<p>It is always interesting to see which schools accepted how many students relative to the number of applications they received THIS YEAR. When adding a school be sure to realize that they are listed in alphabetical order by the schools' actual names, and that you should copy and paste the entire list before adding a school. Phillips Academy is listed as "Phillips Academy," not "Andover" just as Exeter should be listed as "Phillips Exeter Academy," and not "Exeter." Please follow this pattern for all schools. (I know I'm picky, but it makes it easier to follow if we don't use abbreviations or nicknames. Please also name whatever changes you made and where you got the information at the end of your post. I have included a few schools already.</p>
<p>You are still, with some of these stats., getting places in the class mixed up with number of students admitted. In all cases, schools admit more students than they have places. This is why Groton’s admit. rate was NOT 7 percent (1170 apps divided by 85 places), though I don’t know if 12 percent is right or not. </p>
<p>According to the website, SPS’s admit rate is down because they were over-enrolled last year. Looks like the percentage of students on FA is down too, to 26 percent. </p>
<p>These are not admit rates. You can’t take the total number of applications and divide it by the number of available slots. You have to take the total number of applications and divide it by the total number of admits. ALL schools admit more than the number of slots, based on their expected yield. No matter what the school, not everyone says yes. The numbers will still be low, but not this low. For example, the letter the OP linked for Groton specifically says they admitted 12%, not 7%. That’s still really low, but it’s not just the number of applications divided by the number of slots.</p>
<p>SPS, Andover, and Exeter published the actual number of admissions offers, so that calculation is simple; we do not need to guess at their yield rate. I have removed Taft - with no disrespect, but simply because the general statement on their website does not indicate the yield rate, nor is it focused on the 2014 applications. </p>
<p>Assuming that the yields at Taft, Lawrenceville, and Choate are roughly the same as Middlesex (50%), their admit rates would be somewhere in the low 20s. But I’ll leave it to others who may have the precise numbers to add to the list. </p>
<p>@stargirl3 I think a lot of schools last year overenrolled which resulted in less acceptances this year because schools cannot afford to have more boarders than beds.</p>
<p>This looked like it was from last year, but the numbers were almost identical to the OP’s reported numbers, and it seems likely that they do not expect their yield to not change materially from last year to this. </p>