Harvard College will eliminate early admission beginning in the fall of 2007. This policy outlined applies to students applying during the fall of 2006.
1. Students applying to Harvard under the Early Action program are not ordinarily permitted to apply early elsewhere in the fall, either under Early Action or Early Decision programs. Harvard will rescind its offer of admission to a student who does so.
Students are allowed to apply in the fall to public institutions under non-binding rolling or Early Action programs, and they may apply to colleges under Interim Decision programs that inform applicants of admission after January 1. They may also apply to any institution under its Regular Action program, and to foreign colleges and universities on any application schedule.
After students receive notification from Harvard's Early Action program (around December 15), they are free to apply to any institution under any plan, including binding programs such as Early Decision II.
2. Students admitted under an Early Decision program at another college must withdraw any pending application to Harvard and are not eligible for admission.