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

[keiekei]

The handwringing over the drop in Dartmouth applications should be seen in the context of rising applications at other Ivies. Dartmouth also took I believe a record percentage (55% IIRC) of the class of 2021 ED. This is done to artificially inflate its yield (near 100% yield on ED) and artificially lower its admit rate (since it can reject more people in RD).
http://www.dartblog.com/data/2017/03/013148.php

[spayurpets]

WUSTL numbers, but nothing about an ED acceptance rate. http://www.studlife.com/news/administration/2017/03/09/wu-receives-record-number-of-applicants/

WU receives record number of applicants

Washington University received a record number of applicants for the class of 2021, with the final total coming in at more than 30,464 students who applied, Chancellor Mark Wrighton announced to the board of trustees Friday. The total number of applicants reflects a 4 percent increase from last year, which saw 29,197 applicants, and a 28 percent increase since 2008, with 22,005.

Within this group, the amount of African-American and Latinx applicants has increased by 10 and 13 percent, respectively. Since 2014, the University has doubled the percentage of African-American students in the freshmen class, with just five percent two years ago. This increase reflects the University’s push to increase diversity over the next few years. Ronne Turner, vice provost of admissions and financial aid, said she believes that some of this can be attributed to community outreach programs.

We seem to have our African-American and our Latino student representation, but Native American seems to be not as strong,” she said. “We’ve been working really hard to try to improve our outreach and communication to those underrepresented groups to tell them the Wash. U. story.”

Director of Admissions Julie Shimabukuro said she has instituted a strategic push to engage community access groups since she came into the position through events like preview weekends.

“Whatever state we go to, we’re trying to connect with community-based organizations and access groups to let them know about Wash. U., to seek the best students and make those connections. And so, we’ve been focusing on building those relationships,” Shimabukuro said.

Additionally, 12 percent of the applicant pool was eligible for Pell Grants, a federal need-based grant for students who come from low-income backgrounds. While admissions officers must wait until May 1—the final college decision date—to calculate the percentage of eligible matriculants for the next incoming class, the current freshmen class has 13 percent Pell eligibility, which meets a target threshold set by University administration in January 2015. However, in order to for the administration to reach their final goal, the admitted freshman class must reflect a 13 percent or higher eligibility for three consecutive years.

“While we’re trying to enroll more underrepresented students, we’re not getting bigger. So, it’s still a very selective process, and we’re trying to admit the most well-prepared students that can be successful here,” Turner said. “We anticipate that we’ll be admitting more, but then students have the last say.”

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In the future, the admissions office and University administration hope to continue the uptick in applications, both in general and by people of color, but noted that ultimately the power lies in the hands of accepted students to choose Washington University over other competitive schools.

“May 1, we’ll be on pins and needles after we release decisions, doing everything we can to outreach to students so they take a second, third, fourth look at Wash. U., and hopefully more of those underrepresented students will choose us,” Turner said.

[spayurpets]

@keiekei

Dartmouth also took I believe a record percentage (55% IIRC) of the class of 2021 ED.

According to this article, the actual figure was 47%. http://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2017/01/early-decision-students-to-comprise-47-percent-of-class

I still believe it is an excessive amount of handwringing (by the article’s author) for a slight decrease in the number of applications. The admissions committee or school should only be worried if they are not drawing a large pool of qualified applicants, and by this measure Dartmouth is still doing that 10 or 20 times over. Everything else is just chest-pounding material.

[keiekei]

Good catch. I got that figure from the graph in this article. Obviously I was mixing up Penn and Dartmouth, but the rise in ED at Dartmouth is indeed alarming. On top of that, the author suggests the possibility that many athletic recruits are pushed into RD to make the ED round not look so extreme. This would mean the effective ED round is even bigger than it appears. That is a possibility but not sure how you’d prove it with public data. More generally, there just are so many ways a school can tweak its admissions strategy to make stats appear as desired.
http://www.dartblog.com/data/2016/12/013043.php

I think stakeholders worry about these small shifts not because a low single digit decline is a big deal in and of itself, but because they see them as indicative of a general decline in Dartmouth’s prestige among the Ivy League.

[PurpleTitan]

@keiekei: If you take the view that prestige is like beauty and in the eye of the beholder, this very much seems a bunch of macaronis competing to see how high they can pile their hair up:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroni_(fashion)

Evidently, Dartmouth is having trouble piling the wig higher because of structural issues.

In any case, I’ve always said that judging colleges by the whims of high schoolers (and indirectly at that, given how much admit rates can be manipulated) is quite silly.

[CA1543]

Will be interested to hear about Georgia Tech - released their RD decisions today.

