<p>Okashii: great post and great point.</p>
<p>Added Washington University in St. Louis data for this year. 9% increase in application (23,000–> 25,000)</p>
<p>-11% (vs. this time last year – deadline is 3/1) Temple
“down” Maryland-College park
-0.7% Yale
Whitman (no change)
+1% Bowdoin
+1% U Conn
+2% U of California System (overall)
…+5.5% UCLA (72,000 –> 76,000 apps!)
+3% George Washington
+3% Illinois Urbana-Champaign
+3% Union
+3% Virginia
+3% Vassar
+3% Williams
+4% Dartmouth
+4% Penn State
+5% Cornell
+5% Harvard
+5% MIT
+5% Rutgers
+5% Stanford
+5% UMBC
+6% Washington and Lee
+6% Wesleyan
+7% Delaware
+8% Swarthmore
+9% Washington University in St. Louis
+9% Northwestern
+9% Richmond
+9% Rice
+9% RPI
+10% Connecticut College
+10% Tulane
+10% UMN Twin Cities
+10% Villanova
+11% Duke
+12% American
+12% Cal Poly SLO
+13% Georgia Tech
+13% Hopkins
+13% Vanderbilt
+14% Miami (FL)
+15% Middlebury
+16% Carnegie Mellon
+17% Penn
+18% DePauw
+19% Drexel
+19% Princeton
+20% Brown
+25% Hawaii-Manoa
+28% Cal State System
+30% Loyola (MD)
+42% Chicago </p>
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<p>Adding Northeastern 34,000 to 38,000 +12%</p>
<p>-11% (vs. this time last year – deadline is 3/1) Temple
“down” Maryland-College park
-0.7% Yale
Whitman (no change)
+1% Bowdoin
+1% U Conn
+2% U of California System (overall)
…+5.5% UCLA (72,000 –> 76,000 apps!)
+3% George Washington
+3% Illinois Urbana-Champaign
+3% Union
+3% Virginia
+3% Vassar
+3% Williams
+4% Dartmouth
+4% Penn State
+5% Cornell
+5% Harvard
+5% MIT
+5% Rutgers
+5% Stanford
+5% UMBC
+6% Washington and Lee
+6% Wesleyan
+7% Delaware
+8% Swarthmore
+9% Washington University in St. Louis
+9% Northwestern
+9% Richmond
+9% Rice
+9% RPI
+10% Connecticut College
+10% Tulane
+10% UMN Twin Cities
+10% Villanova
+11% Duke
+12% Northeastern
+12% American
+12% Cal Poly SLO
+13% Georgia Tech
+13% Hopkins
+13% Vanderbilt
+14% Miami (FL)
+15% Middlebury
+16% Carnegie Mellon
+17% Penn
+18% DePauw
+19% Drexel
+19% Princeton
+20% Brown
+25% Hawaii-Manoa
+28% Cal State System
+30% Loyola (MD)
+42% Chicago</p>
<p>adding syracuse back to list: +9% (22,500 applications) this year
[SU</a> receives record number of applications for fall 2010](<a href=“http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/undergraduate-applications-02-10.html]SU”>http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/undergraduate-applications-02-10.html)</p>
<p>-11% (vs. this time last year – deadline is 3/1) Temple
“down” Maryland-College park
-0.7% Yale
Whitman (no change)
+1% Bowdoin
+1% U Conn
+2% U of California System (overall)
…+5.5% UCLA (72,000 –> 76,000 apps!)
+3% George Washington
+3% Illinois Urbana-Champaign
+3% Union
+3% Virginia
+3% Vassar
+3% Williams
+4% Dartmouth
+4% Penn State
+5% Cornell
+5% Harvard
+5% MIT
+5% Rutgers
+5% Stanford
+5% UMBC
+6% Washington and Lee
+6% Wesleyan
+7% Delaware
+8% Swarthmore
+9% Washington University in St. Louis
+9% Northwestern
+9% Richmond
+9% Rice
+9% RPI
+9% Syracuse
+10% Connecticut College
+10% Tulane
+10% UMN Twin Cities
+10% Villanova
+11% Duke
+12% Northeastern
+12% American
+12% Cal Poly SLO
+13% Georgia Tech
+13% Hopkins
+13% Vanderbilt
+14% Miami (FL)
+15% Middlebury
+16% Carnegie Mellon
+17% Penn
+18% DePauw
+19% Drexel
+19% Princeton
+20% Brown
+25% Hawaii-Manoa
+28% Cal State System
+30% Loyola (MD)
+42% Chicago</p>
<p>Adding MHC +8.6%, omitted from this list</p>
<p>-11% (vs. this time last year – deadline is 3/1) Temple
“down” Maryland-College park
-0.7% Yale
Whitman (no change)
+1% Bowdoin
+1% U Conn
+2% U of California System (overall)
…+5.5% UCLA (72,000 –> 76,000 apps!)
