<p>according to an article that appeared in the NYTimes, Wesleyan's acceptance rate this year was 22% (it was 27% last year). this means they accepted around 2,200 students (including ED).</p>
<p>food for thought...</p>
<p>22% rise from last year
22% admitted
and 2200 accepted</p>
<p>funny</p>
<p>haha I’m even more excited I got in now. I didn’t realize how intense admissions were this year!</p>
<p>cool, makes my acceptance that much more impressive…and all of yours haha</p>
<p>it doesn’t sound, just from reading this forum, that they’ve waitlisted a whole lot of people. what do you guys think? :/</p>
<p>wow, that’s quite a drop. it does seem like tons of people have been waitlisted at a lot of the top schools. I’m assuming it’s because of financial aid/economic conditions.</p>
<p>link to the article?</p>
<p>[For</a> Top Colleges, Economy Has Not Reduced Interest (or Made Getting in Easier) - The Choice Blog - NYTimes.com](<a href=“For Top Colleges, Economy Has Not Reduced Interest (or Made Getting in Easier) - The New York Times”>For Top Colleges, Economy Has Not Reduced Interest (or Made Getting in Easier) - The New York Times)</p>
<p>8th paragraph from the top</p>
<p>the blog is also written by Jacques Steinberg, who wrote The Gatekeepers- the book that chronicled the Wesleyan admission process a number of years ago</p>
<p>READ- from Pres. Roth- [Michael</a> Roth: How the Economy of 2009 Impacts the Class of 2013](<a href=“HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost”>How the Economy of 2009 Impacts the Class of 2013 | HuffPost Latest News)</p>
<p>This also says a 22% admit rate: [Wesleyan’s</a> Admissions Numbers Defy Economy](<a href=“Private Blog Message”>http://wesinthenews.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2009/03/30/wesleyans-admissions-numbers-defy-down-economy/)</p>
<p>Piecing things together, the upshot is that the number of ED admits is likely to be about 47% of the Class of 2013, up considerably from the 39-41% that has been the standard.</p>
<p>Thus:</p>
<p>There were 650 ED apps (both EDI and EDII) for Class of 2012 (296 admits; 46% admit rate). <a href=“http://www.wesleyan.edu/admission/Profile2012.pdf[/url]”>http://www.wesleyan.edu/admission/Profile2012.pdf</a> </p>
<p>ED apps (I and II) were up about 38% for Class of 2013: [Dramatic</a> Increase Seen in E.D. Apps ? The Wesleyan Argus](<a href=“http://wesleyanargus.com/2009/01/30/dramatic-increase-seen-in-ed-apps/]Dramatic”>The Wesleyan Argus | Dramatic Increase Seen in E.D. Apps) </p>
<p>So, that works out to about 897 ED apps (I and II) for Class of 2013. There were 350 ED admits (see first link; admit rate of 39%). </p>
<p>Wesleyan is looking for a class of 745; assuming there are 745 and that basically all of the ED admits enroll, that would mean the ED admits are 47% of the Class of 2013. </p>
<p>And, indeed, with 10,065 apps overall and a 22% admit rate overall, that would work out to a total of 2214 admits – fewer admits than for the Class of 2012 (2245), when Wesleyan was looking to enroll approximately thirty fewer students. Basically, Wesleyan is figuring on roughly the same yield rate for the RD admits as last year (last year: 425 RD enrollees out of 1949 RD admits; this year, looking for 395 RD enrollees out of 1864 RD admits), with the difference made up by the greater percentage of ED admits. </p>
<p>Of course, if Wes is wrong and the the RD yield rate spikes up, it will be crowded.</p>
<p>In case anyone’s interested, here is the profile for Admissions this year: </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.wesleyan.edu/admission/Profile2013.pdf[/url]”>http://www.wesleyan.edu/admission/Profile2013.pdf</a></p>
<p>^^ That is awesome! I love looking at were I fit. It’s insane how much apps spiked!</p>
<p>The statistics that have been posted are very interesting. One further point I would note is that usually a university’s yield rate declines as it admits more highly qualified applicants (as reflected by test scores). So, if Wesleyan is predicting the same yield, despite a higher quality pool of students admitted, then that is a very optimistic projection. Rather than being crowded, Wes may find it needs to admit students off of the waiting list. Given how many students have already been admitted ED, I think there is little risk of an overly crowded first year class. If I were Wes, I’d be more worried about not quite reaching their goal for a somewhat larger first year class.</p>
<p>Hm, interesting – I was thinking that their yield would likely be higher (since apparently general interest in the school has spiked) and they should have admitted fewer – the opposite of what you thought.
You make a good point though; it’ll be interesting to see how it works out!</p>
<p>let’s hope, for the sake of the incoming class, that Wes didn’t overadmit. having a class over 750 would not be good. rather pull from the waitlist to hit the magic 745 mark…</p>
<p>^ Second that. I think a lot of people applied because it’s supposed to be a small school. Hopefully they won’t overaccept from the waitlist, either, like Brown did last year.</p>
<p>I looked more closely at the statistics posted. Last year, 21.8 % of the students admitted through the RD process attended Wes (425/1949). This year, Wes is projecting that 21.1 % of the students admitted through RD will attend Wes (395/1864). If last year’s projection prevails, they will in fact have 406 RD students. As I said in my earlier post, Wes has most likely lowered their yield estimate because they know from experience that students, for example, with SAT scores in the 750-800 range are less likely to enroll at Wes after being offered admission than students in the 700-750 range. Because their profile of admitted students improved by 20-30 points for each SAT test, their overall yield should decline (even if their yield for the 750-800 range applicant does not decline or possibly improves slightly). What we don’t know is how Wes adjusted their yield projections for the 750-800 range applicants. Are they being too pessimistic for that category of applicant? Remember, the RD pool did not apply ED and with such high scores they should have other good options. Having looked at the numbers closely, though, I think there is a risk that Wes will enroll an extra ten students beyond what they’ve indicated they want. The admission office may have been asked to err on the high side because of the need for additional revenue. I would be surprised to see Wes get to its waitlist this year.</p>
<p>This is an intriguing analysis. It will be interesting to see the actual metrics of the admissions office as students accept (or not) their various offers.</p>
<p>This is very confusing. I’m just going to trust that someone smart is at the helm :)</p>
<p>One leading indicator might be attendance at Wesfest since something like 90% of the people who show up for some part of the weekend (I’m too lazy to look up the exact per cent) wind up enrolling. It’s been averaging the mid-400s the past few years. I’d say anything over 500 would be an early warning. Don’t worry, it’s all good. :)</p>
<p>Excuse my ignorance, but is 22% considered moderately selective or highly selective?</p>