Stanford's 2009 Yield

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<p>Stanford has nearly filled its entering class. 120 students have been accepted off of the wait list so far, with 15 having been accepted just last Friday, June 19th. According to the "Admissions News" page on the Undergraduate Admissions site (Admission</a> News : Stanford University), Stanford has accepted 2420 students for a target class size of 1700.</p>

<p>Assuming that Stanford makes no more acceptances off of the wait list and hits their target of 1700, the yield rate for the Class of 2013 will be 70.25% (1700/2420).</p>

<p>It seems that of the 120 accepted off the wait list, 85 have or are expected to accept a spot. This is purely speculation... I assume 85 because during the first wave of wait list acceptances, 85 were taken. This also makes sense if we assume that Stanford's wait list yield is similar to its total yield (85/120=70.8%).</p>

<p>Of course, these numbers may not be 100% accurate... but they should be in the ball park.</p>

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<p>Way to crunch those numbers, ihdb. Is 70.25% higher or lower than last year?</p>

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<p>According to this thread, <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/509845-class-2012-has-highest-yield-rate-ever.html?highlight=yield[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/509845-class-2012-has-highest-yield-rate-ever.html?highlight=yield&lt;/a&gt;, last year’s yield was slightly higher at 72%.</p>

<p>I still can’t believe how many students were offered a spot off the wait list this year. Those who were waitlisted and accepted this year, myself included, were extremely fortunate. 120 offers this year is at least twice the number of students offered spots in recent years ([Waitlist</a> Statistics at Top Colleges and Ivy League Schools](<a href=“http://www.admissionsconsultants.com/college/waitlist_table.asp]Waitlist”>http://www.admissionsconsultants.com/college/waitlist_table.asp)).</p>

<p>How does Stanford’s 2013 yield compare to its peer institutions…anyone know?</p>

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<p>I know it’s a higher yield than Princeton. Princeton got hammered (relatively speaking) this year. Basically no growth in application numbers (when all the other Ivies except Penn had huge increases), and an admit rate of ~10% (when Harvard, Yale, and Stanford were all in the 7% range). And I read somewhere that their yield was high 50’s/low 60s as a percentage. (I wish I could remember where I read that…) Yale and Stanford had similar yields, while Harvard had the highest yield, as usual.</p>

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<p>According to this thread, <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/730073-how-do-yields-compare-top-colleges.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/730073-how-do-yields-compare-top-colleges.html&lt;/a&gt;, Stanford’s yield last year was at 71%, with Harvard’s being at 77% and Yale at 68%.</p>

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<p>^ It typically doesn’t change much from year to year. I’m sure Stanford, Yale, and Harvard have similar numbers. However, I know that Princeton’s is lower. I just don’t remember where I got the information! >: (</p>

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<p>^think, think! =]</p>

<p>hmm, well then I guess Princeton would be somewhere around 59% this year also.</p>