Admissions
Legacy Admit Rate at 30 Percent
Harvard’s acceptance rate for legacies has hovered around 30 percent.
Gap Years: A Chance To Explore The World
Since winter break, Ben Yu has traveled solo to eastern Africa, Egypt, and California, and is currently in China.
Prefrosh Discuss Thoughts on Harvard
We asked what the prospective Class of 2015 thought about Harvard. Check out their responses—from comparisons to other Ivy League schools to complaints about the weather—in this video.
Visitas Reworks Faculty Panels
Faculty panels during Visitas, Harvard’s program for prospective freshmen that ended yesterday, have been retooled to resemble “Harvard Thinks Big,” which the director of Visitas hopes has made them “more dynamic and less dry.”
Admittedly Confused
An admitted student of Harvard's class of 2015 asks her student host a question during Visitas, Harvard College's preview weekend for admitted students.
Harvard Was Not Always So Selective
During the late 19th century, Harvard put out advertisements encouraging prospective students to apply up until the very last days of summer. In an 1870 New York Times advertisement, the University boasted that 185 of the 210 candidates who took the entrance exam at the June examination were ultimately accepted. That's enough to get any Tiger Mom drooling.
Crowded Visitas
Admitted students of Harvard's class of 2015 and current Harvard students stand in an overcrowded shuttle, a common problem during Visitas.
Record Number to Attend Visitas
A record 1,350 admitted students are expected to descend upon Cambridge this weekend for Visitas, Harvard College’s visiting program for ...
Waitlisted Senior Sings to Harvard To Admit Her
When high school senior Grace E. Oberhofer found out she was waitlisted two weeks ago, she did what we all wished we had the guts to do in order to give her application a boost: she wrote a song to Harvard and posted it on YouTube.
Harvard Admissions Letters Loaded onto Postal Trucks
Admissions officers and student employees in the admissions office form a line to pass along admissions letters to the waiting postal truck.
Harvard Admissions Letters Loaded onto Mailing Trucks
Harvard College admissions letters were loaded onto postal trucks on Wednesday and mailed out to applicants to the Class of 2015.
Decisions on Hold: Examining the Waitlist
Being waitlisted is typically less upsetting than outright rejection for students. But critics say the waitlist process is opaque and uncertain.
Harvard Accepts Record Low 6.2 Percent of Applicants to the Class of 2015
Notification letters were mailed yesterday afternoon to 2,158 students, who were selected from a pool of 34,950—the largest number of applicants ever.
Waitlist Letters
This year, thousands of students will open their letters to find that they are neither accepted nor rejected — they are waitlisted.
Admissions 2011
The Harvard Admissions Office mails out decision letters to Class of 2015 applicants. A record-low 6.2% of applicants received acceptances this year.
College Applications Increase Stress
This pressure has not only detracted from students’ high school experiences but has also impacted the broader educational environment even at young ages.
Harvard Accepts Record Low 6.2 Percent of Applicants to the Class of 2015
Harvard College today offered admission to a record low 6.2 percent of the applicants to the class of 2015. This group of accepted students was selected from an application pool of nearly 35,000 students—more than applied in any previous year.
Experts Unsure of Harvard's Return to Early Action Admissions
Harvard’s decision to bring back early action has received mixed reviews from admissions experts.
A Glimpse Inside Harvard Admissions
Get a taste of the Harvard admissions decision-making process.
Inside the Harvard Admissions Process
Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons '67 takes The Crimson on an exclusive inside look at the Harvard College admissions process.
Yardfest Overlaps Prefrosh Weekend
For the first time since its inception six years ago, Yardfest will fall during the visiting weekend for high school students who have been offered admission to the College.
Mother Sues Preschool for Damaging Daughter's Shot at the Ivy League
Think the rush to get your kids into Ivy League schools starts in high school? Think again.
Roving Reporter: Early Action Returns to Harvard
The Harvard Crimson's Editorial staff sent out a roving reporter to see how the public is reacting to the return of Early Action to Harvard.
Mixed Opinions on Early Action
Following Harvard’s announcement last week that its early action admissions program would return next fall, undergraduates—except for seniors—at the College seemed to react with a collective shrug, never having an opportunity to apply early to Harvard themselves.