I know people were wondering how getting rid of the Early Admission Program would affect the number of applications. At the end of this article it states: “The number of students applying to the UI dropped 4 percent this year — from a record 35,695 to 34,119.”
As @ClassicRockerDad predicted in an earlier thread, admissions is up. “But the UI accepted more students — 22,267, up from 20,040 — in hopes of bringing in more Illinois residents.”
Yield is still in play.
So I accidentally left off the link. Apologies!
And let us not forget they extended the application window by more than a month to get up to that “down 4%”.
Of course they do not mention yield because it almost certainly went down, again. Accepted students up 11.1%, while expected enrollment up only 8% (maximum, they expect it to continue lower over summer). If yield held steady, the increase in expected enrollment would match the increase in accepted students.
“The change generated “a lot of discussion” on campus, but the plan is to stick with that framework for next year and continue to monitor the data, Tucker said.”
Delusional. Application numbers down (crashed if you consider the 1+ month extension), acceptance rate skyrocketed, and yield decreased. Utterly delusional. I am shocked they aren’t bringing back EA.
I’m not shocked that they aren’t bringing back EA. I haven’t delved into application/admission numbers at other Midwest state flagships, but I would be curious how UIUC stacks up against them. (with the possible exception of U of Michigan)
I will reserve judgment until the yield and stats (ACT/GPA) of the incoming 2015 class are released. Personally, ~1500 fewer applications doesn’t alarm me IF the quality of the incoming class remains about the same.
I’ll just add that I was glad to read this in the article:
I agree with the deans that the earlier the notification the better. But I understand the difficulties they faced with the “old” December EA notification date too.