Admissions
Pack it for Visitas? Or Leave It in High School?
To help prefrosh prepare for this year’s festivities, we’ve put together a list of things to put on or take off of your packing list for this weekend of campus exploration.
What If You Had To Take The SAT Again?
Current Harvard students responded with a lack of concern when reflecting on how the newly announced SAT changes would have affected their test performance, had the College Board implemented them before they took the test.
SAT 2.0
Harvard students said that they would probably score higher on the new version of the SAT.
Should Harvard Increase Its Class Size?
In light of the rising rate of rejections and the increasing number of extremely qualified applicants in an admissions pool, the inevitable question has arisen: should elite schools like Harvard increase class sizes in order to accommodate these changes? Unfortunately, though, this approach is far from practical and would only hurt the student body overall.
Harvard for All
Around 1,700 students graduate from Harvard College this year. Should this number be higher?
Social Media and Admissions: To Facebook or Not to Facebook?
As a college applicant, I pulled out all the stops to hose down my social media presence. I deactivated my Facebook, deleted my Twitter account and (empty) YouTube channel, and combed my blog for expletives, painstakingly removing each one. I was convinced—or at least my over-supportive and over-anxious mother was convinced—that each instance of rebellious behavior would assure admissions officers of my poor moral character.
Face What?
Students scramble to get rid of their social media accounts before admissions decisions, perhaps to no avail.
Waitlists: Not the End of the World
You may accept your position on the waitlist and develop a plan of action, but in the meantime, celebrate the schools you did get into. You’re going to college. That’s a huge achievement that many of us take for granted, and is something that not everyone gets to say.
Weekly News Round-Up: Admissions Rates, Affirmative Action, and At Least You’re Not Lincoln’s Kid
Admissions Rates, Affirmative Action, and At Least You’re Not Lincoln’s Kid
Zuckerberg’s Welcome: Kind Gesture, or Selfish Plot?
We all know the story: boy goes to Harvard, boy makes popular social media site, boy drops out of Harvard and goes on to become one of the world’s youngest billionaires. But there’s a plot twist!
Admissions Stories: Where Were You When You Got In?
Last Thursday, the future Harvard Class of 2018 received the emails of their lifetime. In honor of Decision Day, FM collected some acceptance stories from both current students and faculty and staff who once attended Harvard College.
Is Undermatching Overvalued?
It’s a fact that students in the lowest income quartile constitute less than 4% of enrollment at the nation’s most selective institutions. Among the many possible explanations, one of the most-talked about reasons is the theory of undermatching.
Undermatching
Low-income students with high academic standing believed to be prepared for selective colleges, but rarely apply to attend.
The Legend of the Z-List
The Z-list inhabits an especially remote cranny in the cave of Harvard lore. The core of the Z-list intrigue is exclusivity. As admission rates have plummeted, mystery has increased.
To Those Who Were Rejected
I’ll let you in on a little secret. Harvard students get rejected too. A lot.
Samuel L. Coffin
Samuel L. Coffin '14 planned to attend the University of Pennsylvania before he found out that he was on Harvard's "z-list."
The Big Decision
Regardless of how you feel, you now need to go forward with the next step of this college process. So after getting over the initial excitement or disappointment of your offers, you have to take the time to decide where you will end up.
Admissions 2014: By The Numbers
Yesterday at 5 p.m., the fates of many high school seniors were altered as top U.S. colleges released their Regular Decision results. But what do the numbers tell us?
All About The Numbers
College admissions numbers this year reveal interesting trends in Ivy League acceptance rates.