Morrison accepted 30 students, only 18.8 percent of the 160 students who submitted applications for her class.
Several professors expressed regret that resources limited the slots in their highly coveted classes.
“It is incredibly painful to be able to accept less than one-fifth of applicants,” Morrison wrote in an email.
Tatar agreed, “No one wants to cap enrollment or run a lottery.”
—Staff writer Gina K. Hackett can be reached at ghackett@college.harvard.edu.
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—Staff writer Rebecca D. Robbins can be reached at rrobbins@college.harvard.edu.