Yes, this is strange. They have always shared the REA numbers. Maybe it wasn’t as selective as they thought it would be ?
Why? If there were fewer people applied in REA, they should have published the data to encourage more people to apply RD.
There could be a new policy to speak less unless it is necessary.
@ewho Logically, one would expect them to do that. Its also possible they might not want to implicitly acknowledge the potential reasons. Stanford has had a lot of bad publicity recently due the Brock Turner incident and similar ones reported recently, which could have hurt the number of application. There is an active thread in the Parent Forum discussing Stanford actions.
^ Harvard, Princeton, Duke, etc all did not release the initial application numbers before ED/EA decision days, while they usually did in the past. Hopefully those schools are fine.
They did not publish their yield numbers last spring and now they’re not releasing any early statistics. Really wonder what is up. Seriously doubt the Brick Turner case had any effect. If anything, so many people saw how low the admittance rate was last year and decided to apply elsewhere this year so Stanford decided to stop giving kids something to compare against other schools. I really don’t know though.
^^ as long as Stanford is part of the Common Data Set initiative they have to publish all the application stats including acceptance and yield (broken down based on gender also)
^ No, Stanford does not need to tell you the yield, regardless what initiative it is in.
I think what Dean Shaw said in the Stanford Daily article - that admissions views the acceptance rate as a distraction that they’re tired of talking about - is a plausible reason to stop releasing some of these numbers.
To a point someone made above, I do wonder if last year’s acceptance rate, below 5% for the first time, was counterproductive in the eyes of the university administration. I can see some really qualified potential applicants that Stanford would love to admit, thinking it’s impossible to get in and there’s no point taking the time to do the Stanford-specific essays and apply. Just speculation, but consistent with Dean Shaw’s comments in the article.
@ewho The common data set contains the information http://ucomm.stanford.edu/cds/2015 from which you can get the yields.
These are the final numbers at the start of school year, so it will include the effects of waitlist admissions.
If I read the CDS data correctly, that yield is for last year (students admitted for fall 2015), though if Stanford keeps with past practice the numbers for 2016 will be in the next CDS.
Stanford’s yield is 80.4% from this years data… probably the highest in the country.
Stanford’s numbers will only get better… they are now working on increasing the class size… increased it by 100 last year and may be going for another 100 increase this year which gives Stanford the largest class size of any highly selective institution in the US.
maybe that has something to do with it… don’t know.
Stanford is supposedly going to raise class size by 100 for the next 17 years according to a recent article which I will post when I find the link.
Also, the yield was higher than 80.4%, if you look at the number enrolled versus the number admitted on their stats page.
@anxious2017, CDS does not contain the number for yield, and you need to calculate yourself. That is, Stanford does not need to publish yield number in CDS or somewhere else! What Multiverse7 meant was that Stanford Daily used to publish the yield number when newspaper obtained the admit/enroll data, but they did not do it last year when Stanford’s yield surpassed the school on the west coast. The other school obviously was still doing it.
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/05/yield-remains-high-for-class-of-2020/
Sure good/bad things are reported about Stanford, but jump on it to make certain claims sure will mislead the readers.
^^ Dont think anyone was misleading the readers. Everyone who posted above voiced that it was just their opinion or speculation.
http://www.stanforddaily.com/2016/11/27/stanford-reveals-plans-for-campus-development-through-2035/
Some of the new student housing reflects anticipated growth in the undergraduate student body by about 100 students a year until 2035 — a total increase of almost 1,700. Administrators began to discuss increasing undergraduate enrollment in 2007, but the plans outlined in Stanford’s latest GUP represent a clear move toward implementing the change
Sounds like Stanford plans on doubling the freshman class size by 2035… increasing the class size by 100 every year.
maybe that’s the reason they are not touting admission stats anymore? who knows?
in any event increasing the class size will only make Stanford a stronger institution… increasing donations and influence.
Harvard had no problem releasing their early admission numbers today.
Stanford had the highest yield in the nation and did not report that this year for the first time. Guess Stanford got tired of winning:)
All of Stanford peer universities have reported their early numbers. All have seen increases in early applications. MIT with 8,394 early applications surpasses Stanford’s class of 2020 early applications.
Princeton 18%
Harvard 5%
Yale 9%
MIT 8%
Stanford ???
Stanford has decided to keep us guessing this year !