I suspect Northwestern is taking a somewhat larger class over last year. Last couple of years they have been around 1925. They might be going to around 2000. They seem to have accepted 1100 students, which they say will make 53-54 percent of their class. Even with some people withdrawing, they will probably have 1050 students. Another nearly 2500 have been admitted RD, which with normal yields should still imply another 950 students.
Wesleyan 15.8%
http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2019/04/03/following-record-applications-wesleyan-admits-historically-diverse-class-of-2023/
Added Tufts, ND, Northwestern, Vassar, Wesleyan
Harvard REA + RD: 1,950 out of 43,330 (4.5%)
Columbia ED + RD: ~2,171 out of 42,569 (~5.1%)
Princeton SCEA + RD: 1,895 out of 32,804 (5.8%)
Yale SCEA + RD: 2,178 out of 36,843 (5.9%)
UChicago ED + EA + RD (5.9%)
Brown ED+RD: 2,553 out of 38,674 (6.6%)
MIT EA + RD: 1410 out of 21,312 (6.6%)
Duke ED + RD: 3,064 out of 41,613 (7.4%)
Penn ED + RD: 3,345 out of 44,960 (7.4%)
Dartmouth ED + RD: 1,876 out of 23,650 (7.9%)
Rice ED + RD: 2,364 out of 27,084 (8.7%)
Swarthmore ED1 + ED2 + RD: 995 out of 11,400+ (8.7%)
Northwestern: 40,579 applicants (8.9%)
Bowdoin ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~831 out of 9,332 (~8.9%)
Johns Hopkins ED+RD: 2,950 out of 32,231 (9.2%),
Colby ED1 + ED2 + RD: 1,295 out of 13,584 (9.5%)
Cornell ED + RD: 5,183 out of >49,000 (~10.6%)
Amherst ED + RD: 1,144 out of 10,567 (10.8%)
USC: 7400 out of 67,000 (11%)
Barnard ED + RD: ~1,053 out of 9,319 (~11.3%)
Williams College ED+RD 1205 out of 9,715 (12.4%)
Tulane EA+ ED1+ED2+RD: ~5,400 out of 41,365 (~13%)
Pitzer ED1 + ED2: 532 out of ~4,409 (~13.2%)
Harvey Mudd ED1 + ED2 + RD: (13.4%)
WashU ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~3,556 out of ~25,400 (~14%)
Tufts: 22766 applicants (14.6%)
Emory (Decatur) ED1 + ED2 + RD: 4512 out of 30,017 (15%)
Notre Dame: 3,410 out of 22,220 (15.3%)
Wesleyan: 2.114 out of 13,358 (15.8%)
Middlebury ED1+ED2 +RD: 1,547 out of 9,750 (15.9%)
NYU ED1+ED2+RD: 12,307 out of ~85,000 (~16% overall, 14.4% NY Campus)
Hamilton ED1+ED2+RD: ~1,334 out of 8,338 (16%)
Haverford ED1+ED2+RD: 801 out of 4,968 (16.1%)
Washington and Lee - 1,115 out of 6,178 (18.0%)
BU EA+ ED1+ED2+RD: ~11,260 out of 62,210 (~18.1%)
Georgia Tech EA+RD: 6940 out of 36936 (18.8%)
Emory (Oxford) - 3432 out of ~18,000 (19%)
Wellesley ED1+ED2+RD: ~1,298 out of 6,488 (20%)
Grinnell: ~1,696 out of 7,961 (~21.3%)
Vassar: 2098 out of 8961 (23.4%)
UVA RD+EA: 9,725 admits from 40,869 (23.8%)
Colgate ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~2422 out of 9904 (~24.5%)
Boston College EA+RD: ~9,500 out of 35,556 (26.7%)
Scripps ED1+ ED2 + RD: (29.8%)
Macalester ED1+ ED2 + RD: ~2,048 out of 6,598 (~31%)
Florida - main campus RD: 14,136 out of 41,407 (34.1%)
GWU ED1+ED2+RD: ~11,000 out of 27,071 (40.6%)
Georgia EA+RD: 13,050 out of 29,314 (44.5%)
