<p>Dartmouth up 11%</p>
<p>TheDartmouth.com</a> | Class of 2012 applications increase by 11 percent</p>
<p>"Obviously, a difference should be made between volume of applications and number of unique applicants."</p>
<p>This is a very important point. The growth in applications at some schools may be the result of that school being the "one more" that gets added to the long list of schools a student is applying to. I would expect this to be particularly noticeable in the tier of schools below the Ivies.</p>
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<p>Yes, I think that's exactly what's happening at those schools that are being called "The New Ivies."</p>
<p>From the Yale Daily News: "Yale received a record 22,528 applications for the class of 2012 this year, the admissions office announced Wednesday. The number of applicants increased by 16.6 percent."</p>
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<p>While I don't doubt the general increase in applications/student is responsible for the increase at some schools, much of the increase at Vanderbilt was in binding early decision (41% increase from last year). That can't be attributed to just adding on another school.</p>
<p>Midmo: Not just ED....12,911to 16,800 overall....</p>
<p>^^^Yes, I know the overall increase was about 30%, but the RD increase could, in theory, be attributed to just tacking on another school that appears on someone's Top 20 list, whereas the very large increase in ED apps is Vanderbilt-specific.</p>
<p>Let's remember that the increase in ED number started from a relatively small base of 833. The 41% increase meant an addition of 330 ED. On the other hand, the RD increase was more than 10 times larger. Still very large!</p>
<p>2012 versus 2011
Vanderbilt ED 803 1,133 +330 +41.10%
Vanderbilt Overall 12911 16800 +3,889 +30.12%
Est. RD Numbers 12,108 15,667 +3,559 +29.39%</p>
<p>^^^Thanks for the numbers, xiggi. I'm pleased the ED numbers are no larger than they are, since I think the university would be well-served by broadening the income range of its student body--and of course, binding ED is not conducive to accomplishing that.</p>
<p>Here is the summary data that I have gotten from this thread and other sources for the USNWR Top 20: </p>
<p>EARLY ACTION Colleges: The big winners are U Chicago and Yale</p>
<p>Type, College, 08 Estimated Applications, 07 Applications, % Change, 08 Admits, % Admit</p>
<p>EA , U Chicago , 4349 , 3041 , 43% , na , na
SCEA , Yale , 4888 , 3541 , 38% , 885 , 18.1%
EA , MIT , 3928 , 3493 , 12% , 522 , 13.3%
EA , Notre Dame , 4247 , 3809 , 11% , na , na
SCEA , Stanford , 4551 , 4636 , -2% , 738 , 16.2%</p>
<p>EARLY DECISION Colleges: Vanderbilt is the big winner, but its number of applications is still lower than most of the other ED colleges.</p>
<p>Type, College, 08 Estimated Applications, 07 Applications, % Change, 08 Admits, % Admit</p>
<p>ED , Vanderbilt , 1133 , 803 , 41% , 428 , 37.8%
ED , Northwestern , 1531 , 1310 , 17% , 561 , 36.6%
ED , Dartmouth , 1429 , 1285 , 11% , 400 , 28.0%
ED , Columbia , 2582 , 2429 , 6% , 597 , 23.1%
ED , Brown , 2461 , 2316 , 6% , 555 , 22.6%
ED , J Hopkins , 1055 , 997 , 6% , 439 , 41.6%
ED , Duke , 1247 , 1187 , 5% , 472 , 37.9%
ED , Cornell , 3110 , 3015 , 3% , 1139 , 36.6%
ED , U Penn , 3929 , 4001 , -2% , 1147 , 29.2%</p>
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<p>EA , Caltech
ED , Wash U
ED , Rice
ED , Emory</p>
<p>No Early Option</p>
<p>Princeton
Harvard</p>
<p>Re the big winners, Yale is obviously a very direct beneficiary of HP’s actions to eliminate EA/ED. U Chicago is playing catchup to where it probably should have been all along and this will only continue in the future as they move to accept the Common Ap. </p>
<p>I think that the word is getting out about the evolution of Vanderbilt (along with other top southern universities like Emory and Rice) into a very strong and real competitor for some of the country’s top students. As the data clearly shows, applications to Vanderbilt were up sharply from all over the country and its cross applications with the circle of top 20 USNWR colleges have likely gone up significantly.</p>
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<p>I'm expecting my commission check any day now.</p>
<p>midmo,
With regard to your ED comment, Vanderbilt (and Northwestern) actually admits a lower number of students via ED than many others in the USNWR Top 20. The Vanderbilt number will increase after ED II which they offer, but still there are other ED colleges that take a markedly larger number of students via this path. </p>
<p>Another thing to think about with this data is how it relates to the yield of a college. Clearly, the ED colleges have an advantage with this because of the near 100% yield on these students. This, along with data about deferred ED admits, probably explains part of why Columbia and U Penn have such high yields. </p>
<p>Following is some information that shows how prominent a role these early admits play in the school’s enrollment assuming that all early admits (EA and ED) enroll.</p>
<p>EARLY ACTION Colleges<br>
Estimated Enrollment , % of Enrollment via Early Program , College
1315 , 67% , Yale
1002 , 52% , MIT
1646 , 45% , Stanford
1259 , na , U Chicago
2039 , na , Notre Dame</p>
<p>EARLY DECISION colleges<br>
Estimated Enrollment , % of Enrollment via Early Program , College
1022 , 58% , Columbia
2373 , 48% , U Penn
1466 , 38% , Brown
1086 , 37% , Dartmouth
1207 , 36% , J Hopkins
3188 , 36% , Cornell
1683 , 28% , Duke
1590 , 27% , Vanderbilt
2062 , 27% , Northwestern</p>
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<p>EA , Caltech<br>
ED , Wash U<br>
ED , Rice<br>
ED , Emory </p>
<p>As for your commission check from Vanderbilt, I think you’ve earned it. :)</p>
<p>+3% thus far in the incomplete count</p>
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As of Tuesdays count, the 24,693 applicants from around the world constitute the largest application pool in University history. </p>
<p>According to Director of Admission Shawn Abbott, the number of applicants represents a three percent increase from last years 23,958 Stanford hopefuls.</p>
<p>Its impossible to pinpoint a specific reason why we continue to experience an increase in applications, Abbott said in an email to The Daily. Wed like to think its because of our significantly beefed-up outreach efforts. But it may also be because more students file multiple applications than ever before.
