Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College et al
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EXHIBIT 73
Let the admissions begin – Harvard Gazette
Let the admissions
begin
Harvard College admitted 772 students via Early Action on Dec. 15. Rose Lincoln/Harvard Staff Photographer
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Let the admissions begin – Harvard Gazette
even hundred and seventy-two students have been
admitted to the Harvard College Class of 2016 through
the Early Action program, which was reinstated this
year after a four-year absence.
“Their academic, extracurricular, and personal promise are
remarkable by any standard, and it will be exciting to follow their
progress over the next four years and beyond,” said William R.
Fitzsimmons, dean of admissions and financial aid.
The Admissions Committee admitted fewer students than in the
most recent years of Early Action, when between 813 and 902
were admitted from applicant pools that ranged from 3,869 to
4,214, slightly fewer than this year’s 4,231.
“Given increases in our overall applicant numbers over the past
few years to nearly 35,000 last year, the Admissions Committee
took great care to admit only those we were certain would be
admitted in Regular Action,” said Fitzsimmons.
The admitted group is more diverse ethnically than any previous
early cohort and is comparable with the current freshman class.
Although it is difficult to make precise comparisons to previous
years because of changes in federal requirements concerning
collecting and reporting race and ethnicity information, 9.6
percent of admitted students this year are African-American,
compared with 7.2 percent the last time Harvard had Early Action.
There was a similar increase for Latinos (9.9 percent vs. 7.9
percent) and Native Americans and Native Hawaiians (1.7 percent
vs. 1 percent), and a slight decrease for Asian Americans (22
percent vs. 23 percent). The current freshman class is 19 percent
Asian American, 10 percent African-American, 10.2 percent Latino,
and 1.7 percent Native American and Native Hawaiian.
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It is still too early to determine the socioeconomic composition of
the admitted group because many students have not yet
submitted financial information.
“Preliminary information such as requests for application-fee
waivers indicates that there could well be more economic
diversity than in previous early cohorts,” said Sarah C. Donahue,
director of financial aid. “We stand ready to help families that
require financial assistance, including those that might be
interested in a variety of financing options.”
Admitted financial aid applicants will be informed of their awards
as soon as they complete their forms. All applicants to Harvard,
Early or Regular (Jan. 1 application deadline for March 29
notification) have access to Harvard’s new Net-Price Calculator
(NPC), a simple, one-page application available on the NPC website
that provides an estimate of a family’s eligibility under Harvard’s
generous need-based financial aid program.
Families with annual incomes of $65,000 or less and normal assets
are no longer required to contribute to their children’s educational
expenses. Those with incomes from $65,000 to $150,000 pay on a
sliding scale up to 10 percent of annual income, and there is also
need-based aid available to families with incomes greater than
$150,000. Home equity and retirement funds are not considered
in the calculations, and students are no longer required to take out
loans. More than 60 percent of Harvard students receive needbased financial aid and receive grants averaging more than
$40,000.
Applicants were notified of the Admissions Committee’s decisions
on Dec. 15. In addition to the 772 admitted students, 2,838 were
deferred and will be considered in the Regular Action process, 546
were denied, 25 withdrew, and 50 were incomplete. Early Action
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at Harvard is nonbinding for admitted students, who are free to
apply to other institutions and need only reply to Harvard by May
1, the National Common Notification Date.
“Admitted students will hear a great deal from us over the months
ahead,” said Marlyn McGrath, director of admissions. Faculty,
staff, undergraduate recruiters, and alumni/ae will use phone calls,
emails, and regular mailings to reach admitted students with
information about Harvard. Many Harvard clubs will host local
parties during the winter holidays and in April. All admitted
students will be invited to Cambridge on April 21-23 for the
Visiting Program.
“We want our admitted students to be fully informed about
Harvard, as they make their decisions about which of the many
fine colleges to which they have been admitted provides the best
match for them at this important time in their lives,” she added.
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