<p>Harvard's acceptance rate has recently been going down like 1% every year(roughly). Do you think their acceptance rate will be close to 1-4% in a decade or two or do you think it'll level off at about 6%?</p>
<p>The extraordinary dip in the last 12 years or so is a direct result of the Common App and Harvard’s seeming accessibility to overseas applicants. The more apps, the lower the rates go. Who can foretell what’s upcoming?</p>
<p>I think Harvard admission rates will continue to drop as more families learn how great the financial aid is. International applicants will increase, as well as domestic applicants. </p>
<p>Internet sites like CC will continue to expose and inform potential applicants to the advantages of a HYPSM eduation; as well as support them in the logisitics of the application process.</p>
<p>A kid from Nepal or Nigeria can soak up all sorts of knowledge here. Decades ago s/he would have had to rely on unreliable snail mail for a thin brochure at best.</p>
<p>Immediately my thinking was, “Nah it will level off!” …But now that I think seriously about it, I don’t know if that’s true. I think it will probably decline a bit more because there are so many more international applicants each year, not to mention US kids who throw an app their way hoping for a miracle.</p>