Announcements
10.16.09
Applicants - Check the Status of your Application Materials
The Application Status Website is a secure online portal where you can view information about your application. Through this portal you can update your contact information and track which pieces of your applications we have received. Please note: admissions decisions are not provided on this website.
09.29.09
Current Students will answer your questions on our Message Boards
Members of the Undergraduate Admissions Council (UAC) monitor the Admissions Message Boards. These students are available to answer your questions and help you learn more about the Harvard community.
07.22.09
A Message to our Applicants Regarding Online Fees
Ordinarily we can inform applicants who call about their fee payment status. Regrettably, this service will be unavailable from July 21 until September 7, 2009 while we upgrade our current system.
07.15.09
Meet the 2009 Summer Harvard Recruitment Program Coordinators
The Harvard Recruitment Program is staffed by current Harvard undergraduates and admissions staff who are dedicated to diversity and to recruiting talented students. Coordinators are equipped to address a full range of questions concerning academic and extracurricular opportunities at Harvard, as well as social and residential life. You can email them with any questions you may have about Harvard College.
07.08.09
Harvard Admission Programs in Your Hometown for the fall have been announced
Harvard Admissions Officers will travel this fall with representatives from Duke, Stanford, Penn, and Georgetown. Check to see if they are coming to your area. Planning of these events continues throughout the summer and early fall, so please check back for additional information on programs or events that may be planned in the future.
05.10.09
Plan a Visit to Harvard this summer
If your summer plans bring you to Cambridge, stop at Harvard for a tour and information session.
04.20.09
Harvard Admission Programs in Your Hometown
Harvard Admissions Officers are on the road this spring with representatives from Duke, Stanford, Penn, and Georgetown. Check to see if they are coming to your area.
04.01.09
Visiting Undergraduate Student Program
Application information for students who are interested in spending a term or a year studying at Harvard College.
03.15.09
E-mail Decision Notification
Admission decision e-mails will be sent on Tuesday, March 31st after 5pm (ET).
03.15.09
Spring Break Reminder
Spring Break at Harvard is March 23rd through March 29. During the break, there are no tours offered from the Admissions Visitor Center
01.23.09
Statement on Score Choice
Students applying to Harvard are free to use the College Board's new Score Choice option and/or a similar option already offered by ACT.
01.13.09
A Message to Our Applicants
We think it will be helpful to you to have a few guidelines and reminders as the evaluation process moves forward. Your cooperation (and that of your family) will be helpful to us.
12.10.07
Harvard announces sweeping middle-income initiative
Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith today (Dec. 10) announced a sweeping overhaul of financial aid policies designed to make Harvard College more affordable for families across the income spectrum. The new initiative focuses on ensuring greater affordability for middle- and upper-middle-income families through major enhancements to grant aid, the elimination of student loans, and the removal of home equity from financial aid calculations.
02.15.07
Harvard's 28th President
Read about President Drew Faust.
09.12.06
Harvard Eliminates Early Admission
Beginning Fall 2007, Harvard College will have one deadline for all Freshman Applicants.