Humphrey Doermann Says '67 Acceptances Up by One Per Cent

With 80 per cent of the replies in, acceptances by students admitted to the Class of 1967 are running one per cent higher than at this time last year, Humphrey Doermann '52, director of Admissions reported yesterday.

Figures released by the Admissions Office revealed that 870 of the 980 replies received so far have been acceptances about 89 per cent. A higher proportion of rejections by students who reply late is expected to push the acceptance rate closer to the Admissions office estimate of 84 per cent.

Warned by its experience of last Spring, when an unusually high rate of acceptance produced 40 more students than the College had bargained for, the Admissions office purposely cut down on the number of first round admissions this year. The total of 1362 students admitted on April 15 was the smallest for any freshman class since the 1930's.

Original estimates called for the admission of about 50 students from the waiting list to reach the target figure for the Class of '67 of 1195, but the slightly higher acceptance rate will probably reduce the number of waiting list admissions to 30 or 35, Doermann said yesterday.

Henry P.Briggs '54, director of Freshman Scholarships, reported yesterday that the rate of acceptance among students awarded financial aid was running about 89 per cent-in line with Admissions office estimates, but high enough to prevent the College from awarding any scholarships to students who might be admitted from the waiting list.

"We're going to be snug," Briggs said.

A total of 255 students have accepted grants totaling $333,000, and 33 students have turned down scholarships worth $38,000.

The admissions and Scholarship Committee approved 510 awards worth $510,000.