Applications to Harvard College were down this year, even as many other highly selective schools hit record highs.
The drop suggests that a year of turmoil — which went into overdrive with a student letter that said Israel was “entirely responsible” for the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks — may have dented Harvard’s reputation and deterred some students from applying.
Harvard’s announcement on Thursday evening came as all eight Ivy League schools sent out their notices of admission or rejection, known as Ivy Day.
While Brown University also saw a drop in applications, applications rose at many other elite colleges, including the University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Columbia, M.I.T., Bowdoin, Amherst and the University of Virginia.
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Harvard College, Ivy League, Brown University, University of Pennsylvania, Amherst, University of Virginia
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Dartmouth, Columbia, Bowdoin