Harvard and class rank

Multiverse7
Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:46:25 +0000

If I read what you’ve written correctly, your class rank of 62/352 will appear on your transcript. Even though Harvard says they do not consider class rank, with a 3% RD acceptance rate they are looking for the best and the brightest and so I would assume AOs would have have a hard time ignoring that there are 61 kids ranked higher than you in your HS. Almost all of the kids I know who were accepted to Harvard (including myself) were ranked at or near the very top of the class. The only kids that weren’t had very substantial hooks like being a recruited athlete. I hope you are successful but I do think you should not have high expectations and you apply to good mix of match and safety schools as well. Good luck!