2,056 applicants were invited today to join Harvard College’s Class of 2021
In January, thousands of prospective freshmen submitted applications in hopes of being accepted to Harvard College. Their long wait is finally over, as 2,056 of these students were invited today to join the Class of 2021. “When I found out I was accepted to Harvard, it didn’t feel real,” recalled Toluwalase Oladitan, a current freshman, who was with a few of her best friends when she got the news last year. “When I opened my email and logged into my portal, I was stunned and was not prepared. It was just an overwhelming feeling of joy that I really can’t explain.” With a record number of applications, 39,506, the admitted class saw increases in the percentages of African-American and Asian-American students, as well as first-generation students and students from low- and moderate-income families, though it is statistically similar to the Class of 2020. Women constitute 49.2 percent of newly admitted students. Asian-American...