Alphabetic order:
Amherst ED+RD: 1,144 out of 10,567 (10.8%)
Barnard ED + RD: ~1,053 out of 9,319 (~11.3%)
Boston College EA+RD: ~9,500 out of 35,556 (26.7%)
Bowdoin ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~831 out of 9,332 (~8.9%)
Brown ED+RD: 2,553 out of 38,674 (6.6%)
BU EA+ ED1+ED2+RD: ~11,260 out of 62,210 (~18.1%)
Colby ED1 + ED2 + RD: 1,295 out of 13,584 (9.5%)
Colgate ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~2422 out of 9904 (~24.5%)
Columbia ED + RD: ~2,171 out of 42,569 (~5.1%)
Cornell ED + RD: 5,183 out of >49,000 (~10.6%)
Dartmouth ED + RD: 1,876 out of 23,650 (7.9%)
Duke ED + RD: 3,064 out of 41,613 (7.4%)
Emory ED1 + ED2 + RD: 4512 out of 30,017 (15%)
Emory Oxford College- 3432 out of ~18,000 (19%)
Florida - main campus RD: 14,136 out of 41,407 (34.1%)
Georgia EA+RD: 13,050 out of 29,314 (44.5%)
Georgia Tech EA+RD: 6940 out of 36936 (18.8%)
Grinnell: ~1,696 out of 7,961 (~21.3%)
GWU ED1+ED2+RD: ~11,000 out of 27,071 (40.6%)
Hamilton ED1+ED2+RD: ~1,334 out of 8,338 (16%)
Harvard REA + RD: 1,950 out of 43,330 (4.5%)
Haverford ED1+ED2+RD: 801 out of 4,968 (16.1%)
Harvey Mudd ED1 + ED2 + RD: (13.4%)
Johns Hopkins ED+RD: 2,950 out of 32,231 (9.2%)
Macalester ED1+ ED2 + RD: ~2,048 out of 6,598 (~31%)
Middlebury ED1+ED2 +RD: 1,547 out of 9,750 (15.9%)
MIT EA + RD: 1410 out of 21,312 (6.6%)
Northwestern: 40,579 applicants (8.9%)
Notre Dame: 3,410 out of 22,220 (15.3%)
NYU ED1+ED2+RD: 12,307 out of ~85,000 (~16% overall, 14.4% NY Campus)
Penn ED + RD: 3,345 out of 44,960 (7.4%)
Pitzer ED1 + ED2: 532 out of ~4,409 (~13.2%)
Princeton SCEA + RD: 1,895 out of 32,804 (5.8%)
Rice ED + RD: 2,364 out of 27,084 (8.7%)
Scripps ED1+ ED2 + RD: (29.8%)
Swarthmore ED1 + ED2 + RD: 995 out of 11,400+ (8.7%)
Tufts: 22766 applicants (14.6%)
Tulane EA+ ED1+ED2+RD: ~5,400 out of 41,365 (~13%)
UChicago ED + EA + RD (5.9%)
USC: 7400 out of 67,000 (11%)
UVA RD+EA: 9,725 admits from 40,869 (23.8%)
Vassar: 2098 out of 8961 (23.4%)
Washington and Lee - 1,115 out of 6,178 (18.0%)
WashU ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~3,556 out of ~25,400 (~14%)
Wellesley ED1+ED2+RD: ~1,298 out of 6,488 (20%)
Wesleyan: 2.114 out of 13,358 (15.8%)
Williams College ED+RD 1205 out of 9,715 (12.4%)
Yale SCEA + RD: 2,178 out of 36,843 (5.9%)
- Vanderbilt RD:2,088 out of 32,967 (6.3%) (RD only, not including ED1 & ED2)
Added Lehigh:
Harvard REA + RD: 1,950 out of 43,330 (4.5%)
Columbia ED + RD: ~2,171 out of 42,569 (~5.1%)
Princeton SCEA + RD: 1,895 out of 32,804 (5.8%)
Yale SCEA + RD: 2,178 out of 36,843 (5.9%)
UChicago ED + EA + RD (5.9%)
Brown ED+RD: 2,553 out of 38,674 (6.6%)
MIT EA + RD: 1410 out of 21,312 (6.6%)
Duke ED + RD: 3,064 out of 41,613 (7.4%)
Penn ED + RD: 3,345 out of 44,960 (7.4%)
Dartmouth ED + RD: 1,876 out of 23,650 (7.9%)
Rice ED + RD: 2,364 out of 27,084 (8.7%)
Swarthmore ED1 + ED2 + RD: 995 out of 11,400+ (8.7%)
