<p>Amherst 3.75%
NYU 10%
Vassar 3%</p>
<p>post 'em.</p>
<p>Are you sure about NYU? that seems pretty LOW!</p>
<p>Natty.Paige where did you get that info?</p>
<p>Suddenquiet, those particular schools' decision letters included the number of applications and the number of spaces.</p>
<p>Where data now seem to be coming on in 2008 Transfer Rates, and was being posted on the 2007 Transfer Rate thread... I have decided to start a sticky thread for the newer data.</p>
<p>Post away!</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins.....70/730 = 9.6% :(</p>
<p>NYU was 10%? Surely you jest. I don't recall my acceptance letter saying the number accepted, rather the number of prospective applicants. Curiouser and curiouser...</p>
<p>Stanford 20/1200. 1.7%</p>
<p>My friend (international student) got in NYU, but he turned it down for UCLA , yeah good decision :D</p>
<p>Boston College - 75/1800 - 4.2%</p>
<p>Thank you for the additions. It is always helpful, especially to future year applicants. If you would, could you post the source of your information - decision letter, institution's website,.....?</p>
<p>If someone is inclined to continue the alphabetized summary format started by Natty.Paige, that would be great. Otherwise, I will do so after more postings.</p>
<p>NYU 10percent?is that accurate?why is its acceptance rate so low this year?
really confused then...</p>
<p>Maybe they got themselves confused with Columbia?</p>
<p>If the acceptance rate figures above, for example, NYU's supposed 10%, is a percentage calculated from the "enrolling class size" figures quoted in an Acceptance Letter, they are not technically 'accurate,' - if you calculate # accepted / # of "spots," per letters, this calculation will, for the most part, lead to a calculated acceptance rate that is lower than actual acceptance rate. </p>
<p>When the Acceptance Letter from School X states, "congrats [...] we welcome you as part of a class of 50 transfer students selected out of 500 applicants," generally, they are quoting the ideal class size they would like to have enroll. </p>
<p>In reality, School X has most likely accepted 100 students, factoring in the expected yield (the amount of students accepted who will actually attend); this figure will vary per school. Based on historical data the schools collect and retain, School X might have, on average, a 50% yield, and will take in 100students, with the intention of enrolling 50, give or take a few. (Considering 50 or so accepted, will go somewhere else.)</p>
<p>Hope that makes sense, I'm a bit tired. :D</p>
<p>FYI, the Hopkins figure above is accurate, it was taken from the Admissions Office/Hopkins Insider blog, no padding. :)</p>
<p>Exactly correct, Tanya922. So, if anyone is taking their data from the acceptance letter, it would be helpful to quote the exact wording of the letter.</p>
<p>My BC letter said "one of 75 students of the 1800 applicants who will be joining BC in the fall", so something like that (I threw it out). Alot of people were put on the waitlist, so I am assuming they accepted 75 and will pull kids from the list as people reject admission.</p>
<p>No, I would take that to be - as in many acceptance letters - that 75 students is the number of transfers they wish to enroll. To achieve that number, they wil likely have admitted more. So it doesn't yield an acceptance rate for our purposes.</p>
<p>Claremont McKenna "received 260 applications for only 60 spots."
Then again, they built a new dorm this year and increased their transfer pool significantly, so this statistic is an anomaly. Usually they accept around 30 students.</p>
<p>what about yale?</p>
<p>my rejection letter form yale stated that there were less less than 30 spots (as history points out too) from over 700 applicants. However, factoring in the fact that due to yield, the number admitted must have been more than 30. Say 45 is safe for a place as attractive as yale (assuming 15 silly people dont want to transfer to yale after getting admitted), and you end up with a rate of 6.4%</p>