Barnard College Accepts 26.9 Percent of Applicants for Class of 2009
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.
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.
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. "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."
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.
The class also features 65 young women whose mothers or grandmothers are Barnard alumnae and 35 whose sisters attend or graduated from the College.
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).
Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-854-7583, strimel@barnard.edu
Petra Tuomi, 212-854-7907, ptuomi@barnard.edu
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