Affirmative Action at Harvard

Alan Dershowitz, the constitutional law scholar and professor emeritus of Harvard Law School who sure does love to see his mug on TV, recently penned an editorial for The Wall Street Journal calling for an end to the consideration of race in Harvard’s admissions process. As Dershowitz points out, the … 

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Where MIT Goes The Rest Do Not Follow

Loyal readers have likely discerned that there are quite a few recurring themes over the years on the pages of Ivy Coach’s college admissions blog. One such theme? Where Harvard leads, the rest tend to follow. If Harvard drops test score requirements, other elite universities soon drop test score requirements. … 

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Harvard Extends Test-Optional Admissions Policy

Over the nearly 30 years in which we’ve been reporting on elite college admissions, there have been many trends. Colleges doing away with legacy admissions. Colleges switching to virtual tours and information sessions due to the pandemic. Colleges delaying the reporting of admissions statistics. But one trend has remained a … 

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ALDCs at Harvard

Would it surprise you that 43% of white students at Harvard University fit neatly into one of the following categories?: recruited athletes, legacies, development cases (a.k.a. Dean’s Interest List), and/or children of faculty/staff? If you’re a regular reader of our college admissions blog, it likely doesn’t surprise you one bit. … 

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Harvard Admissions Events to Remain Virtual

Harvard University has decided to keep its admissions events virtual through at least January 2022. That’s right. There will be no in-person information sessions or tours at Harvard through the rest of 2021 due to the spread of the Delta variant. And while there was a glimmer of hope earlier … 

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Harvard Class of 2025 Yield

Harvard University has announced that 85% of students admitted to its Class of 2025 will be matriculating. This marks a record yield for the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based institution. To put the figure in context, for the Class of 2024, 81% of admits chose to matriculate. The previous record high yield was … 

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DOJ Continues Investigating Harvard Admissions

Will Harvard University soon let out a sigh of relief? Under the current administration, the United States Department of Justice has waged war on highly selective universities, including Harvard University. In the Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University case in which Harvard was accused of discriminating against Asian Americans … 

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On Harvard’s Anti-Semitic Legacy

Recently, we wrote a blog that shined a lantern on an article in The Forward by Mitchell Bard entitled “It’s Time for Harvard to Reckon with Its Anti-Semitic Legacy.” The piece in The Forward focuses on a former Harvard president, A. Lawrence Lowell, who instituted quotas in Harvard’s admissions process … 

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Harvard Class of 2024 Profile

Curious about the breakdown of the admitted students who chose to matriculate as members of Harvard’s Class of 2024? Wonder no more as we’ve got this data for our readers. A few headlines? More than half of matriculants will be women. A year after Harvard claimed victory — pending appeal … 

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Harvard’s Recruitment of African American Applicants

Yesterday, we wrote about how all of our nation’s elite colleges market to students who don’t have a shot of earning admission (in addition to marketing to students who do have a shot of earning admission). And why? To increase their applications, to invariably lower their admission rates, and to … 

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