Harvard College accepted 3.43 percent of applicants to the Class of 2025 1,968 students out of the 57,435 who applied marking the lowest admissions rate in College history in a year that saw an unprecedented surge in applications.
This year’s record-low admissions rate is down from the 4.92 percent of students admitted to the Class of 2024 and eclipses the previous record-low 4.50 percent of applicants admitted to the Class of 2023. The College saw a record-high number of applicants this year, surpassing the previous record of 43,330 applicants to the Class of 2023 and increasing 43 percent from the 40,248 students who applied to the Class of 2024.
The Admissions Office notified 1,223 applicants of their acceptances in the regular decision cycle at 7 p.m. Tuesday evening. They join the 747 students admitted through the College’s early action program in December. Alongside several peer institutions that saw a similar jump in applicants this year, Harvard pushed its regular d
Harvard Collegeâs early action acceptance rate decreased to 7.4 percent as the number of total applicants hit a record high, marking the most competitive early admissions cycle in Harvard history.
The College invited 747 of 10,086 early applicants to join its Class of 2025 Thursday at 7 p.m. Last year, the College accepted 895 of 6,424 applicants. The number of applicants increased by 57 percent from last year, while the College admitted 148 fewer students.
Since the College reinstated its early action program in 2011, the early action admissions rate has not dropped below 13.4 percent. Last year, the early action acceptance rate increased for the first time in six years to 13.9 percent.