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Yale admitted 14.5 percent of its early action applicants for the class of 2015, a slight increase from last years rate of 13.9 percent, according to Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jeffrey Brenzel.
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<p>Early</a> admit rate increases slightly | Yale Daily News</p>
<p>Interesting. I find her point at the end though very interesting;
The number of early admits has risen for the 5th straight year … enough to fill 57% of the Class of 2015 if all enroll … and this isn’t counting any of the nearly 3,000 early applicants whose applications were deferred.</p>
<p>The number of early admits has risen for the 5th straight year . . . and this is the fourth straight year since Harvard, Princeton, and UVa ended their early admissions programs. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if it had taken this long for Yale to figure out how that has affected its yield from early and regular admissions. This is also the third straight year of college admissions in a troubled economic climate. Many private colleges have increased the number of students they admit, by a little or a lot, because more students wind up opting for cheaper choices in April. (Some also are squeezing more kids in to generate additional revenue, but that’s not Yale.)</p>
<p>In short, it may not be true – it probably isn’t true – that Yale is admitting more of its class early. What’s more likely is that fewer of the people it admits early are enrolling at Yale, because some of them have always preferred Harvard or Princeton but couldn’t apply there early, and somewhat fewer of the people it admits overall are enrolling. So the early admit numbers go up slightly. Not a big deal.</p>
<p>Not entirely sure of the some of your points there JHS? What you say about Harvard and Princeton is true; the fact that they no longer have EA options makes students of that calibre far more likely to apply to Yale, and so Yale’s EA applicants should have gone up but that was 5 years ago. Yale should now have 5 years of data showing the yield they expect from EA.</p>
<p>The point about money though is not good IMO. Yale has upped its finaid by 8% this year, and is one of the schools to have best survived the recession. Price should not be an issue.</p>
<p>I do completely agree with your end point - So the early admit numbers go up slightly. Not a big deal. - an extra 30 odd in EA will make little or no difference. I just find the 57% stat slightly shocking. Even with only a 2 in 3 yeild, that is 39% of the class filled having decided on only 2250 applicants (760 accepted, 1500 rejected). Based on last year, that leaves 25000+ applicants competing for 60%. Now, IF EA is that much more competitive, so be it, but it seems a little ridiculous that about 9% of applicants get 39% of places.</p>
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<p>Not true (Bold=year in which early admit count decreased from previous year)
Class of 2015 761
Class of 2014 730
Class of 2013 742
Class of 2012 885
Class of 2011 709
Class of 2010 724</p>
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<p>There was a protective increase in the year HP did away with their early program, but things have returned to “normal” since then.</p>