If UChicago would want to increase the number of applicants, the first think they would do would be to change their type of essays on their application. They know that only the kids that really want to go there take the time and work to submit those challenging prompts. Honestly, I think those numbers are not that important for them. In my daughter’s school (a top private school), 20 kids applied EA/ED. All of them in the 20% of their class. All of them great and talented kids. 5 were accepted. I am sure that they want to increase their yield more than increasing the number of applicants.
My daughter did NOT apply to Chicago, but they really tried to get her to. She got a TON of substantial mailings from them. Chicago is a great school and definitely deserves to be in the elite league, but I’m not sure I agree that they are not trying to boost applications…based on their adding ED I, ED II, and not requiring test scores be sent until you are accepted…not sure how else to interpret those actions.
I agree with @exacademic, it’s an excuse but not a lie, but that doesn’t make it right. Deadlines for reporting certain numbers to the US Dept of Education and various publications occur in the Fall because of ease of uniformity. Data gatherers don’t want their data sets spoiled by students who show up for the first week of class and depart after a day, or by students that transfer in mid September because they had second thoughts. But this raises the spectre of more nefarious manipulation of the numbers when Chicago says that they want to keep everyone in the dark deep into the next admissions cycle. Do they really want to be tarred with that brush? Recall Mt. St. Mary’s College in MD that used this window to “cull” (i.e.expel) low performing students in the first three weeks of class so they could improve their overall retention and graduation numbers reported to the federal government. By running such an opaque process Chicago is opening itself up to accusations of being a bad actor and admissions manipulator–exactly what it doesn’t want.
What is to be gained by this? Certainly it is not helping their future applicants who are completely blind to how all the various admissions policy changes this year have altered the landscape of when to apply to Chicago. Given this state of affairs and a complete news blackout, what junior in their right mind would apply to Chicago regular decision next year?
“Given this state of affairs and a complete news blackout, what junior in their right mind would apply to Chicago regular decision next year?”
The ignorant/naive/gullible ones.
Think there’s a decent case to be made that there are a lot of those around.
I mean, heck, adults who should know better seem to attach too much weight to the acceptance rates that UChicago reports. Many HS students certainly may.
Q: What junior in his or her right mind would apply to UChicago RD next fall?
A: I think the answer is kids who would really like to go to UChicago (and who suspects that this year’s admissions debacle will lead to corrective action next year). Slim chance of something you consider a great outcome could be worth the extra effort (no small thing given the essays). By contrast, it’s not worth the extra effort/$ if all you get is a slim chance of something that you consider basically interchangeable with a dozen (or two) other schools and/or merely an acceptable alternative if you don’t get into Stanford or an Ivy.
Q2: What does this year’s experience tell the kid who wants UChicago more than any other school?
A2: You’ve got to apply ED. EA is meaningless. But Chicago won’t deprive you of your ONE shot at an Ivy.
I was semi-serious when I said Nondorf was the Steve Bannon of college admissions. Maybe not deliberately, but at this point, the best-case scenario (or smartest play) is to adopt the attitude that you have to destroy the present system from within in order to get to a better place.
Don’t get me wrong, I think this year’s approach was nasty and counter-productive. But I also think that UChicago is a great school for a certain kind of kid (mine’s one) and that short-term admissions debacles have minimal if any effect on an undergrad’s experience of the college.
UChicago is an amazing school, but not for everyone. My daughter fell in love with UC since the first second there when we visited two years ago, and after spending summers in Harvard, Brown, Duke, Princeton and Columbia. She was accepted in UChicago EA, and she applied to it even though she had pretty good chances to get into HPY (waitlisted in all) if she would have decided to apply EA to any of those. (ACT-35, 4.98 WGPA; 12 AP’s with A+ and 5’s, three leadership positions in and outside the school, first violin in 3 orchestras, all Honors Societies, Beta Club, the youngest of her class, and…Hispanic). The Core Curriculum and not only the essays are designed for a certain type of students: intellectuals, thinkers, academic kids. Also, the campus is unbelievably beautiful, and Chicago, despite the bad propaganda, is still a great city with an intense cultural life.
Maybe the whole “ranking” business is just that, business.
As far as the undergraduate experience, the self-perpetuating cycle of “ranking” is no different than ranking prospective students–this one’s the best then this one …and so on as if each one could be defined by an algorithm.
Students need to get back to evaluating colleges more like restaurants–which one do THEY want to go to.
After all, everyone seems to forget that we and our children are the customers.
