Admission Rate Rises to 9.79 Percent

Colleges and Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>BREAKING</a> NEWS: Admission rate rises to 9.79 percent - The Daily Princetonian. Unless Princeton gets a yield of over 60%, they will be admitting from the wait list. From the article:</p>

<p>"The University has admitted 9.79 percent of the 21,964 applicants who sought admission to the Class of 2013. Only 2,150 members of the largest applicant pool in the University's history were offered spots in the second admission cycle without early-decision applications....</p>

<p>Harvard admitted 7.0 percent of its applicant pool, down from 7.1 percent last year. Yale’s admit rate fell to 7.5 percent from 8.3 percent, while Stanford’s fell sharply to 7.5 percent from 9.5 percent last year.</p>

<p>Columbia admitted 9.8 percent of applicants, down from 10.1 percent last year. Brown admitted a record-low 10.2 percent, down from 13.3 from last spring. Dartmouth also saw a decrease in its acceptance rate, from 13.2 percent to 12.0 percent. "</p>

<p>The University of Pennsylvania saw a slight increase in its acceptance rate, from 17.0 percent to 17.1 percent. Cornell has not yet released its numbers.</p>

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<p>does anyone know what the usual yield is for Princeton -0-…? i got waitlisted TT TT!!!</p>

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<p>I WANT TO GO TO PRINCETON!! :frowning: waitlisted…</p>

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<p>someone told me that it was 7%, I guess he was mistaken.</p>

<p>Oh well, waitlisted.</p>