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I think rankings are helpful directionally, but we all know that they are not the be-all and end-all to predicting the success of a college graduate. At the end of the day, it really has to do with the person at the end of the four years, and not the name on the diploma.

As an example, I know of a girl that just graduated from American University. A good school, for sure, but not as “prestigious” or as highly ranked as Georgetown. She had turned down Georgetown for AU 5 years ago when it was time to make the decision (she just felt a better connection). She ended up thriving at AU and got a GREAT job with a big hedge fund company. Of course there is no way to know what the outcome would have been for her if she had gone to Georgetown, but it just goes to show that going to a “lesser” ranked or prestigious school can of course still lead to great opportunities. She’s an amazing girl and in the end that’s what showed through.

I think the higher ranked schools can help open doors with recruiters and grad schools (I think more so with recruiters…I feel like grad schools might dig a little deeper when evaluating an applicant?), but there are other ways to launch successful careers.

Nonetheless, it’s hard sometimes to get beyond the rankings. But we definitely should try to.

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I think rankings are helpful directionally, but we all know that they are not the be-all and end-all to predicting the success of a college graduate. At the end of the day, it really has to do with the person at the end of the four years, and not the name on the diploma.

As an example, I know of a girl that just graduated from American University. A good school, for sure, but not as “prestigious” or as highly ranked as Georgetown. She had turned down Georgetown for AU 5 years ago when it was time to make the decision (she just felt a better connection). She ended up thriving at AU and got a GREAT job with a big hedge fund company. Of course there is no way to know what the outcome would have been for her if she had gone to Georgetown, but it just goes to show that going to a “lesser” ranked or prestigious school can of course still lead to great opportunities. She’s an amazing girl and in the end that’s what showed through.

I think the higher ranked schools can help open doors with recruiters and grad schools (I think more so with recruiters…I feel like grad schools might dig a little deeper when evaluating an applicant?), but there are other ways to launch successful careers.

Nonetheless, it’s hard sometimes to get beyond the rankings. But we definitely should try to.

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I think rankings are helpful directionally, but we all know that they are not the be-all and end-all to predicting the success of a college graduate. At the end of the day, it really has to do with the person at the end of the four years, and not the name on the diploma.

As an example, I know of a girl that just graduated from American University. A good school, for sure, but not as “prestigious” or as highly ranked as Georgetown. She had turned down Georgetown for AU 5 years ago when it was time to make the decision (she just felt a better connection). She ended up thriving at AU and got a GREAT job with a big hedge fund company. Of course there is no way to know what the outcome would have been for her if she had gone to Georgetown, but it just goes to show that going to a “lesser” ranked or prestigious school can of course still lead to great opportunities. She’s an amazing girl and in the end that’s what showed through.

I think the higher ranked schools can help open doors with recruiters and grad schools (I think more so with recruiters…I feel like grad schools might dig a little deeper when evaluating an applicant?), but there are other ways to launch successful careers.

Nonetheless, it’s hard sometimes to get beyond the rankings. But we definitely should try to.

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@Maximilias: Yep, that’s why I like to tier by alumni achievements, where Reed comes out as an Ivy-equivalent:

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1893105-ivy-equivalents-ranking-based-on-alumni-outcomes-take-2-1-p1.html

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Quad posting lol

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Yeah, spayurpets, I think your thinking about Bates is a little out of date. Over the last five years, on average for the schools you list, only Carleton has been more selective than Bates - and not by much, 22.5 percent admitted versus 24.1 percent. And looking at those schools over the past 10 years, only Smith has had more Fulbright Scholarships granted to LACs, as a percentage of applicants, than Bates - a far better measure of quality students than mere SAT scores. In fact over the last 10 years, Bates ranks fourth after Smith, Hamilton and Lewis & Clark. Colby generated a lot of light, but little heat, boosting applications by recently eliminating the supplemental essay that used to be required. Going back to the Fulbright metric, over the last three years Colby has 30 applications and 4 grants. In the same time frame, Bates has 138 applications and 41 grants. Bowdoin is 34 for 97. So Bowdoin has about a 35 percent grant rate, Bates 30 percent and Colby about 13 percent. I think it’s a hard argument to make that there is a clear delineation between the CBB schools. Oh, and in the spirit of full disclosure, I’m a Grinnell alum.

