Has anyone else heard that the yield this year for Skidmore was much higher than anticipated? My daughter said her summer advisor told her that approximately 100 more students than anticipated have accepted.
My D, a student there, said the number was 180. They are transforming the common areas into dorms and will follow the recent trend of all freshman being tripled (in double dorms). My concern is getting seats in classes each semester while keeping the classes at the numbers they use for marketing. So far, so good. I think the dining hall might get a bit crowded at dinnertime as well. Honestly, I’d think they could manage their yield better than this. I was not at all happy that D was tripled her first semester. I also hope that she is able to live in the apartments in her last two years…ridiculous or not, housing was an important factor when looking at schools.
We knew the likelihood of the triples and daughter is ok with that, having to deal with 5 siblings daily. It’s the classes…it is THE reason she decided in a small liberal arts college. I really hope they can keep classes smaller. That is a huge difference in yield vs expectations and I think it will drive acceptances even lower next year. Maybe it’s just an odd year. It’s sad they are losing common areas to accommodate.
They accepted roughly the same number of students but with an almost ten percent increase in apps and half the class filled by ED students for the first time. They underestimated the commitment of the RD acceptances.
Skidmore accepted either 28% or 29% of applicants this year, the first time it’s gone below 30%. It’s becoming more and more popular, and if they adcoms were unaware of this they’d have accepted as many students as they have in previous years. Disclaimer, I went to Skidmore wayyyy back in the 80s, and I and most freshman girls I knew had triples then too.
My son is going and was admitted RD. I knew about the triples going in. I heard recently from the parent of a sophomore that Skidmore was offering significant tuition discounts to upperclassmen as incentive for living off-campus.
My husband’s theory on the great yield: “It was those glasses!” (The 2020 paper ones.)
Skidmore announced a freshman class of 719 vs. 686 from the 2015 CDS. So the yield only went up by 33. Does anyone know what happened with the expected high yield over the summer?