Dartmouth offered admission to 9.7 percent of applicants to the Class of 2015, accepting 2,178 applicants and marking a record-low for the College, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris said in an interview with The Dartmouth. The College accepted 11.7 percent of applicants for the Class of 2014.
Financial aid numbers will also increase for the incoming class, as the College will raise its undergraduate financial aid budget from $78 million to $80 million a record high, according to Laskaris.
Minority students represent 44 percent of the accepted applicant pool, Laskaris said.
The mean SAT score of admitted students is 734 for Critical Reading, 740 for Math and 744 for Writing, representing only small changes from last year.
"We attract a very highly accomplished and highachieving group of applicants," Laskaris said. "Our challenge will be to yield them because I think they'll be a highly sought-after group."
The admissions office will host an "all-day chat marathon," titled "chat-apalooza," to connect admitted students with the Dartmouth community and answer students' questions on Saturday.
"We're working hard to top our efforts from last year," Laskaris said. "These students will really have many great offers to choose from, so we really want to make sure they see all of the possibilities of the Dartmouth education."
