College Admissions Statistics Class of 2021: Early and Regular Decision Acceptance Rates

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Vanderbilt ED1/ED2

Class of 2021 – Early Decision Summary Statistics

We’ve finished the Early Decision phase of our admissions process for the Vanderbilt Class of 2021, crunched the numbers, and now we have some summary statistics about our newest ‘Dores. Our Early Decision admits are an incredibly talented, diverse, and engaged group, and we are thrilled they’ll be joining our campus community this fall. Judging by the response we’re seeing from them online, they’re also pretty excited. Check out this collection of #2021 posts to see for yourself!

Here’s a profile of the Vanderbilt Early Decision Class of 2021:

Percent of students who received one or more significant honors or held major leadership positions: 100%

Old SAT*
Middle 50% Critical Reading: 710-790
Middle 50% Math: 750-800

New SAT*
Middle 50% Evidence Based Reading and Writing: 710-760
Middle 50% Math: 730-790

Middle 50% ACT: 33-34

Percent of students in the top ten percent of their graduating class: 94%**
Early Decision Admit Rate: 23.6%

https://admissions.vanderbilt.edu/vandybloggers/2017/02/class-of-2021-early-decision-summary-statistics/

[spayurpets]

Case Western info, but is not too informative:
http://observer.case.edu/number-of-applications-for-class-of-2021-breaks-record/

Number of applications for class of 2021 breaks record

February 17, 2017

Applications for the entering class of 2021 totalled the most-ever, surpassing 25,000.

The record marked one of many jumps over the past decade, along with a steady decrease in the acceptance rate, and was attributed to new developments on campus by Robert McCullough, assistant vice president for enrollment and director of admission. Early Decision and Early Action applications increased by 13 percent, while Regular Decision and Pre-Professional Scholars applications increased by seven percent.

In the 2012-2013 application cycle, Case Western Reserve University received 18,000 applications, of which over half were accepted. During the 2015-2016 cycle, 35 percent of applicants were accepted.

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In order to facilitate the increase in applications being processed, McCullough said the admissions process was changed to allow Undergraduate Admissions to read applications “more carefully and efficiently.” Part-time readers that work remotely have been added to the process to ease the workload.

The size of incoming classes, as well as their academic standings, have increased over the past years. The class of 2020, those that joined CWRU last fall, had a median GPA of 3.98 and the middle 50 percent had a median SAT score of 1310-1470 and ACT score of 30-34. Just over 70 percent were in the top tenth of their high school class.

The size of the incoming class is expected be around 1,250.

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Trinity College data (H/T again to College Kickstart, which seems to always get an early jump on ED announcements). I’ll have to do some more digging to figure out the admit rate, but College Kickstart reported it at 71%.

Trinity College Welcomes First Members of Class of 2021

Early Decision Admits Up Significantly Compared with Last Year

Hartford, Connecticut, February 15, 2017 – Approximately 315 students who applied to Trinity College early decision (ED) will be the first members of the Class of 2021, representing a 20 percent increase over the 263 students admitted early last year.

Vice President for Enrollment and Student Success Angel B. Pérez said he and his team are very pleased with this year’s ED program, citing two primary reasons for growth. There was a nine percent increase in ED applications to the College, while, at the same time, Trinity saw a surge in the academic quality of the ED applicant pool. “This signals that more students are considering Trinity as a first-choice institution and that our messaging about Trinity’s emphasis on academic quality and personal character is resonating with the high school counseling community,” said Pérez.

Of the admitted students, 49 percent are women and 51 percent are men. American students of color, including multi-ethnic students, are 23 percent of the ED admits. Fifty-five percent are from outside New England and six percent are international students. Eleven percent of the ED admits are first-generation college students.

Included in the ED admits are 20 Posse Scholars from New York and Chicago, three MasterCard Foundation Scholars and a Davis United World College Scholar. Also included are 13 previously-admitted students who reconfirmed their commitment to enroll at Trinity after taking a gap year.

Since October 2015, Trinity has no longer required SAT or ACT scores for admission, and 57 percent of the Class of 2021 ED admits chose not to submit standardized test scores.

ED applicants, who affirm their commitment to attend Trinity if admitted, applied to Trinity in two rounds, with an ED1 deadline of November 15, 2016, and an ED2 deadline of January 1, 2017. Regular decision applicants will receive notification of Trinity’s admission decision in late March.

http://www.trincoll.edu/NewsEvents/NewsArticles/pages/EDClassOf2021.aspx

[londondad]

Vanderbilt - Middle 50% ACT: 33-34!

This just confirms the popular theory that Vanderbilt really cares more about standardized test scores above everything else and just seems to be less holistic in their admissions than similar schools.

[dragonmom3]

Has anybody seen any stats as far as the number of applicants for early decisions at Vanderbilt, or the number of accepted students?
Last year it was around 800/3400 and the percentile was exactly the same-23.6%
Just curious if the number of ED applicants remained the same.

[londondad]

Check post #220

[dragonmom3]

I saw that but I didn’t see where it mentioned how many or what percent of the class has been admitted ED.