Vanderbilt ED had 3647 applications. At a 23.6% acceptance rate that would add up to about 860 acceptances
@greeny8, what’s your source for this Vandy ED apps number? I couldn’t find anything.
Correction: Oops nevermind. I saw it was in the comments section of the Vandy admissions blog. Thanks.
It’s in the comments section at the bottom.
Updating Vanderbilt ED:
Harvard RD 1118 out of 33,033 (3.4%)
Princeton RD 1120 out of 26,053 (4.3%)(waitlist,1168=4.5%, Yield,1308=69.2%)
Stanford REA/RD 2050 out of 44,073 (4.6%)
Yale RD 1401 out of 27,814 (5.0%)(Yield,1550=69.2%)
Columbia ED/RD 2185 out of 37,389 (5.8%)
Brown RD 1927 out of 29,554 (6.5%)(Deferred accepted,100=5.4%, waitlist,1000=3.4%)
MIT RD 781 out of 11,853 (6.6%)
Penn RD 2345 out of 34,266 (6.8%)(Yield,2445=66.1%)
Northwestern RD ~2408 out of 33,519 (7.2%)
Duke RD 2255 out of ~30,884 (7.3%)(58 deferred accepted=8.6%)
MIT EA 657 out of 8394 (7.8%) (def=69.7%, rej=22.4%)
Pomona ED/RD ~742 out of 9046 (8.2%)
Dartmouth RD 1537 out of 18,035 (8.5%)
Vanderbilt RD 2382 out of 27,841 (8.6%)
Swarthmore ED/RD 960 out of 9383 (10.2%)(Yield,405=42.1%)
Johns Hopkins RD 2542 out of 24,644 (10.3%)
Cornell RD ~4510 out of 41,654 (10.8%)(waitlist,5713=13.7%)
Bowdoin RD 719 out of ~6264 (11.5%)
Georgetown EA 931 out of 7822 (11.9%)(def=88.1%)
Williams College RD 996 out of 7865 (12.7%)
Tufts RD ~2453 out of 18,791 (13.1%)
Boston University ED2 ~274 out of 2039 (~13.4%)
Harvard SCEA 938 out of 6473 (14.5%)
Colorado College ED1/ED2/EA/RD 1212 out of 8215 (14.7%)
Barnard 1139 out of 7716 (14.8%)
Princeton SCEA 770 out of 5003 (15.4%)
Wesleyan ED1/ED2/RD ~1932 out 12,543 (15.4%)
Washington University in St. Louis ED/RD ~4875 out of 30,464 (16%)
USC RD 8980 out of 56,000 (16.0%)
Middlebury RD 1350 out of ~8082 (16.7%)(Yield,705=40.2%)
Yale SCEA 871 out of 5086 (17.1%) (def=52.7%, rej=28.6%)
Georgetown RD 2382 out of 13,643 (17.5%)(Yield, 1600=48.3%)
Georgia Tech RD (IS/OOS) 2917 out of 15,769 (18.5%)
Haverford ED/RD 859 out of 4424 (19.4%)
Florida State RD ~4000 out of 20,118 (~19.9%)
UCLA RD (IS/OOS) ~20,400 out of 102,000 (~20%)
Carleton College ED1/ED2/RD ~1300 out of 6500 (~20%)(Yield,520=~40%)(ED1/ED2=~208)
Rice ED 329 out of 1604 (20.5%)
Wellesley ED1/ED2/RD ~1197 out of 5700 (~21%)
Emory RD 4698 out of 22,201 (21.2%)
UVA RD (OOS) 2342 out of 10,897 (21.5%)
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%)
Vassar ED1/ED2/RD 1769 out of 7746 (22.8%)(275 ED accepted)
Vanderbilt ED1/ED2 ~860 out of 3647 (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%)
UVA RD (IS/OOS) 4043 out of 16,361 (24.7%)
Boston University RD 14,013 out of 56,634 (24.7%)(Yield,3400=22.4%)
Bowdoin ED1/ED2 244 out of ~976 (~25%)
Wake Forest RD ~2750 out of 11,000 (~25%)(Yield,1350=38.6%)
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%)
Trinity College RD 1691 out of 5655 (30.0%)
UVA RD (IS) 1701 out of 5664 (30.0%)
Johns Hopkins ED 591 out of 1934 (30.6%)
Emory ED 474 out of 1493 (31.7%)
Boston College RD ~6300 out of 28,500 (32.3%)
Boston College EA ~2900 out of 9000 (~33%)(def,3500=38.9%, rej,2500=27.8%)
Williams ED 257 out of 728 (35.3%)
Wake Forest ED1/ED2 ~750 out of 2000 (~37.5%)
Middlebury ED2 60 out of ~155 (38.7%)
University of Florida RD 13,214 out of ~34,000 (~38.9%)
Macalester ED1/ED2/RD ~2301 out of 5901 (~39.0%)
George Washington RD 10,216 out of ~25,500 (~40.1%)
Boston University ED1 916 out of 2142 (42.8%)
Middlebury ED1/ED2 403 out ~828 (48.7%)
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%)
George Washington ED1/ED2 815 out of ~1500 (~54.3%)
Florida State EA ~13,000 out of 22,207 (58.6%)
Trinity College ED1/ED2 315 out of 443 (71.1%)
American ED1/ED2 758 out of 918 (82.6%)
Tulane posted this on their news site. 21% overall but it doesn’t break out RD from EA/ED. https://news.tulane.edu/news/class-2021-reflects-tulane%E2%80%99s-most-qualified-applicants
Hamilton is reporting 23.6% (not broken out between early and reg.)
