Admissions Office Lowers SAT Subject Test Requirement

Students applying to Harvard this fall will be required to submit two SAT Subject Test scores, one less than the number required of applicants in previous years.

Admissions officer Valerie Beilenson helps load decision letters that will be delivered to applicants for the class of 2014 onto a mail truck outside of the admissions office on Apr. 1, 2010. A record 6.8 percent of applicants was granted a spot in the Harvard College class of 2014.

15-Year-Old Whiz Kid To Join Harvard

Zachary A. Young is finishing his sophomore year at Stuyvesant High School in New York, but unlike most high school sophomores, Young will be coming to Harvard in the fall as a member of the Class of 2014. He's 15.

Yield May Top 76 Percent for Class of 2014

Harvard’s yield may climb above 76 percent this year, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 announced Monday.

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Prefrosh's Acceptance Rescinded Over Facebook Status?

According to sources in the blogosphere, a high school senior was accepted by Harvard to join the Class of 2014 but then had his offer rescinded when he supposedly invited Harvard to "kiss [his] ass" in a Facebook status update. We at FlyBy set out to debunk the myth.

Faust Welcomes 2014 Admits

High school seniors and their families traveled from all regions of the country and the globe to Cambridge this weekend, hoping to sample life at Harvard before making their college decisions.

Visitas: Meet the Class of 2014

For those of you who feel as if you haven't had the chance to get to know the Class of 2014, we here at FlyBy would like to introduce the Class of 2014 in a short video.

Admissions: One in Sixty

We’ve all seen the ominous headlines: “record-breaking” number of applications and “new low” acceptance rates. For applicants, it’s as if every year the ceiling keeps inching higher and higher out of reach. With over 30,000 students applying to Harvard, college admissions can feel more like a labyrinth than a marathon—one in which the odds are overwhelmingly against your finding the egress. This year, out of every 14 students who applied to Harvard, just 1 was admitted. An article in The Washington Post recently asked if this meant that 1 in every 50 seniors in the country applied to Harvard.

It’s Senioritis Season

It’s that time of year again. Admissions letters (and e-mails) are out, previously unreachable college admissions officers are calling you off the hook, and suddenly high school feels oh-so-passé. The Intel-winning genius in your physics class? He’s on the field playing Ultimate instead of taking a practice AP. Missing valedictorian? Better hope he/she will be back for graduation. Whether you call it senior slump, senior slide, or senioritis, it is highly contagious and supremely difficult to eradicate.

Admissions Phone-a-thon

Jessica Yuan '11 chats on the phone with an admitted student as part of the Undergraduate Admissions Council’s Spring Phone-a-Thon, which took place on Saturday, April 3. (CORRECTION: An earlier version of the caption for this April 5 news photograph incorrectly stated that the Admissions Council's Spring Phone-a-Thon took place on March 3. In fact, it took place on April 3. The caption has been changed to reflect the error.)

Playing the Odds

If you’re a gambling man, you might be better off taking your money to Vegas than putting it on admission to any Ivy League school. This year Harvard had a 6.9 percent acceptance rate. Book of Odds, a Web site which describes itself as “a reference on the odds of everyday life,” has converted that number into betting style odds.

Senior admissions officer David L. Evans and his colleagues enjoy champagne, cheese, and crackers as they celebrate the send-off of the decisions on which they have deliberated for the past three months.

Admissions officers smile and cheer as the last box of decision letters is loaded onto the truck to be sent to students around the world.

Admissions officer Valerie Beilenson helps load decision letters that will be delivered to applicants for the class of 2014 onto a mail truck outside of the Admissions Office. 6.8% of applicants were granted a spot in the Harvard College Class of 2014.

Decision Day 2010: Rejected From Harvard

Chances are that you’ve heard the names of famous people who graduated from Harvard. But what about the ones who never made it past the admissions process?

Introducing the Class of 2014

At 5 p.m. yesterday, about 30,000 high school seniors had an e-mail from the Harvard College admissions office arrive in their inbox. Of those 30,000 or so students, only 2,110 were lucky enough to be accepted to Harvard. And of those 2,110, only 5 were lucky enough to be interviewed by FlyBy just hours later. Here are their stories.

Today in Photos (04/02/10)

Ursula Oppens, pianist and Blodgett distinguished artist, performs pieces from John Corigliano to Elliot Carter in Paine Hall yesterday.