Northwestern: 40,579 applicants (8.9%)
Bowdoin ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~831 out of 9,332 (~8.9%)
Johns Hopkins ED+RD: 2,950 out of 32,231 (9.2%),
Colby ED1 + ED2 + RD: 1,295 out of 13,584 (9.5%)
Cornell ED + RD: 5,183 out of >49,000 (~10.6%)
Amherst ED + RD: 1,144 out of 10,567 (10.8%)
USC: 7400 out of 67,000 (11%)
Barnard ED + RD: ~1,053 out of 9,319 (~11.3%)
Williams College ED+RD 1205 out of 9,715 (12.4%)
Tulane EA+ ED1+ED2+RD: ~5,400 out of 41,365 (~13%)
Pitzer ED1 + ED2: 532 out of ~4,409 (~13.2%)
Harvey Mudd ED1 + ED2 + RD: (13.4%)
WashU ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~3,556 out of ~25,400 (~14%)
Tufts: 22766 applicants (14.6%)
Emory (Decatur) ED1 + ED2 + RD: 4512 out of 30,017 (15%)
Notre Dame: 3,410 out of 22,220 (15.3%)
Wesleyan: 2.114 out of 13,358 (15.8%)
Middlebury ED1+ED2 +RD: 1,547 out of 9,750 (15.9%)
NYU ED1+ED2+RD: 12,307 out of ~85,000 (~16% overall, 14.4% NY Campus)
Hamilton ED1+ED2+RD: ~1,334 out of 8,338 (16%)
Haverford ED1+ED2+RD: 801 out of 4,968 (16.1%)
Washington and Lee - 1,115 out of 6,178 (18.0%)
BU EA+ ED1+ED2+RD: ~11,260 out of 62,210 (~18.1%)
Georgia Tech EA+RD: 6940 out of 36936 (18.8%)
Emory (Oxford) - 3432 out of ~18,000 (19%)
Wellesley ED1+ED2+RD: ~1,298 out of 6,488 (20%)
Grinnell ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~1,696 out of 7,961 (~21.3%)
Vassar: 2098 out of 8961 (23.4%)
Lehigh ED1 + ED 2 +RD: 3716 out of 15647 (23.7%)
UVA RD+EA: 9,725 admits from 40,869 (23.8%)
Colgate ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~2422 out of 9904 (~24.5%)
Boston College EA+RD: ~9,500 out of 35,556 (26.7%)
Scripps ED1+ ED2 + RD: (29.8%)
Macalester ED1+ ED2 + RD: ~2,048 out of 6,598 (~31%)
Florida - main campus RD: 14,136 out of 41,407 (34.1%)
GWU ED1+ED2+RD: ~11,000 out of 27,071 (40.6%)
Georgia EA+RD: 13,050 out of 29,314 (44.5%)
Alphabetic Order
Amherst ED+RD: 1,144 out of 10,567 (10.8%)
Barnard ED + RD: ~1,053 out of 9,319 (~11.3%)
Boston College EA+RD: ~9,500 out of 35,556 (26.7%)
Bowdoin ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~831 out of 9,332 (~8.9%)
Brown ED+RD: 2,553 out of 38,674 (6.6%)
BU EA+ ED1+ED2+RD: ~11,260 out of 62,210 (~18.1%)
Colby ED1 + ED2 + RD: 1,295 out of 13,584 (9.5%)
Colgate ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~2422 out of 9904 (~24.5%)
Columbia ED + RD: ~2,171 out of 42,569 (~5.1%)
Cornell ED + RD: 5,183 out of >49,000 (~10.6%)
Dartmouth ED + RD: 1,876 out of 23,650 (7.9%)
Duke ED + RD: 3,064 out of 41,613 (7.4%)
Emory ED1 + ED2 + RD: 4512 out of 30,017 (15%)
Emory Oxford College- 3432 out of ~18,000 (19%)
Florida - main campus RD: 14,136 out of 41,407 (34.1%)
Georgia EA+RD: 13,050 out of 29,314 (44.5%)
Georgia Tech EA+RD: 6940 out of 36936 (18.8%)
Grinnell ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~1,696 out of 7,961 (~21.3%)
GWU ED1+ED2+RD: ~11,000 out of 27,071 (40.6%)
Hamilton ED1+ED2+RD: ~1,334 out of 8,338 (16%)
