Tufts President Larry Bacow waves to the crowd at freshman matriculation Wednesday afternoon.

More than 1,300 students from all over the country and the world have have descended upon Tufts University this week for freshman orientation, including a beekeeper, the Vermont State historian, a Russian rapper from suburban London, an Abercrombie model from San Juan, and a member of the US National Field Hockey Team.

The Class of 2011, by the numbers:

15,387 applicants- second largest pool in Tufts’ history.  1,375 were admitted (27%).

80% graduated in the top 10% of their class

67 valedictorians

37 salutatorians

1405- Average SAT score, which ties last year’s record

62% attended a public high school

44 states- Massachusetts, New York, and California, in that order, send the most kids

37 nations- South Korea produced the most freshman (10)

1,185 students will attend the School of Arts and Sciences

190 will attend the Engineering School, 28% of them women

707 women

668 men

27% of domestic students are Americans of color

42% will receive financial aid, the highest number in a decade and up from last year’s 36%

10% were raised by parents who didn’t attend college

85 are children of alums

17 are children of Tufts employees

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