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Top Colleges Report Record Low Rates of Admission

Harvard accepts just 7% of applicants

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 1, 2008 3:01 PM CDT

(Newser) – Acceptance letters from the nation's top colleges will begin to arrive on prospective students' doorsteps today, but far more rejection letters are in the mail than ever before, reports the New York Times. Harvard and Yale accepted only 7.1% and 8.3% of applicants,... Read full story »

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