On Wednesday evening at 6:42 p.m., Notre Dame released its restrictive early action decisions for 12,917 applicants. 1,669 applicants were admitted to the class, according to a University press release.

This year’s admissions rate for restrictive early action measured at approximately 12.9%, roughly down 2% from an admissions rate of 14.9% last year. Applicants included students from 149 countries, up from 109 countries last year. This increase comes after the University announced in September admissions would go need-blind for all international and domestic applicants.

“We could not be more excited to welcome this group of admitted students home to Notre Dame,” vice president for undergraduate enrollment Micki Kidder stated in the press release.

Last year, roughly half of the class of the class of 2028 was admitted via restrictive early action, according to Kidder. The restrictive early action process prevents students from applying via early decision to any other schools, but does not require students to attend Notre Dame if accepted.