<p>Here are a few article links for those of you who applied or will apply to the following colleges.</p>
<p>SWARTHMORE apps up 5% to 5,186 for Class of 2011</p>
<p><a href="http://phoenix.swarthmore.edu/2007-02-08/news/16813%5B/url%5D">http://phoenix.swarthmore.edu/2007-02-08/news/16813</a> </p>
<p>Yale apps drop 9.7 %</p>
<p>GEORGETOWN apps rise 6% to record 16,200</p>
<p>MIT apps climb 9.4% for the Class of 2011</p>
<p>The number of applicants to MIT increased across the board this year, with regular applications rising 9 percent, following a 13 percent jump in early applicants in the fall. A total of 12,440 applications were received during the current admissions cycle; 11,373 applied last year.The deadline for regular admissions was Jan. 1.A total of 2,743 applications were received from international students this year, marking an increase of 7 percent, according to Matthew L. McGann '00, associate director of Admissions.
In the Early Action application pool, 390 students (11 percent of the 3,493 Early Action applicants) were admitted, 319 were denied admission, and the remaining three-quarters were deferred to regular action decisions, which will be delivered in March."</p>
<p>COLUMBIA receives 21,213 apps for the Class of 2011</p>
<p>BOSTON COLLEGE apps jump 8% to nearly 29,000</p>
<p>I hope that this helps with calculating your chances.</p>