College Admissions Statistics Class of 2022

[bronze2]

here is Cornell: http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2018/03/class-2022-selected-record-number-applicants

"For the third consecutive year, Cornell has posted a record-high number of applications for admission. More than 51,000 students sought a place in the Class of 2022.

“As that number goes up, the overall admit rate goes down, this year to an all-time low of 10.3 percent of the applicant pool. The university has admitted 5,288 applicants (including early decision candidates) and offered 6,684 students a place on a waitlist.”

what is notable with Cornell, as with many other schools, is the number of acceptances has declined sharply (not just a decline in the acceptance rate from purely increased applications). Compared to 6,337 and 5,962 offers of admission in 2016 and 2017, there are only 5,288 admitted this year.

[bronze2]

Yale: https://news.yale.edu/2018/03/28/yale-admits-2229-students-second-year-expanded-class-size

2,229/35,306 = 6.3%

[foosondaughter]

Yale:

Total applicants: 35,306
SCEA applicants: 5,733
SCEA deferred: 3,153
Regular decision applicants: 29,573
Regular decision plus deferred: 32,726

Total admitted: 2,229 (6.3% overall admit rate)
SCEA admitted: 842 (14.7% SCEA admit rate)
Regular decision admitted: 1,387 (4.2% of regular decision plus deferred)

[1NJParent]

Because applicants have applied to more colleges than ever, the yield rate will be less certain for almost all colleges (other than perhaps Stanford and Harvard). As a result, it makes sense for most colleges to reduce the number of acceptances and use their waitlists to a greater extent this year to offset the uncertainty in yield.

[bronze2]

Columbia: https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2018/03/28/cc-seas-admit-rate-drops-to-record-low-55-percent/

2,214/40,203 = 5.5%

Columbia and Yale also are lower on the total number of admits compared to last year.

[merc81]

@1NJParent

it makes sense for most colleges to reduce the number of acceptances and use their waitlists to a greater extent this year to offset the uncertainty in yield.

Consequently, though it’s probably obvious to most on this thread, reported overall acceptance rates should be regarded as tentative.

Regarding Middlebury, doesn’t the school itself conclude this?

The overall acceptance rate, including those who applied early decision, was 18.4 percent.

http://www.middlebury.edu/newsroom/archive/2018-news/node/569490

[PurpleTitan]

I foresee that at selective privates in the future, 50-60% of each class will be filled through ED and 15-20% will come through the WL, deferrals from the previous year (Z list or gap year), and transfers, leaving 25-30% of the class to be filled in RD.

Already (and I believe for a long time) at USC, roughly 1/3rd of each graduating class there are transfers (or at least were not among freshmen starting in the fall). Though at least USC doesn’t have ED.

[GrusMinion]

Anyone have information on the NYU waitlist numbers. How many stay on waitlist and how many are taken. Specifically interested in College of Arts & Science, CAS.

[citivas]

Comment

[baltimoreguy]

As a Brown parent, I’ll be interested to see how the university’s decision to remove student loan obligations from financial aid packages will impact yield. Brown accepted about 150 fewer students this year than last, so they’re obviously expecting some boost in yield.

[AnotherCaDad]

@baltimoreguy one of the trends this year in other schools is yield management via fewer RD admissions and a longer wait list. Universities can improve their yield using wait list and I don’t think the student loan obligation change is going to change that much…

[bronze2]

Duke: https://today.duke.edu/2018/03/duke-admits-2123-regular-decision-applicants-class-2022

[ClassOf2018P]

@AnotherCaDad Totally agree. One example: Wesleyan had over 30% jump in applicants two years ago, probably over-projected yield, and admitted too few during RD. They took 100 off their WL for last year’s incoming class.

It’d be interesting to see size of FA for WL admits vs. RD admits for similar student profiles. Wonder if there is noticeable difference.

[bronze2]

How does extensive use of waitlist impact people who cannot afford to lose their deposit at another institution? It looks like a disadvantage to a certain group, albeit perhaps only an unintended consequence…

[jbtb07]

Dartmouth: https://news.dartmouth.edu/news/2018/03/class-2022-most-selective-class-ever

Dartmouth has offered admission to its most selective class ever, accepting 8.7 percent of the 22,033 students who applied to the Class of 2022. Undergraduate applications rose 10 percent over last year and represent the largest pool in five years.

