Swarthmore Admits 929 to the Class of 2012

<p>done..i'm doing that right now :D</p>

<p>my country is listed. but who knows? i got deferred from early decision II.</p>

<p>Staggering. 53% of admitted students were "domestic students of color".</p>

<p>It's been over 50% for several years now. Diversity is a top, top priority for Swarthmore College.</p>

<p>The actual enrolled number will be somewhat lower as African American, Latino/a, and Asian American accepted students enroll as somewhat lower yield rates.</p>

<p>If your STATE isn't listed, does that mean you're rejected??</p>

<p>The news release says students were accepted from all 50 states.</p>

<p>BTW, I checked. In previous years, the press release wasn't posted on the website until April 4th or so. The new college website is designed with a backend that makes publishing news releases much faster. It's possible that admissions was counting on the usual delay before this went public after the weekend.</p>

<p>I'm wondering if anyone knows how many they put on the wait list? I'm also thinking that since they accept earlies, that the RD accept rate is likely down in the single digits...</p>

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<p>You don't want to know. I saw the number a couple of years ago. If I recall, more people get waitlisted than accepted.</p>

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I'm also thinking that since they accept earlies, that the RD accept rate is likely down in the single digits...

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<p>The ED acceptance rate doesn't impact the overall rate that much because only 130 to 150 or so of the 929 accepted students are Early Decision. Only 475 of the 6000+ applications were early decision. I haven't seen precise numbers on ED acceptances yet, but the acceptance rate for RD was probably 13% to 14%.</p>

<p>rejected Swarthmore, accepted Georgetown Foreign Service, Berkeley, Middebury, Wesleyan...go figure...</p>

<p>My CGC said that Swarthmore does practice yield protection, calmom. Your child may be suffering from Tufts syndrome.</p>

<p>calmomof3,
Congrats to your student on all those great choices! As for "go figure," remember that all of those schools are highly selective, Swarthmore definitely so. The acceptance rate this year for Swarthmore was only 15%!</p>

<p>You really think Swarthmore is so concerned about yield protection? This are the stiffest stats I've seen anywhere...once you get to schools this good, I don't really think that happens as much. I'd go to Swarthmore 100 times before I went to an ivy.</p>

<p>calmomof3: i also take exception with the "go figure" crack. Swarthmore is the toughest of all those schools you mentioned to get into. had i been born two years later, i probably would not have gotten into Swarthmore and probably would have had to settle for a haverford or something like that (thank god my parents are promiscuous.) i will say this, i loved middlebury when i visited.</p>

<p>Yes. I do think Swarthmore is concerned with yield protection. Maybe not so much to look good in the rankings, but simply because why would they want to admit someone who's not going to come? Okay, to be honest, the schools calmom listed are actually NOT better than Swarthmore. But if a student is a legacy at an Ivy (often -- not always! -- indicating that the school may be a top choice of the applicant) and did NOT apply early to Swarthmore and has NOT visited at all, that student might be waitlisted. If the student then sends a letter saying that Swarthmore really is his first choice, he might get off the waitlist. I wouldn't really call that yield protection...but I would call it being in touch with reality.</p>

<p>I would call it demonstrated interest.</p>

<p>"If the student then sends a letter saying that Swarthmore really is his first choice, he might get off the waitlist."
ceebee63, I hope it works that way.</p>

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<p>...lol.</p>

<p>Anyway, I don't want to flatter myself by saying it was Tufts Syndrome, but Swat does seem to have rejected/waitlisted a lot of really great applicants. In my case, I can almost guarantee my lack of interest in the school hurt me (as it should have); I never visited, didn't request an interview, and visited the website only for info for my "Why Swat" essay. That's why I really don't feel bad about not getting in. I do kind of take issue with the practice, though; what if one of these really good students DOES have Swat as their first choice and can't apply ED due to money or something?</p>

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But if a student is a legacy at an Ivy (often -- not always! -- indicating that the school may be a top choice of the applicant) and did NOT apply early to Swarthmore and has NOT visited at all, that student might be waitlisted. If the student then sends a letter saying that Swarthmore really is his first choice, he might get off the waitlist.

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<p>Sounds good in theory, but I have not observed anything like that in Swat's use of the waitlist. First, the College typically takes a fairly small number off the waitlist -- usually in the 20 to 40 range.</p>

<p>Second, based on a fairly small sample from here on CC, it appears that waitlistees sometimes fill specific niches. As a hypothetical example, if this year's oboe player decides not to enroll, the oboe player on the waitlist gets the call.</p>

<p>I, an several of my friends got off the waitlist, and none of us filled any particular niche in terms of academic interest, sport, art or musical skill. All I mean is, don't despair if you are challenged in the talent area - the most useful thing you could do is to let swat know if you would certainly attend if accepted (only if this is true, barring $ issues).</p>

<p>My S was rejected from Gtown and waitlisted at Swat. That's a "go figure" to me. Gee, do you think sending Gtown a philosophical essay critical of the motives of organized religion was a mistake ?! :) He never visited either one, and didn't have a Swat interview.</p>

<p>I'm fairly sure that he won't take a place on the waitlist, but it would be interesting to know how many people they put on it.</p>

<p>My understanding about waitlists is that one is unlikely to get in from them if one needs substantial FA. I don't understand why they are so forthcoming about everything else but apparently refuse to let on how many people are on the waitlist.</p>