Early Applications Growth/Decline, class of 2017

Applying to College
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<p>On early apps…one more…</p>

<p>U Michigan: +15% to +16% (rough)
<a href=“http://www.michigandaily.com/news/early-action-applications-inc[/url]”>http://www.michigandaily.com/news/early-action-applications-inc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Boston U 41%
Case West. 34%
Bates 30%
Babson (ED) 29%
Elon (ED) 22%
Vanderbilt 21%
Colgate 20%
Chicago 20%
Wake Forest 19%
Virginia 19%
Clark 18%
Babson (EA) 17%
Cal Tech 17%
Cornell 16%
Michigan 15%-16%
Harvard 15%
Fordham 14%
Rochester 13%
Princeton 11%
Miami U 11%
Emory 10%
Notre Dame 10%
Wesleyan 10%
Lewis&Clark 9.8%
SUNY Bing. 9.6%
MIT 9%
UVM 9%
Middlebury 8.9%
Northwestern 8.2%
Barnard 6.6%
Georgia Tech 6%
Penn 5.6%
W&L 4.7%
Yale 4.6%
Claremont McK 4.2%
Stanford 3.9%
Frostburg 3.5%
New York U 3.5%
Williams 3.2%
Brown 3.1%
George Wash 2.2%
Dickinson (EA) 2.1%
Va Tech 2%
Columbia 1.3%
Bowdoin 0.84%
Pomona 0.68%
Johns Hopk 0.35%
Georgetown 0.31%
Will&Mary 0.26%
St Lawrence -1.3%
Elon (EA) -1.9%
Dickinson (ED) -3.2%
Smith -3.4%
Duke -3.8%
Cooper Union -3.9%
Scripps -4.0%
Coll of NJ -10%
Dartmouth -13%</p>

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<p>mathsci1995- not many ‘total apps’ reported yet from what I’ve seen. Dartmouth & Duke reported in post 38. Columbia (total apps +5%) reported here:
[CC</a> and SEAS applications rise 5% for class of 2017](<a href=“http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2013/01/11/cc-and-seas-applications-rise-5]CC”>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2013/01/11/cc-and-seas-applications-rise-5)</p>

<p>You’ll notice that those 3 reporting total apps were also first out of the proverbial gate for reported ED numbers. I have noticed over the years that some of the more elite schools have prompt reporting as part of their PR strategy. Hence, since we haven’t seen any early numbers from Tufts or CMU yet (& don’t recall either being promptly forthcoming in past years), I’m not expecting their RD app stats out anytime soon. I expect Cornell will report sometime soon, but after a few more of the Ivies & elite nationals report.</p>

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<p>The NYT updated their numbers on January 10th. The only change I found was Bates but there may be others.</p>

<p><a href=“Early Admissions Statistics 2013 - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com”>Early Admissions Statistics 2013 - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com;

<p>Boston U 41%
*Bates 35.24% (originally reported as 30%)
Case West. 34%
Babson (ED) 29%
Elon (ED) 22%
Vanderbilt 21%
Colgate 20%
Chicago 20%
Wake Forest 19%
Virginia 19%
Clark 18%
Babson (EA) 17%
Cal Tech 17%
Cornell 16%
Harvard 15%
Fordham 14%
Rochester 13%
Princeton 11%
Miami U 11%
Emory 10%
Wesleyan 10%
Lewis&Clark 9.8%
SUNY Bing. 9.6%
MIT 9%
Middlebury 8.9%
Northwestern 8.2%
Barnard 6.6%
Georgia Tech 6%
Penn 5.6%
Yale 4.6%
Claremont McK 4.2%
Stanford 3.9%
Frostburg 3.5%
New York U 3.5%
Williams 3.2%
Brown 3.1%
George Wash 2.2%
Dickinson (EA) 2.1%
Va Tech 2%
Columbia 1.3%
Bowdoin 0.84%
Pomona 0.68%
Johns Hopk 0.35%
Georgetown 0.31%
Will&Mary 0.26%
St Lawrence -1.3%
Elon (EA) -1.9%
Dickinson (ED) -3.2%
Smith -3.4%
Duke -3.8%
Cooper Union -3.9%
Scripps -4.0%
Coll of NJ -10%
Dartmouth -13%</p>

