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

[spayurpets]

@sbballer Here’s the article about it, where the Stanford Dean of Admissions denied that it was a standard practice for Admissions to release the REA data to the public, even though the paper pointed out that it had in fact released the data for the last six years. It was an odd tiff to get into with the paper, and Admissions seems to be getting pushback from the campus which, as it turns out, likes to see the admissions data.

One could read this as a step backward in terms of transparency, or as an admirable move by Stanford to try to dampen the whole hypercompetitive atmosphere around college admissions, where students pore over the numbers trying to divine who has bragging rights as the hottest school in the country.

http://www.stanforddaily.com/2016/12/10/in-break-from-past-stanford-declines-to-release-early-admissions-data/

[spayurpets]

Johns Hopkins ED: 591 out of 1934 (30.6%)
http://hub.jhu.edu/2016/12/16/hopkins-early-decision-class-of-2021/

Johns Hopkins welcomes first members of its Class of 2021

A talented group of 591 high school students who applied to Johns Hopkins University this fall were offered admission today, officially making them the first members of university’s undergraduate Class of 2021.

This group of early decision applicants includes nationally recognized researchers, innovators in various fields, artists, published authors, and social activists. Among them are the author of a bilingual cookbook, the founder of a non-profit that raises money for girls from low-income families who are interested in STEM fields, a nationally-ranked fencer, a children’s book writer, an advocate for food allergy laws, and an internationally competitive windsurfer.

Students who apply early decision have identified Johns Hopkins as their top choice and commit to attend if admitted. The 1,934 early decision applicants this year represent a slight increase from the then-record number of 1,929 who applied early decision last year.

“There are exciting things happening here—academically and socially—and these admitted students bring experiences, perspectives, and ambitions that will only further enhance the undergraduate culture at Johns Hopkins,” said Ellen Kim, dean of undergraduate admissions.

A look at the Class of 2021:

Total applicants: 1,934
Total students admitted: 591
States represented: 40
Countries represented: 19

[spayurpets]

Adding Johns Hopkins:

MIT 657 out of 8394 (7.8%) (def=69.7%, rej=22.4%)
Harvard SCEA 938 out of 6473 (14.5%)
Princeton SCEA 770 out of 5003 (15.4%)
Yale 871 out of 5086 (17.1%) (def=52.7%, rej=28.6%)
Brown ED 695 out of 3170 (21.9%)(def=60%, rej=18%)
Penn ED 1354 out of 6147 (22.0%)=
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%)
Dartmouth ED 555 out of 1999 (27.8%)
Johns Hopkins ED 591 out of 1934 (30.6%)
Williams ED 257 out of 728 (35.3%)
University of Georgia EA 8059 out of 15,614 (51.6%)

[DeepBlue86]

Sorry, meant to say “EA”, not “RD” in my point #2 of post #79 above.

[spayurpets]

The official Princeton news release on the Early Action class adds a bit more color to the numbers, n.b., legacy and first gen.https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S48/18/18I83/?section=topstories

Fifty-seven percent of the admitted students come from public schools, and 14 percent are the first in their families to attend college. Sixteen percent of the admitted students are children of Princeton alumni. Twenty percent of the admitted students indicated they want to study engineering.

“The academic and personal strengths of these admitted students are extraordinary,” Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye said. “The early action process this year was especially challenging given the depth of the applicant pool. The admission rate was 15.4 percent.”

This is the sixth year that the University has offered an early application round for prospective students whose first college choice is Princeton. In 2015, the early admit rate was 18.6 percent, and 21.1 percent in 2011.

[sbballer]

@spayurpets The two most selective schools by a long shot in EA are MIT and Stanford. Personally I think it’s a step back. Transparency is always the better option.

[spayurpets]

Yes, I’m generally for transparency (maybe for my own selfish reason of wanting material for this thread). But I have never faulted schools that want to keep it under wraps, and it is especially altruistic for a school to not toot their own horn when they are on the top of the heap, if their reason for.not publicizing it is to benefit students. When selectivity becomes an end in itself and schools compete on that metric alone (“Let’s increase our applications so we can we reject more applications than Stanford does this year”) then it is counterproductive.

