<p>News From Around Campus</p>
<p>"Smith received a record number of applications for the class of 2010. First-year submission totaled 3,427, the largest number in Smith's history and a slight increase over last year's record-breaking total. Applications from International students rose 15%, the most significant increase among application categories. Fifty-two percent of the applicants were admitted; 70% of those applicants graduated in the top 10% of their high school classes."</p>
<p>And meanwhile, they added another Fulbright (an alternate was selected) bringing the number to 16. (To provide some perspective, last year, including its graduate students, Princeton had 10.)</p>
<p>Isn't a 52 percent admit rate higher than last year? I think last year's was like 48 percent. How can this be if the number of applicants increased? Did they accept a higher number of students than usual?</p>
<p>It's a matter of juggling yield. As students apply to more and more colleges, the yield at each (except at Harvard) goes down, unless they accept more folks ED (and having more students in aggregate applying ED, and getting rejected ED, results in even more applications.) One result of more acceptances is less use of the waiting list. Use of the waiting list can also increase yield, and is a way to manipulate selectivity data, but makes everything else a crapshoot.</p>
<p>Concentrate on what comes out, not what goes in.</p>
<p>What comes out is only as good as what goes in! You say tomato, I say tomatoh.</p>
<p>Actually, while we can all agree "the potential is there", the difference between what goes in and what comes out is the "value added". That's why what Smith has been able to do is so extraordinary!</p>
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<em>LOL</em> Agreed, Mini.</p>
<p>If 70% vs. last year's 60% are in the top 10%, I assume that the average GPA is higher than last year as well. Any word on SAT's vs last year?</p>
<p>If 70% vs. last year's 60% are in the top 10%, I assume that the average GPA is higher than last year as well]]</p>
<p>Great point. SATs are probably highter. Too bad the class of '10 isn't used for the rankings until the Aug '07 edition.</p>
<p>Have no idea of SAT scores for 2010 yet. Read this info in the SmithNews paper sent to my D.</p>