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<p>Good find Sue22. I checked them all over & only Bates changed. Revised list below, Michigan added & Bates rounded to 2 significant digits.</p>

<p>Boston U 41%
Bates 35%
Case West. 34%
Babson (ED) 29%
Elon (ED) 22%
Vanderbilt 21%
Colgate 20%
Chicago 20%
Wake Forest 19%
Virginia 19%
Clark 18%
Babson (EA) 17%
Cal Tech 17%
Cornell 16%
Michigan 15%-16%
Harvard 15%
Fordham 14%
Rochester 13%
Princeton 11%
Miami U 11%
Emory 10%
Notre Dame 10%
Wesleyan 10%
Lewis&Clark 9.8%
SUNY Bing. 9.6%
MIT 9%
UVM 9%
Middlebury 8.9%
Northwestern 8.2%
Barnard 6.6%
Georgia Tech 6%
Penn 5.6%
W&L 4.7%
Yale 4.6%
Claremont McK 4.2%
Stanford 3.9%
Frostburg 3.5%
New York U 3.5%
Williams 3.2%
Brown 3.1%
George Wash 2.2%
Dickinson (EA) 2.1%
Va Tech 2%
Columbia 1.3%
Bowdoin 0.84%
Pomona 0.68%
Johns Hopk 0.35%
Georgetown 0.31%
Will&Mary 0.26%
St Lawrence -1.3%
Elon (EA) -1.9%
Dickinson (ED) -3.2%
Smith -3.4%
Duke -3.8%
Cooper Union -3.9%
Scripps -4.0%
Coll of NJ -10%
Dartmouth -13%</p>

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<p>addition to the total apps reporting…</p>

<p>this Bloomberg article cites Stanford total apps growing 5%-6%
[Applications</a> for Undergraduate Spots Rise at Columbia, Stanford - Bloomberg](<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?)</p>

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<p>Thanks for doing the number crunching, Papa Chicken!</p>

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<p>my pleasure. [I find this stuff a more engaging ‘hobby’ than model boat building]</p>

<p>I have created a new thread Total Apps growth/decline (class of '17):
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1445310-total-applications-growth-decline-class-2017-a.html#post15319932[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1445310-total-applications-growth-decline-class-2017-a.html#post15319932&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Round-up article in Yale rag about Ivy early acceptance rates:
[Across</a> Ivies, early admit rates plummet | Yale Daily News](<a href=“http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2013/01/14/across-ivies-early-admit-rates-plummet/]Across”>Across Ivies, early admit rates plummet - Yale Daily News)</p>

<p>The title is a bit sensational, & of course Yale had the lowest early accept rate of the Ivies (thus reported). As the bar chart alludes, Columbia has not yet posted their Class of 2017 ED acceptance rate. For reference, Columbia’s prior year ED accept rate was ~20%.</p>

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<p>Based on the last years’ releases, Columbia clings to the notions of “on a need to know basis” and … limited transparency.</p>

<p>One comment in the Yale story intimates the admit rate of Columbia was 17 percent.</p>

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<p>(Bad link removed)</p>

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<p>revised Williams stats</p>

<p>Williams early apps +8.3%
ED acceptance rate 40.5%</p>

<p>[College</a> admits 248 students from Class of 2017 ED pool ? The Williams Record](<a href=“http://williamsrecord.com/2013/01/16/college-admits-248-students-from-class-of-2017-ed-pool/]College”>http://williamsrecord.com/2013/01/16/college-admits-248-students-from-class-of-2017-ed-pool/)</p>

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<p>some updates…</p>

<p>1st, curious that Williams ED reported numbers took such a leap between the two reports. 613 ED applicants in the 1/16/13 report (post 51) versus 584 ED apps in the 12/5/12 report (post 9). I have never noticed Williams being that far off in prior years.</p>

<p>Tufts +17% (although not explicitly stated, I suspect this stat is for ED1+ED2 combined given the timing of the release)
[Record</a> Applications for Undergraduate Class of 2017 | Tufts Now](<a href=“http://now.tufts.edu/articles/record-applications-undergraduate-class-2017]Record”>http://now.tufts.edu/articles/record-applications-undergraduate-class-2017)</p>

<p>revision
Bowdoin +2.0% (more recent article on ED1 than cited in post 25)
[Record</a> high 606 ED I applications received — The Bowdoin Orient](<a href=“http://bowdoinorient.com/article/7784]Record”>http://bowdoinorient.com/article/7784)</p>

