General
Information
Admission
Financial Aid
Student
Body
Harvard is more than a university
– it's a tradition. No other American institution of
higher learning has such a prominent place in the
nation's history or imagination. Harvard, founded in
1636, is the oldest university in the United States (and
the oldest corporation in the Americas). It is perhaps
the U.S. university that is both closest to the British
model of university education, yet distinctly American
in identity and outlook. Harvard was founded as a small
institution with the mission of educating Protestant
clergy. It grew as the United States did, expanding in
size and scope, and diversifying its student and
teaching communities. Today a Harvard degree commands
respect not only in the United States, but around the
world – Harvard counts seven U.S. presidents among its
alumni, and over 40 Nobel laureates among its current
and former faculty.
Harvard is located in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, on a campus just across the Charles River
from Boston. This is a highly urban setting that joins
colonial-era buildings and landmarks with Massachusetts'
burgeoning hi-tech industry. Harvard is a large
university, with high-profile graduate and professional
programs. Almost two-thirds of its approximately 19,500
students are enrolled in its professional and graduate
schools (which include the world-renowned Medical
School, the Business School,
the Law School, the John F. Kennedy School of
Government, the Divinity School, the School of Public
Health, and the Graduate School of Education). Despite
the university's size, the Harvard educational
experience is usually an intense and companionable one,
with students benefiting from low student-to-faculty
ratios and opportunities to get involved with the local
community. Connections made at Harvard often last a
lifetime, with graduates becoming part of a vigorous
network of over 270,000 alumni.
Harvard
University
Undergraduate
Admission Office
Byerly Hall
Eight Garden
Street
Cambridge,
MA 02138
Phone: (617)
495 - 1551
Private
Founded 1636
No religious
affiliation
Urban
Semester
Admission Director: William Fitzsimmons
Phone: (617)
495 - 1551
Email: college@fas.harvard.edu
Early
action
Harvard ended its Early Action
admissions program in 2007.
Regular decision
Regular decision application deadline: January 1.
Decisions are mailed in early April.
Transfers
Transfer application deadline: February 15.
Decisions are made in May.
Test scores
Harvard requires scores from the
SAT or the ACT (with Writing) plus 3 SAT Subject Tests.
There is no
preference between the SAT I and ACT.
Applicants should take the ACT by mid-February and/or the SAT I and II by mid January.
The
Common
Application is used together with supplemental forms.
Campus visit:
not required
Interview:
may be arranged
Top 10% of
high school students: 95%
SAT score (25/75 percentile): 2080-2370
ACT score (25/75 percentile): 31-34
Tuition and fees for 2008-2009:
$32,557
Room and board for 2008-2009: $14,658
Two-thirds of Harvard students receive financial aid
in some form, such as grants, loans, and/or part-time work.
In March 2004, Harvard announced the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative,
a financial aid program designed to
broaden the diversity of the undergrad student body.
Under this program, Harvard no longer
requires households earning less than $60,000 per year
to pay toward students' tuition or room and board.
International students qualify for the same amount of
financial assistance under this program that U.S.
citizens do.
Undergrad student body: 6,648
5 year graduation
rate: 95%
Male/female ratio: 50% / 50%
International: 9%
Out of state
students: 86%
Students
living in campus housing: 97%
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