out of 250 to any ivy each year…last year one was accepted to harvard and yale but declined to go to wash u on fullride. one year there were none and the next there were 2 to cornell and one to princeton. but for the most part…1-2 to an ivy…this year for some reason like 8 people have applied to ivies early…i guess we are an extra motivated class though. It is anyone’s game this year I suppose!</p>
<p>if 800 were accepted…how many do you think are athletic recruits/commits and super legacies etc.</p>
<p>Well, S just released its SCEA # which is a little shy from 6000 and almost the same as last year. H and S have a similar size of incoming freshmen class of about 1670-1700 but traditionally H has a significantly bigger applicant pool, whereas both P and Y have a much smaller freshmen class size of approximately 1300-1400. So… </p>
<p>But again, it’s only a speculation - reasonably based on all the available past data, though. We’ll see the actual numbers pretty soon.</p>
<p>It looks like UChicago will come out on top with the most EA applicants (8,698). I doubt Harvard can beat that number.</p>
<p>An admissions-related update from 1987Crimson, posted in <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/1243254-no-interview.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/1243254-no-interview.html</a></p>
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<p>Makes the whole process a lot more real, doesn’t it? :P</p>
<p>That’s strange… why d, r, and u? It’s not like they picked letters evenly spaced out in the alphabet. I wonder how that works…</p>
<p>I think 1987Crimson might have made a mistake. The letters D, R, and U do not represent the letters of applicant last names, but rather, specific geographical regions. D for example, is Texas.</p>
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<p>Any idea what R and U mean? Or any other letters, for that matter?</p>
<p>How funny, I always thought the letters referred to last names, but of course @wind is correct as applications are presented by geographic area. I don’t know what any of the letters stand for & if d is Texas, then I guess there’s no way to figure them out!!!</p>
<p>@1987Crimson: I think there’s a list of docket assignments and a key to what all the letters are on the alum interview site. I wouldn’t have known about it either were it not for a moment of intense curiosity when I first started interviewing a few years ago and downloaded almost every document on the site available. 
I had to pull up the pdf to find what it was. I’m sure you can look up the other letters when you get the time…let your curiosity guide you! (To be honest, I don’t think there’s much of a reason or rhyme behind the lettering system…though I can’t be sure; it’s not very obvious if there is some method behind the particular lettering at a rough glance. At best I can say it seems like areas under each letter are in close geographical proximity, and areas are probably allocated to each letter so that each letter covers roughly the same number of students who apply based on longitudinal/historical trends. Though that’s just a educated guess.)</p>
<p>@314…(and others): The info is shared with alum interviewers, and I’m sure if some applicants really wanted to press the issue, there’s some way to find out. There are a lot of interviewers and all interviewers have access to this info. However, I really don’t think it’s particularly beneficial for the applicants on CC to find out what the full deliberation schedule is–I think it’ll simply fuel the anxiety of already very anxious hs seniors. (I know because I was once in your collective positions) Knowing CC posters…everyone would LOVE to know this info. But I think it’ll mostly just be a distraction.</p>
<p>I suppose my application is being reviewed today, then. Thank you, Texas Residency. GAH, NERVES. >w<
Not that it makes much of a difference- I still have to wait 27 days, like everyone else.</p>
<p>my interviewers said that they just started talking about how the November 5th SAT’s may not be in soon enough for the review of EA applications. Did anyone else hear this? They said that the original plan was to accept these scores, but now they are rethinking that decision?..I am nervous now. haha</p>
<p>Jaysha, the SAT scores will be ready next Tuesday, right? They should make it in time for the final full committee review, which starts on Nov 30th & ends on Dec 7th (some may make it for the earlier sub-committee reviews, which ends on Nov 29th). These dates (including when the SAT scores would be available) were set long ago & nothing has changed so I don’t know why anything would be different. Don’t worry!</p>
<p>An athlete that goes to the school I used to go to got a likely letter or something that said he was accepted. I’m getting nervous… lol</p>
<p>26 more days! I don’t know about y’all, but I’m on Thanksgiving Break for the next week. SKYRIM TIME IS NOW :D</p>
<p>Yeah, I have a date with Ezio Auditore.</p>
<p>Why hasn’t Harvard released any SCEA stats? :(</p>
<p>^ Because they’re flooded by apps? :D</p>
<p>Yeah, I understand. But so is every other EA school! Plus, didn’t they already start regional reviews? They should have the number of applicants recorded by now, right?</p>
<p>By the way, I’m not belittling Harvard; I’m actually extremely satisfied with their convenient assistance in the process.</p>