Harvard revoked acceptances for at least 10 students admitted to the Class of 2021 over sexually explicit messages and memes that were sent in a private Facebook group, The Harvard Crimson reports.

According to the newspaper, a handful of students formed the group, which was at one point titled, “Harvard memes for horny bourgeois teens,” and sent images that mocked the deaths of children, the Holocaust, sexual assault, and sometimes targeted minority groups. The private chat started when about 100 members of the incoming Harvard College class contacted one another though the school’s official Class of 2021 Facebook group, sharing memes of popular culture.


Students told the Crimson the original chat contained messages that were mostly “lighthearted” but then members suggested forming a “more R-rated” chat, demanding students post proactive memes in the original group to join the breakaway message.

Harvard administrators rescinded at least 10 admissions offers to participants who posted in the group in mid-April after learning of the messages, according to the Crimson.

“We do not comment publicly on the admissions status of individual applicants,” Rachel Dane, a spokeswoman for Harvard College, told Boston.com in an email Monday.

According to the university, school policies allows the college to rescind an offer of admission if an admitted student participates in behavior that raises questions about his or her “moral character,” maturity or honesty.

Harvard accepted 2,056 students of the almost 40,000 who applied for the Class of 2021.

Read the full report at the Crimson.