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<p>Va Tech-- count not complete, but apps up from 2007
CollegiateTimes.com</a> - Tech has historic number apply
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For the third consecutive year, a record-high number of students have applied for undergraduate admission to Virginia Tech, likely surpassing the previous mark of 19,579 applications received in 2007.
Though the official numbers have not yet been released, the Virginia Tech Office of Undergraduate Admissions reports that this year's admissions pool is significantly higher than any previous year's, eclipsing the 20,000 mark.
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<p>slightly off this undergrad apps subject....
Brown seeing 5% increase in grad school apps
Grad</a> School apps up 5 percent as life sciences apps drop slightly - Campus News</p>
<p>up ~8%</p>
<p>20,566</a> vie for College Hill - Campus News</p>
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Brown has received a record 20,566 applications for the class of 2012, surpassing 20,000 applications for the first time. The number of applications is a 7.7 percent increase over last year, when the University received 19,097 applications for the class of 2011. Applications were up 4.3 percent last year and 8.3 percent two years ago.
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<p>"I think that the word is getting out about the evolution of Vanderbilt (along with other top southern universities like Emory and Rice) into a very strong and real competitor for some of the country’s top students. As the data clearly shows, applications to Vanderbilt were up sharply from all over the country and its cross applications with the circle of top 20 USNWR colleges have likely gone up significantly"</p>
<p>And it had to be this year, of course, corresponding to the biggest class (and I had to give birth in 1990- stupid me!! )</p>
<p>as reported thus far on this thread & updated to latest posts</p>
<p>sorted by name</p>
<p>Amherst 17%
Brown 8%
Chicago 18%
Columbia 4%
Cornell 8%
Dartmouth 11%
Duke 5%
Harvard 18%
Middlebury 7%
MIT 7%
Northwestern 14%
NYU 0%?
Penn 0%
Princeton 6%
RPI 10%
Stanford 3%
Vanderbilt 30%
Virginia 4%
Williams 11%
Yale 17%</p>
<p>as reported thus far on this thread & updated to latest posts</p>
<p>sorted by % increase</p>
<p>Vanderbilt 30%
Chicago 18%
Harvard 18%
Amherst 17%
Yale 17%
Northwestern 14%
Dartmouth 11%
Williams 11%
RPI 10%
Brown 8%
Cornell 8%
Middlebury 7%
MIT 7%
Princeton 6%
Duke 5%
Columbia 4%
Virginia 4%
Stanford 3%
NYU 0%?
Penn 0%</p>
<p>The Univesity of Richmond's Admissions Rep that blogs on this College Confidential site reported yesterday that its applications for admission this year have exceeded 7,500.</p>
<p>The information contained in the 2007 US News & World Reports site indicate that last year URichmond received 5,414 applications which represents a staggering 38.5% increase.</p>
<p>The</a> Phoenix Online - International, ED and regular applications rise</p>
<p>ED apps up 12%</p>
<p>Totals apps up 9%</p>
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This year, the number of ED applicants once again created a new record. According to Dean of Admissions Jim Bock 90, there were 424 applicants last year for Fall and Winter ED, and this year that figure has risen 12 percent to 475 applications. In terms of admission rates, 44.3 percent of Fall ED applicants were admitted last year compared to 40.5 percent of applicants this year.
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In addition to early admissions, overall applications to the college are up as well. Swarthmore received a total of 5,335 applications last year for the class of 2011, and those for the class of 2012 have already reached 5,807, although the Admissions Office is still in the process of counting applications, Bock said. Notably, international student applications to the college have grown this year. So far, the office has processed 950 such applications, while last year the total number stood at 790 applications.
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