accepted!!!
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THATS INSANE. im so proud of you.
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We secured another admission to Harvard. We are from Rwanda 
. This year we secured 2 to MIT and 1 to Harvard 
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Congratulations. With your great work, I see Rwanda is following NE Asian countries in the great game of involution -:ïŒ
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This is amazing for you!! CONGRATS!!
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Congratulations to those who made it to Harvard class of 2028. My DD is an aspiring high school junior trying to decide whether to EA to Harvard or play it safe and ED to another Ivy. Her stats are very high 1500s, all As, 14 APs and all 5s so far. Varsity soccer and has a fairly strong STEM extracurricular.
Thank you in advance for all your suggestions and advice.
Based on my own experience which my DD got waitlists (Harvard/Dartmouth) 2028, I would suggest if you can afford it, apply ED. My DD has a very high stats, Valedictorian, U.S. Presidential Scholars candidate (result not come out yet), 19 APs (most of them are 5s, and some 4s), 35 ACT (not superscore)strong ECS, leaderships (class president 10,11,12) and many other VPâŠ), Presidential Volunteer award, and good essays (I think). She got a 10 on ACT writing portion, btw. She also got waitlist at WashU while her friend, who has everything lower than her, got in ED at WashU with no scholarship/no aid. Her friend pays full price, almost 100k.
A little bit sad because we canât afford to pay 100k for her to apply ED :-(. Anyway, my DD got in some other top schools, but still have to pay around 35k/year, but we are thinking in state school which she has a full ride (and additional scholarship from State) then go to med school post undergrad.
Good luck to your DD. College schools are so unpredictable.
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Thank you for sharing your experience. This is very helpful. Now a days ED seem to have a better chance, if you can afford it. I hope your DD gets off the waitlist soon.
EA is not helpful at Harvard. They defer the majority of the applicant pool and only take the tippy tippy top of the class in the early round. Unless she has some national level ECs I would recommend RD for Harvard and EA at another Ivy. I applied to Princeton early and found out I was rejected then⊠better to know than to have to wait another 4 months just to get rejected (but everything worked out, Iâm heading to Cornell in the fall!)
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Thank you.
Your Daughter needs to decide if she really wants to go to Harvard and has to be honest if she is truly competitive to get in. Meaning she has the grades, test scores but much more importantly because they all have the first two, a narrative of ECs outside of school. Opportunities she has found and developed that tell the story of what she aspires to do in life. If so it is a no brainer to EA Harvard. Since the other Ivy is ED I will assume it is not HYP. So here in lies the rub. If she does not have this and money is no object then ED the other Ivy but only if she actually wants to go there and will be happy there. There is still an advantage in admission in the EA/ED ivy process. I think more so in the ED ones.
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Having just gone through the admission process, the #1 thing I saw was kids being disappointed/disillusioned that they didnât get into an Ivy or Ivy+, despite having âgreat stats.â The top colleges get 30,000+ applications and they, for the most part, have stats similar to your daughterâs - if not better. Just be very aware that what youâve listed as your daughterâs stats do not make her a competitive candidate for Harvard unless there is something youâve left out that really makes her stand out. Recruited athlete? Are you from a very rural underserved area? Things like that can boost her chances. One student I know this year was a double legacy, 1600 SAT, computer research at top 5 university, and he didnât get in. Just be aware how brutal it is out there. I canât see EA being helpful at Harvard. She would have a better chance at another Ivy or Ivy+ ED school. Sorry for this being so negative, Iâve just seen far too many parents and students overestimate their stats / chances. Apply to a wide range of schools and good luck!
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The litigation data suggested REA was a boost. If it still is is another question.
@GoodForNothingDad, Iâd say your daughter with these stats is competitive, but what does that mean (for this or any highly selective school)? It means she is one of 20,000 to maybe 30,000 students out of 55,000± vying for 2000 spots. Subtract from that say 200-250 students who are recruited athletes or special admits (donors, powerful, well known parents) then subtract another number in the hundreds associated with strong hooks, like legacy and after the SCOTUs opinion, low SES/under resourced school districts. So that means your daughter is competing based on something compelling in her application found in her ECâs, essays and LoRâs that allow her to stand out vs other applicants with similar stats. Her chances are 0 if she doesnât apply.
I also think there is no such thing as âplaying it safeâ through ED. For some schools, especially as you go down the ladder of selectivity, there is a boost, but the applicant still has to be an outstanding student that the college wants to snatch and yield. I would not use ED primarily has an application strategy. I would only use it if the school is a first choice (or a close second) and you are not worried about FA. A better strategy is to REA HYPS and apply early or rolling to a number of state schools. From a tactical perspective, you can get more useful info from Y and S as they defer a fewer number of students (less than 20%) so that you can get a better gauge on the relative strength of your kidsâ app. H defers a huge percentage of early applicants, so being deferred tells you almost nothing. A reject does mean you have to shoot lower or there is likely something fatally wrong with one or more of the application components.
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Both of my kids are IVY students. Neither had a 4.0 or 1600 and also unhooked. It takes more than the stats. What are your Dâs ECâs anything outside of school? Anything state and or national level? If not than that is where the admission possibility starts to drops.
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After academics (GPA/scores/most demanding curriculumâŠdifferent from absolutely demanding curriculum), the essays are the next filter. Iâd have her spend 3 months on her main essay and a similar amount of time on her additional essays. Varsity sport used to be enough when I was a college applicant but state or international competition is also helpful. But the essays are very important as a majority of the applicant pool is likely qualified on academics alone. This combination admitted me into a strong ivy MBA program, one child into the same ivy ED, and one into Harvard RD.
i made a thread for the fellow waitlists if anyoneâs interested: Harvard University Waitlist Class of 2028
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Mine has an international award for: Empowering young women in public service ⊠in the acceptance feedback they specifically referred to that.
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