Undergraduate applications to Harvard University dropped this year following a chaotic period that saw the historic Ivy League school’s once-stellar reputation tarnished by antisemitism and plagiarism scandals. Harvard announced Thursday it received 54,008 applicants for the class of 2028, down 5% from the year before. This marks the fewest applications to the storied 387-year-old Massachusetts institution since 2020, which coincided with the start of the COVID pandemic. Undergraduate applications to Harvard University dropped 5% this year compared to last year. Getty Images But Harvard tried to put a positive spin on the data, stressing that this was the fourth consecutive...