"Early acceptance rates decline across Ivies" DaileyPrincetonian.com

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<p>The</a> Daily Princetonian - Early acceptance rates decline across Ivies</p>

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In the first admissions cycle without early admissions at Princeton and Harvard, application numbers soared and acceptance rates dropped across the rest of the Ivy League and at other selective institutions that continue to offer early admissions.</p>

<pre><code>Seeking early acceptance at a top school, some applicants who might have applied early to Princeton or Harvard in past years seem to have applied early elsewhere, especially to Yale, which saw a record 4,888 applicants for the class of 2012, a 36 percent jump from the class of 2011.

Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye said in October 2007 that she thought some students had applied early to Princeton for strategic reasons. "My concern about Early Decision over the past few years has been that students were not using it for their first choice," she said. "They were using it as a strategy."

With a record number of applicants, Yale accepted 885 students — or 18.1 percent — compared to last year, when it admitted 709 students, or 19.7 percent of its 3,594 early applicants.

Other peer institutions also saw dramatic increases in the number of early applications received. Columbia and Brown reported a 6 percent increase, Dartmouth an 8.7 percent increase, Duke a 5 percent increase, MIT a 13 percent increase, Georgetown a 31 percent increase and the University of Chicago a 42 percent increase.

Penn and Stanford were the only peer institutions that bucked the trend, as both reported a 1.8 percent decrease in early applications received.

Early admissions data for Penn was unavailable, though Penn's Interim Dean of Admissions Eric Kaplan predicted a 30 percent early acceptance rate, about the same as last year.
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<p>Interesting news. Thanks for sharing. Penn and Stanford being outliers to a big trend piques my curiosity.</p>

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<p>I'm curious about that, as well. The increase doesn't surprise me...it shouldn't surprise anyone.</p>

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<p>delete.......</p>

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<p>I blame the Philadelphia/University City crime wave and the failure of both the city and the university to do something ballsy about it. That's the only thing that trended negative.</p>

<p>As for Stanford, I have no clue. Maybe it's just at saturation.</p>

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<p>Well, Stanford isn't an Ivy, it's on an opposite coast, and while there's certainly some overlap, it's a very different environment. </p>

<p>It's like saying that when the store ran out of ice cream, lots more people ordered sherbet but fewer ordered chocolate cake. (Wha . . . ?? Forgive my bad analogy.)</p>

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<p>I like your analogy veryhappy. hahaha</p>

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<p>ilovebagels, I personally feel like I'll be even safer next year at Penn b/c of all the stuff that's happened this year. Security usually gets beefs up AFTER something happens.</p>

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<p>Well I would say maybe Penn went down because it is early decision (binding), and top students did not want to be locked in and lose their chances at Harvard and Princeton.</p>

<p>Chicago's went up 42%........ woah</p>

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<p>top students? as in 90 percent of the students that apply to the ivy league and its peers?</p>

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<p>The "Hm. If I still COULD get into H/P, which are arguably better schools (for some things) than Penn, why would I lock myself into a binding agreement?" factor.</p>

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<p>Well acceptance rates dropping was expected, seeing as applicant numbers skyrocketed while the number of spaces generally "reserved" for EA admits remained unchanged.</p>

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<p>whoa uchicago! l</p>

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<p>I'm going to apply to Stanford EA next year. Competition not increasing is good news for me. :)</p>

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<p>I'm pretty sure a lot of early decision applicants to Penn are seeking acceptance to Wharton. Granted it is one of the only "business" schools within the ivy's, Wharton would be a better choice for future business professionals than Harvard or Princeton. I don't find much difference in the caliber of Wharton vs. HYP. While admissions officials would never admit this (believe me, I've asked), I can surmise that the ED acceptance rate to Wharton specifically declined.</p>

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<p>lol so everyone who actually wanted to go to Harvard and Princeton decided that if they couldn't, they woudl go to Yale instead? haha</p>

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<p>I wouldn't necessarily say that wharton's a better choice for future business professionals than harvard or princeton... it's just a different style of schooling. There's pros and cons for each, and at the end of the day, a student lucky enough to be deciding between the two, who's set on going into business, should go with the one that appeals to him or her most. They're vastly different but you will be well suited for the business world taking either route.</p>

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<p>^What about MIT?</p>

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<p>uchicago =)</p>

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<p>"Well I would say maybe Penn went down because it is early decision (binding), and top students did not want to be locked in and lose their chances at Harvard and Princeton."</p>

<p>i was thinking this too. but then again, cornell, brown, and dartmouth saw increases in applications. and if i'm not mistaken (i can only speak for cornell for a fact) these schools all offer binding ED programs.</p>