<p>The yield rate is calculated on the basis of the total matriculated divided by the total admitted.</p>
<p>So, assuming for the sake of argument they admit exactly enough to reach their target class size of 1,310, and admit 46 from the waitlist in order to do so, that means a total of 1,869 (1,823 + 46) admits - assuming a 100% yield on the WL admits.</p>
<p>Thus the projected yield rate would be 70%, subject to summer melt (1,310 divided by 1,869).</p>
<p>My guess is the class will end up closer to 1,315-1320, so that the yield rate will be about 70.3% - 70.4% ... pretty much the same as last year.</p>
<p>YPSIMAMA:"Yale is still accepting students off the waitlist. My son got THE call today at 5:40. The packet is being mailed early next week and he has until the 12th to give them his answer. The admissions rep told him that Yale has taken 45 students (from the 800) on the waitlist."</p>
<p>Quick question: Most colleges have May 1st as dateline for committing acceptance and sending in deposits etc. So if Yale is your dream school and you get THE CALL in June, do we assume it is ok to break off with the college to which you have supposedly committed earlier.</p>
<p>Foggy--May 1st is the universal reply date, and by definition colleges must send waitlist notifications after that, because there's no point in accepting people off the waitlist before you know how many people are coming in the first place. So you'll lose your deposit but yes, you are allowed to drop the spot you're currently holding if a better school takes you off the waitlist.</p>
<p>Quick question: Most colleges have May 1st as dateline for committing acceptance and sending in deposits etc. So if Yale is your dream school and you get THE CALL in June, do we assume it is ok to break off with the college to which you have supposedly committed earlier.</p>
<p>It's going to be a hard letter to write. My son was really looking forward to the school to which he had originally committed. They have been wonderful to him and there was a family legacy, but how do you turn down an opportunity to go to Yale? Especially when it has a program in which he was really interested that the LAC where he was going to go did not have.<br>
The original school will probably then go back to its own waitlist. From the timing, I can only assume that that's how my son got the "late" call from Yale</p>