<p>"Forgive the admissions counselors at Homewood if they look a bit tired and hazy-eyed these days."</p>
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<p>"This year, about 15,950 students are vying for about 1,200 spots in the 2008 fall freshman class in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and Whiting School of Engineering, said John Latting, dean of undergraduate admissions. That's up more than 7 percent from last year's 14,848 applications and nearly 79 percent from 8,929 six years ago."</p>
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<p>"Latting's staff will be processing, reading and discussing applications over the next two months in anticipation of sending acceptance letters around April 1. "</p>
<p>This article seemed destined for CC one way or another...</p>
<p>Is this total including the 400+ students already admitted ED out of about 1,000 applicants? If yes, than there are 15,000 applicants for about 800 spots.</p>
<p>800 spots for 15,000 applicants isn't quite right. More like 2400ish spots because Hopkins yield is about 30%(though this released yield rate may include ED which would skew what i'm trying to say and mean there are more acceptances.)</p>
<p>If the 30% yield rate includes ~400 ED'ers (for the sake of simplicity of calculations, I ignore the fact that ED isn't binding if you apply to BME ED and don't get it), then there are around 1200/.3-400=3600 slots 15000 are going for.</p>
<p>hey adam, do me a favor and don't use the r word around here. but yea that is a good question. for most schools, i think the yield is strangely consistent.</p>
<p>They had that problem my freshman year and they did a couple things to deal with the extra freshman - they rented out a bed&breakfast that's next door to one of the dorms and used it as all-girls freshman housing, and they also made some of the larger rooms in Building A into temporary triples. Most people who were put in triples (like me) were quickly de-tripled once they found additional space for the third person (from upperclassmen who decided to move off campus, transfers, people going abroad etc), though some triples lasted till October or so when they were allowed to make their triple permanent if they wanted (and most did, since they didn't want to leave their new roommates) and get a lower housing rate.</p>
<p>well, obviously, the population is currently increasing. and who knows, maybe no child left behind is really working (haha). Also, kids are applying to more schools. Multiple friends of mine applied to 10+ (which seems beyond ridiculous to me). More kids applying makes the acceptance rate lower and then the media says its getting much harder to get into colleges and so people apply to more schools so they get accpeted to enough of them....maybe theres a cyclical effect.</p>
<p>in a ecological system, it's positive feedback</p>
<p>students are applying to more universities, so in turn, universities are turning down more students, therefore students are applying to more universities, etc etc etc</p>
<p>Congrats to the Hopkins ED admits, and good luck to all of you RDs ! The Hop is THE place to be , I loved my UG years there, and am always amazed at the increasing recognition and selectivity that Hopkins has been garnering.</p>