By David Freed and Idrees Kahloon

Part II of The Crimson's survey of the Class of 2019 takes an in-depth look at the academic and extracurricular experiences and plans of the incoming freshmen. About one in eight survey respondents were recruited to play a varsity sport while in Cambridge, while about one in 12 took a gap year between high school and college to pursue paid or volunteer work, travel, or other activities. More than 40 percent of respondents indicated some level of interest in joining a final club, fraternity, or sorority when they arrive on campus. They have plans for the classroom, too; like their upperclassman peers, many surveyed freshmen reported plans to study government or economics in college, and a small group said the College's new concentration in Theater, Dance, and Media influenced their decision to matriculate.

Read Part II of The Crimson's three-part series on the freshman survey here.