The Class of 2009 was chosen from 10,439 applicants, only 25 applicants fewer than in the previous year. 1,495 applicants were admitted, compared to 1,664 in the previous year. The acceptance rate of 14.3 percent is a record low. The acceptance rates for the previous two years were 16 percent.

The average SAT scores for the admits were the highest ever.

49 percent of the admits were female. The admits hail from 48 states and 66 countries.

Early Action

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted just 13.5 percent of its 2,830 applicants. MIT denied 50 students and deferred everyone else who was not admitted.