If there were 2474 ED applicants this year and 574 total ED acceptances, I am assuming, based upon past figures, that of the remaining applicants, one third were deferred and the rest rejected. Do you think that is correct?
Also, based upon past figures, of those deferred, less than 10% are eventually accepted via RD. Do you think that is correct?
Appreciate any info.
It’s hard to find any data on deferred applicants - I posted this elsewhere based on data provided and some assumed based on percentages etc.:
Last year total applicants 22,033
Total applicants minus ED (from this year) 19,559
Total accept after ED 1,351
It’s hard to know how many of the ED applicants of 2474 were deferred by Dartmouth. Each school is different - Stanford for example defers very little. MIT defers a lot. This information was not provided by Dartmouth.
I found this:
Last year RD pool:19,559
Last year acceptance ED+RD:1,925
This year ED acceptance:574
This year RD acceptance (assumed):1,351
RD Legacy (approx.):138 13%
RD First Generation (approx.):170 13%
RD Foreign Citizens (approx.):130 10%
RD Native Americans (approx.):49 4%
RD URM (approx.):114 10%
Remaining pool (male+female):750 4%
Good luck.
@FoundDad, thanks so much for the response! Just a follow-up question. The 4% (Remaining pool (male+female):750 4%) means that the Remaining Pool has a 4% chance of Regular Decision admittance?
Yes unfortunately after you factor all potential hooks, there will be only 750 spots out of a pool of 19,559 RD applicants not taking into account deferred applicants. The odds are less than 4%. All the very selective colleges are very tough in the RD round because of the sheer number of applicants vying for a very limited amount of seats.
We know two recruited athletes (one with a likely letter) who were deferred. Thought that was weird. Seemed like a big surprise to them to be deferred, especially for the latter student who has been telling everyone since soph year that he’s going to Dartmouth. Neither of them seem very clear on what will happen in RD and if they want to play their sport they may have to move on.
@homerdog, I know your post was a while ago, but whatever happened to the two recruited athletes?
@Nicetry Both got in. I think neither of them were supported as ED recruits and the coaches thought they could maybe get in on their own and then they could use them but admissions didn’t admit them in ED. I know at least one of them was flat out told that - that the coach wanted to see if the student could get in without him having to use one of his slots.
Then, maybe the coach pulled the strings for RD. Of course, we’ll never know for sure.