Early Action to Harvard?

Emma27
Sun, 30 Aug 2015 05:48:08 +0000

If you are a strong applicant, I suppose the worst that could happen if you apply SCEA is that you get deferred. FWIW: Harvard defers most applicants in the SCEA round: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/12/977-admitted-to-class-of-2019-under-early-action/
In addition to the 977 admitted students, 4,292 were deferred and will be considered again in the Regular Action process, while 541 were denied, 19 withdrew, and 90 were incomplete.

Thank you! This was helpful! My scores are above the ones you mentioned so I’m guessing I’d be able to apply for SCEA. Is it more likely to be deferred than actually rejected? From what you posted, it seems like a whole lot were deferred and not very many rejected. What are your chances of getting in if you’ve been deferred? Sorry for all the questions! Did both your kids get into HYP?