<p>Yes, it's a little early for this because the admit rates for Class of 2016 won't be known until March / April. However, what are your guestimates for what the admit rates will be at the top schools this year? We'll correct with the actual figures once they are released. I am starting off with last year's figures as a starting point. Most schools have already released their application totals for this year so guess away....</p>
<p>Class of 2015:
5.5% -- Julliard
6.2 ---- Harvard
6.9 ---- Columbia
7.1 ---- Stanford
7.2 ---- Cooper Union
7.4 ---- Yale
8.4 ---- Princeton
8.7 ---- Brown
9.6 ---- MIT
9.7 ---- Dartmouth
12.0 --- Cal Tech
12.3 --- Univ. of Penn
12.6 --- Duke
13.6 --- Pomona
13.8 --- Claremont McKenna
14.9 --- Swarthmore
15.4 --- WUSTL
15.5 --- Vanderbilt
15.6 --- Bowdoin
15.8 --- Univ. of Chicago
17.0 --- Washington & Lee
17.7 --- Middlebury
18.0 --- Cornell
18.0 --- Northwestern
18.0 --- Georgetown
18.3 --- Johns Hopkins
18.6 --- Rice
21.8 --- Tufts
22.3 --- Vassar
24.1 --- Notre Dame
24.9 --- Barnard
25.3 --- UCLA
25.5 --- Colorado College
26.8 --- Hamilton
26.9 --- Bates
27.2 --- Bucknell
27.9 --- Boston College
29.1 --- Colby
29.3 --- Oberlin
29.4 --- UNC Chapel Hill
29.6 --- Carleton
30.4 --- Carnegie Mellon
32.3 --- Univ. of Virginia
32.9 --- Lehigh
33.2 --- Kenyon
34.3 --- Northeastern
40.2 --- SUNY Binghamton
40.3 --- Lafayette
41.8 --- Dickinson
41.8 --- Skidmore
42.4 --- Muhlenberg
42.6 --- Villanova
42.9 --- SMU
44.3 --- Grinnell
45.5 --- Smith
46.7 --- Penn State
47.9 --- Georgia Tech
48.2 --- Case Western
49.8 --- Wisconsin
64.5 --- Virginia Tech </p>
<p>You could maybe add amherst - ~15%, colgate - ~29% and other top colleges. Nice list by the way! I think they will go down a little bit more for the class of 2016, but I am not sure.</p>
<p>OK, I did a few updates myself. These are just quick numbers based on what other people have said in media reports and online. Just for fun. Feel free to make your own estimates.</p>
<p>Class of 2016 Acceptance Rates (guesses)
5.5% – Julliard
6.2 ---- Harvard
6.6 ---- Stanford
6.9% ---- Yale
7.2 ---- Cooper Union
7.5 ---- Columbia
8.4 ---- Princeton
8.7 ---- Brown
9.0 ---- Dartmouth
9.6 ---- MIT
11.6 — Duke
12.0 — Cal Tech
12.4 — Univ. of Penn
? – UChicago
13.6 — Pomona
13.8 — Claremont McKenna
14.9 — Swarthmore
15.4 — WUSTL
15.5 — Vanderbilt
15.6 — Bowdoin
17.0 — Washington & Lee
17.0 — Cornell
17.0 — Northwestern
17.7 — Middlebury
18.0 — Georgetown
18.3 — Johns Hopkins
18.6 — Rice
21.8 — Tufts
22.3 — Vassar
24.1 — Notre Dame
24.9 — Barnard
25.3 — UCLA
25.5 — Colorado College
26.8 — Hamilton
26.9 — Bates
27.2 — Bucknell
27.9 — Boston College
29.1 — Colby
29.3 — Oberlin
29.4 — UNC Chapel Hill
29.6 — Carleton
30.4 — Carnegie Mellon
32.3 — Univ. of Virginia
32.9 — Lehigh
33.2 — Kenyon
34.3 — Northeastern
40.2 — SUNY Binghamton
40.3 — Lafayette
41.8 — Dickinson
41.8 — Skidmore
42.4 — Muhlenberg
42.6 — Villanova
42.9 — SMU
44.3 — Grinnell
45.5 — Smith
46.7 — Penn State
47.9 — Georgia Tech
48.2 — Case Western
49.8 — Wisconsin
64.5 — Virginia Tech</p>
<p>Although attempting to predict the admission rates for the Class of 2016 is as silly as it is futile, here are a few official numbers for the Class of 2015 at selective LACs. Many have yet to release verifiable numbers. The April 2011 announcements are usually worthless. </p>
<p>Claremont McKenna 13.9%
Pomona 14.0%
Swarthmore 15.1%
Williams 17.3%
Middlebury* 18.3%
Wesleyan 24.2%
Haverford 25.1%
Hamilton 27.4%
Davidson 28.0%
Smith 45.5%</p>
<p>xiggi, sometimes it is fun to guess on those things based on the baseless inductive reasoning. So, I would guess Stanford’s admit rate would be 6.35% and Harvard’s would be 6.4%, unlike what the OP’s prediction was.</p>
<p>PS: Columbia told the the whole world last year about its 6.9% admit rate before they took many rounds of students from its waitlist, and never released its final admit rate.</p>
<p>OK, I actually went through and recalculated these for many schools based on the number of applications received this year and assumed they accepted the same number of students as last year. </p>
<p>Class of 2016 Acceptance Rates (guesses)
5.5% – Julliard
6.4 ---- Harvard (2188 / 34285)
6.7 ---- Stanford (2436 / 36744)
7.2 ---- Cooper Union
7.3 ---- Yale (2109 / 28870)
7.6 ---- Columbia (2419 / 31818)
8.4 ---- Princeton
8.7 ---- Brown
9.0 ---- Dartmouth (2100 / 23052)
9.5 ---- MIT (1715 / 18084)
11.9 — Duke (3739 / 31500)
12.0 — Cal Tech
12.6 — Univ. of Penn (3935 / 31127)
13.6 — UChicago (3446 / 25271)
13.9 — Claremont McKenna
14.0 — Pomona
15.1 — Swarthmore
15.4 — WUSTL
15.5 — Vanderbilt
15.6 — Bowdoin
17.0 — Washington & Lee
17.3 — Cornell (6534 / 37673)
17.3 — Georgetown (3468 / 20050)
17.3 — Williams
17.4 — Northwestern (5575 / 31991)
18.3 — Middlebury</p>
<p>Is this another thinly veiled attempt at elitism? Hmmmm? Do you think the quality of your education or the value of your degree increases with a lower admit rate? Seriously? </p>
<p>Nothing against top schools. But lots of outstanding colleges have admit rates in the 40’s and sometimes even higher than that.</p>
<p>VaTech which you cited at 64% is an outstanding college. I know several people there who earned PhD’s in BioChem from there. </p>
<p>Sometimes you people just need to get over yourselves. Really.</p>
<p>sovereigndebt, who said anything about the quality of schools? I use the acceptance rates to keep myself away from those schools which are overrated by the applicants. Dartmouth isn’t better than Amherst, Williams and many other similar schools and, therefore, maybe students will learn from these stats that they could find just as good educations at other colleges.</p>
<p>For the first list SC’s admit rate for the Class of 2015 was 23%.</p>
<p>Applicant numbers for the Class of 2016 have not yet been released. Estimated applicants for the class entering in August 2012 range from 41,000 to 44,000.</p>