Despite the high numbers — around twice the expected total number of students who will be accepted — Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William Fitzsimmons told The Harvard Crimson that “we’re never concerned about the numbers. It’s always about the quality. And the impression so far is that the quality is very, very high.”
Fitzsimmons added that the admissions office had no estimate or quotas on the number of students admitted early.
Addressing concerns that early application programs give advantages to more affluent students, Fitzsimmons said that while the group is “a very diverse group ethnically,” it is also less diverse than the class will be as a whole.
“It is certainly true that if you look at students from most ethnic backgrounds and certainly true for students who need financial aid, they are much less likely to have access to counseling that other students would have,” he said.
The deadline for Harvard’s early action, Nov. 1, was extended by three days as a result of adverse weather on the East Coast.
Princeton, which also reinstated its early application program this year, received 3,547 applications, and Yale received 4,310.
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