<p>UVa +16.3%
this year’s #'s: [Notes</a> from Peabody: The UVA Application Process: Early Action Admission Statistics](<a href=“http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2013/01/early-action-admission-statistics.html]Notes”>Notes from Peabody: The UVA Application Process: Early Action Admission Statistics)
last year’s #'s: [Notes</a> from Peabody: The UVA Application Process: Early Action Admission Statistics](<a href=“http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2012/01/early-action-admission-statistics.html]Notes”>Notes from Peabody: The UVA Application Process: Early Action Admission Statistics)
[<em>Thank you Dean J for being so darned transparent!!</em>]</p>

<p>some interesting UVa stats

</p>

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<p>re-sort</p>

<p>Boston U 41%
Bates 35%
Case West. 34%
Babson (ED) 29%
Elon (ED) 22%
Vanderbilt 21%
Colgate 20%
Chicago 20%
Wake Forest 19%
Clark 18%
Babson (EA) 17%
Cal Tech 17%
Tufts 17% (probably ED1+ED2)
Cornell 16%
Virginia 16%
Michigan 15%-16%
Harvard 15%
Fordham 14%
Rochester 13%
Princeton 11%
Miami U 11%
Emory 10%
Notre Dame 10%
Wesleyan 10%
Lewis&Clark 9.8%
SUNY Bing. 9.6%
MIT 9%
UVM 9%
Middlebury 8.9%
Williams 8.3%
Northwestern 8.2%
Barnard 6.6%
Georgia Tech 6%
Penn 5.6%
W&L 4.7%
Yale 4.6%
Claremont McK 4.2%
Stanford 3.9%
Frostburg 3.5%
New York U 3.5%
Brown 3.1%
George Wash 2.2%
Dickinson (EA) 2.1%
Va Tech 2%
Bowdoin 2.0%
Columbia 1.3%
Pomona 0.68%
Johns Hopk 0.35%
Georgetown 0.31%
Will&Mary 0.26%
St Lawrence -1.3%
Elon (EA) -1.9%
Dickinson (ED) -3.2%
Smith -3.4%
Duke -3.8%
Cooper Union -3.9%
Scripps -4.0%
Coll of NJ -10%
Dartmouth -13%</p>

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<p>Pure speculation on my part, but Williams could have made exceptions for applicants who might have issues with the severe weather.</p>

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<p>I hadn’t noticed this 12/12/12 “final” Colgate ED1 report before…16.5% versus 20% reported by the 12/20/12 NYT. As the NYT was originally reported slightly after the Colgate ‘final’ and the 1/10/13 NYT update showed the same 20%, I guess we’ll stick with the NYT 20%.
[Colgate</a> University News](<a href=“http://news.colgate.edu/2012/12/early-decision-applications-increase.html]Colgate”>Early decision applications increase | Colgate University)</p>

<p>also of interest in this article is a report on increasing international applications. I’ve been seeing more on this trend from other school reports, in slight contrast to Williams’ recent experience.

</p>

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<p>Brandeis ED1 +19% (ED2 +47%)
[Univ</a> sees rise in early applications - News - The Justice - Brandeis University](<a href=“http://www.thejustice.org/news/univ-sees-rise-in-early-applications-1.2977922]Univ”>http://www.thejustice.org/news/univ-sees-rise-in-early-applications-1.2977922)</p>

<p>re-sort</p>

<p>Boston U 41%
Bates 35%
Case West. 34%
Babson (ED) 29%
Elon (ED) 22%
Vanderbilt 21%
Colgate 20%
Chicago 20%
Brandeis 19%
Wake Forest 19%
Clark 18%
Babson (EA) 17%
Cal Tech 17%
Tufts 17% (probably ED1+ED2)
Cornell 16%
Virginia 16%
Michigan 15%-16%
Harvard 15%
Fordham 14%
Rochester 13%
Princeton 11%
Miami U 11%
Emory 10%
Notre Dame 10%
Wesleyan 10%
Lewis&Clark 9.8%
SUNY Bing. 9.6%
MIT 9%
UVM 9%
Middlebury 8.9%
Williams 8.3%
Northwestern 8.2%
Barnard 6.6%
Georgia Tech 6%
Penn 5.6%
W&L 4.7%
Yale 4.6%
Claremont McK 4.2%
Stanford 3.9%
Frostburg 3.5%
New York U 3.5%
Brown 3.1%
George Wash 2.2%
Dickinson (EA) 2.1%
Va Tech 2%
Bowdoin 2.0%
Columbia 1.3%
Pomona 0.68%
Johns Hopk 0.35%
Georgetown 0.31%
Will&Mary 0.26%
St Lawrence -1.3%
Elon (EA) -1.9%
Dickinson (ED) -3.2%
Smith -3.4%
Duke -3.8%
Cooper Union -3.9%
Scripps -4.0%
Coll of NJ -10%
Dartmouth -13%</p>

