The recent book, How College Works, by Hamilton sociology professor Daniel Chambliss and his former student Christopher Takacs is a guide on what makes for a successful college experience. The data are from Hamilton students. It’s a good resource for anyone going to college (or for a college administration, for that matter), but it’s especially useful for someone considering Hamilton.
@merc81 – What are Hamilton’s admit rates this year, ED and otherwise? Do you know? TIA.
RD: 23.9%. I couldn’t find anything on ED.
(The Washington Post.)
I have to correct that. 23.9% is Hamilton’s overall acceptance rate for this year. The RD rate would be lower.
These are the ED rates for last year:
ED1: 41%
ED2: 29%
Conbined ED1, ED2 (both binding): 36%
Anecdotally, there’s a post in the Colby forum that states Colby’s acceptance rates for this year:
ED1/ED2 combined: 43%
RD: 28%
The poster says the figures were obtained through an email exchange with the admissions office.
The acceptance rate for 2104 was 28%. It’s difficult to believe that with a 47% increase in applications, the acceptance rate remained the same.
^ Mathematically, I have the same question. Part of my interest in the topic came from the OP’s comment that Colby’s presumed ultra-low acceptance rate might play at least some part in his or her decision. So I thought the issue at least needed some discussion. Beyond any speculation or anecdote, one figure is officially on a Colby website: their ED1 acceptance rate this year, as I posted previously, was over 50%.
^^ Even more illogically, if the figures are accurate, Colby’s acceptance rate would have gone up this year. If their RD acceptance rate was 28%, then their overall acceptance rate would be somewhat higher.
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That’s true, but it’s not pertinent. Drexel University is an outlier. The decrease in yield has been since 2004 while the cost of attendance has risen signficantly. More is going on than an increase in applications. FA, or lack of, is one issue. Drexel does not meet full need. All the top tier LAC’s do.
Yeah, I read that. I’m trusting that in the end the OP will realize deciding which college to attend based on the acceptance rate is nonsensical.
“That’s true, but it’s not pertinent.”
Within the context you provided, which I was aware of, I regard the information as probative. Not more than that. But not less.
I made the mistake in post # 24 of reporting hearsay. Thank you to @CrewDad, as well as to the observers of this thread, for not calling me out on my lapse of judgment.
Colby has officially released an acceptance rate of 22.5% for this year. Summer melt may still impact this, but only within a small range.