<p>Does anyone know the official acceptance rate for RD this year?</p>
<p>I don’t think they can release it until after the summer when they find out what happens with the waitlist.</p>
<p>I predict that it will go down several points. They probably wanted to make up for class of 2014, which has 100 more students than planned for and necessitated reopening a dorm that had been closed down, to make room for all the extra freshmen. So I’ll bet they were playing it safe this year by accepting several hundred less than last year and planning to use the waiting list in case they fall short.</p>
<p>I would guess sub-20% as it was 20-22% last year (I think) and due to a class size of 1400 (as compared to 1600 last year so they balance it out for average of 1500) and a 4500 applicant spike this year.</p>
<p>how many people applied RD?</p>
<p>About 28,000.</p>
<p>I think it was 28,000 rd and ed combined.</p>
<p>Yeah, I think it was like 23,000 RD applicants and 5000 ED. Based on my calculations, the RD acceptance rate should be around 17% (but don’t trust that estimate-it’s based on a lot of speculation).</p>