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Bates has two hindrances in climbing up rankings, IMO. It’s long-standing test optional policy means it will never have the tippy top test scores the traditional rankings like. It’s endowment is small because in the past it traditionally served women, working class people, and African Americans, all groups who haven’t earned much. Having said that, I don’t think Bates gives a rodent’s bottom about that. Disclaimer: Kid attends Bates.

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Bates has been ranked in the us news top 20 in the past, even recently within the last five years. Anyway the us news LAC rankings need a metrics makeover as multiple schools are tied at several positions. Where is the fun in that? They ought to re-think their metrics for LACs (and I know they were reclassified but service academy’s in this ranking don’t make sense). Any rate I am an alum of Bates and it is a great school but I only chime in so that Bates admission folks could see this and realize there is an appetite for them to disclose their numbers. So please do! Now I hope we can get back to the subject of this thread!

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Adding Lehigh and updating UCLA:

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%)
Pomona RD 554 out of 8155 (6.8%)(Yiels,415=56.0%)
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%)
Claremont RD 450 out of 5683 (7.9%)
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%)
Harvey Mudd RD 485 out of 3575 (13.6%)
Harvard SCEA 938 out of 6473 (14.5%)
Colorado College ED1/ED2/EA/RD 1212 out of 8215 (14.7%)
Barnard ED/RD 1139 out of 7716 (14.8%)
Princeton SCEA 770 out of 5003 (15.4%)
Wesleyan ED1/ED2/RD ~1932 out 12,543 (15.4%)
PItzer ED1/ED2/RD 584 out of 3753 (15.6%)
Colby ED1/ED2/RD 1750 out of 11,190 (15.6%)
Washington University in St. Louis ED/RD ~4875 out of 30,464 (16%)
UCLA RD ~16,320 out of 102,177 (~16%)
USC RD 8980 out of 56,000 (16.0%)
Harvey Mudd ED1/ED2 81 out of 503 (16.1%)
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%)
Carleton College ED1/ED2/RD ~1300 out of 6500 (~20%)(Yield,520=~40%)(ED1/ED2=~208)
Rice ED 329 out of 1604 (20.5%)
Pomona ED1/ED2 187 out of 891 (21.0%)
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%)
University of Michigan EA/RD ~14,000 out of 58,590 (23.9%)
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%)
Lehigh ED1/ED2/RD __ out of __ (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%)
American RD ~4663 out of 17,774 (26.2%)
NYU (All Campuses) RD ~15,235 out of 58,045 (~26.2%)
NYU (NYC) RD ~14,850 out of 55,000 (~27%)
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%)
Kenyon ED/RD 1850 out of 5600 (33.0%)
Scripps ED1/ED2/RD 949 out of 2841 (33.4%)(RD=~33%)
Boston College EA ~2900 out of 9000 (~33%)(def,3500=38.9%, rej,2500=27.8%)
William & Mary RD ~4692 out of 13,892 (33.8%)(Yield,1520=29.1%)
Claremont ED1/ED2 207 out of 667 34.1%)
Pitzer ED1/ED2 __ out of __ (34.4%)
Union RD 2189 out of 6260 (35.0%)(Yield,575=23.5%)
Williams ED 257 out of 728 (35.3%)
NYU (All Campuses) ED1/ED2 3285 out of 9187 (35.8%)
Wake Forest ED1/ED2 ~750 out of 2000 (~37.5%)
Scripps ED1/ED2 __ out of __ (~38%)
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%)
Union ED 261 out of 413 (63.2%)
Trinity College ED1/ED2 315 out of 443 (71.1%)
American ED1/ED2 758 out of 918 (82.6%)

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Lindagaf, I just noticed that the last part of my disclaimer was left off my post - my son is at Bates. That said, I think you’re absolutely right in your analysis - Bates has come to the same conclusion. US News’ methodology is idiotic. Test scores are indicative of absolutely nothing, except maybe as an indication of high school quality. And using reputation as a metric is just stupid. Which is why the WaPo ranking of rankings is interesting because each ranking purports to measure quality in a different way so it gives a somewhat more rounded perspective on what are the great schools.

