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<p>Last year was Harvard’s first year without Early Decision, and they didn’t know what yields to expect. With one year of results, they felt comfortable increasing the number of offers without risking over subscription.</p>
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<p>I suggest you take a course in statistics. A range of 76-80% is not that wide considering that Yale’s average is 70%, and Princeton is 67%. A 1% change is a mere 20 students out of 2,000. The drop from the class of 2011 vs 2012 is can be rationalized by the elimination of Early Decision, and the beginning of a economic downturn.</p>
<p>So what can we expect on May Day, this friday? How soon do they announce the yield or call or send thank you notes for updates?</p>
<p>^extended bump</p>
<p>They won’t even say how many were waitlisted. They’re being so secretive, they might just pick up and move the entire university overnight and not tell anyone where they’re hiding it. Could be a problem for kids with an early class …</p>
<p>so you think if I mail a statement tomorrow they’ll put it in my file?</p>
<p>yes, they probably will.</p>
<p>Happy May, everyone! 
(eastern standard time)</p>
<p>im glad im not the only one that came here as soon as it turned may1 :D</p>
<p>hopefully we’ll know about the yield very soon… :(</p>
<p>It’s a pity there arn’t more numbers for the yield, then we could have a real guessing game for yield. </p>
<p>As it is, I’m thinking of a number between 1 and 1655. Start guessing.</p>
<p>Last year there were rumored calls as early as May 2, but the council doesn’t officially reconvene until May 8 this year…</p>
<p>I assume everyone has seen this already, and we all just came here at the beginning of May for fun?</p>
<p>“Wait-listed students will start hearing from the admissions office as early as May 8th.” </p>
<p>[The</a> Harvard Crimson :: News :: College Admits Record-Low 7 Percent](<a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=527378]The”>http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=527378)</p>
<p>hahha yeahh
just a short quesiton
if I have an update, is it too late to mail it tommorow??</p>
<p>probably now helloitsme, that’s what I’m doing</p>
<p>Me too :D</p>
<p>10char</p>
<p>Response deadline over. Our yield-fate is sealed. :X</p>
<p>here we go :)</p>
<p>Sent in a little letter of intent today. good luck to everyone on the waitlist…go low yield, go Fitz.</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone on the waitlist! </p>
<p>While we are waiting, here’s something to think about just for fun. I’m wondering if admissions offices ever consciously decides to admit fewer students than they know they could admit w/o going over their target, and therefore have to take more off the waitlist, with the goal of lowering their reported admit rate. Of course, the waitlist admits do end up getting added into the final numbers. But admitting fewer and but then taking more off the waitlist would likely result in a lower overall admit rate even after those admitted off the waitlist are added into the numerator and denominator of the admit percentage calculation. For example, last year Harvard ended up needing to take 200 off the waitlist. But by taking fewer regular admits and more off the waitlist, they ended up with a lower admit rate than if they had accurately estimated the number that was needed to be admitted to achieve their desired class size. This is because the yield from students who have taken the initiative to accept a waitlist slot is probably much greater (close to 100% in Harvard’s case) than the yield from regular admitted students (about 80% in Harvard’s case). When Yale saw that Stanford’s EA admit rate of 12.8% was lower than Yale’s EA admit rate of 13.4%, could that have motivated them to try to keep their overall admit rate below Stanford’s by consciously deciding to have to go to their waitlist in a bigger way then they knew was necessary. It’s interesting that Yale somehow managed to just barely eke out an overall admit rate of 7.5% compared to Stanford’s 7.6% overall.</p>
<p>[FlyByBlog</a> Homeless at Harvard?](<a href=“http://www.flybyblog.com/2009/04/24/homeless-at-harvard/#more-2557]FlyByBlog”>http://www.flybyblog.com/2009/04/24/homeless-at-harvard/#more-2557)</p>
<p>haha there probably was a high yield this year.^</p>
<p>ah man… :(</p>
<p>“In 2006, 91 percent of admitted students who attended prefrosh weekend chose to accept Harvard’s offer.”
lol…</p>