Well if they take half their class ED and the ED acceptance rate is 40% and that totals 200 students, then the remaining ~300 students will come from 900 acceptances (assumed 30% yield) out of 6000 applications (since they said applications increased by 9%), so an RD acceptance rate of 15%. These are guesstimates, but think I am close.
Adding Tulane, but unfortunately, it’s not very clear. Tulane has ED1, ED2, and EA, so it is not possible to calculate an RD rate from their data. It appears to me that it was roughly 7.5%, which is incredible.
Harvard RD 1118 out of 33,033 (3.4%)
Princeton RD 1120 out of 26,053 (4.3%)(waitlist,1168=4.5%, Yield,1308=69.2%)
Stanford REA/RD 2050 out of 44,073 (4.6%)
Yale RD 1401 out of 27,814 (5.0%)(Yield,1550=69.2%)
Columbia ED/RD 2185 out of 37,389 (5.8%)
Brown RD 1927 out of 29,554 (6.5%)(Deferred accepted,100=5.4%, waitlist,1000=3.4%)
MIT RD 781 out of 11,853 (6.6%)
Penn RD 2345 out of 34,266 (6.8%)(Yield,2445=66.1%)
Northwestern RD ~2408 out of 33,519 (7.2%)
Duke RD 2255 out of ~30,884 (7.3%)(58 deferred accepted=8.6%)
MIT EA 657 out of 8394 (7.8%) (def=69.7%, rej=22.4%)
Pomona ED/RD ~742 out of 9046 (8.2%)
Dartmouth RD 1537 out of 18,035 (8.5%)
Vanderbilt RD 2382 out of 27,841 (8.6%)
Swarthmore ED/RD 960 out of 9383 (10.2%)(Yield,405=42.1%)
Johns Hopkins RD 2542 out of 24,644 (10.3%)
Cornell RD ~4510 out of 41,654 (10.8%)(waitlist,5713=13.7%)
Bowdoin RD 719 out of ~6264 (11.5%)
Georgetown EA 931 out of 7822 (11.9%)(def=88.1%)
Williams College RD 996 out of 7865 (12.7%)
Tufts RD ~2453 out of 18,791 (13.1%)
Boston University ED2 ~274 out of 2039 (~13.4%)
Harvard SCEA 938 out of 6473 (14.5%)
Colorado College ED1/ED2/EA/RD 1212 out of 8215 (14.7%)
Barnard 1139 out of 7716 (14.8%)
Princeton SCEA 770 out of 5003 (15.4%)
Wesleyan ED1/ED2/RD ~1932 out 12,543 (15.4%)
Washington University in St. Louis ED/RD ~4875 out of 30,464 (16%)
USC RD 8980 out of 56,000 (16.0%)
Middlebury RD 1350 out of ~8082 (16.7%)(Yield,705=40.2%)
Yale SCEA 871 out of 5086 (17.1%) (def=52.7%, rej=28.6%)
Georgetown RD 2382 out of 13,643 (17.5%)(Yield, 1600=48.3%)
Georgia Tech RD (IS/OOS) 2917 out of 15,769 (18.5%)
Haverford ED/RD 859 out of 4424 (19.4%)
Florida State RD ~4000 out of 20,118 (~19.9%)
UCLA RD (IS/OOS) ~20,400 out of 102,000 (~20%)
Carleton College ED1/ED2/RD ~1300 out of 6500 (~20%)(Yield,520=~40%)(ED1/ED2=~208)
Rice ED 329 out of 1604 (20.5%)
Wellesley ED1/ED2/RD ~1197 out of 5700 (~21%)
Tulane ED1/ED2/EA/RD ~7477 out of 35,605 (~21%)
Emory RD 4698 out of 22,201 (21.2%)
UVA RD (OOS) 2342 out of 10,897 (21.5%)
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%)
Vassar ED1/ED2/RD 1769 out of 7746 (22.8%)(275 ED accepted)
Vanderbilt ED1/ED2 ~860 out of 3647 (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%)
UVA RD (IS/OOS) 4043 out of 16,361 (24.7%)
Boston University RD 14,013 out of 56,634 (24.7%)(Yield,3400=22.4%)
Bowdoin ED1/ED2 244 out of ~976 (~25%)
Wake Forest RD ~2750 out of 11,000 (~25%)(Yield,1350=38.6%)
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/ED1 6480 out of 22,256 (29.1%)
