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Many top-tier colleges and universities received a record number of applications for next year’s freshman class. Here’s a look at a few figures:
29,000
Number of students who applied to Harvard College — a 5 percent increase over last year.
17%
Amount by which MIT’s applications rose this year.
30,348
Number of applications sent to Stanford, up 20 percent.
24,900
Number of students who have applied to Brown, 21 percent more than last year.
Source: Bloomberg News
