A Setback for Diversity?

There are only 95 Black students in the latest crop of first-years, in contrast to the 132 Black students who enrolled last year. While 62 percent of Blacks accepted into the Class of '94 and 69.6 percent of those accepted to the Class of '95 enrolled at Harvard, the most recent yield was only 56.5 percent. The Admissions Office asked some Black students who rejected Harvard where colleges they went and what motivated their decisions.

COLLEGE CHOSEN  REASON WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (2)  free rides UC BERKELEY  no reason specified CORNELL  location MOREHOUSE/GEORGIA TECH  Ronald McNair NASA science program NYU  free ride; better recruitment SWARTHMORE  scholarship; poor recruitment UVA  free ride YALE (6)  free ride (ROTC); drama program; location NORTHWESTERN  full athletic scholarship DREW  free ride STANFORD (5)  better aid packages; better engineering MIT (3)  better engineering HAMPTON  historically Black college EMORY (2)  better aid packages BRYN MAWR  no reason specified DUKE (4)  free rides; better aid package GEORGIA TECH  free ride USC  school of film and cinema NOTRE DAME  full 4-year scholarship RUTGERS  better aid package BROWN (2)  medical program; better aid package TEXAS A&M  better aid package UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA  free ride COLUMBIA  better aid package FLORIDA A&M  historically Black college UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND  better aid package PRINCETON (2)  better aid package; reason not specified VANDERBILT  better aid package WELLESLEY  location WILLIAMS  no reason specified