<p>Any idea how many ED applicants this year?</p>
<p>Yale has had a 13% decrease in the number of applications...
<a href="http://www.yaledailynews.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=34425%5B/url%5D">http://www.yaledailynews.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=34425</a></p>
<p>I first wanted to cheer when you said the app count dropped, but I'm thinking that Yale lost 13% because everyone's going for Princeton.</p>
<p>I wonder if there is a correlation between fewer early Yale apps and Harvard and Princeton's announcements that they were ending their early programs?</p>
<p>Exactly. Plus Princeton's being ranked #1 this year doesn't help either. In fact, a few months ago, that exactly why I was NOT going to apply to Princeton... and now I'm going for ED :)</p>
<p>People were probably intimidated by yale's ridiculously low acceptance rate last year? AHhh, what if those people are switching to princeton's pool ><</p>
<p>lol this is a terrible thing to say, but i wish P'ton would've been bumped to no.2 letting Harvard (yuk :)) take the lead for 1 year</p>
<p>lol....as much as I hate to admit it...but that was also my wish.....Everyone is going to apply to princeton this year...lol....(hypothetically ofcourse)</p>
<p>I don't think so many people are that dumb.. to choose a school based on a 1-point lead in the USNAWR rankings. A few of course but not that many...</p>
<p>i heard that there were record applicants from CA this year, so it looks like ptons numbers r rising</p>
<p>But there are also a big decrease in the number of Texas applicants.</p>
<p>And just because more people apply does not mean it will be harder to get in.</p>
<p>The type of people who just apply to a school because it's number one and not number two, or because they seem to have a higher ED acceptance rate are probably not the smartest candidates anyway.</p>
<p>thats what you think..... lol...</p>
<p>Yeah but princeton ED is BINDING.
So I doubt that a lot of people will bind themselves to a school just because it's number one.
I know some will, but I'm trying to say it's not going to be an UBER HUGE amount.</p>
<p>miss zanaa, the texas applicants decreased? how do u know? i heard TX was normally the 3rd largest applicatns( obviously it may still be)</p>
<p>I don't know, I read it somewhere that there are a lot less from Texas this year.
I'll see if I can find it.</p>
<p>But I know that there are about half as much applying from Houston because my interviewer was telling me that it dropped.</p>
<p>thats serious....any concrete reason why?</p>
<p>lets face it, a lot of people read the USN rankings like the bible. Some students may have been on the border on whether to ED to P'ton or not, becuz its binding and they might want to go to harvard or something. if P'ton becomes no.1, it increases that much in prestige and could be the "tipping" factor to make people apply ED there</p>
<p>yeh v true. also it may make people think it is more out of their reach. i think that at end of day, the rankings factor will cancel out</p>
<p>hmm.. thats a point... it will also scare ppl away</p>
<p>haha yeah i'm sure a lot of people would want to "take advantage of harvard" because all of a sudden it's number two omgomgomg</p>
<p>ya i agree w/ omz's sarcastic comment lol. i really don't think it would "scare" anyone away. it would encourage more bright kids to apply and bind to it</p>