<p>The % of accepted students has dropped tremendously in the last 2 years along with the yield rate. What are your thoughts about the changes? The school gives the impression that they are more interested in the right fit vs scores etc. Are they still able to keep to this philosophy or are the stats starting to rise with each new class?</p>
<p>THX</p>
<p>I can't speak for admissions, but as the school gains in popularity, name-recognition, and name-value, I imagine that it can maintain that philosophy even with rising stats. I don't think the school would accept a group of sub-par students who really 'fit' any quicker than it'd accept a group of stellar students who seemed un-Pitzery, although a small number of each might make the cut. There's a happy medium in there, and luckily, there seem to be a good number of applicants who satisfy both sides of the equation.</p>
<p>As with most small LAC's that I've seen, I think that Pitzer wants students who are academically strong, but who also demonstrate that they've taken time to learn about the school and who seem like they would be happy to attend.</p>
<p>thank you ... we will be visiting the Claremonts again in a few weeks.</p>
<p>Maybe annother piece to the puzzle would be the first-year retention rate, since higher-stats students might transfer out if they felt out of place intellectually, or lower-ranked students might switch out if they felt unprepared.</p>