<p>@artgirl0000</p>
<p>Thanks for doing that search!</p>
<p>Is the thing about them only accepting students for early action who they think would be accepted in regular decision true? 21+% to ~3% seems like quite a drastic drop…</p>
<p>@boxofdonuts “only accepting students for early action who they think would be accepted in regular decision”–
I think every college does that. If you are sure you will accept a student in regular decision, why not accept s/he at early action stage?</p>
<p>What I meant was, is it not plausible that a good amount of the early acceptances would perhaps not be admitted if they were to have applied in the regular round?</p>
<p>@ boxofdonuts
<a href=“First-Year Applicants | Harvard”>https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/apply/application-timeline/restrictive-early-action</a></p>
<p>Above link says:
Harvard does not offer an advantage to students who apply early. Higher Early Action acceptance rates reflect the remarkable strength of Early Action pools. For any individual student, the final decision will be the same whether the student applies Early Action or Regular Decision.</p>
<p>I am aware of what Harvard officially says… I was talking about the reality of situation</p>
<p>Any UK applicants going Early Action here?</p>
<p>@boxofdonuts </p>
<p>I don’t think that Harvard would admit a kid who is less qualified in the EA round. Basically, if the kid was going to get rejected in RD, then he/she will most likely be deferred in EA.</p>
<p>However, I think it does make a difference for the marginal cases. If you’re one of those 4.0, 2200, good ECs, good recs, etc. kind of kids, who may have been accepted or rejected, then I think that you may have a better chance in the early round. Obviously, I don’t know any of this for certain.</p>
<p>@LucasKovacs Yes! I’m not even sure what I’ve gotten myself into haha</p>
<p>Was anyone else asked for first quarter grades? I’m scared now.</p>
<p>@calliemoon11 Did an admissions officer contact you or your school?.</p>
<p>@Bemusedfyz - Are you saying nobody can be rejected in the early round? You’re either in, or you’re waitlisted until RD results come out? </p>
<p>They reject in the early round as well, though they reject a fairly small number of applicants. </p>
<p>“In addition to the 992 admitted students, 3,197 were deferred and will be considered again in the Regular Action process, while 366 were denied, 18 withdrew, and 119 were incomplete.” (<a href=“992 admitted under Early Action – Harvard Gazette”>A look inside: Currier House – Harvard Gazette)</p>
<p>@WooTheDay </p>
<p>Not what I’m saying at all-- candidates can be rejected. But, on the balance of probability, ‘less qualified’ applicants will probably be deferred. Only the wholly unqualified applicants would be rejected, I think.</p>
<p>Sorry, my previous message wasn’t clear enough. </p>
<p>When I said this:</p>
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<p>I was referring to an applicant who would have been a ‘debatable rejection’-- someone who didn’t get in because of lack of space, not lack of qualification/merit. It could also be a framed as a lack of ‘standout merit’. I was not talking about a wholly unqualified candidate-- these people will probably be rejected in the early round, not deferred.</p>
<p>@pipercub: Harvard contacted my school college counsellor. </p>
<p>@LucasKovacs @Regenerated Yeah, I’m applying from the UK too. Not really expecting much though, seems like getting in is really difficult and slightly random compared to UK uni’s. Did you guys apply to Oxbridge?</p>
<p>Slightly worried about how my interview went… It only lasted 25 minutes (my interviewer said it would be 30-45mins in the email) because my interviewer was 20 minutes late. Apparently she was really busy with her work, which almost meant she had to leave quite promptly (understandable, of course). I thought the things we discussed were good and I showed my desire to explore more topics, but the length of my interview is quite concerning. </p>
<p>Definitely don’t feel like I helped my application, although I doubt I hurt it either. Oh well.</p>
<p>@calliemoon11 Harvard already asked your high school counselor for your first quarter grades? That means they are reading your application now, and maybe want to know whether you have a grade upwards trend.</p>
<p>On Harvard’s website, it only said they need “Mid-Year School Report”. </p>
<p>@bvborussia Yeah I’m doing Oxford although I don’t have a great feeling about the TSA last Wednesday so we’ll see! You?</p>
<p>I really don’t think length is a big issue, particularly if it was cut short due to her circumstances. As long as you came across well then she’ll be able to write about that. Also, I was told by my interviewer that usually, UK reports will be positive unless you’re REALLY inept just because the Harvard Club in the UK is always trying to increase the number of those accepted from here. </p>
<p>Out of curiosity, do you go to a state school?</p>
<p>Harvard doesn’t require first quarter grades, right? :/</p>