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Alphabetical list:

• American ED1/ED2 758 out of 918 (82.6%)
• American RD ~4663 out of 17,774 (26.2%)

• Barnard ED/RD 1139 out of 7716 (14.8%)

• Boston College EA ~2900 out of 9000 (~33%)(def,3500=38.9%, rej,2500=27.8%)
• Boston College RD ~6300 out of 28,500 (32.3%)

• Boston University ED1 916 out of 2142 (42.8%)
• Boston University ED1/ED2 ~1190 out of 4181 (~28.5%)
• Boston University ED2 ~274 out of 2039 (~13.4%)
• Boston University RD 14,013 out of 56,634 (24.7%)(Yield,3400=22.4%)

• Bowdoin ED1/ED2 244 out of ~976 (~25%)
• Bowdoin RD 719 out of ~6264 (11.5%)

• Brown ED 695 out of 3170 (21.9%)(def=60%, rej=18%)
• Brown RD 1927 out of 29,554 (6.5%)(Deferred accepted,100=5.4%, waitlist,1000=3.4%)

• Carleton College ED1/ED2/RD ~1300 out of 6500 (~20%)(Yield,520=~40%)(ED1/ED2=~208)

• Carnegie Mellon ED 330 out of 1375 (24.0%)

• Claremont ED1/ED2 207 out of 667 34.1%)
• Claremont RD 450 out of 5683 (7.9%)

• Colby ED1/ED2/RD 1750 out of 11,190 (15.6%)

• Colorado College ED1/ED2/EA/RD 1212 out of 8215 (14.7%)

• Columbia ED/RD 2185 out of 37,389 (5.8%)

• Cornell ED ~1379 out of 5384 (25.6%)(def=20.9%, rej=53.5%)
• Cornell RD ~4510 out of 41,654 (10.8%)(waitlist,5713=13.7%)

• Dartmouth ED 555 out of 1999 (27.8%)
• Dartmouth RD 1537 out of 18,035 (8.5%)

• Duke ED 861 out of 3516 (24.5%)(def,671=19.1%)
• Duke RD 2255 out of ~30,884 (7.3%)(58 deferred accepted=8.6%)

• Emory ED 474 out of 1493 (31.7%)
• Emory RD 4698 out of 22,201 (21.2%)

• Florida State EA ~13,000 out of 22,207 (58.6%)
• Florida State RD ~4000 out of 20,118 (~19.9%)

• Fordham EA 9812 out of 19,859 (49.4%)
• Fordham ED 156 out of 293 (53.2%)

• George Washington ED1/ED2 815 out of ~1500 (~54.3%)
• George Washington RD 10,216 out of ~25,500 (~40.1%)

• Georgetown EA 931 out of 7822 (11.9%)(def=88.1%)
• Georgetown RD 2382 out of 13,643 (17.5%)(Yield, 1600=48.3%)

• Georgia Tech EA (IS) ~2080 out of 4200 (~49%)
• Georgia Tech EA (IS/OOS) 4380 out of 15,715 (27.9%)
• Georgia Tech EA (OOS) ~2300 out of 11,515 (~21%)
• Georgia Tech RD (IS/OOS) 2917 out of 15,769 (18.5%)

• Hamilton ED1/ED2/RD ~1345 out of 5700 (23.6%)

• Harvard RD 1118 out of 33,033 (3.4%)
• Harvard SCEA 938 out of 6473 (14.5%)

• Harvey Mudd ED1/ED2 81 out of 503 (16.1%)
• Harvey Mudd RD 485 out of 3575 (13.6%)

• Haverford ED/RD 859 out of 4424 (19.4%)

• Johns Hopkins ED 591 out of 1934 (30.6%)
• Johns Hopkins RD 2542 out of 24,644 (10.3%)

• Kenyon ED/RD 1850 out of 5600 (33.0%)

• Lehigh ED1/ED2/RD __ out of __ (24.7%)

• Macalester ED1/ED2/RD ~2301 out of 5901 (~39.0%)

• Middlebury ED1 343 out of 673 (51.0%) (def,60=8.9%, rej,270=40.1%)
• Middlebury ED1/ED2 403 out ~828 (48.7%)
• Middlebury ED2 60 out of ~155 (38.7%)
• Middlebury RD 1350 out of ~8082 (16.7%)(Yield,705=40.2%)

