Harvard Application Increased

“A record-breaking number of more than 29,000 students have applied for spots in Harvard’s class of 2013, up about 5 percent from last year’s 27,462 applicants, the admissions office announced today. With an increase in applicants but the same number of spots available, this year’s admissions season is poised to be even more competitive than last year’s.” – quoted from Harvard Crimson.

According to William Fitzsimmons, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, the admission rate will be lower than usual since Harvard is expecting to have only 1660 seats available for the new freshman class.  They are expecting to offer less number of admissions to the applicants, offer less admissions in April then go to the waitlist to fill spots.

Yale has also announced that they had a great increase in the number of applicants this year. Both of these schools offer great financial aid packages to students so that students do not have to rely on student loan to pay for their education.  So…  Does this increase in the number of applicants at both of these top notch schools have anything to do with the economic difficulties?  What do you think?

Good luck to all the applicants!