- Harvard received its lowest number of early admission applications in years following a spew of controversies surrounding anti-Semitism and plagiarism.
- The Ivy League university saw a 17 percent drop in applications from students applying through early admission with 7,921 total candidates, compared to last year’s 9,553.
- The decline doesn’t come as a shock to many following the scandals that the prestigious institution has been wrapped up in over the past few months.
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Applications Plummet As Campus Rocked By Antisemitism, Plagiarism Scandal
Applications Plummet As Campus Rocked By Antisemitism, Plagiarism Scandal
A truck with electronic panels drives along a street Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, near Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. The truck displays messages calling attention to a recent controversy involving testimony to Congress by presidents of three prestigious schools, including Harvard University, MIT, and the University of Pennsylvania. Harvard's highest governing body announced Tuesday that President Claudine Gay will remain leader of Harvard following her comments last week at a congressional hearing on antisemitism. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
