"The College has admitted 13.9 percent of early-action applicants to the class of 2024, up slightly from 13.4 percent admitted from that pool last year. Of the 6,424 students who applied early to the 2024 class, 895 were admitted. The numbers were 935 and 964 for the previous two years, respectively.
The University’s statement emphasized the greater presence of women among those accepted. This year, women make up 51.7 percent of those already admitted, compared to 51.2 percent last year and 47.2 percent two years ago. “This is an encouraging result, and certainly a long way from the four-to-one male-to-female ratio of the past,” said William R. Fitzsimmons, dean of admissions and financial aid. " …
In the more detailed article on Crimson https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2019/12/13/harvard-early-admissions-rate-rises/
Fitzsimmons attributed the big 8% decrease in applications to areas like Ca:
“The percentage of applicants that Harvard saw from California declined 16.6 percent, representing a loss of 116 applicants, according to Fitzsimmons. He called the decline “huge” and said California is usually ranks among the top three states.”
Since Ca has the largest number of Asian American applicants and now their share in EA had gone from 26.1% to 24% this year it seems that the outcome of SFFA lawsuit may have had an impact of discouraging them from applying in large numbers.
"The University accepted a record low 17.5 percent of early applicants to the class of 2024, according to Dean of Admission Logan Powell.
A total of 4,562 students applied to the University through early decision, an 8 percent increase from last year which Powell called a “remarkable rate of growth.”