<p>is there any point in me notifying harvard that I qualified for USABO semis/USNCO national exam (repeat), or is it too late at this point?</p>
<p>DO IT, piccolojunior. If you don't and are rejected, you'll spend your life wondering if you would've been accepted had you sent in that news.</p>
<p>I'd compose a short e-mail though because regular post will probably take too long.</p>
<p>Yeah, that's what I'll end up doing.</p>
<p>Whooo, sitting here ranked 7th and with only a 2160 on my SAT plus the fact that I'm not a internationally lauded harpist/author/actress/whatwillyou or sports star, I'm wondering what the rejection letter I'm going to be receiving in a couple weeks looks like. x)</p>
<p>dang....................</p>
<p>11 days til the 31st. who's nervous?
not me.</p>
<p>...don't you have a likely? or have i mistaken you for someone else?</p>
<p>yeah. i do.</p>
<p>wow... gloat a little more token89 :-)</p>
<p>A few days ago, I got my UCLA package, and almost laughed at the 22% acceptance rate. Guess I will be one of the 23000 people rejected at Harvard.</p>
<p>...25,000 is probably closer.</p>
<p>I am so nervous yet I am glad that I at least have my UC schools to back me up......=]</p>
<p>what about 2009 seniors? shiit</p>
<p>If the question is about demographic trends, I have a FAQ about that. </p>
<p>DEMOGRAPHICS </p>
<p>Population trends in the United States are not the only issue influencing the competitiveness of college admission here. The children already born show us what the expected number of high school students are in various years, but the number of high school students in the United States, which is expected to begin declining in a few years, isn't the whole story. </p>
<p>First of all, if more students who begin high school go on to college, there will be more applicants to college even with a declining number of high school students. And that is the trend in the United States and worldwide. </p>
<p>Second, colleges in the United States accept applications from all over the world, so it is quite possible that demographic trends in the United States will not be the main influence on how many students apply to college. The cohorts of high-school-age students are still increasing in size in some countries (NOT most of Europe). </p>
<p>Third, even if the number of applicants to colleges overall stays the same, or even declines, the number of applicants to the most competitive colleges may still increase. The trend around the world is a "flight to quality" of students trying to get into the best college they can in increasing numbers, and increasing their consensus about which colleges to put at the top of their application lists. I do not expect college admission to be any easier for my youngest child than for my oldest child, even though she is part of a smaller birth cohort in the United States. </p>
<p>And now I would add to this that at the very most selective colleges that have just announced new financial aid plans, next year's (and the following year's) crush of applicants will be larger than ever. When colleges that are already acknowledged to be great colleges start reducing their net cost down to what the majority of families in the United States can afford, those colleges will receive more applications from all parts of the United States, and very likely from all over the world. </p>
<p>The Austin American-Statesman newspaper in Texas published news about these trends in an article about a particular applicant in April 2008. </p>
<p>The Economist magazine published a brief article about these trends in April 2008. </p>
<p>University</a> admissions in America | Accepted | The Economist </p>
<p>Specifically about Harvard, I would expect that college to enjoy large numbers of applicants this year and next year and the year after. Apply if you like it. Always apply to a safety college if you are applying to a college that is hard to get into. </p>