📖 Private Ivy League

Harvard University

📍 Cambridge, Massachusetts • United States

Harvard University, founded in 1636, is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and a founding member of the Ivy League. Renowned for its transformative residential House system, world-leading faculty, and boundless research resources.

Testing Policy

Test-Required

Harvard College has reinstated the standardized testing requirement. Applicants are required to submit SAT or ACT scores. In exceptional cases where testing is inaccessible, specific approved alternative tests are considered.

Institutional Selectivity

Most Competitive (~3.59%)

54,007 applicants with 1,937 admitted students. Harvard evaluates applicants using comprehensive whole-person review.

Language Proficiency

Holistic Assessment

English tests are optional but strongly recommended if your native language is not English and your secondary school instruction was not in English.

Key Application Timelines & Rounds

Restrictive Early Action (Non-Binding)

Deadline: November 1

Decision: Mid-December

Regular Decision

Deadline: January 1

Decision: Late March (Ivy Day)

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