<p>just curious as to whether anyone knows the ea admit statistics (numbers such as those posted here: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=276608%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=276608</a>)
thanks!</p>
<p>I think those will be released after everyone has their decisions</p>
<p>From ND
" our applicant pool increased greatly this year. Last year, we had 2,611 Early applications. This year, we received 3,812. That is a 46% increase for you stat-heads out there. This increase inherently means a few things.</p>
<p>1) We were more conservative in our decisions. Why? Because with such an increase in apps now, we really don’t know how many we will receive in Regular Action. For instance, should we expect to receive an extra 46% increase in Regular Action? Or, have we already absorbed the brunt of this year’s increase (ie, all the number of increased applications came via Early Action)? We honestly have no idea. And as such, we had to make sure that any student we admitted was so good that he or she would have been admitted regardless of when they applied. In other words, there are many students that were deferred this year who would have been admitted last year.</p>
<p>2) The quality of the admitted students went up. This follows pretty logically from #1 above – if we were more conservative in our decisions, of course the average admitted student should look better. Last year, the average student admitted via Early Action was in the top 3.7% of their graduating class, had a 1420 SAT, or a 32.4 ACT. This year, those averages are top 3.1% RIC, 1442 SAT, and 32.7 ACT. You can also assume that less quantifiable factors such as a student’s rigor of curriculum and extracurricular involvement also got better. We just don’t have a handy stat to show you that.</p>
<p>Where did you find this info? Amazing...</p>
<p>wow. I feel special now.</p>
<p>I am curious about where that info came from as well. I don't doubt it, but I pray to God they didn't put that on an admissions letter!</p>
<p>Yeah! Feeling great now! Thanks for the info~I'll have my daughter take a look later today. She'll love it!</p>
<p>Gotta be honest, once I got to "congratulations", the rest of the letter became amazingly irrelevant...</p>
<p>Did they write other stuff on there, too? :)</p>
<p>Seriously, that is pretty cool!</p>
<p>I got this from an inside source it is a direct quote from an email from ND. No not in an admission letter.</p>
<p>i wonder what percent of early apps were actually accepted</p>
<p>I found this link on the Observer website some time ago. </p>
<p>Looks like 1,241 students were admitted last year, out of 2,611 applicants last year, at a rate of roughly 47%. Dusting off the remaining brain cells of the atrophied left side of my brain, if the same number of students were admitted this year from a larger pool of 3,812 applicants--which the e-mail excerpt implies is the case--the acceptance rate would be 33%. That's a pretty dramatic change, to say the least. I doubt they didn't increase the numbers they let in at least somewhat, but I'd bet the acceptance rate is down notably.</p>
<p>My son is convinced this is a football effect. I tend to wonder about the high profile early admissions has taken in the media with major decisions by Harvard and Yale to end their early action/decision programs. I guess the big question admissions has to ask themselves is if the increase will be proportionate in regular decision, if it RD applicant level will remain the same, or if the spike in EA applicants is mainly attributed to people opting to apply a different way. </p>
<p>Just darned glad this whole drama is over with!</p>
<p>I hate to say this but I agree with your son, as I applied during the 15% EA jump caused by Willingham's miracle (and it was a miracle) year.</p>
<p>Hopefully, the Weis effect will be more long-lasting! It was a short-term miracle for Willingham...more like a card trick, really ;)</p>
<p>I hate to say this but I agree with your son, as I applied during the 15% EA jump caused by Willingham's miracle (and it was a miracle) year.</p>
<p>--- so are u guys trying to say that the LSU- ND game will have an effect on my admissions next year........</p>
<p>If were talking about Willingham... heres a classic joke about him.....</p>
<p>Q: Did you hear that two of the Notre Dame playbooks were stolen?
A: Ty Willingham is very upset. He didn't even finish coloring them.</p>