[1NJParent]

How does extensive use of waitlist impact people who cannot afford to lose their deposit at another institution? It looks like a disadvantage to a certain group, albeit perhaps only an unintended consequence…

Another disadvantage for the same group is that the college usually becomes need-aware for waitlisted applicants even if it’s a need-blind school.

[bronze2]

Duke overall admissions - compiling the different parts of the release, it looks like 2123 from the RD pool, plus 99 from the deferred ED pool, plus 875 admitted ED. So, total admits are 3,097 (3287 last year?), which is an acceptance rate of 8.3%. It’s interesting that they choose to use the “2,123” number as the headline - to make themselves look closer to HYPS most likely. But total admits look like 3,097.

[PurpleTitan]

Good point @1NJParent. A school can say it is need-blind for Americans (in regular freshman admissions) while taking 10-15% of a class off WL or as transfers and taking 15-20% Internationals. That would go a long way towards keeping the roughly 50% full-pay ratio that these colleges need to make their finances work while still being truthfully need-blind.

[foosondaughter]

Duke breakdown, from:
https://today.duke.edu/2018/03/duke-admits-2123-regular-decision-applicants-class-2022
https://today.duke.edu/2017/12/duke-accepts-875-early-decision-applicants

Total applicants: < 37,390
ED applicants: 4,090
ED deferred: 882
Regular decision applicants: < 33,300
Regular decision plus deferred: < 33,971

Total admitted: 3,097 (8.3% overall admit rate)
ED admitted: 875 (21.4% ED admit rate)
ED deferred admitted: 99 (11.2% deferred admit rate)
Regular decision admitted: 2,123 (6.4% regular decision admit rate)
Regular decision+deferred admitted: 2,222 (6.5% regular decision+deferred admit rate)

[foosondaughter]

Updating overall admit rates. Adding Ivy league, Duke, Emory. Updating Middlebury.

Harvard (RD+SCEA) 1,962 out of 42,749 (4.6%)
Princeton (RD+SCEA) 1,941 out of 35,370 (5.5%)
Columbia (RD+ED) 2,214 out of 40,203 (5.5%)
Yale (RD+SCEA) 2,229 out of 35,306 (6.3%)
MIT (RD+EA) 1,464 out of 21,706 (6.7%)
Pomona (RD+ED) 713 out of 10,245 (6.9%)
Brown (RD+ED) 2,566 out of 35,438 (7.2%)
Duke (RD+ED) 3,097 out of 37,390 (8.3%)
Penn (RD+ED) 3,731 out of 44,491 (8.4%)
Dartmouth (RD+ED) 1,925 out of 22,033 (8.7%)
Swarthmore (RD+ED) 980 out of 10,749 (9.1%)
Johns Hopkins (RD+ED) 2,894 out of 29,128 (9.9%)
Cornell (RD+ED) 5,288 out of >51,000 (10.3%)
Williams (RD+ED) 1,163 out of 9,559 (12.2%)
USC 8,258 out of 64,256 (12.9%)
Colby 1,602 out of 12,313 (13.0%)
Harvey Mudd (RD+ED) (14.5%)
WashU (RD+ED) (15%)
Tulane ~6,598 out of 38,813 (17%)
Wesleyan (RD+EDI+EDII) 2,186 out of 12,788 (17.1%)
Middlebury (RD+ED+Febs) 1,696 out 9,230 (18.4%)
Emory (ED+RD, excl. Oxford-only apps) ~5,135 out of 27,759 (18.5%)
Davidson ~1,066 out of 5,700 (18.7%)
Haverford 877 out of 4682 (18.7%)
Wellesley ~1,267 out of 6,670 (19%)
BU ~14,184 out of 64,473 (22%)
UVA 9,850 out of 37,222 (26.5%)
VIllanova (RD+EA+ED) 6,545 out of 22,727 (28.8%)
Florida 14,866 out of 40,849 (36.4%)
Goorgia (RD+EA) < 12,700 out of 26,500 (< 47.9%)
Santa Clara (RD+ED) ~ 7,954 out of 16,233 (49%)