Tufts ED1/ED2 ~675 out of 2310 (~29.2%)
Trinity College RD 1691 out of 5655 (30.0%)
UVA RD (IS) 1701 out of 5664 (30.0%)
Johns Hopkins ED 591 out of 1934 (30.6%)
Emory ED 474 out of 1493 (31.7%)
Boston College RD ~6300 out of 28,500 (32.3%)
Boston College EA ~2900 out of 9000 (~33%)(def,3500=38.9%, rej,2500=27.8%)
Williams ED 257 out of 728 (35.3%)
Wake Forest ED1/ED2 ~750 out of 2000 (~37.5%)
Middlebury ED2 60 out of ~155 (38.7%)
University of Florida RD 13,214 out of ~34,000 (~38.9%)
Macalester ED1/ED2/RD ~2301 out of 5901 (~39.0%)
George Washington RD 10,216 out of ~25,500 (~40.1%)
Boston University ED1 916 out of 2142 (42.8%)
Middlebury ED1/ED2 403 out ~828 (48.7%)
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%)
George Washington ED1/ED2 815 out of ~1500 (~54.3%)
Florida State EA ~13,000 out of 22,207 (58.6%)
Trinity College ED1/ED2 315 out of 443 (71.1%)
American ED1/ED2 758 out of 918 (82.6%)
Here’s the Hamilton article:
[quote]
Students admitted for class of 2021 most diverse in Hamilton history
On March 24, the Hamilton College Admission Office released this year’s admission decisions. The office received a nine percent increase in applications, resulting in an all-time low acceptance rate of 23.6 percent. Both SAT and ACT score averages increased, and 85 percent of admits from high schools that rank were in the top 10 percent of their class.
Dean of Admission, Monica Inzer reported yet another increase: “An unprecedented 32 percent of admits identify as Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian American, Native American or Multiracial students from the U.S.; an additional five percent are international citizens. This compares with final admit percentages of 28 percent and 5 percent last year and in 2015, and 26 percent and four percent in 2014. *Only 25 percent of admits come from our home state this year, which compares to 27-30 percent in recent years.” *
Adding Hamilton:
Harvard RD 1118 out of 33,033 (3.4%)
Princeton RD 1120 out of 26,053 (4.3%)(waitlist,1168=4.5%, Yield,1308=69.2%)
Stanford REA/RD 2050 out of 44,073 (4.6%)
Yale RD 1401 out of 27,814 (5.0%)(Yield,1550=69.2%)
Columbia ED/RD 2185 out of 37,389 (5.8%)
Brown RD 1927 out of 29,554 (6.5%)(Deferred accepted,100=5.4%, waitlist,1000=3.4%)
MIT RD 781 out of 11,853 (6.6%)
Penn RD 2345 out of 34,266 (6.8%)(Yield,2445=66.1%)
Northwestern RD ~2408 out of 33,519 (7.2%)
Duke RD 2255 out of ~30,884 (7.3%)(58 deferred accepted=8.6%)
MIT EA 657 out of 8394 (7.8%) (def=69.7%, rej=22.4%)
Pomona ED/RD ~742 out of 9046 (8.2%)
Dartmouth RD 1537 out of 18,035 (8.5%)
Vanderbilt RD 2382 out of 27,841 (8.6%)
Swarthmore ED/RD 960 out of 9383 (10.2%)(Yield,405=42.1%)
Johns Hopkins RD 2542 out of 24,644 (10.3%)
Cornell RD ~4510 out of 41,654 (10.8%)(waitlist,5713=13.7%)
Bowdoin RD 719 out of ~6264 (11.5%)
Georgetown EA 931 out of 7822 (11.9%)(def=88.1%)
Williams College RD 996 out of 7865 (12.7%)
Tufts RD ~2453 out of 18,791 (13.1%)
Boston University ED2 ~274 out of 2039 (~13.4%)
Harvard SCEA 938 out of 6473 (14.5%)
Colorado College ED1/ED2/EA/RD 1212 out of 8215 (14.7%)
