<p>Barnard College Accepts 26.9 Percent of Applicants for Class of 2009 </p>
<p>New York, NY-- Barnard has accepted an incoming first-year class of 1,194 students --26.9 percent of those who applied. The class of 2009 represents the most selective group ever in terms of SAT scores. </p>
<p>Applications to Barnard for the admission season set an all-time high, with a 1 percent increase over last year, with 4,427 applications. The College accepted 25.5 percent of the regular pool of applicants. Early applications rose 2 percent with 412 applying. Barnard admitted 170 students from the early application pool, or about 30 percent of the class overall. </p>
<p>The admitted students are the most selective group in Barnard’s history, with an overall record median SAT score of 1400, including a median verbal score of 710 and math score of 690. </p>
<p>“The College expects to enroll 555 new members of the first-year class in September,” said Dean of Admissions Jennifer Fondiller. “The incoming class includes many highly accomplished and gifted individuals; among them a winner of a national engineering design challenge, a student who has completed research on Alzheimer’s disease, a student who performed at the Grammy Awards, and a budding entrepreneur who co-owns a summer camp with her brother.” </p>
<p>The class of 2009 also includes many accomplished athletes, polyglots, editors-in-chief of high school papers and class presidents. Among this accomplished group is a student who worked as an animal handler at a local science museum; one who is a Junior Olympics gold medalist in Tae Kwon Do; nationally-ranked fencers and a Scottish Highland dancer, as well as a student athletic trainer for men’s sports. </p>
<p>The class also features 65 young women whose mothers or grandmothers are Barnard alumnae and 35 whose sisters attend or graduated from the College. </p>
<p>The admitted students come from 48 states and 32 countries. Approximately 40 percent are students of color (21 percent Asian; 10 percent Latina; 8 percent African-American; and 1 percent Native American).</p>