<p>27% from mid-Atlantic; 20% from western and mountain states; 17% from New England; 16% from the south; 11% from mid-west; 10% from U.S. territories and abroad. (101% total presumably due to rounding.)</p>
<p>huh. what are the chances that I am one of the 44 asians from the midwest who got in? I don't even want to know how many of those are EA admits. ><</p>
<p>"Records were set for the percentages of African Americans (10.7 percent), Asian Americans (19.6 percent), Latinos (10.1 percent), and Native Americans (1.5 percent). "</p>
<p>Do they mean a record LOW for asians? According the H website, the class of 2010 is 21% asian.</p>
<p>TellETubE: I think we should take into consideration that not 100% of the admitted people choose to matriculate. That would explain it, because the record refers to the admitted pool, not to the class that will actually attend Harvard.</p>
<p>Maybe I am wrong but the way that press release reads is that they are sending out 2058 notices of admission, or 9% of the pool, today, i.e., that is in addition to any who were admitted early action.</p>
TellETubE: I think we should take into consideration that not 100% of the admitted people choose to matriculate. That would explain it, because the record refers to the admitted pool, not to the class that will actually attend Harvard.
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<p>It may not be 100%, but I'm sure its damn close to it and as close as any college will get.</p>
<p>^I agree with the above. In past years, Harvard's yield rate (the percentage of accepted applicants who accept the offer of admission) had been around 80%.</p>
<p>80% of 2058 is 1646 which is about the size of Harvard's freshman class.</p>