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<p>UNC EA results are in…+15%, 36% acceptance rate
[UNC</a> News - From 15 percent larger pool, Carolina offers admission to 5,393 in first round](<a href=“http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5834/107/]UNC”>http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5834/107/)</p>

<p>re-sort</p>

<p>Boston U 41%
Bates 35%
Case West. 34%
Babson (ED) 29%
Elon (ED) 22%
Vanderbilt 21%
Colgate 20%
Chicago 20%
Brandeis 19%
Wake Forest 19%
Clark 18%
Babson (EA) 17%
Cal Tech 17%
Tufts 17% (probably ED1+ED2)
Cornell 16%
Virginia 16%
Michigan 15%-16%
Harvard 15%
UNC 15%
Fordham 14%
Rochester 13%
Princeton 11%
Miami U 11%
Emory 10%
Notre Dame 10%
Wesleyan 10%
Lewis&Clark 9.8%
SUNY Bing. 9.6%
MIT 9%
UVM 9%
Middlebury 8.9%
Williams 8.3%
Northwestern 8.2%
Barnard 6.6%
Georgia Tech 6%
Penn 5.6%
W&L 4.7%
Yale 4.6%
Claremont McK 4.2%
Stanford 3.9%
Frostburg 3.5%
New York U 3.5%
Brown 3.1%
George Wash 2.2%
Dickinson (EA) 2.1%
Va Tech 2%
Bowdoin 2.0%
Columbia 1.3%
Pomona 0.68%
Johns Hopk 0.35%
Georgetown 0.31%
Will&Mary 0.26%
St Lawrence -1.3%
Elon (EA) -1.9%
Dickinson (ED) -3.2%
Smith -3.4%
Duke -3.8%
Cooper Union -3.9%
Scripps -4.0%
Coll of NJ -10%
Dartmouth -13%</p>

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<p>this Fordham article provides a small update from the NYT early data (14% to 15%, 74 more apps)
[Early</a> Admissions Increase The Fordham Ram](<a href=“http://fordhamram.com/2013/01/23/early-admissions-increase/]Early”>Early Admissions Increase - The Fordham Ram)</p>

<p>re-sort</p>

<p>Boston U 41%
Bates 35%
Case West. 34%
Babson (ED) 29%
Elon (ED) 22%
Vanderbilt 21%
Colgate 20%
Chicago 20%
Brandeis 19%
Wake Forest 19%
Clark 18%
Babson (EA) 17%
Cal Tech 17%
Tufts 17% (probably ED1+ED2)
Cornell 16%
Virginia 16%
Michigan 15%-16%
Harvard 15%
UNC 15%
Fordham 15%
Rochester 13%
Princeton 11%
Miami U 11%
Emory 10%
Notre Dame 10%
Wesleyan 10%
Lewis&Clark 9.8%
SUNY Bing. 9.6%
MIT 9%
UVM 9%
Middlebury 8.9%
Williams 8.3%
Northwestern 8.2%
Barnard 6.6%
Georgia Tech 6%
Penn 5.6%
W&L 4.7%
Yale 4.6%
Claremont McK 4.2%
Stanford 3.9%
Frostburg 3.5%
New York U 3.5%
Brown 3.1%
George Wash 2.2%
Dickinson (EA) 2.1%
Va Tech 2%
Bowdoin 2.0%
Columbia 1.3%
Pomona 0.68%
Johns Hopk 0.35%
Georgetown 0.31%
Will&Mary 0.26%
St Lawrence -1.3%
Elon (EA) -1.9%
Dickinson (ED) -3.2%
Smith -3.4%
Duke -3.8%
Cooper Union -3.9%
Scripps -4.0%
Coll of NJ -10%
Dartmouth -13%</p>