Harvard REA + RD: 1,950 out of 43,330 (4.5%)
Haverford ED1+ED2+RD: 801 out of 4,968 (16.1%)
Harvey Mudd ED1 + ED2 + RD: (13.4%)
Johns Hopkins ED+RD: 2,950 out of 32,231 (9.2%)
Lehigh ED1 + ED 2 +RD: 3716 out of 15647 (23.7%)
Macalester ED1+ ED2 + RD: ~2,048 out of 6,598 (~31%)
Middlebury ED1+ED2 +RD: 1,547 out of 9,750 (15.9%)
MIT EA + RD: 1410 out of 21,312 (6.6%)
Northwestern: 40,579 applicants (8.9%)
Notre Dame: 3,410 out of 22,220 (15.3%)
NYU ED1+ED2+RD: 12,307 out of ~85,000 (~16% overall, 14.4% NY Campus)
Penn ED + RD: 3,345 out of 44,960 (7.4%)
Pitzer ED1 + ED2: 532 out of ~4,409 (~13.2%)
Princeton SCEA + RD: 1,895 out of 32,804 (5.8%)
Rice ED + RD: 2,364 out of 27,084 (8.7%)
Scripps ED1+ ED2 + RD: (29.8%)
Swarthmore ED1 + ED2 + RD: 995 out of 11,400+ (8.7%)
Tufts: 22766 applicants (14.6%)
Tulane EA+ ED1+ED2+RD: ~5,400 out of 41,365 (~13%)
UChicago ED + EA + RD (5.9%)
USC: 7400 out of 67,000 (11%)
UVA RD+EA: 9,725 admits from 40,869 (23.8%)
Vassar: 2098 out of 8961 (23.4%)
Washington and Lee - 1,115 out of 6,178 (18.0%)
WashU ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~3,556 out of ~25,400 (~14%)
Wellesley ED1+ED2+RD: ~1,298 out of 6,488 (20%)
Wesleyan: 2.114 out of 13,358 (15.8%)
Williams College ED+RD 1205 out of 9,715 (12.4%)
Yale SCEA + RD: 2,178 out of 36,843 (5.9%)
- Vanderbilt RD:2,088 out of 32,967 (6.3%) (RD only, not including ED1 & ED2)
https://thebrownandwhite.com/2019/03/31/admissions-class-of-2023-decrease-in-selectivity/
Is there data for the in-state versus OOS for public colleges which differentiate between these (like UNC)?
That’s so funny to see UVa and Lehigh’s acceptance rates within 0.1% of one another. They were my final two schools back in 1988. Chose UVa and never looked back but 30 years later they are still close
"@APStats at #423: G-Town’s application strategy is precisely to weed out those who aren’t serious about attending if offered a place. They say they wish to keep the application numbers low. Given that it’s a “trendy” school, that makes sense. If they were on the CA they’d probably would have gotten about 40,000 apps. this year.
They may be turning off smart and talented kids but - again - it’s about interest as much as talent.
The three subject tests are used for placement, per their admissions dean a few years ago. It’s not necessary to invest in expensive prep for any of these tests. There are enough decent materials for free or of low cost.
In my day, we filled out one application for each school and took a battery of tests, including subject tests (achievement tests, they were called back then). You had to send all scores. People took fewer standardized tests as a result. And they didn’t apply to a gazillion schools; instead, they chose a set few that they really cared about, and set their sights on them. I wish more colleges would follow G-Town’s example and return to that practice."
