<p>Christopher Watson, dean of undergraduate admissions, said his office has received 2,794 applications compared to 2,450 last year. Early admissions decisions will be released by Dec. 15.</p>
<p>Ah…as an ED applicant this isn’t helping my nerves, but thanks for sharing. I’m tempted to just forbid myself from logging on to collegeconfidential until December 12th (which I’d say is a reasonable estimate for when decisions will be released,) but I know that isn’t going to happen, I procrastinate on CC more than I do on facebook nowadays -_____-</p>
<p>Oh also, for reference, the Class of 2017 is comprised of 2,025 students, so assuming that '18 will have a similar number of students, and also noting the fact that ED applicants will make up roughly 40% of the class, we can approximate the admit rate for this year’s ED applicant pool:</p>
<p>2,025 x .4 = 810
810/2,794 = .2899 (2,794 being all ED applicants) </p>
<p>So we’re looking at a 28-30% admit rate (roughly) for ED this year, good luck everyone!</p>
<p>I think the Administration hinted last year that they were planning to jack the number of applicants they take ED. May be more than 40% this year.</p>