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

• Northwestern ED ~963 out of 3736 (~25.7%)
• Northwestern RD ~2408 out of 33,519 (7.2%)

• Notre Dame REA 1470 out of 6020 (24.4%) (893 def=14.8%)

• NYU (All Campuses) ED1/ED2 3285 out of 9187 (35.8%)
• NYU (All Campuses) RD ~15,235 out of 58,045 (~26.2%)
• NYU (NYC) RD ~14,850 out of 55,000 (~27%)

• Penn ED 1354 out of 6147 (22.0%)
• Penn RD 2345 out of 34,266 (6.8%)(Yield,2445=66.1%)

• Pitzer ED1/ED2 __ out of __ (34.4%)
• PItzer ED1/ED2/RD 584 out of 3753 (15.6%)

• Pomona ED1/ED2 187 out of 891 (21.0%)
• Pomona RD 554 out of 8155 (6.8%)(Yiels,415=56.0%)

• Princeton RD 1120 out of 26,053 (4.3%)(waitlist,1168=4.5%, Yield,1308=69.2%)
• Princeton SCEA 770 out of 5003 (15.4%)

• Rice ED 329 out of 1604 (20.5%)

• Scripps ED1/ED2 __ out of __ (~38%)
• Scripps ED1/ED2/RD 949 out of 2841 (33.4%)(RD=~33%)

• Stanford REA/RD 2050 out of 44,073 (4.6%)

• Swarthmore ED/RD 960 out of 9383 (10.2%)(Yield,405=42.1%)

• Trinity College ED1/ED2 315 out of 443 (71.1%)
• Trinity College RD 1691 out of 5655 (30.0%)

• Tufts ED1/ED2 ~675 out of 2310 (~29.2%)
• Tufts RD ~2453 out of 18,791 (13.1%)

• Tulane EA/ED1 6480 out of 22,256 (29.1%)
Tulane ED1/ED2/EA/RD ~7477 out of 35,605 (~21%)

• UCLA RD ~16,320 out of 102,177 (~16%)

• Union ED 261 out of 413 (63.2%)
• Union RD 2189 out of 6260 (35.0%)(Yield,575=23.5%)

• University of Florida RD 13,214 out of ~34,000 (~38.9%)

• University of Georgia EA 8059 out of 15,614 (51.6%)

• University of Michigan EA/RD ~14,000 out of 58,590 (23.9%)

• USC RD 8980 out of 56,000 (16.0%)

• UVA EA (IS) 2575 out of 5278 (48.8%)
• UVA EA (IS/OOS) 5914 out of 20,446 (28.9%)(def,5458=26.7%; rej,9074=44.4%)
• UVA EA (OOS) 3339 out of 14,968 (22.3%)
• UVA RD (IS) 1701 out of 5664 (30.0%)
• UVA RD (IS/OOS) 4043 out of 16,361 (24.7%)
• UVA RD (OOS) 2342 out of 10,897 (21.5%)

• Vanderbilt ED1/ED2 ~860 out of 3647 (23.6%)
• Vanderbilt RD 2382 out of 27,841 (8.6%)

• Vassar ED1/ED2/RD 1769 out of 7746 (22.8%)(275 ED accepted)

• Wake Forest ED1/ED2 ~750 out of 2000 (~37.5%)
• Wake Forest RD ~2750 out of 11,000 (~25%)(Yield,1350=38.6%)

• Washington University in St. Louis ED/RD ~4875 out of 30,464 (16%)

• Wellesley ED1/ED2/RD ~1197 out of 5700 (~21%)

• Wesleyan ED1/ED2/RD ~1932 out 12,543 (15.4%)

• William & Mary ED 528 out of 1023 (51.6%)
• William & Mary RD ~4692 out of 13,892 (33.8%)(Yield,1520=29.1%)

• Williams College RD 996 out of 7865 (12.7%)
• Williams ED 257 out of 728 (35.3%)

• Yale RD 1401 out of 27,814 (5.0%)(Yield,1550=69.2%)
• Yale SCEA 871 out of 5086 (17.1%) (def=52.7%, rej=28.6%)

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Ranked Admissions Data
Class of 2021: Total Acceptance Rate (All Schools):

