Here's what Harvard's class of 2020 will look like
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At roughly 5 p.m. on Thursday, hundreds of thousands of anxious high schoolers found out if they were accepted into the Ivy League.
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From a pool of 39,041 applicants, Harvard accepted 2,037 students for an acceptance rate of 5.2% - lower than last year's 5.33%.
Here's what they incoming class of 2020 will look like, according to an announcement from the school.
Race/Ethnic breakdown
The acceptances for Asian-American and African-American students were the highest in the school's history.
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- Asian-American - 22.1%
- African-American - 14%
- Latino - 12.7%
- Native American - 2.2%
- Native Hawaiians - .4%
Gender
- Men - 51.6%
- Women - 48.4%
Intended major
- social sciences - 21.9%
- biological sciences - 18.9%
- humanities - 16.9%
- engineering - 14%
- math- 7.5%
- physical sciences- 7.3%
- computer science- 7.2%
- undecided- 6.4%
Geography
- New England and Mid-Atlantic States - 39%
- West Coast - 20%
- South - 18%
- Midwest - 11%
- US territories and abroad - 12%
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