+3% George Washington
+3% Illinois Urbana-Champaign
+3% Union
+3% Virginia
+3% Vassar
+3% Williams
+4% Dartmouth
+4% Penn State
+5% Cornell
+5% Harvard
+5% MIT
+5% Rutgers
+5% Stanford
+5% UMBC
+6% Washington and Lee
+6% Wesleyan
+7% Delaware
+8% Swarthmore
+8.6% Mount Holyoke College
+9% Washington University in St. Louis
+9% Northwestern
+9% Richmond
+9% Rice
+9% RPI
+9% Syracuse
+10% Connecticut College
+10% Tulane
+10% UMN Twin Cities
+10% Villanova
+11% Duke
+12% Northeastern
+12% American
+12% Cal Poly SLO
+13% Georgia Tech
+13% Hopkins
+13% Vanderbilt
+14% Miami (FL)
+15% Middlebury
+16% Carnegie Mellon
+17% Penn
+18% DePauw
+19% Drexel
+19% Princeton
+20% Brown
+25% Hawaii-Manoa
+28% Cal State System
+30% Loyola (MD)
+42% Chicago</p>
<p>In an article on Columbia switching to the Common App next year, The Coumbia Spectator reproted that Coumbia had 26,178 applications for the calss of 2014; I think Columbia had 25,428 applications last year for an increase of about 2.8%</p>
<p>Thinking like a marketer- if I wanted my school to suddenly become popular, very competitive have a lower acceptance rate than the previous year and have a very high yield rate, to raise my rankings in all college publications here’s what I would do
Lure applicants including not so qualified ones with “no-fee” applications
D got this from 5 women’s colleges, Washington and Lee and UChicago
Offer admissions to the middle range of applicants, reject/ wailtlist the ones who are more competitive and who I think are looking at me as safety(My yield rate needs to look good)
Send out acceptances in “waves”-some by email, some by mail , whenever, whatever, so I increase students’ angst and discussions about my admissions reach a fever pitch.
And then next year my rankings will go up a few places. Anybody else see this picture?</p>
<p>Adding University of Notre Dame. Over 14,500 application received this year. Roughly 5% increase from 13,900 last year. (source- the Notre Dame Waitlist letter Thread).</p>
<p>-11% (vs. this time last year – deadline is 3/1) Temple
“down” Maryland-College park
-0.7% Yale
Whitman (no change)
+1% Bowdoin
+1% U Conn
+2% U of California System (overall)
…+5.5% UCLA (72,000 –> 76,000 apps!)
+3% George Washington
+3% Illinois Urbana-Champaign
+3% Union
+3% Virginia
+3% Vassar
+3% Williams
+4% Dartmouth
+4% Penn State
+5% Cornell
+5% Harvard
+5% MIT
+5% Rutgers
+5% Stanford
+5% UMBC
+5% University of Notre Dame
+6% Washington and Lee
+6% Wesleyan
+7% Delaware
+8% Swarthmore
+8.6% Mount Holyoke College
+9% Washington University in St. Louis
+9% Northwestern
+9% Richmond
+9% Rice
+9% RPI
+9% Syracuse
+10% Connecticut College
+10% Tulane
+10% UMN Twin Cities
+10% Villanova
+11% Duke
+12% Northeastern
+12% American
+12% Cal Poly SLO
+13% Georgia Tech
+13% Hopkins
+13% Vanderbilt
+14% Miami (FL)
+15% Middlebury
+16% Carnegie Mellon
+17% Penn
+18% DePauw
+19% Drexel
+19% Princeton
+20% Brown
+25% Hawaii-Manoa
+28% Cal State System
+30% Loyola (MD)
+42% Chicago</p>
<p>Adding US Air Force Academy - up 17%</p>
<p>11% (vs. this time last year – deadline is 3/1) Temple
“down” Maryland-College park
-0.7% Yale
Whitman (no change)
+1% Bowdoin
+1% U Conn
+2% U of California System (overall)
…+5.5% UCLA (72,000 –> 76,000 apps!)