Sorry, I can’t figure out how to quote you. I didn’t make my point/my daughter’s point well. G-town was actually one of the first schools my D visited and she liked it very much. But she was turned off by why that admin would think requiring 3 more standardized tests was the best hoop for weeding out interested kids. I know three students who applied there who, um, well, test prepped into oblivion for a summer. My upper middle class kid was working her summer job and taking a class while those kids were test-prepping for those extra tests for many hours (many, many hours). But there are a lot of other hoops that my d would have jumped through that she would think would give a school more information so it could assess her application aside from three more standardized tests in addition to the 12 + ACT that she’s taking…so yes, she opted out of applying because it’s not the school for her, philosophically.
I have no problem with any school having its own application and neither does my D. The common app is half the problem of why students apply to so many schools. Trust me, I remember applying to all of 5 colleges, each with its own written application. I made a mistake while typing a few of the applications (on a typewriter, this was the 80’s), and had to call the school to request another application be mailed to me, because the application was on gray or cream colored paper and no typing ribbon was going to fix my typo! Bring back the typewriter…
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/media/class-2023
36% acceptance rate, down from 50%. (They’ve had two unusually large classes in a row, so I’m interested to see how it shakes out in the end, after any wait list movement.)
3,956 applicants, so ~1,424 acceptances. Target class size of 525, so an anticipated 37% yield.
Edit: Last year’s yield was 33%, with 628 enrolled.
I admire Georgetown’s admission policy overall, but three SAT subjects seem to be excessive.
Anybody knows Caltech’s and Stanford’s numbers ?
Mount Holyoke posted today- 36% admission rate down from 51%. 3956 applications- 525 class size. Average SAT 1420 ACT 32.
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/media/class-2023?fbclid=IwAR1tYv2gvCMIecisGoThRBcRr-2BBtqoAF1uSbFgVFKt4rXpgVZfyKNjWdM
@SFLmom
It says median not avg. and it’s a 1410.
@emorynavy -you are correct. I was not within the window to edit the post. Thank you.
Added Mt. Holyoke:
Harvard REA + RD: 1,950 out of 43,330 (4.5%)
Columbia ED + RD: ~2,171 out of 42,569 (~5.1%)
Princeton SCEA + RD: 1,895 out of 32,804 (5.8%)
Yale SCEA + RD: 2,178 out of 36,843 (5.9%)
UChicago ED + EA + RD (5.9%)
Brown ED+RD: 2,553 out of 38,674 (6.6%)
MIT EA + RD: 1410 out of 21,312 (6.6%)
Duke ED + RD: 3,064 out of 41,613 (7.4%)
Penn ED + RD: 3,345 out of 44,960 (7.4%)
Dartmouth ED + RD: 1,876 out of 23,650 (7.9%)
Rice ED + RD: 2,364 out of 27,084 (8.7%)
Swarthmore ED1 + ED2 + RD: 995 out of 11,400+ (8.7%)
Northwestern: 40,579 applicants (8.9%)
Bowdoin ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~831 out of 9,332 (~8.9%)
Johns Hopkins ED+RD: 2,950 out of 32,231 (9.2%),
Colby ED1 + ED2 + RD: 1,295 out of 13,584 (9.5%)
Cornell ED + RD: 5,183 out of >49,000 (~10.6%)
Amherst ED + RD: 1,144 out of 10,567 (10.8%)
USC: 7400 out of 67,000 (11%)
Barnard ED + RD: ~1,053 out of 9,319 (~11.3%)
Williams College ED+RD 1205 out of 9,715 (12.4%)
Tulane EA+ ED1+ED2+RD: ~5,400 out of 41,365 (~13%)
Pitzer ED1 + ED2: 532 out of ~4,409 (~13.2%)
Harvey Mudd ED1 + ED2 + RD: (13.4%)
WashU ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~3,556 out of ~25,400 (~14%)
Tufts: 22766 applicants (14.6%)
Emory (Decatur) ED1 + ED2 + RD: 4512 out of 30,017 (15%)