[greeny8]

@dragonmom3 I was curious about those numbers as well. @londondad the post #220 did not have the answer. Vanderbilt hasn’t revealed how many kids applied and were accepted. If we assume it was the same as last year then we know about 3400 applied and 800 accepted.

[spayurpets]

Could not find additional info about Trinity or Vanderbilt, so going with what we have.

MIT EA 657 out of 8394 (7.8%) (def=69.7%, rej=22.4%)
Georgetown EA 931 out of 7822 (11.9%)(def=88.1%)
Boston University ED2 ~274 out of 2039 (~13.4%)
Harvard SCEA 938 out of 6473 (14.5%)
Princeton SCEA 770 out of 5003 (15.4%)
Yale SCEA 871 out of 5086 (17.1%) (def=52.7%, rej=28.6%)
Rice ED 329 out of 1604 (20.5%)
Brown ED 695 out of 3170 (21.9%)(def=60%, rej=18%)
Georgia Tech EA (OOS) ~2300 out of 11,515 (~21%)
Penn ED 1354 out of 6147 (22.0%)
UVA EA (OOS) 3339 out of 14,968 (22.3%)
Vanderbilt ED1/ED2 __ out of __ (23.6%)
Carnegie Mellon ED 330 out of 1375 (24.0%)
Notre Dame REA 1470 out of 6020 (24.4%) (893 def=14.8%)
Duke ED 861 out of 3516 (24.5%)(def,671=19.1%)
Cornell ED ~1379 out of 5384 (25.6%)(def=20.9%, rej=53.5%)
Northwestern ED ~963 out of 3736 (~25.7%)
Dartmouth ED 555 out of 1999 (27.8%)
Georgia Tech EA (IS/OOS) 4380 out of 15,715 (27.9%)
Boston University ED1/ED2 ~1190 out of 4181 (~28.5%)
UVA EA (IS/OOS) 5914 out of 20,446 (28.9%)(def,5458=26.7%; rej,9074=44.4%)
Tulane EA 6480 out of 22,256 (29.1%)
Tufts ED1/ED2 ~675 out of 2310 (~29.2%)
Johns Hopkins ED 591 out of 1934 (30.6%)
Emory ED 474 out of 1493 (31.7%)
Boston College EA ~2900 out of 9000 (~33%)(def,3500=38.9%, rej,2500=27.8%)
Williams ED 257 out of 728 (35.3%)
Boston University ED1 916 out of 2142 (42.8%)
UVA EA (IS) 2575 out of 5278 (48.8%)
Fordham EA 9812 out of 19,859 (49.4%)
Georgia Tech EA (IS) ~2080 out of 4200 (~49%)
Middlebury ED1 343 out of 673 (51.0%) (def,60=8.9%, rej,270=40.1%)
William & Mary ED 528 out of 1023 (51.6%)
University of Georgia EA 8059 out of 15,614 (51.6%)
Fordham ED 156 out of 293 (53.2%)
Trinity College ED 315 out of 443 (71.1%)

[collegecc2017]

any info on Wake Forest ED?

[rerunagain]

Has Wellesley released info on their first year having ED2?

[odannyboySF]

This from Colby on submissions numbers. (No acceptance numbers yet.) http://www.colby.edu/news/2017/03/01/applications-to-colby-surge-for-third-straight-year/

[sona7662]

Does anyone have any information regarding WUSTL ED? Would really appreciate it as it is my dream school

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Dartmouth releases some of their regular decision application numbers, showing a decrease in RD applications. The long discussion and handwringing over a 3.2% decrease seems odd. It has the whiff of desperation.
http://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2017/03/college-receives-20021-applications-for-class-of-2021

College receives 20,021 applications for Class of 2021

The College received a total of 20,021 applications for the Class of 2021, a 3.2 percent decrease from the 20,675 applications received for the class of 2020. In comparison, early-decisions applications saw a 3.7 percent increase over last year, comprising a record-large early-decision pool of 1,999, of which 555 students were accepted.

Director of admissions Paul Sunde said the number of students the College admits in the early decision process is a function of the strength, quality and diversity of the pool. He said that these factors, rather than speculation about the number of regular decision applications, drove the decision to admit a record number of students.

In terms of the 3.2 percent decrease in total applications, which follows a trend of decreasing application numbers, Sunde said that he did not think that the recent years’ variations have been a trend. He added that he believes the one to three percentage point differences indicated stability in the number of applications.

Founder of college admissions consulting firm Ivy Coach Bev Taylor said that the percentage decrease was not a significant number and that while numbers fluctuate year to year, it does not necessarily mean that highly selective colleges have became more or less competitive.

“More students applying doesn’t mean it gets more difficult [to get into the college],” she said. “All highly selective colleges are getting better at is getting students to apply by making [the colleges] more noticeable.”

Taylor said that in recent years, Dartmouth has been more focused on and successful in recruiting international students, which was reflected in the numbers for early decision applications. She said that students may choose to apply early decision to the College because there may be a higher chance of acceptance through the early decision process than through regular decision or early action at other colleges. This could explain the record high number for early decision applicants this year.

