BOSTON — There is a noticeable dip in students applying for early acceptance at Harvard University.
The volume of early applications for the Ivy League school fell by 17% for the class of 2028.
Harvard said Thursday it received 54,008 applicants for the class of 2028, down 5% from the year before.
Harvard’s acceptance though has jumped from 7.6% to to 8.7%.
This is the lowest the rate has been in four years.
Harvard said it accepted 1,937 students for the class of 2028.
Harvard’s cutoff date for early admission was November 1st, a month before former school president Claudine Gay’s plagiarism scandal and anti-semitism testimony.
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