<p>Holy cow life for the next week or so just got a lot harder and I’m on the same page as a earlier poster, time to start thinking about Harvard Med School. My alumni interviewer himself had said that if he had been my age, applying right now, he would have had no chance of being accepted. I’m not ready for the 29th.</p>
<p>Less than two days!</p>
<p>Super curious how the CC admit rate will turn out</p>
<p>So Gib, did you have the courage to ask Dean Fitzsimmons if this announced “conservative” admit protocol trumps the holistic character of Harvard admissions, or does solid math simply trump both?</p>
<p>Perhaps you should have asked if the reinstated SCEA approach has done more harm than good for Harvard admissions.</p>
<p>Thanks for parading out the 3% and how you chose not to use it to drill down on the real issues, i.e. risking the character of Harvard admissions.</p>
<p>^Lol don’t be an ignorant d-bag. Gibby is just posting the article on here. He wasn’t the one who interviewed Fitzsimmons.</p>
<p>I feel sorry for our children. :D</p>
<p>The past few years I think about 20-30 were taken off the list or so. Of course, if the writer is correct that the ad com is being more conservative in its initial acceptances then if the speculation as to the yields of both EA and RD are not as rosy as they anticipate (and I know several EA kids and they aren’t as completely sold on Harvard as the writer suggests-- I think the vast majority WILL go to Harvard but over 90%??? No–I think that anyone who had a hook and wanted to play it did so at SCEA time regardless if Harvard was their absolute top choice) then the wait list MAY be a bit more active than in years past–where for almost anyone it was sort of like being on death row waiting for warden to put you out of your misery, but having to wait until that happens–with the dream that the governor might just call with a pardon at the last moment…</p>
<p>Yeah, I think Harvard, and the other Ivy League schools, may be overestimating the early action yield. All the people I know who got in Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Stanford early are not completely convinced. In fact, they are the kids who get multiple likely letters and lots of merit aid from top 20 schools. If HYPS aren’t doing extra to keep these early applicants excited throughout the year to counter all these other enticements, these students really might end up going elsewhere.</p>
<p>@thecube, Oh yes, I can see it now:</p>
<p>Harvard Acceptance Rates for Class of 2036 Rises to .03% from Last Year’s .029% </p>
<p>Quotes from the article:
‘“The Class of 2036 pool was one of the most competitive applicant pool Harvard has seen in years,” says Mrs. Portman, the Dean of Admission, “And I think the rise in numbers attest to that fact.”’ </p>
<p>“Class of 2036 is the most diverse undergraduate class yet with 50% Hispanic Americans, 17% African Americans, and 23% Asian Americans.”</p>
<p>“Average admitted student took 79 AP classes (2 lower than last year’s average), had an average of 2390 in the SAT’s (excluding the interpretive dance section), and an average ACT score of 35.5. There was a 20 point increase in the SAT score and a 1.2 increase in the ACT score from last year…” </p>
<p>"…Mrs. Portman had this one final remark: ‘Admission process is an art, not science: we tried to give everyone a fair holistic evaluation. Even a person with a 3100 SAT score has a chance here at Harvard.’"</p>
<p>Holy crap.</p>
<p>I don’t even know how I’d help my kids out in the future. I think I’d just let them figure it out on their own.</p>
<p>@Uppity Hahaha you are hilarious ^_^</p>
<p>This is like winning the mega-million lottery. And what’s funny about that is…well…everyone you meet ends up losing.</p>
<p>Are the 3, who would get selected, so better than the other 97; are they out of the world geniuses. </p>
<p>Or is Harvard turning its admission process into a random lottery. </p>
<p>Seriously 3 out of 100 is unbelievable.</p>
<p>Next year it’ll be around 2%, then it’ll drop below 1%. </p>
<p>WOW, this sucks.</p>
<p>And here we all thought Katniss had problems…</p>
<p>So yeah, my hope has just dropped lower than Charlie Sheen’s reputation</p>
<p>3%! That’s ultra-scary. I scanned and sent my financial aid documents via e-mail to the financial aid office, but received an e-mail asking me to mail or fax the documents instead. Does that in any way suggest an acceptance? 'Cause I don’t know why I’d be asked to send the documents if I shan’t be accepted.</p>
<p>When did you send this email and receive the reply?</p>
<p>sent the e-mail on Feb 1 n received it last wednesday. does that mean anything?</p>
<p>Well I think they finished final committee on Wednesday, March 21. It could very well mean something, but I certainly can’t be sure. It is so hard to understand these people.</p>