<p>Dartmouth</a> News - Dartmouth reports 9 percent increase in admissions applications - 01/23/09</p>
<p>Oh my god.</p>
<p>The whole thing, you see, the whole thing, ropes around hope. H-O-P-E.”
-Doc O’Connor, The Laramie Project</p>
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<p>YAY FOR SMITH AND MOUNT HOLYOKE! Heh. :|</p>
<p>-dropped dead-</p>
<p>Yay for… SUNY Binghamton and SUNY Geneseo…?
Gahhhhhh</p>
<p>Chandler, my DD did not get into her dream school, went to Bing, transferred to dream school. See it as just a bump in the road.</p>
<p>i wonder if they will still only admit roughly 10% of deferees even if the number deferred has dropped from ~550 to 140…</p>
<p>hmom, yeah I’ve heard that that’s what a lot of people end up doing, but I’d really like to get into at least one of my semi-dream schools and have four cohesive years of undergraduate education.
Bing is a great school, though, so I wouldn’t be devastated if I went there. I’d just rather go to Dartmouth 
The big dream school(s) for me are Williams and Yale, though.</p>
<p>how come everywhere but penn sees decreases</p>
<p>It would be awesome if Penn’s admit rate didn’t decrease… maybe I’d have a prayer over there.</p>
<p>yupiee it’s increased :)</p>
<p>Penn has been having problems with crime/safety on and around campus. It’s been a big problem. Also, Wharton and business schools in general have not been as popular lately…</p>
<p>An alum/friend told me that she went back to Penn recently (she graduated 2 years ago) and she wouldn’t dare go to some of the places she used to hang out. West PA is not the place to be right now…</p>
<p>Ironically, Columbia/Harlem has been getting better and better. The area has really gentrified. (Which has been happening with all of Manhattan in general).</p>
<p>Actually, violent crime and the murder rate all decreased by a huge margin this year. [Violent</a> crime down 38 percent | Interactive graph - News](<a href=“http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/news/2009/01/15/News/Violent.Crime.Down.38.Percent.Interactive.Graph-3586280.shtml]Violent”>http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/news/2009/01/15/News/Violent.Crime.Down.38.Percent.Interactive.Graph-3586280.shtml)</p>
<p>[Phila</a>. murders drop, but decline is short of goal - News](<a href=“http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/news/2009/01/23/News/Phila.Murders.Drop.But.Decline.Is.Short.Of.Goal-3594918.shtml]Phila”>http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/news/2009/01/23/News/Phila.Murders.Drop.But.Decline.Is.Short.Of.Goal-3594918.shtml)</p>
<p>Our ED numbers dropped insignificantly, but that doesn’t mean we won’t generate record applicants for RD. Only time will tell ;)</p>
<p>But I find it unlikely that the acceptance rate will actually INCREASE.</p>
<p>Wow. Last year Dartmouth’s yield was 50%, but they’re projecting 60% this year? Why?!</p>
<p>Where did you see 60%?</p>
<p>and so, to wrap this all up, is there any conclusive correllation we can draw between admission rates and crime statistics?</p>
<p>No. Last year Dartmouth’s yield was 50%, including ED. This year: projected to be the same. When the dust clears, they will have admitted 2,200 students to enroll 1,100. Dartmouth’s RD yield is about 39%.</p>
<p>Actually in recent years the yield has been between 51-53%, with about 41-42% RD. D admits the lowest percentage of its class ED among the Ivies.</p>
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<p>i could see Wharton taking a hit and dragging the College down with it…but only time will tell…</p>