<p>I just calculated Brown’s overall admit rate to be < 8.9% using very conservative numbers. This seems a little low, especially since I assumed that several EDs withdrew (I only know of one case where someone had to withdraw this year), that Brown would be increasing the class size by 30 students (article somewhere on the BDH), and that the yield rate was only 45%. Here are my calculations:</p>
<p>Accepted students = (567 Accepted ED) + ((1515 Class Size - 560 EDs attending) * (1 / .45 Yield))</p>
<p>Acceptance rate = 2689 / 30,100 x 100% = 8.9%</p>
<p>If the yield rate was 50%, the admit rate would be 8.2%. On the lower end, if the yield rate was 55%, the admit rate would be 7.6%</p>
<p>Can anybody tell me if there’s anything wrong with my calculations?</p>
<p>The increase in class size is an increase in transfer students, not freshman admits from what Ive read. Also, yield numbers are available on the Brown webpage and has hovered pretty consistently around 55%. The number of admits is also readily available to look for online as well. These should get you to more accurate numbers. Yield, fo instance, is calculated at 55% including ED, IIRC.</p>
<p>The 30 additional students are transfer students.</p>
<p>Here’s how I would figure it out: 560 students attending from ED. Subtract that number from the target class size of 1485 = 925.</p>
<p>The yield for RD is 42-45%, I think. So to get 925 students, Brown needs to accept 2056 students if the yield is 45% or 2202 if the yield is 42%. Acceptance rates of 8.7 or 9.1 percent respectively. And obviously lower for RD (between 7.5 and 8.1 percent).</p>
<p>^^^yes fireandrain, yes you are an admission geek. </p>
<p>So how does that acceptance rate rank? Is it actually harder to get into Brown than other schools?</p>
<p>(And then I wonder what it will take to get in?..______ SATs,
________ SAT IIs, <strong><em>gpa, </em></strong><strong><em>awards, </em></strong><strong><em>leadership, </em></strong>_____ ECs,
_______<strong><em>sports,
_</em></strong>_________special talent/passion,
URM?<br>
FA? )</p>
<p>I got 9.3%
On the website, they tend to admit on average around 2800 students so I altered this. And I changed the yield to 55% and the class size to 1485. Still, this is really low.</p>
<p>Ouch. It really is interesting… and curious as to why Brown’s had so many more applications this year in comparison to other Ivy League schools.</p>
<p>While these calculations and numbers may all be valid statistics, it is important to look at the whole picture. Yes, the admission rate may drop to under 9%, but one must examine WHY. There are about 5,000 more applicants this year than last year, but that does not mean that all these applicants have an equal chance of getting accepted. The number of new applicants is about 16% of the total applicants (correct me if I am wrong.) This is remarkably high. If this means that the U.S. population (we’re not looking at world statistics here) is growing at 16% a year, then these applicants all have an equal chance of admission. U.S. population is only growing at less than 1% a year, though! (just Google “US population growth statistics”) Therefore, we can conclude that the U.S. is not churning out 16% more extremely smart people every year. Therefore, these new applicants should not have SUCH a significant affect on admissions.
This is intended to be a reply to limabeans.</p>
<p>^Yep, It seems like Brown draws a much wider range of applicants b/c it’s viewed to be the more laid back/“chill” college that everyone applies to just for fun and because they think the admcom is more lenient at Brown or something. Said applicants are necessarily qualified.</p>
<p>Of course, this is only me guessing. It could also be that there are many more people that are starting to realize their potential/places for higher education… One would have to look at trends for other colleges too, but I’m too lazy at the moment.</p>
<p>^^^no, it’s not at all about an increase in the US population (actually, there’s a slight decline). I say it’s a result of several other changes, predominately Brown moved to the common app. I also think Brown has expanded its global presence and is attracting far more students far beyond the US borders. </p>
<p>I’m sure you’ve noticed a huge increase in overall college applications, and my theory is that students are applying to many more schools in hopes to compare FA packages. In fact, those students who qualify for FA also obtain fee waivers, so the extra applications didn’t cost them anything but time. And many students may have added Brown to their list because Brown is need-blind and promises to meet needs.</p>
<p>But then there’s the fact that Brown has <em>suddenly</em> become super popular and I just wonder what it takes.</p>
<p>It could also be that in recent years (post Bush) college aged applicants have trended to more progessive/liberal values and Brown is a particularly attractive choice among such applicants.</p>