Admission Holds Steady; Early-Decision Applications Soar
While the Office of Admission could report no record numbers of applications by mid-February, as it has done in recent years, it nevertheless had received 3,100 applications, its second-highest number, down about 1 percent from last year.
After a decline in early decision applications last year, Jane Brown, vice president for enrollment and college relations, said the college had rebounded with 265. Approximately one-quarter of the class of 2012 will be enrolled from the early-decision pool.
The applicant pool continues to be diverse, Brown noted, with 24 percent students of color, and all fifty states and 111 foreign countries represented.
“The most significant challenge we face in admission this year is the highly publicized change in the financial-aid landscape,” Brown noted. “Many of our more highly endowed peers have pledged to replace student loans with institutional grants. MHC has a proud legacy of serving more low- and middle-income students than most of these institutions and so ... we will continue to include moderate loans in our financial aid awards.”
