International Law

For Top Colleges

By Handakte

The recession appears to have had little impact on the number of applications received by many of the nation?s most competitive colleges, or on an applicant?s overall chances of being admitted to them.

Representatives of Harvard, Stanford, Dartmouth, Yale, and Brown, among other highly selective institutions, said in telephone and e-mail exchanges in recent days that applications for the Class of 2013 had jumped sharply when compared to the previous year?s class. As a result, the percentage of applicants who will receive good news from the eight colleges of the Ivy League (and a few other top schools that send out decision letters this week) is expected to hover at ? or near ? record lows.

Bill Fitzsimmons, dean of admissions and financial aid at Harvard since 1986, said that the 29,112 applications Harvard received this year represented an all-time high, and a 6-percentage point increase from last year. He said the percentage of applicants admitted would be 7 percent, down from 8 percent a year ago. Dartmouth said that the 18,130 applications it received was the most in its history, too, and that the 12 percent admitted would be its lowest.

URL: “The Choice” vom 29.03.2009

Full post as published by Handakte WebLAWg on March 30, 2009 (boomark / email).