<p>What is the acceptance rate of deferred candidates? I am assuming my app will get deferred knowing my luck, and i bet this will be of interest to some other CCers.</p>
<p>I have seen this number for Harvard and Yale, from time to time, but I don't think Princeton has ever revealed it.</p>
<p>wat is the harvard and wat is the yale number?</p>
<p>I have read 14%, I believe in last years ED decisions thread. I don't know whether it is accurate, but it sounds about right.</p>
<p>where was that info from? anyway...ED deferred still have greater chances than just an RD candidate if its 14%.</p>
<p>Have you checked the common data set? I am not sure you will find this number.</p>
<p>You will not.</p>
<p>I forget where, but I remember reading that someone on CC asked an adcom at an info session and found out it was 14%. So, I guess take it with a grain of salt, but hey its a number!</p>
<p>That was Yale 2 yrs ago. They took 249 SCEA deferreds who were included in the pool identified as "regular decision applicants."</p>
<p>(Presumably SCEA deferred applicants, if admitted, have a higher yield rate than "normal" RD applicants.)</p>
<p>thus, RD yield rates are not true open-market rates.</p>
<p>Well, I'd say they are. These Yalie deferreds DO have the option (one assumes, in at least MOST cases!) of enrolling elsewhere.</p>
<p>Admittedly, there is always the possibility that a school will engage in a bit of Tufts or,( in the view of the Revealed Preference survey) Princeton syndrome, by disproportionately admitting applicants who, it calculates, are disposed to enroll if admitted.</p>
<p>Is that so bad? Both the school and the applicants who really want to go are getting in. The school benefits from a lower acceptance rate and higher yields, and the students from getting in. However, the school can't accurately gauge the student's interest in RD, so I guess it isn't very practical.</p>
<p>Not necessarily bad - at least from the school's point of view. By factoring in an applicant's perceived level of interest when making admissions decisions, the school can raise its yield rate, lower its admit rate, and boost its USNews standing.</p>
<p>Use of this technique - which occasionally involves researching the prior yield rate for applicants from the same high school or even zip code - can hurt applicants, however. </p>
<p>If the school hasn't picked up the signal that you'd be likely to enroll if admitted (assuming you don't get into another school you like better!) then you may be turned down in favor of less qualified applicants who the school finds lesss risky from its point of view.</p>
<p>should we tell a school if they are our top choice? what if it truthfully is? what if it isnt? should we lie, and say it is our top pick to get chosen, or what? should we say it is one of our top choices? thanks</p>
<p>I'd never counsel insincerity, but bear in mind that at more than a few schools your chances of admission may hinge on what they perceive to be your level of enthusiasm rather than your technical "qualifications."</p>
<p>Schools aren't happy about the prospect of filling their admit list with a lot of people who, they suspect, will turn them down and go elsewhere if given the opportunity.</p>
<p>Think about it - if the average smart kid applies to eight schools and gets into four, he can still only go to one. That means those four schools have a 25% admit rate for smart kids, and will have to admit four of them to fill every seat!</p>
<p>The appeal of the sure thing, such as the legacy or ED applicant is very strong.</p>
<p>edit to prior post: in the third paragraph I referred to a "25% admit rate" when I should have said a "25% yield rate".</p>