<p>What kind of jump in acceptances is expected for a school that goes common app 1st year?</p>
<p>Why should that make a difference?</p>
<p>No jump in acceptances. Maybe a jump in applications (but probably not much).</p>
<p>I definitely agree with ThisCouldBeHeavn.</p>
<p>there would absolutely be a jump in acceptances because moving to the common app results in a non-trivial, and often substantial, increase in applications. </p>
<p>simply, those new applications are coming from people who would not have applied to the school in question via a more time-consuming process. consequently, the students from this group of ‘new’ applicants are less likely than those who would have appiied either way to enroll if accepted. since some ‘new’ applicants are accepted, the schools yield drops, which in turn increases the number of acceptances necessary to meet enrollment targets.</p>
<p>as an example of how big the impact of a small change in admissions requirements can be, my top 50 lac alma mater added an essay question to its common app supplement last year. applications dropped nearly 10% as a result. however, yield increased from 33% to 40% and, interestingly, because of these two conflicting forces, the schools acceptance rate actually held constant.</p>
<p>I know Notre Dame is finally going to the common app this year. Obviously you can expect the number of applications to increase and the acceptance rate to drop accordingly. the standardized nature of the common app makes it easier to apply to multiple schools, creating more competition and driving down acceptance rates.</p>