Admit Rates -- Class of 2016

<p>Duke accepted a slightly higher proportion of the class ED so expect an increase in yield. I think an overall acceptance rate of 11% was predicted if I’m not mistaken. Also look for Chicago’s yield to improve as well.</p>

<p>Its been pointed out to me by someone, and I believe she is correct (Happy1 on the Fordham thread) that schools with an EA pool and no ED pool necessarily have a lower yield because there is by definition no obligation to attend and thus people throw in applications en force as a “safety net”. Fordham fits that role to a T because its an amazing and outstanding school, but just on the cusp of a Top50 ranking in USNWR (and headed higher…its their long term objective in their mission statements to break Top30 and make Top 25…they may or may not get there…the fighting is fierce near the top of the heep! LOL) So yield must be viewed through the lens of objective data and fairness, not just raw scores. Schools with only ED have a higher yield because kids who apply then are obligated to attend. Fordham is only EA. (Which I applaud, because its fairer to families.) </p>

<p>Fordham’s admit rate this year will be somewhere around 42% (est.)</p>

<p>UCBalumnus raises a very interesting point - reported admission rates at many colleges would rise if they deleted incomplete applications from their numbers. Some colleges count almost anything as an application. His post was the first time I ever saw the difference put into real percentages.</p>

<p>I agree with charlieschm, it is important to look at what colleges consider as an application. Some schools like WashU have been known to include student responses to mails (soliciting applications) as complete applications. In other words, if you respond to their initial communication, WashU considers that as an app; or at least it purportedly used to.</p>

<p>This year, Wash claimed they accepted only 1500 out of 27000 which is 5.5% Why is that?</p>

<p>Well, last year they had an entering class of 1,600.</p>

<p>They accepted almost 5,300 last year, though, as a lot of accepted students decided to go to other colleges.</p>

<p>So, they may want to have an entering class of about 1,500 next Fall, but they will have to accept several times that many students to get there.</p>

<p>[The</a> Most Popular National Universities - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2012/01/24/the-most-popular-national-universities]The”>http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2012/01/24/the-most-popular-national-universities)</p>

<p>MIT is reporting an initial acceptance rate of 8.9%, accepting (1620/18109) applicants, anticipating a higher yield. Last year they took about 30 students off the wait list. If that held true this year, their final acceptance rate would be 9.1% (1650/18109).</p>

<p>This year (intial):
[MIT</a> Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/mit-regular-action-decisions-now-available-online]MIT”>MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online | MIT Admissions) </p>

<p>Last year (final) – (1742/17909 = 9.7%):
[Admissions</a> Statistics | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/apply/process/stats]Admissions”>Admissions statistics | MIT Admissions)</p>

<p>Initial Acceptance Rate – Class of 2016
MIT 8.9%</p>

<p>Stay tuned for more updates as other schools report or add your own.</p>

<p>On 3/23/12 Pitzer announced a 15.7% acceptance rate for the class of 2016.</p>

<p>Pomona’s acceptance rate for the Class of 2016 is 12.8%.</p>

<p>Penn’s overall acceptance rate for the Class of 2016 is 12.3%, same as last year’s:</p>

<p>[The</a> Daily Pennsylvanian :: Admit rate holds steady at 12.3 percent](<a href=“http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2012/03/admit_rate_holds_steady_at_12.3_percent]The”>Admit rate holds steady at 12.3 percent | The Daily Pennsylvanian)</p>

<p>Duke 2016</p>

<p>ED applied: 2641
ED admitted: 648 (24.5%)
ED deferred: 693
RD applied: 28,959
Total RD pool: 29,652
RD admitted: 3105 (10.5%)</p>

<p>Overall admit rate: 11.9%</p>

<p>Brown admits 9.6% for 2016:</p>

<p>[U&lt;/a&gt;. accepts 2,760 to class of 2016 - The Brown Daily Herald - Serving the community daily since 1891](<a href=“http://www.browndailyherald.com/u-accepts-2-760-to-class-of-2016-1.2722116#.T3T3D46re00]U”>http://www.browndailyherald.com/u-accepts-2-760-to-class-of-2016-1.2722116#.T3T3D46re00)</p>

<p>Datmouth admits 9.4% for 2016:
[TheDartmouth.com:</a> College admits 9.4 percent of applicants for the Class of 2016](<a href=“http://thedartmouth.com/2012/03/29/news/admissions]TheDartmouth.com:”>http://thedartmouth.com/2012/03/29/news/admissions)</p>

<p>Columbia admits 7.4% for 2016:
[CC</a>, SEAS admit rate up to 7.4 percent](<a href=“http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2012/03/29/cc-seas-admit-rate-74-percent]CC”>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2012/03/29/cc-seas-admit-rate-74-percent)</p>

<p>Princeton admits 7.86% for 2016:
[Breaking:</a> U. admits 7.86 percent of applicants - The Daily Princetonian](<a href=“http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2012/03/29/30415/]Breaking:”>http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2012/03/29/30415/)</p>

<p>Do these initial acceptance rates include the ED accepted student number for schools like Brown and Dartmouth or are they just the RD acceptance rates?</p>

<p>Pitzer College, one of the Claremont Colleges, had an acceptance rate of 15.7% for the class of 2016, lower than Middlebury, Cornell, Georgetown, Williams, and Northwestern, if Truth123’s numbers are correct. [Pitzer</a> College Announces 15.7% Acceptance Rate for Class of 2016 Forum | The Official Student Publication of Claremont McKenna College](<a href=“http://cmcforum.com/news/03232012-pitzer-college-announces-15-7-acceptance-rate-for-class-of-2016]Pitzer”>http://cmcforum.com/news/03232012-pitzer-college-announces-15-7-acceptance-rate-for-class-of-2016)</p>

<p>[Harvard</a> Acceptance Rate Falls To Record Low - Business Insider](<a href=“http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-03-29/wall_street/31253145_1_applicant-pool-universities-final-rate]Harvard”>http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-03-29/wall_street/31253145_1_applicant-pool-universities-final-rate)
This article has some numbers. Claremont McKenna is 12.4,lower than Pomona.</p>

<p>Cornell is saying on their thread that their acceptance rate, reported by the Cornell daily newspaper, is 16.2 percent. Also reported, a 4 percent increase in applications.</p>

<p>University of Southern California (USC)
~18.2%</p>

<p>University of California - Berkeley
~19.6%</p>

<p>USC Link: [If</a> it seems easy, you’re not doing it right Undergraduate Admission Blog](<a href=“http://admissionblog.usc.edu/2012/03/28/if-it-seems-easy/]If”>http://admissionblog.usc.edu/2012/03/28/if-it-seems-easy/)
Cal Link: [UC</a> Berkeley releases freshman admissions decisions | The Daily Californian](<a href=“http://www.dailycal.org/2012/03/30/uc-berkeley-releases-freshman-admissions-decisions/]UC”>UC Berkeley releases freshman admissions decisions)</p>

<p>“All Ivy League institutions announced their regular round decisions today. Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth and Cornell posted record-low admit rates, while Penn’s acceptance rate remained the same as last year at 12.3 percent. Columbia was the only other Ivy that experienced an acceptance rate increase, rising from 6.9 to 7.4 percent.”</p>

<p>This from the Brown Daily Herald.</p>

<p>^^^^and further, Columbia under-accepts to show a low acceptance rate that is never adjusted, even though it admits hundreds of kids from the waitlist a month or two later…</p>

<p>in reality, when waitlisted enrollees are accounted for, Columbia’s acceptance rate is in the 9-10% range</p>

<p>but hey, that is what non-transparent colleges do</p>