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With applications at record levels to many of America’s best colleges, The Daily Beast crunched the numbers at 28 top schools to find projected admission rates. Kristina Dell on Harvard’s low rate and more.

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6.3 percent projected admit rate

With an all-time high of 35,000 applicants this year, it's never been harder to get into Harvard. The school saw a 15 percent increase in the number of applications over last year's record 30,489 and has no plans to increase its class size.

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