<p>What CountingDown said. I may not predict exactly the same figures, but the analysis is sound, and I too predict Harvard's yield will increase this year (which correspondingly means the admission rate can be lower than ever and still fill the freshman class).</p>
<p>"But what if Harvard waived the application fee.. and waived the application?</p>
<p>Then acceptance rate of 0.001% !!! CRRRAZY 1337"</p>
<p>Paying for college applications isn't the only expense a student has to go through for one college. They also have to pay for sent SAT scores if the four spots are taken up, they have to pay for CSS profiles and other stuff; not to mention the extra energy put into getting recommendations, transcripts etc. So no, just because they waive the fees doesn't mean more people would apply. Maybe some who wouldn't would decide to but it won't be a huge difference in numbers. IMO</p>
<p>Lol, (s)he said if they waived the APPLICATION, too. =P Then everyone would be an automatic applicant.</p>
<p>My guess is ~6.8%. Just throwing that out there.</p>
<p>My own theory is that they don't actually accept anyone. Every year they send out thousands of rejections and then make up impressive numbers for class size, yield, etc. But if you go there it's just a big, empty campus. A veritable ghost town. I'm talking tumbleweeds...in Massachusetts. </p>
<p>Yeah, they're THAT selective. (Hey, it makes ME feel better about my rejection tomorrow.)</p>