Admissions Yields - class of 2014

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<p>Eatsalot, I know you turned down Columbia for Duke, but there’s no need to be distroting facts. </p>

<p>1) for 2013 and for other years Columbia admitted 42.9% of it’s class through early which is pretty comparable to other schools:</p>

<p>[Admission</a> Statistics | Columbia University Office of Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/stats.php]Admission”>http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/stats.php) - 639 applicants accepted ED
<a href=“Columbia OPIR”>Columbia OPIR; - 1493 matriculates</p>

<p>2) Columbia had over 1000 more applicants ED or over 50% more than Duke for the class of 2014.</p>

<p>[Ivy</a> League Admission Statistics for Class of 2014 Hernandez College Consulting, Inc. and Ivy League Admission Help](<a href=“http://www.hernandezcollegeconsulting.com/ivy-league-admissions-statistics/]Ivy”>http://www.hernandezcollegeconsulting.com/ivy-league-admissions-statistics/)</p>

<p>1924 vs. 2995</p>

<p>You may make whatever subject judgement you want, but these are the numbers on which to base your arguments on.</p>

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<p>^Sorry, I apologize. I accidentally used Columbia’s 2013 ED numbers (around 2,400 applied) in comparison with Duke’s 2014 (around 2,000) applied. My bad :X. It’s harder to find Columbia’s numbers I guess since they haven’t posted them officially on their website.</p>

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<p>You did indeed use incorrect numbers but your confused are also incorrect. Columbia’s ED for the Class of 2013 was close to 3,000 applicants (as well as for the Class of 2014.) Duke had just a bit more than 1500 and fewer than 2,000 in the same years. The difference has always been well over 1,000 applicants. </p>

<p>And, fwiw, the numbers posted by Duke for 2014 are far from being official, and this for several months. It’s the same (Lee Stetson-like) story every year.</p>

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<p>^ your so anxious to dismantle my arguments that you are now being incorrect. Columbia 2013 ED was 2,441 (look on the site). Duke 2014 was over 2,000. THAT was the source of my confusion since Columbia has not officially announced 2014 numbers on their site.</p>

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Haven’t seen his name mentioned in quite a while. :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>Anxious … as in fearful? Fwiw, I am neither anxious nor eager to “dismantle” your arguments. I tried to show you the correct numbers (including using your own links) and help you evaluate correctly the potential “scenarios” in ED/RD statistics and their impact on yield. </p>

<p>In one of my earlier posts, I reported the numbers for the Class of 2013. The 2,441 number is solely for Columbia College and does not include Fu Engineering. Duke reports its numbers with Trinity included. You have to remain consistent. Here are the numbers again:</p>

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<p>As far as Duke REPORTING more than 2,000 applications, such number obviously included incomplete applications and the CORRECT total should be reported as … 1,924. </p>

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<p>Not that such difference matters much, as Duke has so far continued to refuse to disclose its correct numbers via the Common Data Set, and thus remain in the rapidly dwindling category of schools that do not seem to think their audience values … transparency.</p>

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<p>Dartmouth had a 55% yield. Overyielded by a handful of students.</p>

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<p>^^No getting off Dartmouth’s waitlist this year.</p>

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<p>Class of 2014 Admissions Yields
Harvard = >76%
Stanford = 72.5%
Dartmouth = 55%
Williams = 44.3%</p>

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<p>The Dartmouth press release on yield:</p>

<p>[TheDartmouth.com</a> | Yield for Class of ?14 climbs to 55 percent](<a href=“http://thedartmouth.com/2010/05/11/news/admissions]TheDartmouth.com”>http://thedartmouth.com/2010/05/11/news/admissions)</p>

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<p>Class of 2014 Admissions Yields
Harvard = 76%
Stanford = 72.5%
Univ. of Penn = 63%
Dartmouth = 55%
UNC = 53.3%
Cornell = 49%
Williams = 44.3%
Univ.of Chicago = 39%
Lafayette = 27%
SUNY (New Paltz) = 21%</p>

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<p>Adding MIT…
[Around</a> 64 percent of admitted students choose MIT - The Tech](<a href=“http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N26/enrollment2014.html]Around”>http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N26/enrollment2014.html)</p>

<p>Class of 2014 Admissions Yields
Harvard = 76%
Stanford = 72.5%
MIT = 64%
Univ. of Penn = 63%
Dartmouth = 55%
UNC = 53.3%
Cornell = 49%
Williams = 44.3%
Univ.of Chicago = 39%
Lafayette = 27%
SUNY (New Paltz) = 21% </p>

<p>BTW, the total HYPSM cross-admits should be around 1400. I still need the numbers from Yale and Princeton to confirm it.</p>

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<p>There was an interesting paper written several years ago about cross-admits, with data showing where students selected, thus producing a ranking of sorts, with corresponding tables. Does anyone remember this paper and how to access it? I thought I’d kept a link to it but cannot locate it.</p>

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<p>Class of 2014 Admissions Yields
Harvard = 76%
Stanford = 72.5%
MIT = 64%
Univ. of Penn = 63%
Dartmouth = 55%
UNC = 53.3%
Cornell = 49%
Williams = 44.3%
Univ.of Chicago = 39%
George Washington = 37.4%
Colorado College = 37%
Iowa = 34%
Northwestern = 33%
Connecticut College = 31%
Lafayette = 27%
SUNY (New Paltz) = 21%</p>

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<p>Dommot MIT!!!</p>

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<p>Univ. of Chicago = 39%
Northwestern = 33%</p>

<p>Anyone cares to explain this?</p>

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<p>Maybe if you explained what was to explain…</p>

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<p>Try to search “Revealed Preferences” and possibly append the term Wharton. I believe the Wharton School of Business keeps a free copy online.</p>

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<p>yield completely ignores the effect of early decision which is used in large part to manipulate yield.</p>

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<p>What do you mean?</p>

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<p>there are a couple of schools that have gotten rid of Early Decision, otherwise most schoosl have about 30-50% of their freshmen come from Early Decision, which essentially neutralizes this effect among all schools.</p>

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