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SRC-062: college.harvard.edu

Official page published by Harvard College, retrieved 9 September 2026 and coded into 3 governed signals.

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Official URL: https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/apply/first-year-applicants
Publisher domain: college.harvard.edu
Institutions: Harvard College
Retrieved: 9 September 2026
Retrieval method: Full JavaScript render, headless Chrome
Source grade: A: official primary institutional page
Corpus layer: Frozen foundational source record
Signals supported: 3

LimitA source record shows what the official page said on the retrieval date. Institutions change their pages; the retrieval date is part of the evidence.

Signals coded from this source

SIG-087 Official source Harvard College

The first-year application combines a Common Application personal essay with five required Harvard short answers.

Evidence passage recorded against the sourceFor the Common Application, you will need to submit: Common Application which includes: Subsets of questions An activities list Personal essay ( Common Application prompts ) Harvard College Questions for the Common Application. There are five required short-answer questions with 150 word limits for each

Signal multiplicity · Observed 9 September 2026 · Verified 9 Sep 2026 · Source SRC-062 (college.harvard.edu) · source record

SIG-088 Official source Harvard College

SAT or ACT is required, with specified alternatives only in exceptional cases where those tests are inaccessible.

Evidence passage recorded against the sourceSAT or ACT - In exceptional cases when those tests are not accessible, one of the following can meet the requirement: AP exam results IB Actual or Predicted Scores GCSE/A-Level Actual or Predicted Results National Leaving Exams Results or Predictions

Credential threshold · Observed 9 September 2026 · Verified 9 Sep 2026 · Source SRC-062 (college.harvard.edu) · source record

SIG-107 Official source Harvard College

Harvard states that an Admissions Committee weighs factors beyond academic accomplishment when it considers an application.

Evidence passage recorded against the sourceWhile academic accomplishment is important, the Admissions Committee considers many other factors-potential contributions to our community, special talents or excellences of all kinds, perspectives formed by life experiences

Committee review · Observed 9 September 2026 · Verified 9 Sep 2026 · Source SRC-062 (college.harvard.edu) · source record

Cite this object

Who Gets In? (Elite Careers Strategy), source record SRC-062, retrieved 9 September 2026, https://www.accessecs.com/who-gets-in/sources/SRC-062/

Preserve the institution, programme, geography, observation date and limitation. Do not generalise a single signal to an institution-wide or sector-wide rule.

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