<p>I'll start.
Andover: 427 admits out of 3049 applications. Admit rate = 14%
Exeter: 435 admits out of 2325 applications. Admit rate = 18.7%</p>
<p>Middlesex-100/1100
9%</p>
<p>Andover: 427 admits out of 3049 applications. Admit rate = 14%
Exeter: 435 admits out of 2325 applications. Admit rate = 18.7%
Middlesex: 100 admits out of 1100 applications. Admit rate = 9%
St. Paul’s School: 125 admits out of 1620 applications. Admit rate = 7.7%</p>
<p>Andover: 427 admits out of 3049 applications. Admit rate = 14%
Exeter: 435 admits out of 2325 applications. Admit rate = 18.7%
Middlesex: 100 admits out of 1100 applications. Admit rate = 9%
St. Paul’s School: 125 admits out of 1620 applications. Admit rate = 7.7%
Taft: 175 admits out of over 1650 applications. Admit rate = 10.6%</p>
<p>Guys, when you give the number of admits are you giving the number of available spaces? Because schools predict their yields, these are not the same.</p>
<p>^^ Good. Keep them coming. BUT, do make sure that you are reporting the number of students admitted, and NOT the number of spots to be filled.</p>
<p>I got mine off of my wait list from Taft. 
I don’t know which number that is. </p>
<p>It probably said, “We had over 1650 applications for 175 spaces…” yada yada so competitive. That would be the number of spots, not admits. 10% is ridiculously low. Can someone check the numbers for St. Paul’s too?</p>
<p>I don’t think any of the three was accurate on the number of admits. Hope some others who have that info can make the correction but at least we know the number of applications of these schools for this year. </p>
<p>Yeah, it said “spots.” Sorry bout that.</p>
<p>Wow, Exeter seems to have taken quite a plunge recently. When I applied two years ago, the # of applications was almost 3000. </p>
<p>I’m digressing but wanted to quickly respond to MBV. </p>
<p>An interesting article on Exeter’s choice to opt out of the Gateway for Prep Schools application process, which I suspect affects application numbers. <a href=“http://oldexonian.com/2012/09/27/news/admissions_resists_switch_to_shared_app”>http://oldexonian.com/2012/09/27/news/admissions_resists_switch_to_shared_app</a> </p>
<p>The numbers of completed applications the year MBV applied were around 2600, so higher than this year, but not 3000.<br>
<a href=“http://oldexonian.com/2012/04/05/news/pea_admits_17_percent”>http://oldexonian.com/2012/04/05/news/pea_admits_17_percent</a></p>
<p>Exeter also requires the handwritten essay – a fact which, in combination with its absence from the Gateway one-touch apply all automated machine – means that Exeter will get far less of the over the transom what the hell type applications. In this respect, Exeter is a kind of old school hold out, like Georgetown in respect of the Common App. Georgetown has about an 18% acceptance rate, requires a completely separate non-automated application – if Georgetown succumbed to the Common App virus, its applications would soar and its acceptance rate would drop to less than 15%. The convenience of Gateway vs. the struggle of the Exeter app is the reason why the acceptance rate there seems so out of line with its prestige. Exeter is basically getting the applicants it wants, and not a tsunami of manufactured applications from China, far more easily forged and manipulated through Gateway.than through the direct Exeter application itself.</p>
<p>@maken: I digress, but many essays could be molded to fit the Georgetown essay quite handily. It’s the same with Exeter–the prompts are general enough to try to fit a Gateway prompt into one of its two required prompts. The University of Chicago, despite its weird essay questions, doesn’t seem to have problem attracting a ton of applicants who drive down the acceptance rate (sub-10% now, I believe).</p>
<p>I think the # of applications to Exeter would soar back to near 3000 if the school went back to its need-blind policy. Why is it not need blind when its endowment is greater than that of Andover, anyway?</p>
<p>First, Exeter’s application have never, as far as I can tell, been near 3000. </p>
<p>Second, while PEA is not need blind, both PA and PEA give (more or less) the same amount of aid to the same amount of students. </p>
<p>Third, to quote from the link I provided earlier: “To Gary, applicant interest is more important than applicant quantity. ‘Gateway is an easy way to increase the number of applications we receive and therefore make our application that much more selective, [but we have] never been driven to increase applications just for the sake of increasing applications,… We are driven to attract the right applicant and make our school easily accessible at the same time. We believe our online application accomplishes both.’”</p>
<p>MBV, more focus on the school you know intimately and less on spreading misinformation about Exeter would be helpful all around I think. </p>
<p>First, 2600 is nearer to 3000 than 2300 (I actually remembered it being around 2700 the year I applied, which was close). </p>
<p>Second, I never argued otherwise.I was hypothesizing that Exeter’s non need-blind policy might have deterred some applicants from applying.</p>
<p>Third, again, Andover and Exeter are on a league of their own when it comes to BS reputation (both overseas and domestic). I was simply commenting on how well Andover managed to steadily increase its app while Exeter’s dropped. Because of its well-established reputation, not being on Gateway shouldn’t be a problem because of reasons I said above. I believe (someone correct me on this) Choate’s similar approach of using GO CHOATE hasn’t stopped its application from steadily rising.</p>
<p>Fourth, this is not contributing anything to the thread and I will stop.</p>
<p>First, I should introduce myself. I work for a private analysis firm specializing in researching nearly every aspect imaginable regarding education beyond high school. This year, we decided to expand our scope and enter the vast world of prep schools in America and abroad. This new aspect of our work has proven to be rather similar to the work we conduct at the university level and has been conducted just as thoroughly. So to be brief, there are a few corrections to be made here:</p>
<p>1.) Not completely sure of Middlesex stats yet, but admit rate nowhere near 9%.
2.) St. Paul’s admit rate just under 10%.</p>
<p>Exeter could very well be experiencing the same loss of desirability that Deerfield has experienced these past few years, or conversely could be graduating a larger senior class than last year. For instance, St. Paul’s currently holds a very large junior class and greatly over-enrolled last year. This plus the fact that they are graduating a rather small senior class means they had very few spaces compared to past years. All of this is part of the prep school admission culture which seems to be in an ever-changing state.</p>
<p>In all, I hope everyone in the thread received at least one piece of good news regarding prep school admission for themselves/your children! May the great joys of private education warm your heart greatly.</p>
<p>^^
What is the basis for the Deerfield comment? And why do suspect this is so?</p>
<p>Deerfield’s acceptance rate has gone up a bit over the past couple years. But again, @InsiderPrep you’re basing some of those numbers on the amount of available spaces and not on the number of students admitted.</p>
<p>Groton’s acceptance rate was 12%, they just published an article on their site. </p>