Harvard Medical School
Location: Boston, MA (Urban)
School Type: Private Institution
Program Website: MD | MD-PhD
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Historical applications
MDApplicants archive · MD
Harvard University
4,318 historical application reports
1998-2020 reported application submission years
See application reports by year
| Year | Application reports |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 6 |
| 1999 | 8 |
| 2000 | 25 |
| 2001 | 39 |
| 2002 | 176 |
| 2003 | 211 |
| 2004 | 330 |
| 2005 | 363 |
| 2006 | 432 |
| 2007 | 458 |
| 2008 | 407 |
| 2009 | 373 |
| 2010 | 257 |
| 2011 | 235 |
| 2012 | 206 |
| 2013 | 218 |
| 2014 | 170 |
| 2015 | 173 |
| 2016 | 92 |
| 2017 | 82 |
| 2018 | 21 |
| 2019 | 17 |
| 2020 | 10 |
Some reports have missing or unclear dates, or too few applicants to display by year.
Reported outcomes
Recorded application steps and outcomes.
- Primary submitted
- 4,232
- Secondary completed
- 3,628
- Interview invitation
- 1,003
- Interview attended
- 981
- Waitlisted
- 99
- Accepted
- 258
- Withdrawn
- 209
- Rejected
- 2,218
One report may include several outcomes. Earlier steps may be inferred from later outcomes. Missing outcomes do not mean an applicant was rejected. These counts are not school acceptance rates.
Reported GPA
Median scores on a 4.0 scale.
- Overall GPA
- 3.804,063 applicants
- Science GPA
- 3.804,058 applicants
Each applicant counts once per score.
Stored MCAT totals
- Old MCAT (3-45)
- 35median · 4,053 applicants
- Modern MCAT (472-528)
- 517median · 4,148 applicants
Old and modern scales stay separate. Totals are used as stored and may include legacy MDApplicants conversions.
Who shared their experience?
Original public profile information, counted once per applicant in each category. Groups with fewer than 3 applicants are not shown. Lists show up to 8 reported categories.
37 median age at the profile snapshot · 1,708 applicants. This is not age at application.
Gender
- Male
- 2,608
- Female
- 1,616
Ethnicity
- Caucasian
- 2,191
- East Asian
- 778
- South Asian
- 358
- African
- 200
- Hispanic
- 199
- Arabic
- 29
- Native American
- 15
Home state
- California
- 1,049
- New York
- 352
- Massachusetts
- 224
- Texas
- 205
- Florida
- 170
- New Jersey
- 167
- Michigan
- 153
- Pennsylvania
- 143
Undergraduate colleges
- UCLA
- 147
- UC Berkeley
- 125
- Stanford University
- 70
- University of Michigan
- 70
- Cornell University
- 64
- Johns Hopkins University
- 62
- Duke University
- 53
- Top 10
- 52
Undergraduate areas of study
- Biological/Life Sciences
- 2,240
- Engineering/Technology
- 399
- Physical Sciences
- 356
- Psychology/Social Sciences
- 292
- History/Humanities
- 151
- Computing and Information Science
- 128
- Premedical Studies
- 70
- English/Literature
- 66
Graduate institutions
- Columbia University
- 18
- Harvard Extension School
- 10
- MIT
- 10
- University of Michigan
- 10
- Boston University
- 9
- Johns Hopkins University
- 9
- Stanford University
- 9
- UC Berkeley
- 9
Graduate areas of study
- Biological/Life Sciences
- 214
- Premedical Studies
- 150
- Computing and Information Science
- 114
- Other
- 99
- Psychology/Social Sciences
- 75
- Engineering/Technology
- 73
- Physical Sciences
- 53
- History/Humanities
- 51
Graduate degrees
- MS
- 93
- BS
- 51
- BA
- 46
- PhD
- 41
- MPH
- 36
- M.S.
- 29
- N/A
- 28
- none
- 28
An applicant may report more than one area of study or graduate school. Profile snapshot: 2026-10-26.
Figures need at least 3 reporting applicants. Missing or conflicting values are left out.