<p>“Doubtful. The majority of applicants are qualified.”</p>
<p>And, apparently, carrying wands. </p>
<p>Is Brown going to be like a Star Trek convention after this, overrun with fantasy geeks clutching quiddich balls? I thought one of Brown’s endearing qualities was that you could not point and say “There goes a typical Brown student”. Any bolus of one type of student or another will surely confound that. </p>
<p>Now on to more important matters: Has anyone seen Emma around campus? Is she cool? Does she say hi? Does she think she’s all that? Does she live in a dorm or in a downtown hotel room? What’s her favorite vegetable at the dining hall? Is she looking over this way? Do you think she knows I even exist? </p>
<p>Correction: Brown University expects that more than half of the applicants offered admission to next falls freshman class will accept. In recent years, the admission yield rate has ranged from 54 to 58 percent. An earlier version of this story reported an inaccurate yield rate. </p>
<p>Second of all…in my letter of deferral, it said that the acceptance rate of deferred admits are near to the same as the regular admitted pool. Does that mean around 9% of deferred applicants are bound to be accepted as well? How will this major increase in applications possibly affect the chances of those who were deferred?</p>
<p>JFVollegirl: The yield rate of 54-58% is for total acceptances, ED and RD. Since the yield for ED is about 98-99%, that means the yield for RD acceptances is in the 43-44% range – someone else can do the math if they want. </p>
<p>I would interpret that statement as you do, that 9-10% of deferred EDers will be accepted. As to how the increase in RD applicants will affect that percentage – no one knows, not even admissions, until they read through all the applications. Any other interpretation would be pure speculation.</p>
<p>One demeans oneself by doing arithmetic and one is ashamed and one apologizes, but the six most recent yield percentages are 2008: 58.0, 2009: 58.5, 2010: 58.2, 2011: 55.4, 2012: 54.8, 2013: 54.2.
See it here:
[Facts</a> about Brown University: Undergraduate Admission](<a href=“http://www.brown.edu/web/about/facts/admission]Facts”>http://www.brown.edu/web/about/facts/admission)
So, four years of decline hopefully arrested this year.
The AO is hopeful of an improved yield, owing to the new outreach demographic and a certain *intangible<a href=“■■■■■”>/i</a>.
The admit number this year will be the same as last year, which worked out well (i.e. approx 2750).
So, safely a 9.2 percent admit and possibly even 9.1, hence that “9 percent” statement to the ProJo.
As for the RD admit percentage, and again one is ashamed and one apologizes, it’s approx 2180 / approx 27190 = 8.0 percent.
You’re welcome.</p>
<p>Incidentally, the cretinously stupid ProJo got even the “correction” wrong, because it didn’t address the original misdemeanor, which was an erroneous RD yield, not aggregate yield.
Time for the ProJo to cease print publication (or go to Spanish publication exclusively).</p>
<p>A second incidentally, and I apologize, but if the Daily Pennsylvanian is accurate about Columbia’s 4 percent app rise, then Columbia gets a 9.4 admit percent and Brown is where it was relatively in the mid-1990s. LMGDFAO.
Sorry… Sorry… Sorry…</p>
<p>So, since I’ve been connecting with my alma mater lately, I recently did a lot of google\blog witter searching for Brown, and I stumbled upon this drawn out thread about a certain celebrity’s tenure at Brown:</p>
<p>Upon seeing tnedifnocegelloc’s posts here, it struck me that they bear something of a strong stylistic resemblance to the posts of one “Brunojake” on that other forum (scroll down to post #2785, for example).</p>
<p>The BDH just ran an article saying that Brown plans to increase the number of transfer acceptances. Before you get too excited – they are viewing this as a budget measure, as a way to raise money. So transfers who are full-pay will benefit, while those needing financial aid will not. (Brown is need-aware for transfer students.)</p>
<p>I think the rise in applications is due to Brown’s amazing financial aid. It’s absurd to believe that there was a 19% increase because of Emma Watson.</p>
<p>Hang on there, just a minute. You might have a few interesting things to say, tnedifnocegelloc, even as you come across as exceedingly full of yourself. Please contain your prejudices, though, if at all possible…</p>
<p>Quote: “The University received about 48 percent more African-American applicants this year than last year and 42 percent more Latino applicants, in both early and regular decision rounds, Miller said. Applications from first-generation college students increased by about 40 percent, he said.” </p>
<p>There were 1,261 African-American applicants to Brown alone in 2008, which was the last time that data was posted. But I mean, do the math over the years, and it certainly makes sense. Add in Hispanic and first-gen apps, and I’d say that overall, much of the increase can be attributed to a much more diverse pool applying. Yeah, and the whole Emma Watson thing. That can work too.</p>