<p>What do you think the matriculation rate would be for students who applied and were accepted early compared to the overall figures?</p>
<p>Higher .</p>
<p>SCEA yield when H & P were EA-less was about 80%, about 60% for RD. Back when H & P had and early option, SCEA yield was about 88%, so I expect an increase this year, too.</p>
<p>latest EA yield for Yale = 80.0%</p>
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<p>Right, but that “latest” figure, as Descartesz said, occurred under conditions different from this year, that systematically reduced EA yield for Yale (because top candidates who preferred Harvard or Princeton to Yale often applied to Yale SCEA anyway, since they didn’t have that option at Harvard or Princeton). </p>
<p>This year, with Harvard and Princeton offering an early action option, Yale EA applications were down considerably, but yield on those accepted will likely go up, back to the levels seen when Harvard and Princeton had early admission programs in the past. Which probably explains why Yale accepted 85 fewer applicants EA this year.</p>
<p>So 80% is almost certainly meaningfully below what the yield is likely to be this year. The number of early admittees enrolling is likely to be around 600 – about the same as last year – not 540.</p>
<p>^^^^somewhat reasonable…</p>
<p>No, very reasonable.
@JamieBrown, if you’re going to be critical about things, give us another perspective to think about.</p>
<p>classicgirl, if you are going to spend the time to write about the difference between “somewhat reasonable”, which essentially agrees with the previous post, and your “very reasonable” then you have too much time on your hands</p>
<p>find a hobby, boyfriend or something</p>
<p>IIRC the stats are about the same for Stanford - SCEA yield was about 90% and then dropped to about 80% when H and P got rid of their early programs - interesting that Yale’s figures are almost identical.</p>
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<p>Your overuse of periods made it seem like you didn’t actually agree, and just reluctantly submitted yourself to JHS’s points because you didn’t have any of your own to make.
I felt a need to support JHS’s assessment, because I definitely agree with it.
/high school senior, deferred EA</p>