The 29,303 applicants to the Ivy League university this year was also its largest applicant pool to date.
PRINCETON -- Princeton University offered acceptance letters to 1,894 of the 29,303 students that applied to the Ivy League school - an admission rate of 6.46 percent, its most selective ever.
The university's admissions rate was 6.99 percent last year. And the 29,303 applicants this year was also its largest applicant pool to date.
Princeton said they expect the class of 2020 to be 1,308 students.
Dean of Admission Janet Lavin Rapelye said in a statement the admitted students are outstanding, "in every way."
"They have superb talents in the arts, athletics, academic research, leadership roles and service to their communities," she said. "The personal qualities, backgrounds, beliefs and abilities these students will bring to campus will contribute to all Princeton offers."
Rapelye said the university could have filled five or six classes with all the applicants, calling them "well-prepared, resilient and inspiring students from around the country and the world."
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Other statistics about the university's admission process this year:
* During the past 13 years, Princeton's applicant pool has more than doubled.
* Of the applicants, 12,297 had a 4.0 grade point average and 12,327 had scores of 2,100 or higher on the three sections of the SAT.
* The pool included students from more than 9,876 high schools from 151 countries.
* Admitted students come from 49 states, Washington, D.C., Guam and Puerto Rico, with the largest representation from New Jersey, followed by California, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Florida.
* International students represent 11.7 percent of the admitted students and are citizens of 66 countries, including Armenia, Bhutan, China, Egypt, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Lebanon and Uganda.
* Of the admitted students, 49.5 percent are women and 50.5 percent are men; 50.6 percent have self-identified as people of color, including biracial and multiracial students.
* 63 percent of the admitted students come from public schools and 17.5 percent will be the first in their families to attend college.
* Sons or daughters of Princeton alumni account for 11.2 percent of the admitted students.
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