+3% George Washington
+3% Illinois Urbana-Champaign
+3% Union
+3% Virginia
+3% Vassar
+3% Williams
+4% Dartmouth
+4% Penn State
+5% Cornell
+5% Harvard
+5% MIT
+5% Rutgers
+5% Stanford
+5% UMBC
+5% University of Notre Dame
+6% Washington and Lee
+6% Wesleyan
+7% Delaware
+8% Swarthmore
+8.6% Mount Holyoke College
+9% Washington University in St. Louis
+9% Northwestern
+9% Richmond
+9% Rice
+9% RPI
+9% Syracuse
+10% Connecticut College
+10% Tulane
+10% UMN Twin Cities
+10% Villanova
+11% Duke
+12% Northeastern
+12% American
+12% Cal Poly SLO
+13% Georgia Tech
+13% Hopkins
+13% Vanderbilt
+14% Miami (FL)
+15% Middlebury
+16% Carnegie Mellon
+17% United States Air Force Academy
+17% Penn
+18% DePauw
+19% Drexel
+19% Princeton
+20% Brown
+25% Hawaii-Manoa
+28% Cal State System
+30% Loyola (MD)
+42% Chicago</p>
<p>@wisemominnj,</p>
<p>agree with no fee and middle range admission.
disagree with wave notice, just look at U of Rochester thread- waves causes stress and backfire. its ranking stays @ “35” year after year never improve.</p>
<p>most students and parents hate admission game-playing.</p>
<p>I’m posting a link to the NYT The Choice [Applications</a> to Selective Colleges Rise as Admission Rates Fall - The Choice Blog - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/applications/]Applications”>Applications to Selective Colleges Rise as Admission Rates Fall - The New York Times) They are compiling and updating applications growth. </p>
<p>The trend is up. I wonder if this will continue over the next few years.</p>
<p>This is so depressing. My D is a solid A- student, taking 3 APs this yr (Jr) and would have been welcomed at loads of places, now she is going to be competing with Ivy applicants for spots at the schools she could have breezed into 6 yr ago.</p>
<p>Adding/correcting Rice- up 11% (not 9%) per letters sent to alumni interviewers.</p>
<p>Can someone please repost this list alphabetically?</p>
<p>11% (vs. this time last year – deadline is 3/1) Temple
“down” Maryland-College park
-0.7% Yale
Whitman (no change)
+1% Bowdoin
+1% U Conn
+2% U of California System (overall)
…+5.5% UCLA (72,000 –> 76,000 apps!)
+3% George Washington
+3% Illinois Urbana-Champaign
+3% Union
+3% Virginia
+3% Vassar
+3% Williams
+4% Dartmouth
+4% Penn State
+5% Cornell
+5% Harvard
+5% MIT
+5% Rutgers
+5% Stanford
+5% UMBC
+5% University of Notre Dame
+6% Washington and Lee
+6% Wesleyan
+7% Delaware
+8% Swarthmore
+8.6% Mount Holyoke College
+9% Washington University in St. Louis
+9% Northwestern
+9% Richmond
+9% RPI
+9% Syracuse
+10% Connecticut College
+10% Tulane
+10% UMN Twin Cities
+10% Villanova
+11% Rice
+11% Duke
+12% Northeastern
+12% American
+12% Cal Poly SLO
+13% Georgia Tech
+13% Hopkins
+13% Vanderbilt
+14% Miami (FL)
+15% Middlebury
+16% Carnegie Mellon
+17% United States Air Force Academy
+17% Penn
+18% DePauw
+19% Drexel
+19% Princeton
+20% Brown
+25% Hawaii-Manoa
+28% Cal State System
+30% Loyola (MD)
+42% Chicago</p>
<p>Our friend Hernandez posted statistics on admit rates (estimated still) on her site, Hernandez consulting. (I don’t want to give exact address, nor quote from her, but easy to find.)</p>
<p>perhaps someone should try and address this from a moral or ethical position…</p>
<p>oh I feel for future college applicants and their families…admissions marketing/games playing …oh so frustrating and stressful…</p>
<p>“This is so depressing. My D is a solid A- student, taking 3 APs this yr (Jr) and would have been welcomed at loads of places, now she is going to be competing with Ivy applicants for spots at the schools she could have breezed into 6 yr ago.”</p>
<p>My sentiments exactly… but then when I think rationally, maybe it’s not as bad as we think. Is a lot of this just kids applying to more places? Seems like the kid who would have applied to 6-8 schools a few years ago is now applying to 10-14. It’s a hamster wheel… application rates go up, everyone gets more anxious and so applies to more schools… but you can go to only one.</p>
<p>Or am I wrong?</p>
<p>I agree with the logic expressed by researching4emb… kids applying to more and more schools. I hope we are both right and my son gets into his dream-waitlisted school. We only applied to 6 and now I feel it may have been a mistake. OTOH, if one applies to a slightly less competitive school with your good stats, you will be candidate for a scholarship as we found out.</p>