<p>For students accepted to both and go to one of them, does anyone know what is the percent who go to amherst over williams, vice versa?</p>
<p>50/50 /************/</p>
<p>Numbers like that aren't readily available. You can easily determine a given school's overall yield (which is the percentage of all admitted students that actually enroll). But the results of specific school-vs.-school matchups are rarely publicized. </p>
<p>In recent years, Williams has had higher overall yields than Amherst (for example, 47% vs. 38% in 2006-2007). But the overall yield is just an average, with large variations relative to different schools. For Williams vs. Amherst, the split is most likely in the 50/50 range.</p>
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<p>I suspect that most of that is a fairly significant difference in the percentage of the incoming class accepted Early Decision. Williams enrolls about 40% of the class ED. I believe Amherst caps the ED percentage at a lower number. You have to accept three RDs to yield one enrollee compared to 1 for 1 in the ED round.</p>
<p>Based on the 2006-2007 CDS numbers, ED does have a lot to do with it. If you subtract out students admitted via ED, then the Williams yield advantage is considerably smaller (34% vs. 30%).</p>
<p>The Williams applicant pool seems to have greater interest in the ED option than the Amherst applicant pool. For 2006-2007, the number of total applicants to both schools was nearly identical (Amherst had 2% more), but the number of ED applicants was clearly not (Williams had 41% more).</p>
<p>Amherst states that they actively discourage applicants from applying ED unless they are absolutely positive that Amherst is their first choice etc etc etc. They cap the ED at a fairly low rate (it's been about 28% the past few years)...I don't know if that keeps students from applying ED or what. I heard the cross admit data was about 50/50, but I don't know.</p>
<p>which one you plan to go if you got admitted to both colleges?</p>
<p>I'd choose Amherst</p>
<p>amherst forever</p>
<p>My son chose Williams when we first saw them and after the acceptances came in. I loved both schools, but of course I can only admit that on an Amherst board. Grrr! Lord Jeffs Boo! (LOL).</p>