2015 Admissions Statistics

Harvard

Harvard Admits Record Low 6.2 Percent

Harvard received 34,950 applications this year. 2,158 students were accepted, or 6.2 percent. Last year, 6.9 percent were admitted.

17.8 percent of the accepted class is Asian American, 11.8 percent is African American, 12.1 percent is Latino, 1.9 percent is Native American, and 0.2 percent is Native Hawaiian.

Penn

Penn Admits 12.3 Percent

Penn received 31,659 applications this year. 3,880 students were accepted, or 12.3 percent. Last year, 3,830 students out of 26,938 applicants were accepted, or 14.2 percent. 

9.5 percent of regular decision applicants were admitted, down from 11.4 percent last year.

Yale

Yale Admits 7.35 Percent

Yale received 27,282 applications this year. 2,006 students were accepted, or 7.35 percent. 996 applicants were waitlisted.

Princeton

Princeton Admits 8.39 percent

Princeton received 27,189 applications this year. 2,282 students were accepted, or 8.39 percent. 1,248 applicants were waitlisted.

Cornell

Cornell Admits 18.0 Percent

Cornell received 36,392 applications this year. The 5,306 students who were admitted regular decision and the 1,228 students who were admitted early comprise a total of 6,534 accepted students. 2,988 applicants were waitlisted.

Columbia

Columbia Admits 6.9 Percent

Columbia College admitted 6.4 percent of its applicants, while the School of Engineering and Applied Science admitted 9.9 percent of its applicants. The combined admit rate was 6.9 percent, compared to 9.2 percent last year.

Brown

Brown Admits 8.7 Percent

Brown received 30,946 applications this year. 2,692 students were accepted, or 8.7 percent. Brown expects 1,485 students to matriculate, including the 577 students who were admitted early decision.

Dartmouth

Dartmouth Admits 9.7 Percent

This year 2,178 applicants were accepted, or 9.7 percent. Of the admits, 186 students, or 8.5 percent, were legacy. 1,984 applicants were waitlisted.

Stanford

Stanford Admits 7.1 Percent

Stanford received 34,348 applications this year. 2,427 students were accepted, or 7.1 percent. 754 of the admits had applied through the early action program. 1,078 applicants were waitlisted.

MIT

MIT Admits 9.6 Percent

MIT received 17,909 applications this year. 1,715 students were accepted, or 9.6 percent.