Class of 2017 - March and April Acceptance Rates

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<p>MIT 8.2% 1548</a> admitted frosh for the Class of 2017 - The Tech
UChicago 8.8% College</a> sends admission decisions in milestone year for applications | UChicago News</p>

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<p>Adding RPI 41% [RPI:</a> News & Events - Freshman Applications Surge Past 16,000 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute](<a href=“http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3149]RPI:”>Freshman Applications Surge Past 16,000 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | News & Events)</p>

<p>Acceptance Rates
MIT 8.2%
UChicago 8.8%
RPI 41%</p>

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<p>MIT 8.2%
[1548</a> admitted frosh for the Class of 2017 - The Tech](<a href=“http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N12/admissions.html]1548”>http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N12/admissions.html)
UChicago 8.8%
[College</a> sends admission decisions in milestone year for applications | UChicago News](<a href=“http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2013/03/15/college-sends-admission-decisions-milestone-year-applications]College”>College sends admission decisions in milestone year for applications | University of Chicago News)
Northwestern 13.9%
[The</a> Daily Northwestern : Northwestern acceptance rate drops to all-time low of 13.9 percent](<a href=“http://dailynorthwestern.com/2013/03/23/top-stories/2017-nu-admits-record-low-13-9-percent-of-freshman-for-class-of-2017/]The”>Northwestern acceptance rate drops to all-time low of 13.9 percent)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 41%
<a href=“http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3149[/url]”>http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3149&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>UVA coming in at 29.4% (8528/29005) [Preliminary</a> Admissions Numbers for UVA Incoming Class - NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports and Weather](<a href=“http://www.nbc29.com/story/21769360/preliminary-admissions-numbers-for-uva-incoming-class]Preliminary”>http://www.nbc29.com/story/21769360/preliminary-admissions-numbers-for-uva-incoming-class)</p>

<p>MIT 8.2%
UChicago 8.8%
Northwestern 13.9%
UVA 29.4%
RPI 41%</p>

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<p>Updating with Vanderbilt 11.9% </p>

<p>RD = (3018/27840) [Class</a> of 2017 Regular Decisions Mailed Today | The Vandy Admissions Blog | Vanderbilt University](<a href=“http://admissions.vanderbilt.edu/vandybloggers/2013/03/class-of-2017-regular-decisions-mailed-today/]Class”>Class of 2017 Regular Decisions Mailed Today | The Vandy Admissions Blog | Vanderbilt University)
ED = (688/3248) [Early</a> Decision II Letters Mailed | The Vandy Admissions Blog | Vanderbilt University](<a href=“http://admissions.vanderbilt.edu/vandybloggers/2013/02/early-decision-ii-letters-mailed/]Early”>Early Decision II Letters Mailed | The Vandy Admissions Blog | Vanderbilt University)</p>

<h2>Acceptance Rates</h2>

<p>MIT 8.2%
UChicago 8.8%
Vanderbilt 11.9%
Northwestern 13.9%
UVA 29.4%
RPI 41%</p>

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<p>Boston University announcement: [Class</a> of 2017 accepts 36 percent of applicants | The Daily Free Press](<a href=“http://dailyfreepress.com/2013/03/27/class-of-2017-accepts-36-percent-of-applicants/]Class”>Class of 2017 accepts 36 percent of applicants – The Daily Free Press)</p>

<h2>Acceptance Rates</h2>

<p>MIT 8.2%
UChicago 8.8%
Vanderbilt 11.9%
Northwestern 13.9%
UVA 29.4%
BU 36%
RPI 41%</p>

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<p>Duke 11.6%
(2929 early +753 RD )/31785 = 11.6%</p>

<p>The release below gives Duke’s RD acceptance rate. Its overall rate can be calculated by adding in the early admits.</p>

<p>[Duke</a> accepts 2,929 applicants for the Class of 2017 | The Chronicle](<a href=“http://m.dukechronicle.com/articles/2013/03/27/duke-accepts-2929-applicants-class-2017]Duke”>http://m.dukechronicle.com/articles/2013/03/27/duke-accepts-2929-applicants-class-2017)</p>

<p>MIT 8.2%
UChicago 8.8%
Duke 11.6%
Vanderbilt 11.9%
Northwestern 13.9%
UVA 29.4%
BU 36%
RPI 41%</p>

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<p>Adding Tufts.
[Supply</a> and Demand · Inside Admissions · Tufts University Admissions Department](<a href=“http://admissions.tufts.edu/blogs/inside-admissions/post/supply-and-demand2/]Supply”>http://admissions.tufts.edu/blogs/inside-admissions/post/supply-and-demand2/)</p>

<h2>Acceptance Rates</h2>

<p>MIT 8.2%
UChicago 8.8%
Vanderbilt 11.9%
Northwestern 13.9%
Tufts 18.7%
UVA 29.4%
BU 36%
RPI 41%</p>