[bubbashrimp222]

Any numbers on Rice yet? Got in, curious to see the numbers

[penngirlpending]

re #23

That is outdated. This year the number of ED applicants was well over 900. The 2015 enrolled class had 748 applicants. So please remove that statistic until the College releases something current.

ref: https://barnard.edu/sites/default/files/cds_2015-2016_09-02-16.pdf pg 11

[SonOfAbraham]

Georgetown University EA : 12% (“just under 12%”)
Last year : 13%

No denials, only deferrals.
Source : The Hoya Facebook

[sbjdorlo]

Anyone find more info on some LACs such as Haverford?

[NASA2014]

spayurpets only cares about th ivy leagues and top ten schools. Sadly

[hebegebe]

UGA is a top ten school?

[NASA2014]

Top 100 schools is what I meant to say

[kitts95]

Any stats on Northwestern? Specifically how many students were deferred?

[spayurpets]

Tell me any other schools that may provide their stats, and I’m happy to add them, Top 100 or not. Haverford doesn’t usually announce their early statistics at all, and several LACs don’t. Middlebury, Amherst, Davidson and other small schools usually release their numbers, but they are lagging a bit this year.

[spayurpets]

Tulane released these data, but given the subject matter of this article they are probably mortified. You don’t usually find these stats in a NY Times article.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/us/tulane-college-applicants-acceptance-emails-wrong.html?_r=0

Agony as Tulane Applicants Learn Acceptance Emails Are in Error

Alyssa was in her high school health class around midday Wednesday when she got the email welcoming her to Tulane University and giving her a college email address. In a grueling college admissions season, it was her first-choice university, and she had applied early decision, meaning she was committed to the place.

Excited by the news, Alyssa texted her mother, told many of her classmates and was congratulated by one of her favorite teachers, a Tulane alum. But two or three hours later, she received a second, decidedly more downbeat email telling her it had all been a mistake.

“It felt crushing,” she said Friday. “It was my dream school.”

Alyssa was one of 130 applicants who received emails that day from Tulane, a highly selective school in New Orleans, beginning, “I am pleased to welcome you to Tulane!” They were quickly followed by a retraction email and a rather abject public apology headed, “We Messed Up,” from the university’s admission director. Alyssa asked not to be fully identified because she was humiliated and did not want to be associated with what she called a scandal.

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Mr. Strecker said Tulane had received 22,256 early admission applications and admitted 6,480, or 29 percent, down from 35 percent last year. Last year’s regular admissions rate was 7 percent.

Alyssa said she had been admitted to the spring 2018 term, a semester later than she had hoped. “I don’t know if that’s like a consolation prize,” she said.

But she said she still felt bad for the other students who have been on the same roller coaster of emotion. “I understand that accidents happen,” she said. “I think they ought to save space for the regular admissions pool by 130, and then just let these kids in.”

[spayurpets]

MIT 657 out of 8394 (7.8%) (def=69.7%, rej=22.4%)
Harvard SCEA 938 out of 6473 (14.5%)
Princeton SCEA 770 out of 5003 (15.4%)
Yale 871 out of 5086 (17.1%) (def=52.7%, rej=28.6%)
Brown ED 695 out of 3170 (21.9%)(def=60%, rej=18%)
Penn ED 1354 out of 6147 (22.0%)=
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%)
Dartmouth ED 555 out of 1999 (27.8%)
Tulane EA 6480 out of 22,256 (29.1%)
Johns Hopkins ED 591 out of 1934 (30.6%)
Williams ED 257 out of 728 (35.3%)
University of Georgia EA 8059 out of 15,614 (51.6%)

[2mrmagoo]

Sbjdorlo- i don’t have stats for this year, but Haverford does release the numbers. Have a look at this for past years (and keep in mind that the acceptance rate went down to 21% in the 2015 - 2016 admissions cycle).

https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/Office/President/Factbook-Admission-Stats.pdf

[spayurpets]

Correcting for some typos:

MIT EA 657 out of 8394 (7.8%) (def=69.7%, rej=22.4%)
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%)
Brown ED 695 out of 3170 (21.9%)(def=60%, rej=18%)
Penn ED 1354 out of 6147 (22.0%)
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%)
Dartmouth ED 555 out of 1999 (27.8%)
Tulane EA 6480 out of 22,256 (29.1%)
Johns Hopkins ED 591 out of 1934 (30.6%)
Williams ED 257 out of 728 (35.3%)
University of Georgia EA 8059 out of 15,614 (51.6%)