Harvard College received 17% fewer applications for early admission from high school seniors this year, according to the school’s website. The drop comes after incidents of antisemitism on campus in the wake of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. Applications were due Nov. 1, before university President Claudine Gay gave widely derided testimony on antisemitism and free speech at a congressional hearing Dec. 5. Harvard received 7,921 applications this year for non-binding early admissions, compared with 9,553 last year. By contrast, Ivy League rival Yale University received 7,856 early applications this year, a 1.4% increase and the second-highest...