Math and economics at Yale

arwarw
Fri, 26 Jun 2015 16:46:51 +0000

^So, just from Mumbai alone that would mean 70% x 1,000 applicants = 700 Harvard applicants.

Based on Brown’s numbers I would have guessed about 1,000 applying to Harvard College from ALL of India - but even at half that, it means 500 students from India applying for just 5 spots.

It’s too bad about the brand thing in China and India (and everywhere else I suppose). I’m sure Harvard is fantastic, but is the intrinsic undergrad experience that much worse at colleges like Pomona, Williams, Deep Springs, Swarthmore etc…? I get the financial aid thing, but some of those other colleges also offer aid, and I’m guessing there are some full-pay Chinese and Indians applying.

Sorry to digress from the original question.