1.Stanford REA/RD 2050 out of 44,073 (4.6%)
2.Harvard SCEA/RD 2056 out of 39,506 (5.2%)
3.Columbia ED/RD 2185 out of 37,389 (5.8%)
4.Princeton SCEA/RD 1890 out of 31,056 (6.1%)
5.Yale 2272 SCEA/RD out of 32,900 (6.9%)
6.MIT EA/RD 1438 out of 20,247 (7.1%)
7.Brown ED/RD 2622 out of 32,724 (8.0%)
8.Pomona ED1/ED2/RD 741 out of 9046 (8.2%)
9.Northwestern ED/RD 3371 out of 37,255 (9.0%)
10.Duke ED/RD 3116 out of 34,400 (9.1%)
11.Penn ED/RD 3699 out of 40,413 (9.2%)
12.Swarthmore ED/RD 960 out of 9383 (10.2%)
13.Vanderbilt ED1/ED2/RD 3242 out of 31,488 (10.3%)
14.Claremont ED1/ED2/RD 657 out of 6350 (10.3%)
15.Dartmouth ED/RD 2092 out of 20,034 (10.4%)
16.Johns Hopkins ED/RD 3133 out of 26,578 (11.8%)
17.Cornell ED/RD 5889 out of 47,038 (12.5%)
18.Bowdoin ED1/ED2/RD 963 out of 7240 (13.3%)
19.Harvey Mudd ED1/ED2/RD 566 out of 4078 (13.8%)
20.Williams ED/RD 1253 out of 8593 (14.6%)
21.Colorado College ED1/ED2/EA/RD 1212 out of 8215 (14.7%)
22.Barnard ED/RD 1139 out of 7716 (14.8%)
23.Tufts ED1/ED2/RD 3128 out of 21,101(14.8%)
24.Wesleyan ED1/ED2/RD 1932 out 12,543 (15.4%)
25.Georgetown EA/RD 3313 out of 21,465 (15.4%)
26.Pitzer ED1/ED2/RD 584 out of 3753 (15.6%)
27.Colby ED1/ED2/RD 1750 out of 11,190 (15.6%)
28.USC RD 8980 out of 56,000 (16.0%)
29.Washington University in St. Louis ED/RD 4875 out of 30,464 (16%)
30.Haverford ED/RD 859 out of 4424 (19.4%)
31.Middlebury ED1/ED2/RD 1753 out of 8910 (19.7%)
32.Carleton College ED1/ED2/RD 1300 out of 6500 (20%)
33.Wellesley ED1/ED2/RD 1197 out of 5700 (21%)
34.Tulane ED1/ED2/EA/RD 7477 out of 35,605 (21%)
35.Emory ED/RD 5172 out of 23,694 (21.8%)
36.Vassar ED1/ED2/RD 1769 out of 7746 (22.8%)
37.Georgia Tech (IS/OOS) EA/RD 7297 out of 31,484 (23.2%)
38.Hamilton ED1/ED2/RD 1345 out of 5700 (23.6%)
39.Wake Forest ED1/ED2/RD 3500 out of 13,000 (26.9%)
40.University of Virginia (IS/OOS) EA/RD 9957 out of 36,807 (27.1%)
41.NYU (All Campuses) ED1/ED2/RD 18,520 out of 67,232 (27.5%)
42.American ED1/ED2/RD 5421 out of 18,692 (29.0%)
43.Boston College EA/RD 9200 out of 28,500 (32.3%)
44.Trinity College ED1/ED2/RD 2006 out of 6098 (32.9%)
45.Kenyon ED/RD 1850 out of 5600 (33.0%)
46.Scripps ED1/ED2/RD 949 out of 2841 (33.4%)
47.William & Mary ED/RD 5220 out of 14,915 (35.0%)
48.Union ED1/ED2/RD 2450 out of 6673 (36.7%)
49.University of Florida RD 13,214 out of 34,000 (38.9%)
50.Macalester ED1/ED2/RD 2301 out of 5901 (39.0%)
51.Florida State EA/RD 17,000 out of 42,325 (40.2%)
52.George Washington ED1/ED2/RD 11,031 out of 27,000 (40.9%)
53.Fordham EA/RD 9968 out of 20,152 (49.5%)

Excluding for lack of data: Amherst, Carnegie-Mellon, Davidson, Rice, University of California-Berkeley, University of Chicago.

