Beilenson said that Visitas, which is scheduled over a year in advance, has never been purposefully planned to coincide with Yardfest.

Beilenson said that though the two events falling on separate weekends was not intentional, their overlap received mixed reviews last year.

“From the survey that we did, prefrosh seemed really excited about Yardfest and current students felt that it maybe took away from what the original purpose of Yardfest was,” Beilenson said.

The program will officially begin on Saturday and continue until Monday afternoon.

Visitas falls towards the end of the college visiting program season.

Princeton breaks up its visiting program Princeton Previews into two sessions, with one beginning on April 19 and another on April 26, while Yale’s Bulldog Days began on April 16.

Students have until May 1 to respond to Harvard regarding their offer of admission.

—Staff writer Elizabeth S. Auritt can be reached at eauritt@college.harvard.edu.