Harvard Applications Hit Record High

It's getting even harder to get into Harvard. A record 29,000 high school students have applied to be freshmen, an increase of 5.6% from the previous record set last year, the Boston Globe reports. School officials attribute the increase to a combination of the slow economy and its year-old policy of waiving or capping tuition for low-earning families. About 7% of the applicants, or 2,100 students, will be accepted. (More Harvard stories.)