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Where UCB at?

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Your Brown numbers are off. It’s 2722 admits, not 2622, so it may have been a quick typo on your end. https://news.brown.edu/articles/2017/03/admitted

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Richmond? Pitt?

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I have heard Berkeley is at 15%, but that is approximate and not based on any official release from the University. It would make sense, though, given last year’s 17.5% rate since applications were up about 3% and assuming a similar acceptance rate as last year.

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@nostalgicwisdom Yes, you’re right, I forgot that both Brown and Duke count their deferred accepted separately, so I have to add those back in to get the combined total. I’ll correct for both.

I also missed a couple, like BU and Lehigh. Anything else?

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Ranked Admissions Data
Class of 2021: Total Acceptance Rate (All Schools):

1.Stanford REA/RD 2050 out of 44,073 (4.6%)
2.Harvard SCEA/RD 2056 out of 39,506 (5.2%)
3.Columbia ED/RD 2185 out of 37,389 (5.8%)
4.Princeton SCEA/RD 1890 out of 31,056 (6.1%)
5.Yale 2272 SCEA/RD out of 32,900 (6.9%)
6.MIT EA/RD 1438 out of 20,247 (7.1%)
7.Pomona ED1/ED2/RD 741 out of 9046 (8.2%)
8.Brown ED/RD 2722 out of 32,724 (8.3%)
9.Northwestern ED/RD 3371 out of 37,255 (9.0%)
10.Penn ED/RD 3699 out of 40,413 (9.2%)
11.Duke ED/RD 3174 out of 34,400 (9.2%)
12.Swarthmore ED/RD 960 out of 9383 (10.2%)
13.Vanderbilt ED1/ED2/RD 3242 out of 31,488 (10.3%)
14.Claremont ED1/ED2/RD 657 out of 6350 (10.3%)
15.Dartmouth ED/RD 2092 out of 20,034 (10.4%)
16.Johns Hopkins ED/RD 3133 out of 26,578 (11.8%)
17.Cornell ED/RD 5889 out of 47,038 (12.5%)
18.Bowdoin ED1/ED2/RD 963 out of 7240 (13.3%)
19.Harvey Mudd ED1/ED2/RD 566 out of 4078 (13.8%)
20.Williams ED/RD 1253 out of 8593 (14.6%)
21.Colorado College ED1/ED2/EA/RD 1212 out of 8215 (14.7%)
22.Barnard ED/RD 1139 out of 7716 (14.8%)
23.Tufts ED1/ED2/RD 3128 out of 21,101(14.8%)
24.Wesleyan ED1/ED2/RD 1932 out 12,543 (15.4%)
25.Georgetown EA/RD 3313 out of 21,465 (15.4%)
26.Pitzer ED1/ED2/RD 584 out of 3753 (15.6%)
27.Colby ED1/ED2/RD 1750 out of 11,190 (15.6%)
28.USC RD 8980 out of 56,000 (16.0%)
29.UCLA RD 16,320 out of 102,177 (16.0%)
30.Washington University in St. Louis ED/RD 4875 out of 30,464 (16%)
31.Haverford ED/RD 859 out of 4424 (19.4%)
32.Middlebury ED1/ED2/RD 1753 out of 8910 (19.7%)
33.Carleton College ED1/ED2/RD 1300 out of 6500 (20%)
34.Wellesley ED1/ED2/RD 1197 out of 5700 (21%)
35.Tulane ED1/ED2/EA/RD 7477 out of 35,605 (21%)
36.Emory ED/RD 5172 out of 23,694 (21.8%)
37.Vassar ED1/ED2/RD 1769 out of 7746 (22.8%)
38.Georgia Tech (IS/OOS) EA/RD 7297 out of 31,484 (23.2%)
39.Hamilton ED1/ED2/RD 1345 out of 5700 (23.6%)
40.University of Michigan EA/RD 14,000 out of 58,590 (23.9%)
41.Lehigh ED1/ED2/RD __ out of __ (24.7%)
42.Boston University ED1/ED2/RD 15,203 out of 60,815 (25.0%)
43.Wake Forest ED1/ED2/RD 3500 out of 13,000 (26.9%)
44.University of Virginia (IS/OOS) EA/RD 9957 out of 36,807 (27.1%)
45.NYU (All Campuses) ED1/ED2/RD 18,520 out of 67,232 (27.5%)
46.American ED1/ED2/RD 5421 out of 18,692 (29.0%)
47.Boston College EA/RD 9200 out of 28,500 (32.3%)
48.Trinity College ED1/ED2/RD 2006 out of 6098 (32.9%)
49.Kenyon ED/RD 1850 out of 5600 (33.0%)
50.Scripps ED1/ED2/RD 949 out of 2841 (33.4%)
51.William & Mary ED/RD 5220 out of 14,915 (35.0%)
52.Union ED1/ED2/RD 2450 out of 6673 (36.7%)
53.University of Florida RD 13,214 out of 34,000 (38.9%)
54.Macalester ED1/ED2/RD 2301 out of 5901 (39.0%)
55.Florida State EA/RD 17,000 out of 42,325 (40.2%)
56.George Washington ED1/ED2/RD 11,031 out of 27,000 (40.9%)
57.Fordham EA/RD 9968 out of 20,152 (49.5%)

