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Acceptance Letter To Harvard In Philadelphia
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Philadelphia
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Regular Decision candidates apply by January 1 and receive notification by the end of March.
Most importantly, the Applicant Portal is where you'll view your admissions decision. Most applicants receive an email reminding them to check their portal and view their decision about 15 minutes after decisions are released.
Average GPA: 4.2 This makes Harvard Extremely Competitive for GPAs. (Most schools use a weighted GPA out of 4.0, though some report an unweighted GPA. With a GPA of 4.2, Harvard requires you to be at the top of your class. You'll need nearly straight A's in all your classes to compete with other applicants.
You should also have a 4.2 GPA or higher. If your GPA is lower than this, you need to compensate with a higher SAT/ACT score. For a school as selective as Harvard, you'll also need to impress them with the rest of your application. We'll cover those details next.
Most successful applicants have a GPA of 4.0 (unweighted) or very close to that, with most admitted students falling well within the top 10% of their class. Typically, a competitive unweighted GPA for Harvard would be in the range of 3.9-4.0, and a weighted GPA should be around 4.5 or higher.
While there are always exceptions, students accepted into Harvard usually have a GPA of 3.9 or above (on a 4.0 scale), and often even closer to a perfect 4.0.
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.
Can I Get into Harvard with a Low GPA? While it's certainly possible to get into Harvard with a low GPA, as the numbers bear out, it's improbable. For the Class of 2027, a mere 2.21% of admitted students to Harvard had GPAs below 3.5.
Email admiss@fas.harvard. Looking for the undergraduate office of admissions? Find their contact information here.
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.
