Admissions' Statistics

<p>what about transfer ?</p>

<p>The most recent data for transfers I have available is a year old. </p>

<p>Males: 409 applied, 19 admitted, 16 enrolled
Females: 370 applied, 11 admitted, 8 enrolled</p>

<p>What about international EA?</p>

<p>My question as well. Thanks BillBank.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, I don't have the exact numbers. There were 115 international freshmen at Yale last year. Assuming their standard 70% yield, Yale admitted ~164 international students (SCEA and RD).</p>

<p>Early Action Applications, Yale Class of 2012
Total Number of Applicants: 4888
Number Admitted: 885
Number Deferred: 3159
Number Denied: 798</p>

<p>i have a question..
out of the 2200 they deferred last year, how many did they accept during regular decision?
anyone know by any chance?</p>

<p>According to the Yale Daily News, Friday, Dec. 14, "Yale accepted 18.1 percent of its early action applicants for the Class of 2012, a decrease of 1.6 percent from last year, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jeff Brenzel told the News Friday evening."</p>

<p>actually 885 is a pretty high number..</p>

<p>quite a big number, yep yep. sigh.</p>

<p>Yes that's true. I just got deferred, and that's what the dean's letter said-same chance or a bit higher.</p>

<p>I think they knew they won't have that many regular applicants as all applied SCEA..</p>

<p>does anybody know how many people applied to Yale RD for the class of 2012? The application deadline is over, so id really like to know how many people I'm competing with, now that ive been deferred... or the total number of people who applied to yale this year is fine.</p>

<p>For the class of 2011, 62% of EA-ers were deferred (2208 out of 3541) and since it's unlikely that Yale will change its policy of deferring kids, it's likely that of the 4,888 kids that applied early to Yale for 2012, ~3,050 were deferred. However, keep in mind that while RD-ers have a completely 'clean' application (no one has their apps before, so there adcoms have no preconceptions), deferred applicants have a sort of 'X' over their applications, meaning that it's likely that adcoms will review these apps with slight negative preconceptions. As a result, it's in the applicants' best interest to show that they aren't the same person they were when they applied EA, and that they have something new to bring to the table.</p>

<p>According to a previous poster, Yale deferred 3150 students.</p>

<p>lol...there had been a time wen the stars was the limit for me...now i cant see beyond my ceiling!!!!...i think i will be flattered even if yale waitlists me!!!!!!!</p>

<p>these stats means Yale deffers more EA applicants than the total number of kids they plan to accept from RD. It's upseting that they string so many kids along like that.</p>

<p>The best advice I can give to EA deferrals is to remain positive and keep your options open. Quite a few of my friends here were deferred only to later be accepted.</p>

<p>And if you feel like laughing at Yale for the time being...
YouTube</a> - Class of the Dead, the Yale Zombie Project</p>

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However, keep in mind that while RD-ers have a completely 'clean' application (no one has their apps before, so there adcoms have no preconceptions), deferred applicants have a sort of 'X' over their applications, meaning that it's likely that adcoms will review these apps with slight negative preconceptions.

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On the other hand, the deferred group, presumably, does not contain persons who have absolutely no chance of admission--those who were rejected in the SCEA round. This, by definition, should make this group a bit stronger than the RD pool, which still contains applicants with no reasonable chance. So, this may be a wash, and deferred people really might be on essentially equal footing with RD applicants.</p>

<p>Hunt, that is statistically true, but the question is: For a given applicant, assuming he/she is competitive but not attractive enough to get in SCEA, would it be better to be seen as: </p>

<p>1) this is a strong student who did not stand out in a pool (EA) of very strong students,</p>

<p>or</p>

<p>2) this is a strong student who stands out in a pool (RD) of not very strong students.</p>

<p>It would help to know the exact process by which the deferred students get re-evaluated. Are their applications simply mixed in with the regular decision pool, to be given a completely fresh look in the RD round, or are they considered in a different, more abbreviated way, after the RD applicants been completely evaluated? </p>

<p>One way I imagine the process could work would be to first go through the RD applicants and also classify them into three pools- accept, reject, and 'maybe'- and then take all the RD 'maybe' applicants and mix them up with those who were deferred in the early round, to make the final selection on an equal footing. </p>

<p>But that is just my conjecture...is that how it really works?</p>

<p>^ Good question. anyone know?</p>