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<p>Grinnell +21% (suspect this is for ED1+ED2)
[Applications</a> to Grinnell Stay at Last Year?s High Level | Scarlet & Black](<a href=“http://www.thesandb.com/news/applications-to-grinnell-stay-at-last-years-high-level.html]Applications”>http://www.thesandb.com/news/applications-to-grinnell-stay-at-last-years-high-level.html)</p>

<p>re-sort</p>

<p>Boston U 41%
Bates 35%
Case West. 34%
Babson (ED) 29%
Elon (ED) 22%
Grinnell 21%
Vanderbilt 21%
Colgate 20%
Chicago 20%
Brandeis 19%
Wake Forest 19%
Clark 18%
Babson (EA) 17%
Cal Tech 17%
Tufts 17% (probably ED1+ED2)
Cornell 16%
Virginia 16%
Michigan 15%-16%
Harvard 15%
UNC 15%
Fordham 15%
Rochester 13%
Princeton 11%
Miami U 11%
Emory 10%
Notre Dame 10%
Wesleyan 10%
Lewis&Clark 9.8%
SUNY Bing. 9.6%
MIT 9%
UVM 9%
Middlebury 8.9%
Williams 8.3%
Northwestern 8.2%
Barnard 6.6%
Georgia Tech 6%
Penn 5.6%
W&L 4.7%
Yale 4.6%
Claremont McK 4.2%
Stanford 3.9%
Frostburg 3.5%
New York U 3.5%
Brown 3.1%
George Wash 2.2%
Dickinson (EA) 2.1%
Va Tech 2%
Bowdoin 2.0%
Columbia 1.3%
Pomona 0.68%
Johns Hopk 0.35%
Georgetown 0.31%
Will&Mary 0.26%
St Lawrence -1.3%
Elon (EA) -1.9%
Dickinson (ED) -3.2%
Smith -3.4%
Duke -3.8%
Cooper Union -3.9%
Scripps -4.0%
Coll of NJ -10%
Dartmouth -13%</p>

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<p>Colby…reaching with a guestimate here… “slightly ahead of last year” increase…I’ll take that as something less than their RD app increase of 2.8% and >0%, probably ED1+ED2
[Colby</a> College News | Admission Applications Break Records](<a href=“http://www.colby.edu/news_events/c/n/013113/2689145/admission-applications-break-records/]Colby”>http://www.colby.edu/news_events/c/n/013113/2689145/admission-applications-break-records/)</p>

<p>re-sort
Boston U 41%
Bates 35%
Case West. 34%
Babson (ED) 29%
Elon (ED) 22%
Grinnell 21%
Vanderbilt 21%
Colgate 20%
Chicago 20%
Brandeis 19%
Wake Forest 19%
Clark 18%
Babson (EA) 17%
Cal Tech 17%
Tufts 17% (probably ED1+ED2)
Cornell 16%
Virginia 16%
Michigan 15%-16%
Harvard 15%
UNC 15%
Fordham 15%
Rochester 13%
Princeton 11%
Miami U 11%
Emory 10%
Notre Dame 10%
Wesleyan 10%
Lewis&Clark 9.8%
SUNY Bing. 9.6%
MIT 9%
UVM 9%
Middlebury 8.9%
Williams 8.3%
Northwestern 8.2%
Barnard 6.6%
Georgia Tech 6%
Penn 5.6%
W&L 4.7%
Yale 4.6%
Claremont McK 4.2%
Stanford 3.9%
Frostburg 3.5%
New York U 3.5%
Brown 3.1%
George Wash 2.2%
Dickinson (EA) 2.1%
Va Tech 2%
Bowdoin 2.0%
Columbia 1.3%
Pomona 0.68%
Johns Hopk 0.35%
Georgetown 0.31%
Will&Mary 0.26%
Colby ~>0%, <2.8% (guestimate, probably ED1+ED2)
St Lawrence -1.3%
Elon (EA) -1.9%
Dickinson (ED) -3.2%
Smith -3.4%
Duke -3.8%
Cooper Union -3.9%
Scripps -4.0%
Coll of NJ -10%
Dartmouth -13%</p>