<p>During the EA admissions process, does Harvard even think about financial aid, or do they just wait until RD? In other words, would someone accepted EA get some sort of estimate of how much financial aid they might receive, and then get a definite answer in April?</p>
<p>no. they do not have any info about financial aid other than if you are planning to apply for it. i would guess a large percentage do anyways.</p>
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Could you explain what you mean by a regional committee and who would be on that? I have heard that spoken of before, but don't know what that refers to. If a regional officer has four or five states that he or she is responsible for, who would make up the regional committee? ie. if a regional officer is not a senior officer as you indicated some are, but lets say has states of North Carolina, Nebraska, Illinois, Western N.Y. (this is just an example), then who would be in the regional committee? If they were more senior officers wouldn't they be regional reps instead?
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<p>This just means that the admissions officer are members of different regional committees. </p>
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<p>They will provide you with a financial aid package if you submit a financial aid application at the same time you submit your regular ones.</p>
<p>I dont think you understood the question? I know there are regional admission officers, and that it is the regional admission officer assigned to the state the applicant is in who reads the application first. But you mentioned that before the regional rep ie regional admission officer takes the application to committee, that he or she meets with two or three people who comprise a regional committee and they review the application before it goes to the main committee. I was wondering if those are regional admission officers at the regional committee are from OTHER regions? If they are from the same region as the regional rep then I wondered if they were more senior?</p>
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<p>That depends on the regional committee. For example, since Harvard sees many applicants from the Los Angeles area, Los Angeles and its surrounding suburbs would be one "region," whereas several mid-western states can comprise another since Harvard does not see many applicants from the mid-west. So in essence, all members that sit in on the Los Angeles committee would be in charge of a group of high schools in the L.A. area whereas for another subcommittee, for example, one person would be in charge of Missouri, the other in charge of Oklahoma, etc.</p>
<p>Thanks for explaining that.</p>
<p>When we talk about special talents, do adcoms only consider those with prodigal talents (who have grown up with great resources to improve those interests - say access to the Juilliard pre-college program) or will they consider those with great talent who have done it themselves, though clearly are not as good as the former because of a lack of training?</p>
<p>uh...i think they will consider both, although the former is more often recognized than the later</p>
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<p>Both. I wouldn't hastily judge which one is better, since everything, again, is in context.</p>
<p>Thank you for sharing your wisdom xjayz!</p>
<p>do you know what the RD acceptance rate to Harvard is for 2400 applicants?</p>
<p>Why 2400 - do you mean 24000? Harvard accepts between 8 and 9 percent.</p>
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<p>I think he means the acceptance rate of kids who score a 2400 on the SAT I. I don't know about the acceptance rate for those who fit that profile, but the overall acceptance rate has hovered around 9% for the past two years.</p>
<p>yeah, sorry i meant applicants with a 2400 Sat score</p>
<p>I think I read somewhere that "Harvard rejects half of 2400 scorers"
or it might have been valedictorians? but I'm not certain</p>
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I think I read somewhere that "Harvard rejects half of 2400 scorers"
or it might have been valedictorians? but I'm not certain
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<p>Valedictorians.</p>
<p>So 50% of valedictorians are actually accepted? Coz I saw somewhere only 20% of vals accepted.</p>
<p>Where did you hear half of vals rejected, XJAYZ?</p>
<p>So what IS the acceptance rate for 2400s?</p>
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<p>Where did you hear half of vals rejected, XJAYZ?</p>
<p>So what IS the acceptance rate for 2400s?
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<p>I don't know. However, in the end, we all know - especially through this board - nothing is a guarantee in terms of college admissions. All one can do is hope for the best.</p>
<p>what are the students that are eliminated from the beginning on? While, of course nobody can tell for sure, what are your thoughts on this?
Oh, and WHEN are the apps read? January? Early February?</p>
<p>Early Feb - I think.</p>