Notre Dame: 3,410 out of 22,220 (15.3%)
Wesleyan: 2.114 out of 13,358 (15.8%)
Middlebury ED1+ED2 +RD: 1,547 out of 9,750 (15.9%)
NYU ED1+ED2+RD: 12,307 out of ~85,000 (~16% overall, 14.4% NY Campus)
Hamilton ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~1,334 out of 8,338 (16%)
Haverford ED1+ED2+RD: 801 out of 4,968 (16.1%)
Washington and Lee - 1,115 out of 6,178 (18.0%)
BU EA+ ED1+ED2+RD: ~11,260 out of 62,210 (~18.1%)
Georgia Tech EA+RD: 6940 out of 36936 (18.8%)
Emory (Oxford) - 3432 out of ~18,000 (19%)
Wellesley ED1+ED2+RD: ~1,298 out of 6,488 (20%)
Grinnell ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~1,696 out of 7,961 (~21.3%)
Vassar: 2098 out of 8961 (23.4%)
Lehigh ED1 + ED 2 + RD: 3716 out of 15647 (23.7%)
UVA RD+EA: 9,725 admits from 40,869 (23.8%)
Colgate ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~2422 out of 9904 (~24.5%)
Boston College EA+RD: ~9,500 out of 35,556 (26.7%)
Scripps ED1+ ED2 + RD: (29.8%)
Macalester ED1+ ED2 + RD: ~2,048 out of 6,598 (~31%)
Florida - main campus RD: 14,136 out of 41,407 (34.1%)
Mt. Holyoke ED1 + ED 2 + RD: ~1424 out of 3956 (36%)
GWU ED1+ED2+RD: ~11,000 out of 27,071 (40.6%)
Georgia EA+RD: 13,050 out of 29,314 (44.5%)
Alphabetic Order
Amherst ED+RD: 1,144 out of 10,567 (10.8%)
Barnard ED + RD: ~1,053 out of 9,319 (~11.3%)
Boston College EA+RD: ~9,500 out of 35,556 (26.7%)
Bowdoin ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~831 out of 9,332 (~8.9%)
Brown ED+RD: 2,553 out of 38,674 (6.6%)
BU EA+ ED1+ED2+RD: ~11,260 out of 62,210 (~18.1%)
Colby ED1 + ED2 + RD: 1,295 out of 13,584 (9.5%)
Colgate ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~2422 out of 9904 (~24.5%)
Columbia ED + RD: ~2,171 out of 42,569 (~5.1%)
Cornell ED + RD: 5,183 out of >49,000 (~10.6%)
Dartmouth ED + RD: 1,876 out of 23,650 (7.9%)
Duke ED + RD: 3,064 out of 41,613 (7.4%)
Emory ED1 + ED2 + RD: 4512 out of 30,017 (15%)
Emory Oxford College- 3432 out of ~18,000 (19%)
Florida - main campus RD: 14,136 out of 41,407 (34.1%)
Georgia EA+RD: 13,050 out of 29,314 (44.5%)
Georgia Tech EA+RD: 6940 out of 36936 (18.8%)
Grinnell ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~1,696 out of 7,961 (~21.3%)
GWU ED1+ED2+RD: ~11,000 out of 27,071 (40.6%)
Hamilton ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~1,334 out of 8,338 (16%)
Harvard REA + RD: 1,950 out of 43,330 (4.5%)
Haverford ED1+ED2+RD: 801 out of 4,968 (16.1%)
Harvey Mudd ED1 + ED2 + RD: (13.4%)
Johns Hopkins ED+RD: 2,950 out of 32,231 (9.2%)
Lehigh ED1 + ED 2 + RD: 3716 out of 15647 (23.7%)
Macalester ED1+ ED2 + RD: ~2,048 out of 6,598 (~31%)
Middlebury ED1+ED2 +RD: 1,547 out of 9,750 (15.9%)
MIT EA + RD: 1410 out of 21,312 (6.6%)
Mt. Holyoke ED1 + ED 2 + RD: ~1424 out of 3956 (36%)
Northwestern: 40,579 applicants (8.9%)
Notre Dame: 3,410 out of 22,220 (15.3%)
NYU ED1+ED2+RD: 12,307 out of ~85,000 (~16% overall, 14.4% NY Campus)
Penn ED + RD: 3,345 out of 44,960 (7.4%)
Pitzer ED1 + ED2: 532 out of ~4,409 (~13.2%)
Princeton SCEA + RD: 1,895 out of 32,804 (5.8%)
Rice ED + RD: 2,364 out of 27,084 (8.7%)
Scripps ED1+ ED2 + RD: (29.8%)
Swarthmore ED1 + ED2 + RD: 995 out of 11,400+ (8.7%)
Tufts: 22766 applicants (14.6%)
Tulane EA+ ED1+ED2+RD: ~5,400 out of 41,365 (~13%)
UChicago ED + EA + RD (5.9%)
USC: 7400 out of 67,000 (11%)
UVA RD+EA: 9,725 admits from 40,869 (23.8%)
Vassar: 2098 out of 8961 (23.4%)
Washington and Lee - 1,115 out of 6,178 (18.0%)
WashU ED1 + ED2 + RD: ~3,556 out of ~25,400 (~14%)
Wellesley ED1+ED2+RD: ~1,298 out of 6,488 (20%)
Wesleyan: 2.114 out of 13,358 (15.8%)
Williams College ED+RD 1205 out of 9,715 (12.4%)
Yale SCEA + RD: 2,178 out of 36,843 (5.9%)
- Vanderbilt RD:2,088 out of 32,967 (6.3%) (RD only, not including ED1 & ED2)
