<p>following from a post in amherst's board,</p>
<p>do any of you know how many ED applicants swat received this yr?</p>
<p>Generally they don't release those numbers until after they accept/reject people, do they?</p>
<p>I'd assume something close to past years. Last year was around 400, I think.</p>
<p>That is a VERY important question, and I am intrigued by how other schools competing with Swarthmore have released this information, but Swarthmore has not. I have scoured Swat's website, and nothing is mentioned about the size of this year's early decision pool. I would not be surprised if Swarthmore saw a decline similar to Yale's single-choice early action program 9% decline, as both schools are competitve institutions which had incredible increases in the number of students who applied last year.</p>
<p>I should explain why the last point in my last post is significant: many admissions officers at colleges and universities have argued in the past that should a school appear too competitive due to an increased number of applications during one year, the following year, the number of applicants usually declines, as many students are turned-off, and apply to a less competitive school where they percieve themselves to have better chances.</p>
<p>Well, I can't say I'll be dissappointed if there's a slight decline in early applications. I want this to be the strongest ever applicant pool... for regular decision, if I've already been admitted early.</p>
<p>I haven't seen the numbers anywhere either, and I'm surprised that other schools have posted them. I can't really make any guesses from personal experience, since hardly anyone applies to Swarthmore from my high school in any year.</p>
<p>i dont know where my friends have gotten statistics
but my friend who applied ED to upenn said apps went down 2% or so</p>
<p>i guess everything is just going through my head knowing that the admissions office has probably finished making all its decisions..
and our folders are lying around somewhere...</p>
<p>UPenn's not really comparable...it's huge, they have a lot of applicants ED, and I don't think it'd be fair to really use their stats to compare to Swat.</p>
<p>I'd be pretty happy if the applicant pool for ED I went down, since last year was a big number...I want the best chance possible, haha. But like ilovefish said, they've probably already made their decisions...</p>
<p>What goes in those big acceptance envelopes anyway? :P</p>
<p>If nothing's changed since 2003-2004 (admitting the class of '08), the ED acceptances actually come in a small, thin envelope. They don't send the big packet of stuff until later, I think.</p>
<p>Oh, good! I don't have to be paranoid about that even before opening it, then. :]</p>
<p>So they don't send anything else special to the ED kids? We've already agreed...so I can't imagine what they could do...anyway, that's good to know regardless. :D</p>
<p>well, i would like a wrapped box of godiva chocolates in swattie colors and a nice ready-to-eat lobster if i get deferred or rejected as a "we're sorry to reject you but here's a nice present"</p>
<p>and if i'm accepted, just a nice "congrats! you have been accepted to swat!" letter would suffice</p>
<p>i'll keep dreaming...:)</p>
<p>oh yes, and on the topic of this thread,</p>
<p>you guys are right--upenn isn't comparable. i was just hoping swat's ED apps went down also...</p>
<p>Haha! Chocolates would be a lovely parting gift to my dream...not enough to make me feel better, but hey - better than nothing. :]</p>
<p>I agree, I'd be happy with an acceptance letter...only 8 days left!</p>
<p>I wish I could report otherwise but my D's friend heard that ED1 apps were up this year-</p>
<p>I don't know if I can believe anything that isn't taken from a paper or a valid site.</p>
<p>But all other top-ranking LACs had their ED applications go down, so...well, we can hope. :]</p>