<p>alright lets set this straight, off of stanfords web site, about 19000 people applied total. 2400 were accepted. Thats like a 12-13 percent acceptance rate altogether. last year, about 4200 people applied EA and about 800 were accepted, for an admit rate of 20 percent. The year before last stanford had less ED apps and a higher accept rate (24 %). I dont know where paulhomework is getting his 12000 figure from.</p>
<p>12,000 is way, way too high. Last year's number was actually closer to 4,100. I've posted this somewhere else before, but this year should be around 4,400. This should ding the acceptance rate a tad, but not too much. Assume they accept 800 early, like last year, the rate becomes 18.2% from 19.5% last year.</p>