Meet the Class of

2026

Introduction

Every year, the Crimson asks incoming freshmen about their backgrounds, academic aspirations, and lifestyles. And every year, a bunch of gullible freshmen fill out our survey without a second thought.

Roughly 78% of the class responded to this year's edition. Interestingly, 0% of people who read the terms and conditions completed the survey. Some such readers expressed concern over clause 17(c)(13), which states that completing the survey legally and irrevocably sells one's soul to the Crimson. This detail may be changed for future surveys.

We are excited to present our visual representation of the Class of 2026.

First, Demographics

  • Race

  • Religion

    *Email-based survey mechanism may influence results.

  • Political Persuasion

Now, Less Controversial Topics

  • Israel-Palestine?

  • Where do you go to school?

  • ...you do realize this is a survey by the Harvard Crimson right?

Academic Interests

  • Are you interested in Economics?

  • If you answered yes to the above, are you a recruited athlete?

Admissions

  • Thoughts on the use of SAT scores in admissions, arranged by SAT score

  • What are your thoughts on the Fred P. Thompsonwick building?

On the Crimson

  • Why did you fill out this survey?

  • You do know it's not anonymous this year, right?

  • What is your opinion of the Harvard Crimson?

  • Our Microsoft Office subscription ran out. Is it okay if we make the rest of the graphs in crayon?

Anyway, here's all the data.

In the spirit of transparency, the Crimson will be releasing all of the individual survey responses, with names attached.

You may say, "this is a serious violation of user privacy." And to that we say: do you have any idea how many trees we saved with that whole weekly printing thing? We have a right to do this.

Speaking of which, we're delivering the survey results as etchings on baby trees that we pulled out of the ground. This way, we can reach our Amish subscribers, who unfortunately were not able to fill out the survey but want to read the results nonetheless.

To order your very own Crimson survey response tree, please click below:

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