Total Applications Growth/Decline Class of 2018

Applying to College
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<p>I really liked this thread last year for the class of 2017, so I thought I'd start one for the class of 2018. Here are the first handful I've found, but please contribute others that you've seen. Post information about growth/decline in applications for individual colleges, along with a link citing that information. I've ranked the colleges based on the number of applications they have received. </p>

<p>Given that last year's thread got more than 90,000 views, so it might be good if one of the administrators could pin this to the top.</p>

<p>Penn - 35,788 (14.5%) <a href="http://www.thedp.com/article/2014/01/record-number-applies-for-class-of-2018"&gt;http://www.thedp.com/article/2014/01/record-number-applies-for-class-of-2018&lt;/a>
Harvard - 34,295 (-2%) <a href="http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/2/3/class-2018-drop-slightly/"&gt;http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/2/3/class-2018-drop-slightly/&lt;/a>
Northwestern - 33,200 (1.3%) <a href="http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2014/01/class-of-2018-applications-hit-new-high.html"&gt;http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2014/01/class-of-2018-applications-hit-new-high.html&lt;/a>
Columbia - 32,952 (-1.5%) <a href="http://bwog.com/2014/02/12/admissions-releases-class-of-2018-application-count/"&gt;http://bwog.com/2014/02/12/admissions-releases-class-of-2018-application-count/&lt;/a>
Duke - 32,453 (2.0%) <a href="http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2014/01/30/3577250/duke-applications-set-7th-record.html"&gt;http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2014/01/30/3577250/duke-applications-set-7th-record.html&lt;/a>
Yale - 30,922 (4.4%) <a href="http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2014/02/04/record-high-applications-for-class-of-2018/"&gt;http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2014/02/04/record-high-applications-for-class-of-2018/&lt;/a>
Brown - 30,320 (4%) <a href="http://www.browndailyherald.com/2014/01/06/applications-class-2018-second-highest-u-history/"&gt;http://www.browndailyherald.com/2014/01/06/applications-class-2018-second-highest-u-history/&lt;/a>
Chicago - 27,499 (-9.5%) <a href="http://chicagomaroon.com/2014/02/14/applications-down-9-5-percent/"&gt;http://chicagomaroon.com/2014/02/14/applications-down-9-5-percent/&lt;/a>
Princeton - 26,607 (0.4%) <a href="http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2014/01/princeton-receives-3rd-highest-number-of-applications-with-class-of-2018/"&gt;http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2014/01/princeton-receives-3rd-highest-number-of-applications-with-class-of-2018/&lt;/a>
Georgetown - 19,500 (-2.6%) <a href="http://www.thehoya.com/news/applications-down-2-6-for-class-of-2018-1.3136133"&gt;http://www.thehoya.com/news/applications-down-2-6-for-class-of-2018-1.3136133&lt;/a>
Dartmouth - 19,235 (-14.2%) <a href="http://thedartmouth.com/2014/02/10/news/college-sees-14-percent-drop-in-applications"&gt;http://thedartmouth.com/2014/02/10/news/college-sees-14-percent-drop-in-applications&lt;/a>
Tufts - 19,081 (3.5%) <a href="http://www.tuftsdaily.com/news/class-of-2018-expected-to-be-most-competitive-to-date-1.2852113#.UwzsIHddWWU"&gt;http://www.tuftsdaily.com/news/class-of-2018-expected-to-be-most-competitive-to-date-1.2852113#.UwzsIHddWWU&lt;/a>
Emory - 17,358 (-1.8%) <a href="http://news.emory.edu/stories/2014/01/applications_class_of_2018/campus.html"&gt;http://news.emory.edu/stories/2014/01/applications_class_of_2018/campus.html&lt;/a>
Amherst - 8,460 (6%) <a href="http://amherststudent.amherst.edu/?q=article/2014/02/12/169-admitted-under-early-decision"&gt;http://amherststudent.amherst.edu/?q=article/2014/02/12/169-admitted-under-early-decision&lt;/a>
Bowdoin - 6,902 (-2.2%) <a href="http://bowdoinorient.com/article/8894"&gt;http://bowdoinorient.com/article/8894&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>UCLA 105,800 applicants (+6 %; 7 % freshman and + 1.4% transfers) <a href=“UCLA sets records with more than 100,000 fall 2014 applicants - Daily Bruin”>http://dailybruin.com/2014/01/17/ucla-sets-records-with-more-than-100000-fall-2014-applicants/&lt;/a&gt;
UC Berkeley 90,384 (+ “almost 8% for freshmen” 73,711 freshman applications) <a href=“UC Berkeley receives record number of applications for fall admission”>http://www.dailycal.org/2014/01/17/uc-berkeley-receives-record-number-applications-fall-admission/&lt;/a&gt;
UCSB 80,893 (+ 7% for freshmen, up 2.7% for transfer students) <a href=“http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2014/013900/growing-demand”>http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2014/013900/growing-demand&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Rice - 17,715 (15%) <a href=“http://news.rice.edu/2014/02/27/rice-applications-set-a-record-2/”>http://news.rice.edu/2014/02/27/rice-applications-set-a-record-2/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Alphabetical order:</p>

<p>Amherst - 8,460 (6%)
Bowdoin - 6,902 (-2.2%)
Brown - 30,320 (4%)
Chicago - 27,499 (-9.5%)
Columbia - 32,952 (-1.5%)
Dartmouth - 19,235 (-14.2%)
Duke - 32,453 (2.0%)
Emory - 17,358 (-1.8%)
Georgetown - 19,500 (-2.6%)
Harvard - 34,295 (-2%)
Northwestern - 33,200 (1.3%)
Penn - 35,788 (14.5%)
Princeton - 26,607 (0.4%)
Rice - 17,715 (15%)
Tufts - 19,081 (3.5%)
UC Berkeley 90,384 (+ “almost 8% for freshmen” 73,711 freshman applications)
UCLA 105,800 applicants (+6 %; 7 % freshman and + 1.4% transfers)
UCSB 80,893 (+ 7% for freshmen, up 2.7% for transfer students)
Yale - 30,922 (4.4%)</p>

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<p>I could be wrong, but I thought I heard President John Hennessey mention during the parent’s weekend that Stanford should increase the number of undergraduate seats because the total number of applicants is something like 43000 - not sure if he was referring to this year’s numbers. </p>

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<p>^^^^^ Yes, those must be this year’s, since last year’s were 38k. Huh, when people talked about Stanford’s numbers being “a lot more than expected” this year, I pictured a dismaying 50-60k+. The 40k+, on the other hand, was already predictable.</p>

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<p>University of Colorado Boulder - 28,467, up 33 percent
Colorado College: ED/EA only: 3,676, up 43 percent</p>

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<p>I wonder if legalization had anything to do with that^^^^^ @mominaustin. Seems like a drastic increase</p>