Freshman applications to Harvard for the Class of 2016 fell nearly 2% after the college reinstated its early action program. Harvard received 34,285 applications down from 34,950 a year earlier. Other members of the Ivy League, Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania, also reported a decline in freshman applicants following years of record increases. [...]
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Harvard College Admits 18% of Early Applicants
December 15, 2011
December 15, 2011 — Harvard College announced that it accepted 18% of 4,231 early action applicants to the Class of 2016. These 772 students are the first group to be admitted early since Harvard eliminated its early admission process four-years ago. “Their academic, extracurricular, and personal promise are remarkable by any standard, and it will [...]
Harvard Accepts Record Low 6.2% of Applicants to the Class of 2015
March 30, 2011
Harvard College offered admission to a record low 6.2% of the applicants to the class of 2015. Accepted students were selected from a pool of nearly 35,000 students—more than had applied in any previous year. Accepted students are a diverse group — nearly 18% are Asian-American, 11.8% are African-American, 12.1% are Latino and nearly [...]
Harvard & Princeton Restore Early Admissions for Fall 2012 Class
February 24, 2011
Harvard College announced that it will restore its early admissions program starting this fall, four years after it eliminated the option on the grounds that it tended to attract better prepared students from families with higher incomes. On the same day Harvard made its announcement, Princeton revealed that it too would re-instate early action next [...]
Legacies Have Leg Up in College Admissions
October 7, 2010
Ever wonder about legacy preferences in college admissions? Richard D. Kahlenberg’s book “Affirmative Action for the Rich: Legacy Preferences in College Admissions” examines legacy admission practices at a number of institutions including Brown, Princeton, Harvard, Penn and Dartmouth.
New College Rankings from U.S. News and Forbes
August 14, 2010
U.S. News Best Colleges 2011 and Forbes America’s Best Colleges 2010 have dominated the college admissions headlines recently.
Harvard Reduces SAT Subject Test Requirement
August 12, 2010
Students applying to Harvard this fall (to the Class of 2015) will be required to submit two SAT Subject Test scores, one less than the three required in previous years.
Harvard Admits 6.9%
April 1, 2010
Harvard College admits 6.9% of applicant to Class of 2014 and wait lists an undisclosed, but thought to be large number of applicants.
Harvard Hikes Costs — Exceeds $50,000
March 20, 2010
The annual cost for attending Harvard College will exceed $50,000 next year as a result of a 3.8% increase in tuition, room, and board. Accompanying the $50,724 price tag will be a 9% percent increase in financial aid, keeping the average cost constant (~$11,500) for families receiving financial aid. More than 60%of Harvard undergraduates receive [...]
Record Applications to Princeton, Chicago, Brown, Penn, Duke, Stanford, MIT…..
January 25, 2010
Harvard, Princeton, Brown, Penn, Chicago and other universities received record numbers of applications for the Class of 2014.
About Lynn Lubell
Lynn Radlauer Lubell is the Publisher of InLikeMe.com, an internationally renowned website for college-bound students, parents and guidance counselors, and the Founder of Admission by Design, an educational consultancy.
A graduate of MIT and Harvard Business School, Lynn completed the IECA's Principles and Practices Institute for Educational Consultants and has broad expertise in college admission strategy and planning.
Lynn served on the MIT Educational Council for ten years interviewing hundreds of undergraduate applicants.
Based in Boca Raton, Florida, Admission by Design, consults with students and families in South Florida and beyond.