<p>Since Yale states the expect to see an increase in SCEA applicants, How many do you guess they will receive?</p>
<p>Hopefully not a lot. Gulp.</p>
<p>lol im just hoping the acceptance rate goes up again like last year, despite an increase in apps</p>
<p>I think it'll be very similar to last year, not only in percentage but in number of applicants.</p>
<p>You, the OP, me... that's three so far... :) </p>
<p>Don't sweat about it... thinking about things you can't change is the stupidest thing to do...</p>
<p>Lol- I personally know of about 40 applicants..
And that's just like within like friends and acquantances.. (i can't spell, sorry)</p>
<p>It's going to be crazy.</p>
<p>Do any of you know how many people applied early last year? I've only seen numbers of SCEA from 2 years ago and I think it was 4,986 so basically 5000 and an acceptance rate of 19.6</p>
<p>19.7%/3,594/709 - 2 years ago.</p>
<p>18.1%/4,888/885 - Last year. </p>
<p>As you can see, the applicant number went up drastically, but the admit went up a little too... which proves absolutely nothing... :)</p>
<p>The regular admit rate went down...</p>
<p>regular admit rate has tanked to FIVE POINT SOMETHING. I'm guessing yale's going to be like, okay, we cant accept so many early people, because we want regular decision to be around at least 7 %. I'm guessing 15%ea - 7%rd or something.</p>
<p>^That's not necessarily true. A lower admit rate usually correlates with a higher "prestige ranking." Plus, they won't turn down truly amazing applicants early just to raise regular decision percentages.</p>
<p>I'm projecting just under 1000 EA applicants.</p>
<p>^ i love sarcasm?</p>
<p>lol definitely not 1000 but I wonder how the economy will be affecting things..</p>
<p>Yeah, I just read somewhere else on the board that many students are opting out of private schools and flooding their state flagships, so who knows. Maybe the numbers won't go up too much?</p>
<p>Dear obsessivecollege, Gryffon5147 and all : The reason for the marked spike in early applications at Yale last year to 4888 from 3594 has nothing to do with what Yale did, but what Yale did NOT do. </p>
<p>Several other Ivy League schools, including Harvard, dropped their early program which caused a spill over to Yale. The increased number of early acceptances at a decreased perentage reflected an even stronger applicant pool and a more selective, rather than less selective, process.</p>
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<p>um, yale financial aid?</p>
<p>I agree with Scottj. Only two applicants from my D's school to Yale Scea, and the Other one clearly prefers Harvard or Princeton. My D clearly prefers Yale. Since Yale elected to continue Early Action , i presume their yield was good enough. It's unfortunate that's it's an unequal playing field. The original rational for Harvard and Princeton dropping EA or ED was financial aid and that reason no longer exists.</p>
<p>Some people aren't aware of the financial aid offerings, and some people will scale back even knowing them. I'm curious to see what the results will be. Hmmmm.</p>