Harvard sees early admission applications drop by 17%

Harvard sees early admission applications drop by 17 per cent!

As reported, Harvard University received its lowest number of early admission applications in years following many controversies surrounding anti-Semitism and plagiarism scandals.

Compared to last year’s 9,553, the Ivy League university saw a 17 per cent drop in applications from students applying through early admission with 7,921 total candidates.

Well, this was expected, and the current decline doesn’t come as a shock to many.

Following Hamas’s 7 Oct attack on Israel, the Jewish students, families and alumni have accused the school of tolerating antisemitism, especially in statements by pro-Palestinian demonstrators.

On the other hand, Harvard President Claudine Gay has been accused of plagiarizing multiple sections of her PhD thesis amid mounting pressure to step down after her disastrous congressional hearing regarding freedom of speech on campus in light of the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

As reported, Harvard University launched a probe into claims that President Claudine Gay plagiarized some of her academic work in October, months before the accusations publicly emerged, the Ivy League revealed.

Early admissions applications were due on November 1 – a month before Gay’s dreadful testimony at the December 5 congressional hearing.

On the other hand- two of Harvard’s Ivy League competitors reportedly received a steady increase in their early admissions numbers.

Yale University counted 7,856 early applications this year – a 1.4 per cent increase from last year and the second-highest number in the school’s history.

The University of Pennsylvania saw 500 more applications come in this year than last year – bumping from 8,000 to 8,500.