<p>Read story here:Dartmouth</a> News - Dartmouth admits 461 students through early decision - 12/09/09</p>
<p>33% admitted, 37% deferred, 30% denied</p>
<p>461 students admitted means that only around 1400 people applied ED to Dartmouth if the 33% is accurate.</p>
<p>I think the 15% increase is from the number of students admitted last year (around 400) to that of this year (461) in the early round. The acceptance rate is around 29% this year.</p>
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<p>They projected over 1600 applicants and it turned out to be a little under.
But it’s probably still high 1500s, meaning it’s between 28 and 29%.</p>
<p>Where’d you get the numbers on deferred and denied?</p>
<p>Alums got a message that included the following:</p>
<p>Here are some of the highlights from the Early Decision process: </p>
<p>*The 1,594 students who applied comprise the largest Early Decision applicant pool in the College’s history.<br>
*37% of applicants had their final decision deferred until regular Decision (typically, 6 - 10% of deferred students are admitted during Regular Decision)
*30% of all applicants were denied admission (their applications will not be reconsidered for admission this year)
*The 461 students admitted through Early Decision make up a larger group of admits than in recent years - read more at [Dartmouth</a> News - Dartmouth admits 461 students through early decision - 12/09/09](<a href=“http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2009/12/09.html]Dartmouth”>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2009/12/09.html)
- Of the 461 students admitted during Early Decision, 83 are sons and daughters of alumni.
*Approximately 88% of admitted students who attend schools that rank are ranked in the top 10% of their class.</p>
<p>i thought the numbers were high this year</p>
<p>just a rounding issue then, I guess, but 461/1594 = 28.9%.</p>
<p>whatever…interesting info!</p>
<p>Ah, only 6-10 percent deferred people are accepted? That kinda blows…</p>
<p>Yeah, they try to keep the percentage of deferred people accepted around the same as the percentage of RD people accepted.</p>
<p>does this mean that it was easier to get in this year? Also, are they going to take less RD then?</p>
<p>If they increase the class size by 50 as mentioned in the article (which they probably will, it’s a good budget balancer) then they’ll barely take any less RD than previous years.</p>
<p>It means that they did what most have done for much longer, assured a higher yield and more full pays by accepting more ED. RD numbers will be down and RD stats up. 2150 average is pretty great for athletes, legacies and development, expect 2250 plus average RD.</p>
<p>Does anyone have an idea of how many of these acceptances are athletic recruits? I had heard that since athletic recruits are basically pre-approved before they even get into the ED pool it makes the acceptance % look artificially high. I had heard that the accepted % in past years without the athletic recruit skew was closer to 14% for ED. </p>
<p>Oh and by the way, the article did say that 47% of the admitted students did get financial aid (which I believe is pretty consistent with RD applicants) which may dispel the idea of accepting more students automatically means more full pay students</p>
<p>Looks like the increase in ED admits is related to the idea of increasing the class size to boost revenue:</p>
<p>[TheDartmouth.com</a> | With early decision admits, Dartmouth explores increasing class size](<a href=“http://thedartmouth.com/2009/12/02/news/edadmit]TheDartmouth.com”>http://thedartmouth.com/2009/12/02/news/edadmit)</p>
<p>Excerpt:</p>
<p>In what Dean of Admissions Maria Laskaris said was partly a result of recent discussions on increasing class size to generate additional revenue, Dartmouth offered early admission to 461 students on Tuesday, 60 more than last year.</p>
<p>“If there was a time — if we are going to grow — this was a great pool to do so with,” Laskaris said.</p>
<p>The College received a record 1,594 early applications, up from 1,571 last year. About 29 percent of students who applied early were accepted to the College.</p>
<p>If College officials ultimately decide not to increase the size of the freshman class, the admissions office will accept fewer students than planned during regular decision, making that process slightly more competitive, Laskaris said.</p>
<p>Let’s see, 83 legacies out of 461 ED admits. That means 18% of the ED admits were legacies. It hardly looks like being a legacy offers any advantage.</p>
<p>Well you can’t say without knowing how many legacies applied.
Maybe 100% were accepted :)</p>
<p>The alumni office must know what proportion of a class is legacies. The number we will probably never know is how many legacies apply ED.</p>