<p>Rice University has seen a 15 percent rise in the number of applications for admission in fall 2014, the largest year-to-year increase in the institution’s history. Currently at 17,715, the number of applications has nearly doubled since 2007. The university, which has increased the size of its undergraduate student body by 30 percent over that period of time, plans to admit 945 freshman students in the fall.</p>
<p>The article should say they plan to enroll 945 students. Certainly they plan to admit many more than that number.</p>
<p>And do students actually avoid “Sallyport, the grand arch in Rice’s Lovett Hall” for their four years there? Isn’t that an inefficient way to get around the campus?</p>
<p>The most recent data I found for yield (others may be better at finding that than me) was from a US News survey, where Rice reported a yield of 37 percent for the class of two years ago. Expecting that same yield this year would suggest that Rice should admit 2,554 in order to enroll 945. Given 17,715 applicants, that would be an overall accept rate of 14.4, with the RD rate obviously a bit lower. My S, an applicant waiting for news at the end of March, probably won’t be too thrilled to learn that.</p>
<p>Yes, we really do avoid the sally port at all costs. Most classes aren’t even in the academic quad, so it isn’t that hard.</p>
<p>Is the fact that the school is rapidly growing going to affect the small community feel of the university?</p>
<p>The school isn’t rapidly growing. The vision of Rice has been to grow the population to 4,000, but not much more than that. Acceptance rate will decrease. </p>
<p>nice maybe we will at least get back to vandy’s level on USNews now (or 4 years from now when the numbers are used?)</p>