<p>Remember that the field of “admissions” is also the field of “enrollment management.” It is their job not only to assemble a numerically and qualitatively strong class, but to get the right number of heads into the beds. This is way harder than it looks, even for the Stanfords of the world that get ~75% of overall admits saying yes. Even at HYS, there’s a double-digit yield difference between EA and RD admits. There’s another double-digit difference between the yield on African-American admits vs. white admits (white admits have a much higher yield). Deans can lose their jobs if they get this math wrong.</p>