Exeter is expecting that their yield will be about 68.8%, if I calculated it correctly. I used the # of those accepted divided by the # of available spots.
@thelittleswimmer so does that mean that I have a decent chance at getting off the waiting list??? And wow that was amazing that you were able to calculate that.
No, jackpops, it doesn’t. The schools offer acceptances to many more kids than there are available openings, because they expect attrition. You would only be taken off the waiting list if more kids than they expected to take an offered place, declined it.
Hi Britmom, JackPops and LittleSwimmer.
I am not sure I understand the above posts.
First, I find 68.8% very, very low for Exeter. I’m not sure how you got the # of Accepted Students. However, if that is really the # that accepted at the end of the day on April 10th, then aren’t all the offers that were sent out now void, Britmom? And would that not, in fact, force Exeter to the WL?
I understand WL to work the way JackPop does. Can anyone clarify?
Also, I have heard about yield and Britmom is correct about sending extra acceptances on March 10th knowing their historic attrition rates. I have heard the AOs are expected to come in very close on those #s so I find 68.8% at Exeter hard to believe!
We did not apply to Exeter but we did get WL elsewhere. This is our first rodeo and we are trying to understand all the layers of the onion skin.
Hey @WinchesterMom
I know that 69% sounds very low for such a competitive school, but I believe that LittleSwimmer is right. Think about it this way, most kids apply to anywhere between 3-7 schools, therefore, say you get in to four schools, you can only attend one. So when you think about it, 70% is very good. And Britmom5 is right when she says that they over enroll, however, we do not know right now how much they have over enrolled, so that is what I am asking. Hope this clarifies things a little bit for you!
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/18355537/#Comment_18355537
I expect that they are very close in accepting the additional number of students taking into account of the yield on M10 so that they rarely go to waitlists.
@WinchesterMom: I calculated it using this:
The 446 is the number of students Exeter accepted on M10. No word yet on how many of these 446 actually matriculated on April 10. Exeter is mentioned to have 307 spots available, so they are hoping that 69% of the 446 accepted will choose to matriculate to fill up those open spots. However, there is always the possibility of having more accepted students enroll then there are spots, which counts as overenrollment and the yield will be larger than 68.8%. I’ll be keeping an eye on The Exonian to see.
EDIT: In The Exonian, September 23, 2014, the yield rate for the incoming 2014-2015 class was:
Therefore, an estimated 68.8 percent yield based on those accepted on March 10 is right around last year’s yield of 71.3 percent. However, we still have to wait to see how many students actually matriculated and if PEA is overenrolled this year. Either way, it’s very likely that the yield will be around 68.8%-71.3%. Link for Michael Gary’s quote is here: http://theexonian.com/2014/09/25/students-twice-as-likely-to-choose-andover-over-exeter/.
The yield is most likely on the smaller side because many of those accepted to Exeter are also accepted to other GLADCHEMMS schools and those students may decide to matriculate to a different school other than Exeter. Here is a link in The Exonian where statistics found that when accepted to both Exeter and Andover, students were TWICE as likely to choose Andover: http://theexonian.com/2014/09/25/students-twice-as-likely-to-choose-andover-over-exeter/.
70% yield is staggeringly high! Many desirable colleges have 20% yields.