@cavitee regarding your post that UVA and Lehigh had almost the same admission rate…for out of state students, UVA is much harder to get in (both are hard to get in, but UVA is a lot harder).
As I am sure you are well aware, it can be deceiving to compare schools admission rates when one has REA and the other has ED I, ED II, and some even have EA on top of that.
Someone pointed out that Northeastern and Georgetown had similar rates…again, Georgetown has REA, Northeastern offers ED I, ED II, and EA I believe. Apples to oranges. Similarly, Georgetown is much hard to get in than Northeastern (but again, neither school is easy these days!)
@JBStillFlying I agree it would be nice if other schools were like Georgetown in weeding out those not truly interested. In fact, maybe you are on to something. Maybe the answer is we get rid of Common Ap/Coalition/Universal and the frenzy would go away because applicants might just be forced to apply to fewer schools and only pick their favorite Reaches, Matches, and Safeties. I think it’s a great idea actually.
Denison reports 29% acceptance rate, over 8800 applications, 10% increase in apps over last year.
@collegemomjam I know how difficult it is (my daughter’s attending next year and we live in NC). I just found it ironic that the overall acceptance numbers were so close for schools I applied to 31 years ago - that was painful to type.
And the thought that Georgetown and Northeastern could be mentioned in the same breath boggles my mind. When I was living in New England in the ‘80s, Northeastern was a commuter school whose forte was criminal justice. They really gamed the system (I.e. USNWR) and have since gained credibility.
@cavitee I agree…I remember Northeastern in the 80’s as well the same way. It was also on the quarter system which it no longer is which I think makes it more appealing to many people.
My point was more about the fact that admission rates don’t tell the true story…people applying to Georgetown would use Northeastern as a safer choice, not as a competitor. I think Northeastern has come a long way, don’t get me wrong, and their coop program is fabulous in that students graduate with real experiences on their resumes. But as it relates to selectivity, it is in a different league than Georgetown.
My only reflection is that we give too much weight to how hard something is to “get in” and this mystique blinds us to other options.
No one above 24 reslly knows what it’s like to attend gtown Yale or northeastern or Boise state in the current era. Our view of the world is hard coded from stale data. And no one has attended all four. We speak about the unknowable as if we know.
We guess. We use our past experience. We use what other people say. We use selection bias.
Yes the top top restaurant with the long lines and impossible reservation availability may in fact be the “best”.(yale) restaurant In the country.
But please don’t tell me it is twice as good as outback (U of wherever) or the number ten restaurant in the country (gtown) or the 45th best restaurant (NEU). Just because it’s not as hard to get a reservation but just as fantastic.
A steak can only be so much better and ambience does wear off after you leave.
And imagine all those choices again if one requires you take out a mortgage to eat there or someone was buying it for you. Would it change your decision making. Maybe, maybe not.
It’s groupthink and other things at work. Especially when the chefs (profs) come from all 4 and interchangeably work in all four.
and why would anyone go to outback instead. Some people may enjoy the crowd there a little more than at the other two.
Or they really love a bloomin onion. Lol.