<p><em>praying for rain...</em> </p>
<p><em>i mean for Harvrd admission</em></p>
<p>Remember, last year's EA pool was 4,200. In the grand scheme of things, 500 applicants won't make a huge difference.</p>
<p>Do we have the numbers on Yale and Stanford?</p>
<p>500 people is a BIG difference!!!!</p>
<p>i suspect the500 wouldve gone for yale, princeton or stanford instead...damn hehe</p>
<p>Xjayz Thanks for sticking up for me before about Byerly being a credible source! I'm glad someone agrees! I'm sure most people on this thread agree! Let me guess, someone <em>cough</em> zephyr151 is going to wonder how I knew that too. So, does anyone have any more insight for me (as far as my questions go? You can find those on page 2 of this thread) Thanks a mill! Take care and good luck to you all!</p>
<p>-Jon :D</p>
<p>Is Byerly dissapointed at Harvards failure on the admissions side of things so far?
Looks like Yale or Princeton may take the crown for lowest acceptence rate this year.</p>
<p>:) Had to throw that one out there</p>
<p>Why would byerly be disappointed?
Lowest acceptance rate fluctuates each year.. no biggie.</p>
<p>Byerly---where did you find that info, i seem to not be able to find it anywhere online, unless im looking in the wrong places lol</p>
<p>trust me ... (or not, as you wish)</p>
<p>Stanford has as good of a chance to take the "crown" for lowest admit rate, for all we know. </p>
<p>Any word on S & Y, Byerly?</p>
<p>Smariomaster:</p>
<p>When you're in the Harvard forum, click the white "New Thread" box at the top of all the threads.</p>
<p>As for your second interview, I would assume that only one interview is recommended. Don't trust me though.</p>
<p>"Just a reminder: Don't assume anything. Although it may be positive right now, they may decide to accept less and "bank on" students during the regular round. You never know how the logistics of these will work out."</p>
<p>That's exactly the first thought that came into my mind when I read the post... Then again we're probably not doing ourselves any good but getting stress and white hairs by trying to second guess the adcoms.. Let's just pray (or if youre nonreligious skip the praying part lol) and hope for the best... [Although when i reread the last sentence it hits me how easier it is to preach than to follow T_T]</p>
<p>Columbia's early decision applications are up 5.5% this year, and 25% since 2003: <a href="http://www.columbiaspectator.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/11/15/43798cf8ed5b9%5B/url%5D">http://www.columbiaspectator.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/11/15/43798cf8ed5b9</a>. Interestingly, unlike Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Stanford in recent years, Columbia has not changed its early decision policy at all.</p>
<p>Also, interestingly, for the first time, Columbia is now including stats from SEAS. I wonder if this pressages a change from Columbia's long-standing practice of pretending SEAS doesn't exist when reporting app numbers. admit rate and yield to USNews.</p>
<p>You mean as Penn does with Wharton on some stats??? It is interesting.</p>
<p>Unlike Columbia, Penn and Cornell, for example, incorporate all undergraduate schools or colleges when they report their admissions stats to USNews, etc.</p>
<p>Interesting; I wonder how this will work out.</p>
<p>Byerly,</p>
<p>Re #54 and Columbia, someone probably explained to them that their overall SAT stats would go up if they included the SEAS applicants. Seriously, I never understood why they reported the numbers separately. I think they were the only school that did.</p>
<p>Byerly, I think you mean "presage," but beyond that, I'm not sure what you mean. Columbia, at least in The Spectator and on its admissions website, has always reported separate numbers for the Engineering school -- so no change in practice there. Has it (opportunistically) changed its policy for U.S. News & World Report (which could easily, if it cared to, go to one of those sites, get the combined numbers, and report them)? If so, I would concede a (regrettable) lapse from principle, but in practice, though it will probably increase the admissions percentage a bit, it will actually raise the SAT score and class rank, both of which are higher in the Engineering School than in the College. I don't know how it works at Penn and Cornell, but the Engineering school is no easy transfer route to the College, so the College can legitimately report separate numbers for itself and the Engineering school.</p>
<p>Eagle, I'm sure Columbia knew that the overall SAT and class rank would go up if the numbers were combined; true, the humanities rule there, but they're not that bad at math! Of course it's possible that Columbia really feels the two schools are highly separate -- as they are -- and that it would be misleading to report the combined statistics (in which case they should continue to report separate numbers to U.S. News, regardless of the effects). Maybe Penn and Cornell ought to disaggregate too, if the same is true there.</p>