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Twenty-six students have announced their intention to defer admission for a year, and Harvard counts these students as not enrolling for the purposes of calculating its yield. Fitzsimmons predicted that the number of students who choose to take a year off “will get up a good deal higher” before the fall; in an average year, 30 to 50 admitted freshmen choose to defer matriculation...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Yield May Top 76 Percent for Class of 2014 | 5/12/2010 | See Source »

...Fitzsimmons said. “There are occasionally some people who for a good reason say ‘no’ the first time and with later information feel that Harvard is now a possibility for them. Also, people who are currently committed to coming decide to defer admission...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Yield May Top 76 Percent for Class of 2014 | 5/12/2010 | See Source »

...select few are able to defer the limitations of an undocumented future when they are accepted at schools like Harvard. In its efforts to recruit the best students from the nation and the world, Harvard is one of very few universities with the financial resources to offer merit-based, need-blind admissions standards for all students, including those ineligible for federal financial...

Author: By Elizabeth C. Pezza, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Living in the Shadows | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

...such as Middlebury College and the University of Southern California admit students on the condition that they enroll in the spring semester, when beds have been vacated by those who study abroad in the spring or graduate a semester early, Harvard’s practice of requiring students to defer for a year may be unique...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Z-Listed Students Experience Year Off | 3/30/2010 | See Source »

...Sometimes when things are hard, we tend to defer to the seniors like Jeremy [Lin] and Doug [Miller],” he says. “I’m starting to become more comfortable, but I definitely think being more vocal as a leader of the team is an area I can improve...

Author: By Scott A. Sherman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Curry On Fire And On Target | 3/2/2010 | See Source »

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