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Harvard's admissions process is famous for sending out Likely Letters to promising applicants. They send them out after an applicant has submitted a full application, but prior to the release of Regular Decision acceptance letters. Sometimes, admissions officers will call students instead of sending them a letter.
All Ivy League schools send out likely letters. These schools know they are competing with each other for top applicants. They each want to improve their yield rates and the chance that these top applicants will choose to attend their school.
How long does it take for an acceptance letter to be sent out? There's no standard for how long it takes colleges to send out acceptance letters, but generally, if you applied under regular decision, you can expect letters to begin arriving between mid-March and mid-April.
The GPA requirements for Harvard University are between 3.9 to 4.1. You will need an incredibly high GPA and will likely be graduating at the top of their class in order to get into Harvard University.
Harvard's admissions process is famous for sending out Likely Letters to promising applicants. They send them out after an applicant has submitted a full application, but prior to the release of Regular Decision acceptance letters. Sometimes, admissions officers will call students instead of sending them a letter.
The acceptance rate at Harvard is 3.5%. In other words, of 100 students who apply, only 4 are admitted. This means the school is very selective. Scores are vital to getting past their first round of filters. After that, you will need to impress them beyond just your academic scores.
For example, Vanderbilt invites 200 students to their MOSAIC Program, but admits around 2,000 students yearly—in other words, only around 10% of accepted students get a likely letter. Similarly, in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania received 37,267 applications and only accepted 3,697 students.
Applicants are notified by email when a decision is available to view in the Applicant Portal, normally by March 15. You can log in to the Applicant Portal to check the status of your application and track the receipt of required materials.
Restrictive Early Action candidates apply by November 1 and receive notification by mid-December. Regular Decision candidates apply by January 1 and receive notification by the end of March.