10.8% admitted to Stanford REA

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<p>Stanford</a> admits 748 early applicants to the Class of 2018</p>

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Stanford admits 748 early applicants to the Class of 2018
The freshman class is beginning to take shape, with acceptance offers sent to high school students in 48 states and 36 countries.</p>

<p>Stanford has sent acceptance letters to 748 high school students who sought admission to the Class of 2018 under the university's early admission program, the Office of Undergraduate Admission announced today.</p>

<p>The students were selected from 6,948 early admission candidates, the largest early application pool in Stanford's history.</p>

<p>"We have admitted an exceptional group of students from a tremendously talented pool of applicants," said Richard H. Shaw, dean of undergraduate admission and financial aid.</p>

<p>Shaw said the 748 students who received acceptance letters come from 48 states and 36 countries. More than 76 percent of them have a high school grade point average of 4.0 or above. They have demonstrated excellence in fields ranging from fine arts, writing and humanities to engineering and science.</p>

<p>All early applicants were notified of their decisions – admitted, denied or deferred to the regular decision round – by email Friday afternoon.</p>

<p>Students who apply through Stanford's Restrictive Early Action program may consider all of their college options before responding.</p>

<p>Under Stanford's undergraduate financial aid program, the university guarantees to meet the full demonstrated financial need of all admitted students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents.</p>

<p>"We are delighted by the extraordinary interest demonstrated in Stanford University through our Restrictive Early Action program," Shaw said. "We recognize the time and effort that goes into completing our application, and we are honored to have reviewed the applications of so many outstanding young people."</p>

<p>Stanford will reserve the majority of spaces in its freshman class for students who apply for admission under its regular decision program. More than 30,000 students are expected to apply for admission by Jan. 1, 2014.</p>

<p>Students admitted under both programs have until May 1, 2014, to accept Stanford's offers.

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<p>^ no it’s not</p>

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It’s not that simple. Harvard admitted a much larger fraction of their class early than Stanford did. The larger the portion of the class that is admitted early, the higher the admit rate will be for REA, and the lower the admit rate will be for RD. It also is helpful to look at the number of similar colleges for which the potential REA applicants may choose. For example, I’d consider Harvard and Yale more similar than Stanford. Stanford is located in a different area of the United States and has a very different distribution of majors, leading to a greater portion of students finding reason to separate it from the others as their single REA choice. This effect can make the relative number of REA applicants for different colleges give a distorted view of students’ perceptions of the colleges. That said, Stanford’s REA applicants increased by 14% over last year, while Harvard’s decreased by 3%, so yes this result does point to admit rate decreasing.</p>

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<p>Also keep in mind that Harvard only had 4,700 applicants while Stanford had 6,900. That’s a pretty huge difference.</p>

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<p>The thing is I am guessing S consideration rate ( admit+defer) is lower than H’s admission rate alone… If anything Stanford sure throws away many brilliant students that could otherwise be admitted… I know they ‘have to’ do so but they can’t keep this scary kinda thing up forever and scare off the kids to come</p>

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<p>“while Harvard’s decreased by 3%, so yes this result does point to admit rate decreasing”</p>

<p>None of this accounts for Harvard deciding to admit an extra hundred this year, after increasing it by a 100 last year. Essentially they have decided to put more emphasis on REA pool. It is not like either school can’t find the entire class from their early pool but both schools decide how many they want to admit from this pool and Harvard is choosing to admit a LOT more.</p>

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<p>In each of the past 2 years, the number of Harvard early admits has by ~100. I believe this year’s 992 is a record. Assuming a similar number of RD applications and similar class size as last year, Harvard’s RD acceptance rate will drop down to not much above 3% this year. This will make the ratio between the 21% REA acceptance rate and 3+% RD rate higher than any other highly selective college I’ve ever heard of. None of the other ivies or Stanford & MIT are even in the ballpark. If you consider that most Harvard early applicants are deferred (only 13% of early apps were initially rejected last year), and some of the deferred get accepted during RD, then the ratio is even more distorted.</p>