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<p>USC: [And</a> They?re Off! · Undergraduate Admission Blog](<a href=“http://admissionblog.usc.edu/2013/03/26/and-theyre-off/]And”>http://admissionblog.usc.edu/2013/03/26/and-theyre-off/)
Vanderbilt: [Class</a> of 2017 Regular Decisions Mailed Today | The Vandy Admissions Blog | Vanderbilt University](<a href=“http://admissions.vanderbilt.edu/vandybloggers/2013/03/class-of-2017-regular-decisions-mailed-today/]Class”>Class of 2017 Regular Decisions Mailed Today | The Vandy Admissions Blog | Vanderbilt University)</p>

<h2>Acceptance Rates</h2>

<p>MIT 8.2%
UChicago 8.8%
Vanderbilt 10.84% (RD only)
Duke 11.6%
Vanderbilt 11.9%
Northwestern 13.9%
Tufts 18.7%
USC 19.6%
UVA 29.4%
BU 36%
RPI 41%</p>

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<p>Princeton 7.29%</p>

<p>[Princeton</a> University - Princeton University offers admission to 7.29 percent of applicants](<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S36/44/74C02/index.xml?section=topstories]Princeton”>http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S36/44/74C02/index.xml?section=topstories) </p>

<p>On a side note, Princeton’s application have dropped slightly for the past two years (Princeton apps drop -0.59% this year) but its admissions office still claims to have a ‘near-record’ number of applicants. Good PR spin.</p>

<h2>Overall Acceptance Rates for Class of 2017</h2>

<p>Princeton 7.3%
MIT 8.2%
UChicago 8.8%
Duke 11.6%
Vanderbilt 11.9%
Northwestern 13.9%
Tufts 18.7%
USC 19.6%
UVA 29.4%
BU 36%
RPI 41%</p>

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<p>[7</a> of 8 Ivy League Schools Report Lower Acceptance Rates - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/28/ivy-league-college-admission-rates-2013/]7”>7 of 8 Ivy League Schools Report Lower Acceptance Rates - The New York Times)</p>

<h2>Overall Acceptance Rates for Class of 2017</h2>

<p>Harvard 5.79%
Yale 6.72%
Columbia 6.89%
Princeton 7.3%
MIT 8.2%
UChicago 8.8%
Brown 9.6%
Duke 11.6%
Vanderbilt 11.9%
U. of Pennsylvania 12.10%
Northwestern 13.9%
Cornell 15.15%
Tufts 18.7%
USC 19.6%
UVA 29.4%
BU 36%
RPI 41%</p>

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<p>What are the odds that Stanford waltzes in with fewer than 2,246 admissions?</p>

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<p>Dartmouth was added to the NYTimes link from earlier - a slight increase from last year’s acceptance rate at 10%</p>

<h2>Overall Acceptance Rates for Class of 2017</h2>

<p>Harvard 5.79%
Yale 6.72%
Columbia 6.89%
Princeton 7.3%
MIT 8.2%
UChicago 8.8%
Brown 9.6%
Dartmouth 10.0%
Duke 11.6%
Vanderbilt 11.9%
U. of Pennsylvania 12.10%
Northwestern 13.9%
Cornell 15.15%
Tufts 18.7%
USC 19.6%
UVA 29.4%
BU 36%
RPI 41%</p>

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<p>Adding Hopkins [Decisions</a> for Johns Hopkins Class of 2017 released | Hub](<a href=“http://hub.jhu.edu/2013/03/28/admissions-decisions-released]Decisions”>Decisions for Johns Hopkins Class of 2017 released | Hub)</p>

<h2>Overall Acceptance Rates for Class of 2017</h2>

<p>Harvard 5.79%
Yale 6.72%
Columbia 6.89%
Princeton 7.3%
MIT 8.2%
UChicago 8.8%
Brown 9.6%
Dartmouth 10.0%
Duke 11.6%
Vanderbilt 11.9%
U. of Pennsylvania 12.10%
Northwestern 13.9%
Cornell 15.15%
Johns Hopkins 16.8%
Tufts 18.7%
USC 19.6%
UVA 29.4%
BU 36%
RPI 41%</p>

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<p>Swarthmore’s rate is 14%.
<a href=“Admissions Hopes for Larger Yield for 2017 - The Phoenix”>Admissions Hopes for Larger Yield for 2017 - The Phoenix;

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<p>I predicted 2220 out of 38,828. I was off by ten admissions. </p>

<p>[Applications</a> for the Class of 2017 set record at Stanford | Stanford News Release](<a href=“http://news.stanford.edu/pr/2013/pr-applications-set-record-032913.html]Applications”>Applications for the Class of 2017 set record at Stanford | Stanford News Release)</p>

<p>The admission rate is 5.69 percent and 4.54 in the RD round.</p>

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<p>FYI … Stanford does move some early admits to the RD round. Not sure why, but they do.</p>

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<h1>Added Stanford and Swarthmore</h1>

<p>Stanford 5.69%
Harvard 5.79%
Yale 6.72%
Columbia 6.89%
Princeton 7.3%
MIT 8.2%
UChicago 8.8%
Brown 9.6%
Dartmouth 10.0%
Duke 11.6%
Vanderbilt 11.9%
UPenn 12.10%
NWestern 13.9%
Swarthmore 14.0%
Cornell 15.15%
JHS 16.8%
Tufts 18.7%
USC 19.6%
UVA 29.4%
BU 36%
RPI 41%</p>

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<p>These numbers are scary</p>

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<p>From Rice University:

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