<p>great thread…thanks for sharing from my other post…</p>
<p>Hmmm. Much to think about in your chart. Wish I had it when I was applying.</p>
<p>@kidPenn: I added the 2010 admit rate to the chart. I factored in the waitlist admits, so the numbers aren’t quite the same as the “official” numbers.</p>
<p>But yes… definitely a lot to think about.</p>
<p>I don’t see the 2010 admit rates, but maybe it didn’t update yet. </p>
<p>I love just staring at this chart.
I’m sure you could sell this to The Choice on NYtimes or some other college newspaper for a hefty sum of money. :D</p>
<p>I feel like in 4 years, RD acceptance rates will reach 3-4%
And in a decade, acceptance rates for the top colleges will all be between 2 and 4%(RD rates hitting under 1%)
It’s an exponential application increase. </p>
<p>Most of the colleges are rising around 15% in apps a year. By 2020, most colleges will be around 100k I would estimate. I mean some colleges have doubled in apps(Duke for one) in the last 3 years.</p>
<p>As many applications as any one school receives, there are still only about 45,000 students in the nations each year with the 1400+ SAT cores to make it into the Fiske elite schools (Ivy League, Stanford, MIT, Georgetown, Chicago). The smart ones among the 45,000, beat the frenzy by applying early action/decision where they face much more reasonable acceptance rates, and the other applicants outside the 45,000 just become statistical fodder.</p>
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<p>Wrong! Duke is up about 57% in the last four years. </p>
<p>Change 2015 2014 2013 2012</p>
<p>Duke 29,526 26,784 22,280 18,774</p>
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Thanks for clearing that up. I’m sure it made a huge difference…</p>
<p>cornell’s data is up
[Applications</a> Rise (Yet Again) at Dozens of Selective Colleges - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/total-apps-2011/]Applications”>Applications Rise (Yet Again) at Dozens of Selective Colleges - The New York Times)</p>
<p>D= scary low admissions rates haha</p>
<p>I wish ED was an option, but with financial situations being what they are for some of us middle class families, it’s much too risky. Heck, a 25% rate at Penn would feel much more comfy than the 9% of RD.
But, with all this being said, there are still only X amount of students (percentile wise) each year to score well enough on the ACT and SAT. One has to wonder if the higher application numbers still reflect actual competition or just better Ivy advertising to the masses.</p>
<p>I say the colleges are just plain weird. Was a Questbridge finalist, deferred by all 5 ranked universities, including UPenn, yet in early March I get a likely letter from UPenn (a statistical anomaly, since they’re not recruiting me for sports)… I’m thinking, why?.. why not just trap me early decision?.. Point is, the rates do not apply to everyone the same way (just the average applicant).</p>