<p>I’m not certain why this they are admitting more REA. There are several possible reasons. One is with such a huge difference in acceptance rate between REA and RD, it may cause top students to believe that using their REA at Harvard is more beneficial than using it at competing colleges, so they hope to end up with a larger portion of the most highly sought out students in their entering class in future years. Or this effect may already be causing a greater portion of top students to be applying to Harvard, leading to their REA class being stronger than their their RD class, to a much greater degree than at other highly selective colleges such as SYPM. Or it might relate to Harvard wanting to insure that they have a top yield rate and/or valuing being a first choice, leading to be able to more accurately plan their entering class, more than other colleges.</p>

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<p>Data…it seems that Harvard is acknowledging that Stanford will continue to be the most exclusive college having the lowest overall acceptance rate in the years to come…and they are trying to hold on to the only metric left in the “yield” rate (82% to 77%)…that Stanford has been closing in on as well…</p>

<p>…it should come as no surprise that for the past several years Stanford has had the lowest acceptance rates (vs their peers) for their business and medical schools…and has been challenging Y for the law school rates as well…</p>

<p>…I believe the article written by Will Oremus earlier this year really sums up what is going on…</p>

<p>[Harvard</a> vs. Stanford: America has a new dream college.](<a href=“http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/04/harvard_vs_stanford_america_has_a_new_dream_college.html]Harvard”>Harvard vs. Stanford: America has a new dream college.)</p>

<p>…the zeitgeist of where many of the TOP students want to study and ultimately settle down has shifted…to the Pacific rim…California…Bay-area…Silicon Valley…</p>

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<p>I think it is interesting to note that while Harvard increased the SCEA admits last year by 100, and many posted saying that they were sending a message to apply early if you want admittance, that the number of SCEA applicants this year actually decreased by 3%! And SYP all had increases… especially Stanford</p>

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<p>Will Stanford release how many students were deferred?</p>

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<p>I doubt it.
Top students are really smart.
They will apply based on where the best match is for them and not be fooled by an illusion that it is easier to get in one school or another based on how many they decide to accept in EA.</p>

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<p>Stanford usually defers about 500-700 students which usually makes it brutal for those 80+ percent students who might be extraordinary academically but are rejected outright. Most of them would have been deferred at any other top school. Over the years I have seen many of the friends and relatives kids crushed and questioning their worth until the RD results started rolling in.</p>

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<p>That Harvard accepted more in EA may have to do with its yield ~ the only thing in admission stats Harvard is still ahead of Stanford.</p>

<p>The drawback of accepting more in EA will eventually reduce the total applications.</p>

<p>MIT should still have the lowest EA admit rate, Stanford should have the second lowest EA admit rate.</p>

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<p>MIT just announced its EA</p>

<p>612/6820=8.9%</p>

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<p>I can imagine that the deterred would be pooled with the second round of RD applications. It would be very unwise that they mix the deferred with RD pool and select again ~ a double work for nothing.</p>

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<p>The only people Stanford defers are people who definitely still have a shot. I suggest how they review is immaterial and only thing that matters is whether you are still interested.</p>

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<p>@starmound, I would guess that you are evaluated “separately” but in the context of the greater pool. You will likely get another full read of your application. I’m sure it’s very difficult to deal with getting deferred, but you still have a chance, and at a greater percentage than the pool in general. You can take it as an opportunity to find other schools that you also love and then if you do get in, maybe you’ll even have a greater appreciation for your journey and the perseverance it takes to go through being deferred.</p>

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<p>^like 10char</p>

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<p>starmound and Hoggirl…statistically you both have higher probability of admission in the regular round than the regular applicants…so hang in there…since in past they have taken ~13-15% (from the numbers I have heard quoted) from the deferred list…</p>

<p>last year the deferred list was only 572 students…this year it may be slightly higher…either way, Stanford defers very few (those who truly have a CHANCE) compared to other schools which seem to defer almost every Tom, Dick, and Harry…to string them along for no particular purpose…</p>

<p>…wish you both continued success…and please INFORM Stanford admissions of any significant achievements/developments that come along during your senior year…</p>

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<p>Interesting article:
[Stanford</a> surges while Harvard slips in early applications - Washington DC College admissions | Examiner.com](<a href=“http://www.examiner.com/article/stanford-surges-while-harvard-slips-early-applications]Stanford”>http://www.examiner.com/article/stanford-surges-while-harvard-slips-early-applications)</p>