Harvard has seen a 17% drop in early admission applications amid anti-Semitic protests and President Claudine Gay’s inability to clearly condemn calls for Jewish genocide. According to Harvard data, 7,921 high school seniors applied for undergraduate admission this year, down from 9,553 the previous year, according to the New York Post. “That’s possibly one of several reasons, about the concern of safety on the campus,” retired Mamaroneck High School college counselor Bob Sweeney told Bloomberg.
Harvard saw 7,921 high school seniors apply for undergraduate admission this year, down from 9,553 the previous year
Harvard saw 7,921 high school seniors apply for undergraduate admission this year, down from 9,553 the previous year, according to Harvard data, marking a four-year low, as the New York Post reported on Sunday. According to the Post, Harvard’s Ivy League competitors are doing better. According to the Washington Post, Yale University had the second-highest early application total in its history, while the University of Pennsylvania had 500 more applications this year than last.
Early applications to the University were due Nov. 1, which was before Gay’s contentious House testimony under grilling by Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., but there had been weeks of protests and antisemitism on campus. More than 30 student organizations signed a letter claiming Israel was “entirely responsible” for the Hamas terrorist attacks on October 7. According to the Post, over 1,600 alumni have threatened to cut their donations to Harvard in order to condemn antisemitism.