What are my chances?

gibby
Sun, 05 Feb 2017 23:10:37 +0000

As you have an 800 on Math II, I’m sure you can appreciate the quantifiables. William Fitzsimmons is on record as saying that 80% of all Harvard applicants could do the work on their campus and 40% of all applicants have an absolutely stellar academic record.

Let’s do the math: 36,000 applicants times .40 = 14,400 applicants with a stellar academic record, which includes GPA and test scores. However, Harvard only has room for 1,660 incoming freshman – and about half of those slots were taken up with students accepted in the SCEA round. So, approximately 13,000 students are rejected every year with stellar academic records – meaning perfect GPA’s and test scores or ones that are near perfect, just like yours. Will you be one of the lucky RD acceptances? None of us know!