[CA1543]

GTech info (RD decisions released today) – 31,464 apps, 23% admit rate. 1458 SAT, 33 ACT. ‘A’ GPA, 11 AP/IB/DE courses. from https://www.facebook.com/GTadmission/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE&fref=nf

[sbjdorlo]

Caltech released today. Any numbers?

[Ynotgo]

@sbjdorlo The admitted Caltech students were not given any stats and I don’t see a press release. (In fact, there still isn’t a 2015-16 Common Data Set.)

[spayurpets]

GA Tech: http://www.news.gatech.edu/2017/03/11/increased-interest-tech-prevails-2017-class

Increased Interest in Tech Prevails with 2017 Class

For thousands of students around the world, today is the day they can officially call themselves Yellow Jackets.

Regular Decision applicants were notified at noon of their admission decisions and whether they were invited to join the 2017 class. In total, between Early Action and Regular Decision rounds, 7,297 students were offered admission to Georgia Tech this year.

Applications rose 3 percent from last year to a total of 31,484, bringing Tech’s admit rate to 23 percent. The admit rate for Georgia students, though, was 44 percent. An additional 20 percent of Georgia applicants have the opportunity to transfer to Tech after one year through the Arts and Sciences Pathway or Conditional Transfer Pathway.

This year’s admit pool includes students from all 50 states and Washington, D.C. The group is 42 percent female and 58 percent male. African-American and Hispanic students make up 15 percent of the pool, and first-generation college students make up 5 percent.

From Georgia, the admit pool represents 18 more Georgia high schools than last year and seven more counties (for a total of 101 counties). It also includes 300 more Georgia residents.

As interest in Tech continues to climb, so does the quality of the applicant pool. Rick Clark, director of Undergraduate Admission, has been at Tech for nearly 14 years and has seen a difference in recent applicants.

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Looking back, the numbers for this admitted class are drastically different than what current Tech students may remember from when they applied. For fifth-year Tech students, they applied in a pool half the size — 14,711 — with an admit rate of 55 percent. ****

[spayurpets]

Adding GA Tech RD. I’m not smart enough to figure out separate RD rates for in-state and OOS based on the available data, but if someone has stronger algebraic skills and the time, have at it:

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%)
Georgia Tech RD (IS/OOS) 2917 out of 15,769 (18.5%)
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%)

[spayurpets]

University of Florida RD:

http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/article_e584a33e-f067-11e6-a022-276a54ba0335.html

UF admits less than 40 percent of applicants for Class of 2021
Feb 13, 2017

UF admitted 13,214 students to start in Summer and Fall, UF spokesperson Steve Orlando wrote in an email. The university received more than 34,000 applications this year. In 2016, 42.5 percent were admitted from about 32,000 applicants, and 44 percent were admitted for the class of 2019.

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The average newly admitted UF student starting in Fall has a GPA of 4.4, an SAT score of 1349 out of 1600 and an ACT score of 30 out of 36.

[Ynotgo]

More about applications stats than admissions, but interesting and might have further effects:

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/03/13/nearly-4-10-universities-report-drops-international-student-applications

Nearly 40 percent of U.S. colleges are seeing declines in applications from international students, and international student recruitment professionals report “a great deal of concern” from students and their families about visas and perceptions of a less welcoming climate in the U.S., according to a survey conducted in February by six higher education groups.

[spayurpets]

Adding Florida RD:

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%)
Georgia Tech RD (IS/OOS) 2917 out of 15,769 (18.5%)
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%)
University of Florida RD 13,214 out of ~34,000 (~38.9%)
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%)

[goldenhobbes]

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[Vinberg]

Massachusetts Institute of Technology:
http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/mit-regular-action-decisions-now-available-online4

[starliffy]

Any news on Binghamton?

[spayurpets]

Adding MIT:

Between Early and Regular Action, 20,247 students applied to join the MIT Class of 2021. As of today (inclusive of Early Action), we have offered admission to 1,438 students.

MIT RD 781 out of 11,853 (6.6%)
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%)
Georgia Tech RD (IS/OOS) 2917 out of 15,769 (18.5%)
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%)
University of Florida RD 13,214 out of ~34,000 (~38.9%)
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%)

[sbjdorlo]

I think that’s an all time low for MIT RD.

[foosondaughter]

@spayurpets

MIT RD 781 out of 11,853 (6.6%)
MIT EA 657 out of 8394 (7.8%) (def=69.7%, rej=22.4%)

781 isn’t just the number admitted from the 11,853 RD applicants – it includes some admitted from the ~5,851 who were deferred. What I think we can say:

MIT RD+def EA 781 out of 17,704 (4.4%)
MIT RD+EA 1,438 out of 20,247 (7.1%)
MIT EA 657 out of 8394 (7.8%) (def=69.7%, rej=22.4%)