“Dartmouth would rather see [early decision] numbers go up because it’s better for yield,” Taylor said. “It’s not so much the percentages [as the] yield.”

Yield refers to the percentage of applicants who accept a college’s offer, which would be close to 100 percent for early decision applicants.

Founder, director and lead educational consultant at ■■■■■■■■■ College Consulting Michael Goran said that there may be certain initiatives that could impact the number of applications, such as the change to being need-aware, rather than need-blind, for international applicants. However, he said that there did not seem to be anything specific that was adversely affecting the numbers at Dartmouth. Rather, he said that students may look at the rural environment of Dartmouth compared to the more urban environments of other Ivy League or other selective colleges to decide whether or not they would apply.

More and more students are also aware of the advantage that is conferred by applying early, Goran said. He said that while a school such as Yale University may state that applying early or regular makes no difference for the student’s chances of acceptance, students are still actively encouraged to apply early due to the higher number of accepted students through the early decision process.

“It’s the rising awareness of [early decision] nationally and internationally, as well as the perception that you get a boost in the [early decision] process from the standpoint of sheer numbers,” Goran said. “There are fewer applications, and there’s the perceived feeling that you have the best chance of admissions by applying early.”

The Dartmouth admissions website notes that early decision applicants are admitted at a higher rate than early decision applicants, though it cautions that the admit rate is “somewhat misleading” because it includes recruited athletes.

Goran said that rather than comparing the number of regular decision applicants to previous years at Dartmouth, it was more important to see the growth relative to other schools, including other Ivy League colleges, in particular.

“Dartmouth has stayed relatively flat while the other Ivies have generally increased at a higher rate,” Goran said. “But again, it may be more to do with the unique qualities of Dartmouth and the school being in a rural location, which [may] not necessarily be for everyone, no matter how great the academics.”

Three other Ivy League institutions saw record numbers of applicants this year. Harvard University’s applications rose by 1.2 percent, from 39,044 to 39,494. The University of Pennsylvania saw a 3.8 percent increase in applications, from 38,918 for its Class of 2020 to 40,394 for its Class of 2021. Yale University received 32,891 applications, a five percent increase over the previous year. Other schools in the Ivy League have yet to report their application numbers.

Sunde said that the primary focus of the College was on the quality and diversity of the entering class, which was the most important aspect of the admissions office’s work.

“I think our entering class on any of those measures stands very strongly,” Sunde said. “And so, we certainly observed the increases at other institutions … but I think our primary focus is on our own pool.”

Sunde said that the admissions office does not yet have breakdowns for diversity in the class or class statistics such as test scores and GPAs. He also said there is a consistent pattern of when data becomes available, and that Dartmouth is as transparent or more transparent than other schools that may be considered peer institutions.

The three largest countries of origin for international students were China, India and Canada for the Class of 2021. Sunde said that in most years, these three countries would be, if not the top three, in the top five or top 10 countries for international students.

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During the early application cycle, 555 students were accepted for the Class of 2021, forming around 47 percent of the incoming class. Regular decision applicants will be notified by the College on March 30.

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Skidmore application numbers
http://poststar.com/news/local/skidmore-college-has-record-number-of-applicants/article_64bc832d-4f76-501d-9726-88c5b29e2965.html

Skidmore College has record number of applicants

Applications for the fall 2017 incoming class at Skidmore College have topped 10,000, which broke the college’s own record of 9,200, set last year.

Freshmen applications have increased 75 percent over the last five years, according to a news release. More applications are coming in from international students and students of color.

Skidmore also received a record number of “Early Decision” applications, with 622 students saying the college was their first choice, compared with 522 last year.

The expected size of the Class of 2021 is 660, including 25 students who will choose to begin their college experience at Skidmore’s First-Year London Program.

Regular decision letters will be sent out in late March and students have until May 1 to commit to attend.

[NASA2014]

The acceptance rate?

[spayurpets]

Not enough information, so far as I could tell.

[CU123]

From UChicago’s, James Nondorf, VP for admissions, the admission rate for EA/ED1 was 9%.

[desie1]

I’d love to know the breakdown of EA vs. ED1, but it seems like they want to lump the number together.

[spayurpets]

If you’re like me and keeping score, you can compare the number of schools that have disclosed numbers so far compared to this time last year. There appeared to be a trend of more disclosure earlier, but now we seem to be at a net decrease of EA/ED reporting schools. This is mostly explained by the lack of disclosure by Claremont colleges, which in February last year had put out a combined press release that covered data from a number of their schools. There hasn’t been an equivalent release this year; whether it’s a conscious choice to withhold or just late, I don’t know. Here are the schools that changed their disclosure compared to last year by March 1–

Disclosing EA/ED (+6): Rice, Tulane, Carnegie-Mellon, Fordham, William & Mary, Trinity College.
Not Disclosing EA/ED (-9): Stanford, Pitzer, Harvery Mudd, Pomona, Bowdoin, Amherst, Davidson, UNC, George Washington.

Click here to find last year’s list: http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/19343031/#Comment_19343031