Harvard no longer an exclusive common app user...?

Applying to College
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<p>I noticed that in the [Exclusive Common App user list](<a href=“http://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/ExclusiveUsers.aspx”>http://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/ExclusiveUsers.aspx&lt;/a&gt;) Harvard is no longer listed?</p>

<p>Does this mean that next year harvard will have both their own app
and the common app (like Princeton)?</p>

<p>anybody in the know … :confused:</p>

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<p>There must be somebody out there who visited Harvard recently
who should know more about this …?</p>

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<p>Does it matter?</p>

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<p>apparently it does matter according to at least the hernandez book
on college application…</p>

<p>…i have no hard stats for example on folks who apply to Pton
and use Common App V Pton App who are comparable…</p>

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<p>Don’t believe everything you read in books.</p>

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<p>Common app with their supplement and something called the Universal app …
seems to be the two types of app Harvard is using for 2008.</p>

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<p>universities sign a contract saying they give equal weight to common app or their own app.</p>

<p>but it’s like signing ocntract saying they dont discriminate against race…lol
mentally it perhaps still affects just like a urm does.
when 2 similar applicants are going for one spot, they might take the one using the university’s own app.
probably a very minor thing though, less than AA, sports recruitment, legacy…etc</p>

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<p>This will explain it
<a href=“http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/06/28/apps[/url]”>http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/06/28/apps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;