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Harvard Accepts 5.9 percent to Class of 2016

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Megan Prasad Student Contributor, Harvard University
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Harvard chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

 It was the moment that thousands of students had been thinking about for months- maybe even years. At 5pm on March 29, 2012, Harvard released its admission decisions for the Class of 2016 with an all-time low acceptance rate of 5.9 percent.

After receiving 1.9 percent less applications than last year- a mere 34,302 to be exact- Harvard accepted 2,032 students. 772 were admitted early action in December, and 1,260 were admitted regular decision.  

With a little more than a month to decide, students must respond to Harvard’s offer by May 1.

Congrats Class of 2016! We hope to see you here next year. 

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Megan Prasad
Megan Prasad is a freshman at Harvard University. She is unsure of what she will be concentrating in but is trying to figure it out! She is from Edmond, Oklahoma, and is excited to be a part of the Her Campus team. In her free time, Prasad enjoys reading Harry Potter, watching How I Met Your Mother, and dancing to Beyonce.