HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HARVARD
ABOUT HARVARD
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HARVARD: THE QUICK
FACTS
• Type: Private University
• Location: Cambridge, MA
• Founded: 1636
• Enrollment: 6,710 undergraduates, 20,324
students in total
• Tuition: $48,949 (2017-2018)
• Average Financial Aid Award: $50,562
• Acceptance Rate: 5.2% (class of 2021)
• Average SAT Score: 2235 (class of 2020), roughly
equivalent to 1530 on the new SAT*
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Life on Campus
• Harvard offers unparalleled
resources to the University
community, including libraries,
laboratories, museums,
and research centers to support
scholarly work in nearly any field
or discipline.
• 98% of undergraduates living on
campus.
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STUDENTS AND CULTURE
Harvard students are
intelligent, driven young people with
great potential who appreciate a
rigorous academic experience. Their
numbers include currently high-profile
people like Olympic athletes and
children of well-known figures, as well
as people who are destined for future
greatness.
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ADMISSIONS
TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID
2019 HARVARD ADMISSIONS
STATISTICS: CLASS OF 2023
A Harvard education is an expensive
commodity,
with
the
average
student’s
cost
of
attendance (including room, board,
books, and personal expenses)
adding up to roughly $67,000 for the
2017-2018 year.
Harvard’s acceptance rate in 2019 was
4.5%. Out of 43,330 applicants, 1,950
were accepted. The average GPA of
admitted applicants was 4.04, the
average ACT score was a 34, and the
average SAT score was 1540.
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ADMISSIONS STATISTICS
A BRIEF PROFILE OF THE ADMITTED
CLASS OF 2023
Harvard welcomes students from across the country
and all over the world, with diverse backgrounds and
far-ranging talents and interests.
Applicants
43,330
Admitted
2,009
Matriculates
1,650
Yield
82.1%
Admitted from the waiting list
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New England
16.6%
Middle Atlantic
21.8%
South
19.6%
Midwest
9.9%
Central
2.0%
Mountain
2.8%
Pacific
14.3%
Territories
0.3%
International
12.8%
GEOGRAPHICAL BREAKDOWN
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GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
Harvard Business
School
Harvard Divinity
School
Harvard Graduate
School of Arts and
Sciences
Harvard Graduate
School of Design
Harvard Graduate
School of
Education
Harvard Kennedy
School
Harvard Law
School
Harvard Medical
School
Harvard School of
Dental Medicine
Harvard John A.
Paulson School of
Engineering and
Applied Sciences
Harvard T.H. Chan
School of Public
Health
American
Repertory Theater
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GERMANIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
• Basic required courses: Eleven courses (44
credits).German 20a, 20b, or 20ab (or may be
waived on basis of equivalent preparation)
• Up to two courses in German on the 60 level
• Three additional courses in German on the 100
level or above.
• An additional three courses may be selected from
such fields as English; folklore and mythology;
government; history; history of art and
architecture; history of science; linguistics;
literature; music; philosophy; psychology;
religion; visual and environmental studies;
women, gender, and sexuality; and others,
including German itself.
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MOST FAMOUS HARVARD STUDENTS OF ALL TIME
BARACK OBAMA
BILL GATES
Former US President Barack
Obama entered Harvard Law
School in 1988 and eventually
became the
first
black
president of the Harvard Law
Review. During his time at the
school,
he
also
played
basketball on the black law
students' association team.
Bill Gates began studying at
Harvard in 1973 and decided
to major in applied math. He
dropped out two years later to
found Microsoft with his friend
Paul Allen. One of Gates'
former
roommates
told
Harvard Magazine that Gates
would study for 36 hours at a
time, with 10 hour breaks in
between.
FRANKLIN DELANO
ROOSEVELT
Former US president Franklin
Delano Roosevelt entered
Harvard in 1900, and he was
heavily
involved
in
extracurriculars. Roosevelt was
president of the Harvard
CRIMSON
newspaper,
secretary of the glee club, and
one of the founders of the
political society.
GEORGE W. BUSH
Former US president George W
Bush graduated from Harvard
Business School in 1975. He is
the only US president to
graduate with an MBA from
the school.
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STUDENT LIFE AND ACTIVITIES
Harvard students come from
all over the world and bring in a huge
range of exceptional talents and
backgrounds, and this is reflected in the
wide range of student activities
available. No matter if you’re interested
in athletics, politics, cultural groups, or
even rare hobbies, you’re likely to find
your people somewhere.
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THANK YOU
FOR YOUR
ATTENTION!