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Since the Brown Duke corrections affect other tables, I’m updating those as well:

*Ranked Admissions Data
Class of 2021: Top 25 Universities

Total Applications:**
1.Cornell 47,038
2.Stanford 44,073
3.Penn 40,413
4.Harvard 39,506
5.Columbia 37,389
6.Northwestern 37,255
7.University of Virginia 36,807
8.Duke 34,400
9.Yale 32,900
10.Brown 32,724
11.Vanderbilt 31,488
12.Princeton 31,056
13.Washington University in St. Louis 30,464
14.Johns Hopkins 26,578
15.Emory 23,694
16.Georgetown 21,465
17.Tufts 21,101
18.MIT 20,247
19.Dartmouth 20,034

Regular Decision Acceptance Rate:
1.Harvard RD 1118 out of 33,033 (3.4%)
2.Princeton RD 1120 out of 26,053 (4.3%)
3.Stanford REA/RD 2050 out of 44,073 (4.6%)
4.Yale RD 1401 out of 27,814 (5.0%)
5.Columbia ED/RD 2185 out of 37,389 (5.8%)
6.Brown RD 1927 out of 29,554 (6.5%)
7.MIT RD 781 out of 11,853 (6.6%)
8.Penn RD 2345 out of 34,266 (6.8%)
9.Northwestern RD 2408 out of 33,519 (7.2%)
10.Duke RD 2255 out of 30,884 (7.3%)
11.Dartmouth RD 1537 out of 18,035 (8.5%)
12.Vanderbilt RD 2382 out of 27,841 (8.6%)
13.Johns Hopkins RD 2542 out of 24,644 (10.3%)
14.Cornell RD 4510 out of 41,654 (10.8%)
15.Tufts RD 2453 out of 18,791 (13.1%)
16.Washington University in St. Louis ED/RD 4875 out of 30,464 (16%)
17.Georgetown RD 2382 out of 13,643 (17.5%)
18.Emory RD 4698 out of 22,201 (21.2%)
19.UVA RD (OOS) 2342 out of 10,897 (21.5%)
20.UVA RD (IS) 1701 out of 5664 (30.0%)

Early Acceptance Rate:
1.MIT EA 657 out of 8394 (7.8%)
2.Georgetown EA 931 out of 7822 (11.9%)
3.Harvard SCEA 938 out of 6473 (14.5%)
4.Princeton SCEA 770 out of 5003 (15.4%)
5.Yale SCEA 871 out of 5086 (17.1%)
6.Brown ED 695 out of 3170 (21.9%)
7.Penn ED 1354 out of 6147 (22.0%)
8.UVA EA (OOS) 3339 out of 14,968 (22.3%)
9.Vanderbilt ED1/ED2 860 out of 3647 (23.6%)
10.Duke ED 861 out of 3516 (24.5%)
11.Cornell ED 1379 out of 5384 (25.6%)
12.Northwestern ED 963 out of 3736 (25.7%)
13.Dartmouth ED 555 out of 1999 (27.8%)
14.Tufts ED1/ED2 675 out of 2310 (29.2%)
15.Johns Hopkins ED 591 out of 1934 (30.6%)
16.Emory ED 474 out of 1493 (31.7%)
17.UVA EA (IS) 2575 out of 5278 (48.8%)

