FYI- Record Number of '09 Apps

<p>Byerly, the overall accept rate for the class of 2007 was about 18%, much higher than it will be this year. So even with the slight dip last year, this is still a huge jump overall and a record for overall number of apps. The early numbers are insignificant in comparison.</p>

<p>The picture in that article (I'm almost positive) is the same picture they used in the article about early decision numbers earlier in the year.</p>

<p>I thought so too, actually.</p>

<p>My bad, It was the class of 05 with 1146 students </p>

<p><a href="http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2001070301010&sheadline=class%20of%202004&sauthor=&stext=%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2001070301010&sheadline=class%20of%202004&sauthor=&stext=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Class of 2005 given incentives to defer</p>

<p><a href="http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2001081401040&sheadline=class%20of%202004&sauthor=&stext=%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2001081401040&sheadline=class%20of%202004&sauthor=&stext=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>those piles at the end have got me in there to, last name's Van So-and-so( :) )
sure theres some other dutchmen amidst those asians</p>

<p>The overall yield rate has been roughly 50%.</p>

<p>When you filter out the nearly 400 "mandatory ED" admits, the yield on RD admits is well under 50%.</p>

<p>Actually Byerly its between about 55-60%.</p>

<p>And with that happy image of my application swimming amongst all those others with only a 12% of a positive outcome, I think I'll head up to bed. Nightmares here I come! </p>

<p>Wait a second... this already is a nightmare! :p</p>

<p>Gracilisae- I feel exactly the same way (whether you meant it sarcastically or not!). :(</p>

<p>I hate to correct you, Slipper1234, but you ought to consult the latest Dartmouth CDS form: 2,155 admits, and 1,077 matriculants for the Class of 2007,</p>

<p><a href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Eoir/pdfs/cds_2003-04.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dartmouth.edu/~oir/pdfs/cds_2003-04.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>(see page 6 of the form)</p>

<p>The initial expectation for the Class of 2008 was a 51% yield, but I expect that like 2007 the final number settled near 50% after a few who had previously announced their plan to matriculate failed to show.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2004091001030&sheadline=Class%20of%202008&sauthor=&stext=%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2004091001030&sheadline=Class%20of%202008&sauthor=&stext=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>yeah that was a pretty low year. It has jumped as high as 55-60%. One year they even had to build extra housing spots (I believe it was the class of 2004) due to a jump in yield. Anyway, it doesnt really matter...</p>

<p>The yield rate was never as high as "50-60%", and of course it matters a great deal, since, as you point out, many assumptions about housing needs, etc., are based on yield projections.</p>

<p>In fact, the yield for the "oversubscribed" class of 2005 was between 51% and 52%. This number was indeed higher that the 49% + yield rates for the classes of 2003 and 2004.</p>

<p>Yeah, you are right byerly, its usually about 51-52%. </p>

<p>Brown is up 10% too...I wonder how the rest of the Ivies will turn out...</p>

<p><a href="http://www.browndailyherald.com/news/2005/01/27/CampusNews/Applications.To.College.Up.10-842979.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.browndailyherald.com/news/2005/01/27/CampusNews/Applications.To.College.Up.10-842979.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Byerly, we don't care. The reason Dartmouth's yield is often around 50 percent is because we don't play games like other Ivies do to boost our yield artificially. For instance, Dartmouth doesn't reject people that are almost guaranteed to matriculate somewhere else if it's a student who would do well in Hanover, unlike some of the other Ivies.</p>

<p>Its not a question of "caring", xanatos, but of reporting the true facts.</p>

<p>And if Dartmouth didn't "care" about yield, it wouldn't have adopted binding ED and used it to fill nearly 40% of the class.</p>

<p>Don't be silly. EVERY college "cares" about yield.</p>

<p>I can't believe Dartmouth's yield is so low when you take ED out.
What is it, around 37%?</p>

<p>The 50% yield reported last year - which has been typical of the last 5 years or so - is the overall yield rate. If you filter out the ED applicants and admits, then the so-called "open market" (or RD) yield is somewhat lower.</p>

<p>There are only a handful of elites with an "RD yield" rate over 50%.</p>

<p>You are confused, Xanatos.</p>

<p>The Dartmouth admissions statistics are very impressive, and don't need to be exaggerated in order to be so.</p>

<p>I am a big fan of Dartmouth.</p>

<p>I would expect Dartmouth's yield to be lower than many of the elites...if given a choice, most kids would choose an urban setting over rural places like Hanover. Even though Dartmouth is an incredibly tight-knit, active campus with TONS to do (from what i've seen), people tend to associate its rural location with boredom and freezing temperatures. It's almost as if you can't really compare Dartmouth's yield to any of the other elites, because to be quite honest, its location puts it at a pretty significant disadvantage in getting kids to matriculate.</p>

<p>Xanatos,</p>

<p>I think you misunderstand Byerly.
He's just having fun. Moreover, I think he may even like D because it's in the same category as H, that is, it's an ivy. He probably even likes when good things happen to D, so long as they are not too good and in no way steal away light from H.</p>