Acceptance at Harvard tougher than ever

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BOSTON (Reuters) - Getting into Harvard University, one of America's most selective colleges, became even more difficult this year after a new financial aid offer prompted a record number of applications.

The Ivy League university said on Tuesday 1,948 students had been accepted for the new academic year starting in September autumn out of a record 27,462 who applied.

Harvard's admissions committee cut the acceptance rate to 7.1 percent from 9 percent last year, a record low at the 372-year-old university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, across the Charles River from Boston.

Applications began flooding late last year after Harvard, America's richest university, pledged to cut its tuition fees to make it more affordable for middle-class families.

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'We' can allege low high school graduation rates, lack available slots for admission into higher education institutions those who do, and continue to blame the public for not seeking higher education at the same time.

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1. Yale

had an RD acceptance rate of about 5.8% and a total admit rate of about 8.7%.

1,900 admits out of over 20,000 applications.

[Sophia_Karina]

2. demographics

things will change in a few years