<p>Hey,</p>
<p>on Stanfords website it says that 2011 2437 freshman were admitted and that there were 1707 entering freshman. </p>
<p>[url=<a href="http://facts.stanford.edu/undergraduate.html%5DThe">http://facts.stanford.edu/undergraduate.html]The</a> Undergraduate Program: Stanford University Facts<a href="scroll%20down%20to:%20Profileof%20the%20class%202015">/url</a></p>
<p>I am a little bit confused. Whats the difference between entering and admitting?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>Admitted is the number of students that of students that admitted. Number entering is the amount of students that actually chose to matriculate.</p>
<p>i don’t get it. does that mean that only 1707 freshmen came to stanford in 2015 and 730 (2437-1707) decided not to go to stanford although they were admitted??</p>
<p>Yes, that is what it means. You seem to find it hard to believe but some admitted students choose to go elsewhere.</p>
<p>But wouldn’t that mean that Stanford has to be able to accommodate all of those 2437 students (in case all of them decide to enter go to stanford)?</p>
<p>And if so, could´t stanford fill up those 730 students with students from the waitlist?</p>
<p>NO! You never heard of yield rate? The freshman class size is 1700. Stanford knows that a certain percentage of admitted students will not enrol. So they admit more students so that the yield will be 1700 enroled freshmen. This is the way it works at all colleges.</p>
<p>Ok! Thank you!</p>
<p>Juega, no need to feel bad about not understanding the yield process, despite the lack of courtesy displayed by the other poster. Incidentally, Stanford has one of the highest yields of admitted students among the very top colleges–somewhere north of 70%. Feel free to post additional questions if you would like more information about this, or other aspects of Stanford.</p>
<p>Its confusing but keep in mind that mostly every kid applying to college applies to more than one school, so even though you apply and are accepted doesn’t mean you will actually attend. So in the case of Stanford they know that approximately 30% of the applicants that they ‘accept’ will go to a different school. In some cases, kids will go somewhere less expensive because of a good scholarship or they may choose another top school, like HYPM etc. Regardless of the reason, Stanford knows this in advance and therefore has to admit 30% more than what they can accommodate just to come out with the 1700 they need for their freshman class.</p>
<p>Does that make more sense now? Does that help?</p>
<p>If you’re interested, here’s a list of yield rates for the class of 2014 in descending order:</p>
<p>[The</a> Most Popular National Universities - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2012/01/24/the-most-popular-national-universities]The”>http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2012/01/24/the-most-popular-national-universities)</p>
<p>As you can see, except for the typical ultra-selective privates (HYSM), the ones with the highest yields are either
a) religious (e.g. BYU, Yeshiva)
b) the main public university in the state, or one of the few main ones, so students have only one clear choice or few other choices (e.g. U Alaska, U Nebraska, U North Dakota)
c) very selective but use binding early decision programs to lock in more students (e.g. Penn, Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth)</p>
<p>Princeton is an odd case, as it’s typically considered ultra-selective yet its yield has lagged significantly behind HYSM since it dropped its binding early program.</p>