Acceptance Rates--Reality Check

spanglish
Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:52:39 +0000

I think a better way to put it, and what I think you are trying to say, is that having high SAT scores is a necessary but not sufficient condition for getting into Harvard.



Exactly, well put.

On another note, I really don’t think that Harvard is that much more selective than other Ivy (caliber) schools. I know far too many people that just apply to Harvard on a whim (its essay is optional…) because their parents want them to or because they have a “chance” of getting in…even though their true reaches are NYU or BC. That influx of applicants just makes it look like Harvard has a lower acceptance rate relative to other schools (Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Chicago) which are generally more selective in their applicant pool.