Total Acceptance Rate:
1.Stanford REA/RD 2050 out of 44,073 (4.6%)
2.Harvard SCEA/RD 2056 out of 39,506 (5.2%)
3.Columbia ED/RD 2185 out of 37,389 (5.8%)
4.Princeton SCEA/RD 1890 out of 31,056 (6.1%)
5.Yale 2272 SCEA/RD out of 32,900 (6.9%)
6.MIT EA/RD 1438 out of 20,247 (7.1%)
7.Brown ED/RD 2722 out of 32,724 (8.3%)
8.Northwestern ED/RD 3371 out of 37,255 (9.0%)
9.Penn ED/RD 3699 out of 40,413 (9.2%)
10.Duke ED/RD 3174 out of 34,400 (9.2%)
11.Vanderbilt ED1/ED2/RD 3242 out of 31,488 (10.3%)
12.Dartmouth ED/RD 2092 out of 20,034 (10.4%)
13.Johns Hopkins ED/RD 3133 out of 26,578 (11.8%)
14.Cornell ED/RD 5889 out of 47,038 (12.5%)
15.Tufts ED1/ED2/RD 3128 out of 21,101(14.8%)
16.Georgetown EA/RD 3313 out of 21,465 (15.4%)
17.Washington University in St. Louis ED/RD 4875 out of 30,464 (16%)
18.Emory ED/RD 5172 out of 23,694 (21.8%)
19.University of Virginia EA/RD (IS/OOS) 9957 out of 36,807 (27.1%)

*Excluding for insufficient data: Caltech, Carnegie Mellon, Chicago, Michigan, Notre Dame, Rice, UC-Berkeley, USC

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**Ranked Admissions Data
Class of 2021: Ivy League + MIT, Stanford

Total Applications:**
1.Cornell 47,038
2.Stanford 44,073
3.Penn 40,413
4.Harvard 39,506
5.Columbia 37,389
6.Yale 32,900
7.Brown 32,724
8.Princeton 31,056
9.MIT 20,247
0.Dartmouth 20,034

Regular Decision Acceptance Rate:
1.Harvard RD 1118 out of 33,033 (3.4%)
2.Princeton RD 1120 out of 26,053 (4.3%)
3.Stanford REA/RD 2050 out of 44,073 (4.6%)
4.Yale RD 1401 out of 27,814 (5.0%)
5.Columbia ED/RD 2185 out of 37,389 (5.8%)
6.Brown RD 1927 out of 29,554 (6.5%)
7.MIT RD 781 out of 11,853 (6.6%)
8.Penn RD 2345 out of 34,266 (6.8%)
9.Dartmouth RD 1537 out of 18,035 (8.5%)
0.Cornell RD 4510 out of 41,654 (10.8%)

Early Acceptance Rate:
1.MIT EA 657 out of 8394 (7.8%)
2.Harvard SCEA 938 out of 6473 (14.5%)
3.Princeton SCEA 770 out of 5003 (15.4%)
4.Yale SCEA 871 out of 5086 (17.1%)
5.Brown ED 695 out of 3170 (21.9%)
6.Penn ED 1354 out of 6147 (22.0%)
7.Cornell ED 1379 out of 5384 (25.6%)
8.Dartmouth ED 555 out of 1999 (27.8%)
0.Columbia (no data)
0.Stanford (no data)

Total Acceptance Rate:
1.Stanford REA/RD 2050 out of 44,073 (4.6%)
2.Harvard SCEA/RD 2056 out of 39,506 (5.2%)
3.Columbia ED/RD 2185 out of 37,389 (5.8%)
4.Princeton SCEA/RD 1890 out of 31,056 (6.1%)
5.Yale 2272 SCEA/RD out of 32,900 (6.9%)
6.MIT EA/RD 1438 out of 20,247 (7.1%)
7.Brown ED/RD 2722 out of 32,724 (8.3%)
8.Penn ED/RD 3699 out of 40,413 (9.2%)
9.Dartmouth ED/RD 2092 out of 20,034 (10.4%)
0.Cornell ED/RD 5889 out of 47,038 (12.5%)