Harvard Interview/acceptance chances

[blump]

Does anyone know how many interviews Harvard gives out and what your chances of acceptances are if you are offered an interview?

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[brs23]

I think its about a 3:1 ratio for acceptance...and I think they interview about 750

Does anyone know how many interviews Harvard gives out and what your chances of acceptances are if you are offered an interview?

 

[blump]

Does anyone know how many interviews Harvard gives out and what your chances of acceptances are if you are offered an interview?

Thank you!

 

[kathy80]

Yepper.

Here's what US News reports for the enrolling class of 2003: 5,367 applicants, 722 interviews, 250 acceptances, 165 matriculants.

 

[Joplin3141]

Their website also has statistics for the 2004 entering class (similar numbers, although I don't remember them exactly).

 

[kakashi]

I had read in past threads that the acceptance rate is a bit different for NP vs HST though since the final enrollment for HST is smaller. Anyone know the specific numbers per program?

 

[ellia08]

good point! I wouldnt mind knowing that.

 

[Cat's Meow]

I had read in past threads that the acceptance rate is a bit different for NP vs HST though since the final enrollment for HST is smaller. Anyone know the specific numbers per program?

From what someone told me, the entering HST class is really small--like 35 students or something. But I don't know how many students apply for HST and are then interviewed and accepted 😕

 

[calstudent]

From what someone told me, the entering HST class is really small--like 35 students or something. But I don't know how many students apply for HST and are then interviewed and accepted 😕

yah, the US news info. doesn't separate it.
i think HMS has 5 colleges, 4 of which are new pathways and the other is HST (or maybe it is 4 colleges total, 3 of which are new pathways?), and the total # of people in each are the same.

 

[krelian]

Do people with HST interviews get automatically invited for NP interviews (assuming they applied to both programs)? Or, do they still have to wait in queue like everyone else?

 

[CarleneM]

Do people with HST interviews get automatically invited for NP interviews (assuming they applied to both programs)? Or, do they still have to wait in queue like everyone else?

No, they do not automatically get invited. I know that many do get both interviews but it isn't by default. I know of a couple people who applied to HST and NP and only have a HST interview thus far.

 

[neuropower]

as i was sitting around waiting for my new pathway interview, i calculated the stats from last year. ~15% get interviews and ~20% of interviewees get accepted. overall 3-4% acceptance rate.

 

[ellia08]

as i was sitting around waiting for my new pathway interview, i calculated the stats from last year. ~15% get interviews and ~20% of interviewees get accepted. overall 3-4% acceptance rate.

Was that calculated from the us news data or from data for new pathways alone?

(If it was new pathways alone it would imply that the there is a higher acceptance rate off the interviews for HST -- which seems odd but not unbelievable. Yeah yeah I know I think too hard)

 

[MaKiaveli]

i too have done some calculations lol, but they seem to differ from neuropower's. from last year's stats (posted online at the HMS website), i figure about 36% of interviewees get accepted, whereas about 14-15% get interviews in the first place. how this plays out in terms of HST/NP numbers, i don't know...and by no means is this the definite statistic. just my two cents.

MK

 

[BeatArmy]

as i was sitting around waiting for my new pathway interview, i calculated the stats from last year. ~15% get interviews and ~20% of interviewees get accepted. overall 3-4% acceptance rate.

Is that 20% of interviewees get accepted, or 20% matriculate? I think you are using the class size number (~165), not the acceptee number (~250).

Apparently about a third of the people accepted to HMS don't accept. Surprisingly high percentage, at least to me.

 

[gobblety_gook]

Is that 20% of interviewees get accepted, or 20% matriculate? I think you are using the class size number (~165), not the acceptee number (~250).

Apparently about a third of the people accepted to HMS don't accept. Surprisingly high percentage, at least to me.

A LOT of people who get into HMS have the awful ( 🙄 ) choice of choosing between HMS and a free ride somewhere else...and for some ppl, $ is a big issue so they take the free ride...

Many of the students I talked to while I was there turned down a free ride to be at HMS...but just be prepared to make that 200k investment!

 

[Cat's Meow]

A LOT of people who get into HMS have the awful ( 🙄 ) choice of choosing between HMS and a free ride somewhere else...and for some ppl, $ is a big issue so they take the free ride...

Many of the students I talked to while I was there turned down a free ride to be at HMS...but just be prepared to make that 200k investment!

the average debt coming out of harvard is like $75,000

 

[SanDiegoSOD]

the average debt coming out of harvard is like $75,000

Harvard does usually offer substantial financial aid, but that $75,000 number is way off - it includes students whose families pay for medical school and accumulate no debt.

 

[Fermata]

Harvard does usually offer substantial financial aid, but that $75,000 number is way off - it includes students whose families pay for medical school and accumulate no debt.

Bingo.

 

[neuropower]

Is that 20% of interviewees get accepted, or 20% matriculate? I think you are using the class size number (~165), not the acceptee number (~250).

Apparently about a third of the people accepted to HMS don't accept. Surprisingly high percentage, at least to me.

yeah you are totally right about how i used the class size number instead of the accepted number. i got 165 from the book they gave us at the interview and i didn't think about that distinction. so the 30% acceptance rate after interviews seems more reasonable. i like that number better anyway!

 

[Cat's Meow]

what i don't understand is that harvard has soooo much money (literally billions) in its endowment. why don't they fund better financial aid?

😕 😕 😕 😕 😕 😕

nonetheless, about the 75K: compared to other private schools, harvard is cheaper (on the average).

 

[MWillie]

what i don't understand is that harvard has soooo much money (literally billions) in its endowment. why don't they fund better financial aid?

😕 😕 😕 😕 😕 😕

nonetheless, about the 75K: compared to other private schools, harvard is cheaper (on the average).

A school doesn't get or keep a huge endowment by writing a lot of checks.

 

[Cat's Meow]

A school doesn't get or keep a huge endowment by writing a lot of checks.

Yeah, but come on! Billions?

 

[sidewalkman]

Financial aid doesn't matter if enough of the type of student Harvard wants are willing to pay.

 

[Cat's Meow]

Financial aid doesn't matter if enough of the type of student Harvard wants are willing to pay.

True, but what if Harvard is losing some "top notch" students to other schools that are giving better financial aid (i.e., Stanford)?

 

[Cat's Meow]

Anyhow, I guess people give up a lot to go to medical school, including Harvard.

 

[IndyZX]

i didnt read the thread...

Harvard University

Applied Interviewed Accepted Enrolled INT/A O/INT M/O
Total: 5,367 722 250 165 13% 35% 66%
In-state: 354 54 30 21 15% 56% 70%
Out-of-state: 5,013 668 220 144 13% 33% 65%


yes, the formatting is jacked up, but you can figure it out.

 

[CarlosMielefan]

IndyZX!!!!!

Where you been, baby? Where you been?