There are only 95 Black students in the latest crop of first-years, in contrast to the 132 Black students who enrolled last year. While 62 percent of Blacks accepted into the Class of '94 and 69.6 percent of those accepted to the Class of '95 enrolled at Harvard, the most recent yield was only 56.5 percent. The Admissions Office asked some Black students who rejected Harvard where colleges they went and what motivated their decisions.
COLLEGE CHOSEN REASON WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (2) free rides UC BERKELEY no reason specified CORNELL location MOREHOUSE/GEORGIA TECH Ronald McNair NASA science program NYU free ride; better recruitment SWARTHMORE scholarship; poor recruitment UVA free ride YALE (6) free ride (ROTC); drama program; location NORTHWESTERN full athletic scholarship DREW free ride STANFORD (5) better aid packages; better engineering MIT (3) better engineering HAMPTON historically Black college EMORY (2) better aid packages BRYN MAWR no reason specified DUKE (4) free rides; better aid package GEORGIA TECH free ride USC school of film and cinema NOTRE DAME full 4-year scholarship RUTGERS better aid package BROWN (2) medical program; better aid package TEXAS A&M better aid package UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA free ride COLUMBIA better aid package FLORIDA A&M historically Black college UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND better aid package PRINCETON (2) better aid package; reason not specified VANDERBILT better aid package WELLESLEY location WILLIAMS no reason specified
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