Entrance requirements to its undergraduate program, graduate schools and professional schools are strict, with a total ceiling of about 9,000 a year, and the fact that that fully two thirds are graduate students everywhere affects the school's research climate.
以一年平均招收九千名學生、且平均進入三大部門﹘ ﹘大學部、研究所及專業研究學院﹘ ﹘來看，學生名額少、錄取標準嚴格，而其中三分之二是研究生，這在全美名校中獨一無二，在在強化學校的研究氣氛。