<p>looking over last year's thread, reporting for these schools seems a bit tardy this year (that is, they haven't reported yet this year, but they had reported by now last year):</p>
<p>Northwestern (1/14 last year)
Cornell (1/15 last year)
Williams (1/16 last year, but the student paper seems idle this year so far)
Vanderbilt (1/17 last year)</p>
<p>Interestingly, I see some consistency amongst the national schools regarding who reported when last year versus this year, with the exception of those listed above....& those 4 listed had significant app increases last year....leading me to speculate that perhaps their news is not as "good" this year...(or maybe they have too many apps to count)....we'll see.</p>
<p>Northwestern- ~+3%
George Wash - the (2.3%) applies to RD only. ED was up 43%, so the overall effect for total apps was approx 0% change from last year.</p>
<p>These really small increases seem more consistent with population growth vs more kids applying to multiple colleges. For example, a zero percent increase is surely a decrease when you consider how many more kids are graduating this year. Perhaps they are being more judicious to where they apply, but according to our GC, expected applications are down slightly.</p>
<p>research-- I read the GW article as saying it was "total" apps down:
[quote]
Though overall applications to the University decreased slightly this year, the school saw a major shift in when people apply - with a vast number choosing early decision over regular admission.</p>
<p>Total applications to the University decreased 2.3 percent this year, despite a 43 percent increase in early decision applicants, said Kathryn Napper, executive dean for undergraduate admissions.
<p>Where did you find that NW info?....I have failed to find any source for their total apps numbers thus far.</p>
<p>pbr-- I'll have a look for when Columbia posted last year....to my recollection, they typically take their time.....although they posted their ED increase numbers pretty quickly this year.</p>
<p>I dont understand why EDs are up in these tough economic times. I would think kids would bite the bullet and just apply regular and compare finaid offers.</p>
<p>There was no reference cited, nor did I find one on last year's thread, so I do not know where he got that info. I presume it must have been from googling publicly available info, but I do not know for sure. If Columbia had made it public by 1/17 last year, then they, too, are overdue this year.</p>
<p>Mododunn, yes there is increase in population, but what is much more difficult to quantify is whether there is an increase from LY in number of people applying. I think not, demographics are changing.</p>
<p>probono-- funny you should ask....I was looking on Bowdoin's web site last night for any updates, but found none. Keep an eye on their student newspaper ( The</a> Bowdoin Orient - News ) as that is where I typically find reports of admissions/apps stats. Their latest publication of 1/23 has some related stuff....one article on financial aid reports that 164 students were admitted early (presumably ED1)...but no apps count yet.</p>
<p>
[quote]
After three consecutive years of large increases, Northwestern expects a much smaller jump in applicants for the 2009-10 academic year, University Provost Daniel Linzer said Monday.</p>
<p>Although the university has experienced a 54 percent spike in applications over the past three years, this year's pool is only expected to be 3 percent to 4 percent higher than last year's total of 25,013 applicants.</p>
<p>"The last three years have been phenomenal jumps," Linzer said. "It's hard to keep up with that."</p>
<p>The Office of Undergraduate Admission reported that 25,385 students had applied as of Jan. 20, a 2 percent increase over last year, said Michael Mills, associate provost for university enrollment, in a press release issued Monday. Though the admissions deadline has passed, officials are still processing applications.
<p>
[quote]
Yale received a record 25,925 applications to the class of 2013, the admissions office announced Tuesday. </p>
<p>The number of applicants increased by 13.6 percent since last year, when they increased 16.6 percent from the year before, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jeff Brenzel said. Of the applicants, 5,557 applied under Yale’s early action single decision program, while 20,368 applied regular decision. A gap persists in the proportion of male and female applicants; 55 percent of applicants to the class of 2013 are female, Brenzel said.
<p>"The University has received 21,869 applications for the Class of 2013, representing a 2 percent increase over the number of applications for the Class of 2012, according to a University statement.
Seventy-five percent of Class of 2013 applicants are applying for aid. Seventy percent of the Class of 2012 applied for aid.<br>
The University plans to enroll 1,300 students for the Class of 2013, making it the largest freshman class to date, in line with a gradual expansion of undergraduate enrollment.<br>
The applicant pool for the University's freshman class has increased roughly 60 percent in the past six years, according to the statement."</p>
<ul>
<li> just reporting on top national universities & LACS, per USNews lists</li>
<li>"~" means the count is projected or incomplete, or I am not sure its final</li>
<li>"+" positive growth over last year</li>
<li>"(#)" negative growth over last year</li>
</ul>
<p>Brandeis (10.8)
Brown ~+21% (still approx)
Carnegie Mellon up maybe
Chicago ~+7%
Colby (7%)
Conn Col up slightly
Dartmouth +8.9%
Duke +17%
George Wash (2.3%)
Gettysburg ~(15%) (maybe just RD)
Hamilton ~(16%)
Harvard ~+5.6%
Kenyon (10%)
Middlebury ~(12%)
MIT +17%
Northwestern ~+2% (count incomplete, 3-4% expected)
Notre Dame up slightly
NYU +0.3%
Penn State ~+4 so far
Princeton +2.3%
Rice +12%
RPI ~up, but not quantified yet
St Olaf down
Stanford +20%
Tufts ~(3 to 4%)
UC Berkeley +0.4%
UC Davis +4.4%
UC Irvine +4.0%
UCLA +0.5%
UCSB (5.0%)
UCSD (0.7%)
USC down slightly
U Illinois ~+12%
UNC +17%
UVa +16%
Wellesley +3.6%
Yale +13.6</p>