Does having too many interests decrease chances of top universities? - HYP, Stanford, Caltech, MIT..

<p>^^ There are currently 32 students in total from Australia at Harvard (freshman, sophomores, juniors and seniors). I was dividing that number by 4 to get the average number of students Admissions would accept per year to maintain the same number of total students on campus. Of course, that total number will go up or down slightly every year, as Harvard might accept fewer (or greater) students from Australia in any given year. But, it’s likely not to jump from a total of 32 to say 42 – that’s just not realistic. With an 80% yield, I imagine Harvard might accept 9 or 10 students per year and look for one or two of them to decline.</p>