Once you have activated your Harvard Applicant Portal, please immediately submit financial aid identification information in your portal. Your Social Security Number and a few other pieces of biographical data are needed so that your CSS Profile can be accurately matched with your QB application.
 
The rest of your Harvard QuestBridge Supplement must be completed and submitted by November 1.

Duplicate transcripts are not required for National College Match consideration. All students, including those who match with Harvard, will be required to submit the QuestBridge Midyear Report when it is available, typically in January or February of their senior year. Midyear reports will require first semester or first trimester grades.  

All enrolling students will be required to submit a final transcript and a Common App or Harvard-specific Final School Report no later than July 1. 

Harvard College requires the SAT or ACT to meet its standardized testing requirements. 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. Any testing results can be self-reported on the Harvard QuestBridge Supplement. If admitted, you will be required to submit official test scores. 

Please select "Regular Decision" as your admission application type. If you accidentally select a different round, please do not worry – your information will still be sent. There is no need to correct that selection on the Profile or to contact Harvard to correct it.

• If your parents are married to each other or live together, they will file one CSS Profile.
• If your parents are divorced, separated, or were never together, each parent must submit their own CSS Profile.
• If you do not have a relationship with one parent or are unable to ask a parent to send in their financial information, you can submit a Parent Waiver Request. You can read more about the waiver request process here. Please don't assume that a parent will not be included in the financial aid process - you need to actively request to have their participation in the financial aid process waived.

After you submit your CSS Profile, you will be able to access the College Board's IDOC Service, through which you will need to upload the following, for both parents and/or households:

• Parent 2025 federal taxes with all schedules and attachments, along with all W-2 forms and other earning statements. If one or more parents are not required to file taxes according to IRS guidelines, complete the Harvard Parent Tax Non-Filer Statement for each parent, including documentation of their income.
• If your parents own a business or farm, include full 2025 partnership and/or corporate tax returns along with a completed Business/Farm Supplement  for each business.
• If you have anything else you need to explain to us about your finances or your family's living situation, please use the additional information section in the CSS Profile.

Remember, your non-custodial parent must also submit copies of income taxes and other documents listed above using College Board's IDOC Service, unless you have submitted a Parent Waiver Request.

Please submit the FAFSA directly to Harvard as soon as it is available. Only students who are US Citizens, Permanent Residents, or other Eligible Non-Citizens will file the FAFSA. 

Finalists who are not matched with any college or university may not apply in the Restrictive Early Action round. Unmatched finalists who wish to apply during the Regular Decision round should list Harvard on the QuestBridge Regular Decision Form. 

If you are a Finalist not ranking any colleges (meaning you are not participating in the College Match), you may apply to Harvard through the Restrictive Early Action round (which is non-binding) which has a deadline of November 1, or the Regular Decision round which has a deadline of January 1.  

All students are eligible for the same financial aid program which meets all students’ demonstrated need.

All Finalists who rank Harvard but did not match with a binding college should list Harvard on the QuestBridge Regular Decision Form to have their application to Harvard considered during Regular Decision. Please submit any additional information or relevant updates through the Applicant Portal. Finalists should not submit a Common Application or a Coalition Application. 

If you no longer wish to be considered for admission to Harvard College, you can withdraw your application via the Applicant Portal.

Finalists who ranked Harvard and submitted all materials (but did not match to a binding college)

Finalists who did not rank Harvard

All students, including those who match with Harvard, will be required to submit the QuestBridge Midyear Report when it is available, typically in January or February of their senior year. Midyear reports will require first semester or first trimester grades. 

All students, including those who match with Harvard, will be required to submit the QuestBridge Midyear Report when it is available, typically in January or February of their senior year. Midyear reports will require first semester or first trimester grades. 

Harvard College requires the SAT or ACT to meet its standardized testing requirements. 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. Any testing results can be self-reported on the Harvard QuestBridge Supplement. If admitted, you will be required to submit official test scores. 

Harvard College requires the SAT or ACT to meet its standardized testing requirements. 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. Any testing results can be self-reported on the Harvard QuestBridge Supplement. If admitted, you will be required to submit official test scores. 

Finalists who ranked Harvard and
submitted all materials (but did not
match to a binding college)

Finalists who did not rank Harvard