Regular Decision applicant rate drops 20%

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<p>This year’s Regular Decision applicant rate dropped approximately 20 percent from last year’s unusually high number, down from 7,552 to 6,001.</p>

<p>The</a> Williams Record - Articles</p>

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<p>"If of last year's record high number of applicants, the bottom group has dropped out, then it's not a bad thing."</p>

<p>Nothing snotty about that....</p>

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<p>but does this mean that RD rates are going to be higher than last year?? (hopeful eyes)</p>

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<p>Wow, that's a big drop in apps. Did the essay really discourage that many applicants?</p>

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<p>^ I doubt it. It seems most LACs are experiencing drops.</p>

<p>Hopefully this means I can get in :D</p>

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<p>Anyone have any links to information about the experience similar LACs are having? How about comparable schools offering merit money like Davidson, Grinnell and Washington & Lee?</p>

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<p>It's still going to be an acceptance rate of 5.3% RD....</p>

<p>(wow I'm glad I applied early)</p>

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It's still going to be an acceptance rate of 5.3% RD....

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<p>How do you figure? They said that ED will constitute 42% of the class. Therefore the total class is about 232/.42 = 552 students, leaving 552-232 = 320 left for RD. Williams' yield rate is about 45% according to USNWR, so that means they'll need to accept 320/.45 = 711 students to fill the class. So even if they deferred everyone they didn't accept ED -- for a total of 6001+382 = 6383 applicants in consideration -- the accept rate is still going to be a little over 11%.</p>

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<p>The regular decision acceptance rate this year was 15.2%. With 20% fewer applications, that rate is going to be lower higher this year.</p>

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<p>Well, that's goodish.</p>

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<p>the 5.3% acceptance rate doesn't even make any sense...
their RD rate last year wasn't that low, and with less apps it can't be that low this year.</p>

<p>a 20% drop in apps doesn't mean a 20% increase in acceptance, but i do see the number of accepted students getting at the very least a little higher...</p>

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<p>Let me try that again, in English this time:</p>

<p>The regular decision acceptance rate for Fall 2008 was 15.2%. With 20% fewer applications, that rate is going to be higher this year.</p>

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<p>
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How do you figure? They said that ED will constitute 42% of the class. Therefore the total class is about 232/.42 = 552 students, leaving 552-232 = 320 left for RD. Williams' yield rate is about 45% according to USNWR, so that means they'll need to accept 320/.45 = 711 students to fill the class. So even if they deferred everyone they didn't accept ED -- for a total of 6001+382 = 6383 applicants in consideration -- the accept rate is still going to be a little over 11%.

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<p>Not quite. Williams' overall yield rate is 45%, but that includes both ED and RD applicants. The RD yield rate is closer to 25%. So they'll likely need to accept around 1,200 RD to get the numbers they need. Combined with ED acceptances, that means an overall acceptance rate that's closer to 20%.</p>

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<p>Wow, that’s really nice news…but I guess getting rejected is just going to feel worse now, haha.</p>

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<p>The title of this thread is incorrect. The regular decision applicant rate did not drop 20%, the number of regular decision applications dropped 20%.</p>

<p>Yes, I am a statistics and language nerd.</p>

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<p>Tell that to Rachel Zipursky, the student at Williams who wrote that article.</p>