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Barnard
College Enrolls the Most Selective Class Ever with 561 New
Students
New York,
NY – Barnard College will enroll 561 first-year students
in the incoming Class of 2007, the most selective class in
its history with a wide range of talents and outstanding academic
records, including a national gold medal winner for poetry,
a performer for the Big Apple Circus, and a talk show hostess.
The admitted students have diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds
with approximately 30% students of color. The incoming class
includes multiple student council and class presidents, sports
captains, and editors-in-chief of school newspapers. Among
them also are: a Guinness World Records holder; a student
who raised pygmy goats; a NASA lab assistant; a host of a
local TV teen show; Tae Kwon Do Olympian; and a President’s
award winner for community service.
According to Dean of Admissions Jennifer Fondiller, this year’s
applicant pool set the threshold for entry at an all-time
high with a selectivity ratio of 31%. For the first time,
more than half of the admitted students had a verbal SAT score
of over 700. The median SAT of all admitted students was 1,390
out of 1,600. Barnard also received a higher amount of early
decision applications than previous years – 337 applications
versus 317 in 2002, and 285 in 2001. Out of 4,034 applications,
Barnard accepted 1,254 students and enrolled 561, resulting
in the highest yield ever (45%).
Barnard received applications from all 50 states and 50 foreign
countries. The majority of applications came from New York
as in previous years, with 1,218 applicants. New York is also
the state with the highest admittance and enrollment. Second
and third were New Jersey and California, with 494 and 468
applications, respectively. Massachusetts came in fourth with
286 prospective students applying. More foreign students applied
and were accepted, compared to previous years. Barnard received
the most foreign applications from countries such as Canada,
Hong Kong, Taiwan, France, and Italy, but many of the applications
came from such faraway places as Brazil, China, Turkey, and
Indonesia.
The class represents 419 schools represented with 228 public
schools and 191 independent schools; 82% of the enrolled students
ranked in the top 10% of their high schools. The average grade
point average of the incoming students is 3.9 on a 4.0 scale.
Contact:
Petra Tuomi, Associate Director of Public Affairs, 212-854-7907
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