Barnard 1139 out of 7716 (14.8%)
Princeton SCEA 770 out of 5003 (15.4%)
Wesleyan ED1/ED2/RD ~1932 out 12,543 (15.4%)
Washington University in St. Louis ED/RD ~4875 out of 30,464 (16%)
USC RD 8980 out of 56,000 (16.0%)
Middlebury RD 1350 out of ~8082 (16.7%)(Yield,705=40.2%)
Yale SCEA 871 out of 5086 (17.1%) (def=52.7%, rej=28.6%)
Georgetown RD 2382 out of 13,643 (17.5%)(Yield, 1600=48.3%)
Georgia Tech RD (IS/OOS) 2917 out of 15,769 (18.5%)
Haverford ED/RD 859 out of 4424 (19.4%)
Florida State RD ~4000 out of 20,118 (~19.9%)
UCLA RD (IS/OOS) ~20,400 out of 102,000 (~20%)
Carleton College ED1/ED2/RD ~1300 out of 6500 (~20%)(Yield,520=~40%)(ED1/ED2=~208)
Rice ED 329 out of 1604 (20.5%)
Wellesley ED1/ED2/RD ~1197 out of 5700 (~21%)
Tulane ED1/ED2/EA/RD ~7477 out of 35,605 (~21%)
Emory RD 4698 out of 22,201 (21.2%)
UVA RD (OOS) 2342 out of 10,897 (21.5%)
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%)
Vassar ED1/ED2/RD 1769 out of 7746 (22.8%)(275 ED accepted)
Hamilton ED1/ED2/RD ~1345 out of 5700 (23.6%)
Vanderbilt ED1/ED2 ~860 out of 3647 (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%)
UVA RD (IS/OOS) 4043 out of 16,361 (24.7%)
Boston University RD 14,013 out of 56,634 (24.7%)(Yield,3400=22.4%)
Bowdoin ED1/ED2 244 out of ~976 (~25%)
Wake Forest RD ~2750 out of 11,000 (~25%)(Yield,1350=38.6%)
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/ED1 6480 out of 22,256 (29.1%)
Tufts ED1/ED2 ~675 out of 2310 (~29.2%)
Trinity College RD 1691 out of 5655 (30.0%)
UVA RD (IS) 1701 out of 5664 (30.0%)
Johns Hopkins ED 591 out of 1934 (30.6%)
Emory ED 474 out of 1493 (31.7%)
Boston College RD ~6300 out of 28,500 (32.3%)
Boston College EA ~2900 out of 9000 (~33%)(def,3500=38.9%, rej,2500=27.8%)
Williams ED 257 out of 728 (35.3%)
Wake Forest ED1/ED2 ~750 out of 2000 (~37.5%)
Middlebury ED2 60 out of ~155 (38.7%)
University of Florida RD 13,214 out of ~34,000 (~38.9%)
Macalester ED1/ED2/RD ~2301 out of 5901 (~39.0%)
George Washington RD 10,216 out of ~25,500 (~40.1%)
Boston University ED1 916 out of 2142 (42.8%)
Middlebury ED1/ED2 403 out ~828 (48.7%)
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%)
George Washington ED1/ED2 815 out of ~1500 (~54.3%)
Florida State EA ~13,000 out of 22,207 (58.6%)
Trinity College ED1/ED2 315 out of 443 (71.1%)
American ED1/ED2 758 out of 918 (82.6%)
Tulane RD 7.5% is insane. So to get in to Tulane, you MUST apply early, which I know many people do anyway, but still…the game continues.
I agree @collegemomjam. I think there is some evidence now that the schools that offer ED1/ED2/EA admissions programs like Tulane and University of Chicago are ending up with incredibly low RD acceptance rates. It suggests that this type of all-of-the-above early admissions programs are unsustainable and will have to be rethought because otherwise it will become starkly clear that applying RD is hopeless.
I agree @spayurpets and it should be very interesting to see if these ridiculously low RD admissions rate schools lose their RD applicants next year/see a boost in ED/EA applications.