Admission Decisions Made

After weeks of intensive review and what Admissions Director Edward T. Chamberlain Jr. '36 called "an agony of choice," acceptance notices were mailed April 15 to 1650 of the 7300 men and women who applied for membership in the Class of 1977.

The number of completed applications rose 25 percent this year, largest jump experienced by any of the Ivy League colleges. While the increase meant disappointment to a greater number of able candidates, it also ensured a vintage group for next year's freshman class.

Mr. Chamberlain attributed the sizable increase in applications- primarily to the adoption of coeducation and the highly flexible Dartmouth Plan and, secondarily, to the appeal of the College's location to a generation keenly attuned to the outdoors and an environment of natural beauty.

Almost 250 of those offered admission are sons and daughters of alumni, about the same proportion as in the last several years. Of the 1300 men and 350 women accepted, it is expected that 800 men and 250 women will matriculate in September.

The Class of 1977 will bring the feminine presence on the campus next year to more than 600, including this year's freshmen and transfer students, about 50 young women who will transfer in the fall from other institutions, and an anticipated 125 exchange students studying at the College for only one year.