The number of admitted students from the West Coast rose, as did the number of students admitted from other countries. Admits from Southern areas of the U.S. dropped slightly.
The percentage of minority students admitted to the Class of 2004 is about equal to the percentage admitted last year, admissions officials said.
The number of Asian-American and Hispanic-American students admitted each dropped by a third of a percent, to 16.1 percent and 3.4 percent, respectively.
The percentage of Mexican-American admits showed the biggest increase, from 3.1 to 3.6 percent.
The percentage of Puerto Rican students admitted increased negligibly from 1.7 to 1.8 percent, while the percentage of black and American Indian admits stayed steady at 9.9 percent and 1 percent, respectively.
"We do extremely well attracting the very best minority students in the country," Fitzsimmons said. "The numbers are obviously very good, but we're more happy with the quality."
In the first admissions cycle since the Harvard College Office of Admissions has dropped the Radcliffe name from its title, the number of women admits decreased negligibly.
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