<p>from the yale daily news, which somehow scooped the prince:</p>
<p>"Princeton received 2,230 early decision applications, a 9 percent increase from the 2,039 received last year, Princeton spokeswoman Cass Cliatt said."</p>
<p>So Harvard lost 500, Yale gained 130, and we gained 200. Prospective Crimsons have already been lamenting a projected lower admissions rate (by what logic, I have yet to completely understand but they do seem convinced) and we are about to do the same. </p>
<p>So... change sucks, but the status quo sucks too. In any case, I can't imagine how despite the total number of applicants, there can be a huge change in the number of extremely competitive applicants. From a statistical standpoint, we see that (1) standardized test scores are curved, (2) class grades are usually somewhat curved, and (3) there is a limited number of meaningful leadership positions, and even fewer when we consider that they are all concentrated among the same people.</p>
<p>We're afraid of change, because it introduces a new degree of uncertainty in speculating decisions, shaking whatever familiarity we can claim to have with the admissions process. But everything is constantly so uncertain anyway that I have to conclude that this 9% increase should have no significant effect on how we see decisions.</p>
<p>i dun really get what frozen tears is talking about now.... maybe because i am shocked...9%...</p>
<p>wow.9% ey? not bad!</p>
<p>Actually, it's a 3.4% increase, rather than 9% as you say.</p>
<p>zephyr: how do you get 3.4% ?</p>
<p>"Princeton received 2,230 early decision applications, a 9 percent increase from the 2,039 received last year, Princeton spokeswoman Cass Cliatt said."</p>
<p>Penn just released that ED apps up 21%: <a href="http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com%5B/url%5D">www.dailypennsylvanian.com</a> Is Harvard the only Ivy that decreased?</p>
<p>Oops, my bad. I was looking at the Yale numbers.</p>
<p>What's interesting about Penn is that SCEA usually attracts a lot more applicants than ED, and yet Penn has over 4,000 ED applicants, more than Harvard's SCEA class...</p>
<p>penn explicitly states that ED gives applicants an admissions advantage over their RD counterparts. it also encourages legacies to apply ED or else enjoy little advantage in RD.</p>
<p>Wow!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Our competition will be so much more intense than last year's. That's too bad.</p>
<p>just great, more competition</p>
<p>but if its meant to be, you will get in with 20 applcants, 200 applicants or 2000000 applicants</p>
<p>have faith. a lot of us will be Tigers next year :)</p>
<p>okay, Princetonian confirms that the numbers have risen</p>
<p>hope RD rates drop then</p>
<p>update: prince's new article says there were 2,236 early apps, in the end, making the increase over last year 10%, not 9%.</p>