<p>I'm sure this has come up before, but does freshman yield have an impact on transfer decisions? I would think that it wouldn't, at least not for the current year. But then it seems that transfer decisions are mainly going out after May 1, which suggests there could be some connection. Does anyone know?</p>
<p>It does.
The New York Times actually ran an article about this a few weeks ago…about how this year’s unpredictable freshman yield rate due to recession will impact transfer admissions.</p>
<p>did it say that it means that yield rates were low, so they’ll accept more transfers?</p>
<p>Yield rates are expected to be higher at colleges offering good aid and it will be a mix at other privates. Some of them already adjusted freshmen admission numbers in anticipation of lower yield. </p>
<p>The media stories have also noted that this is a good year for the full pay transfer, many colleges that are need blind for freshmen admission will not be for transfer admission and will use the transfer pool to bring in more money.</p>